Today's Birthday: Art Ceccarelli, Olean Oilers (1948)

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Former PONY (New York-Penn) League prospect Art Ceccarelli was born on this date in 1930. He played for the 1948 Olean Oilers.

Ceccarelli pitched for the Kansas City Athletics (1955-56), Baltimore Orioles (1957), and Chicago Cubs (1959-60).

After he retired as a player, he coached baseball at Southern Connecticut State College and taught high school in Connecticut. He died on July 11, 2012, at the age of 82.

Source: Baseball Reference 

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