{{Short description|American baseball player (1946–2014)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Sonny Ruberto |position=Catcher |image=Sonny Ruberto 1978.JPG |caption=Ruberto in 1978 |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1946|1|2}} |birth_place=Staten Island, New York, U.S. |death_date={{Death date and age|2014|3|25|1946|1|2}} |death_place=Ave Maria, Florida, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=May 25 |debutyear=1969 |debutteam=San Diego Padres |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 24 |finalyear=1972 |finalteam=Cincinnati Reds |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.125 |stat2label=Hits / At-bats |stat2value=3-for-24 |stat3label=Games played |stat3value=21 |teams= '''As player''' *San Diego Padres ({{mlby|1969}}) *Cincinnati Reds ({{mlby|1972}}) '''As coach''' *St. Louis Cardinals ({{mlby|1977}}–{{mlby|1978}}) }}
'''John Edward Ruberto''' [Sonny] (January 2, 1946<ref>{{cite book|title=Official Baseball Register|url=https://archive.org/details/officialbaseball00spor_2|url-access=registration|year=1976|publisher=Sporting News.|isbn=9780892040094 }}</ref> – March 25, 2014) was an American backup catcher and pinch runner in Major League Baseball who played over parts of two seasons for the San Diego Padres (1969) and the Cincinnati Reds (1972). Listed at 5' 11", 175 lb., he batted and threw right handed. Besides, Ruberto worked as a Minor league manager and coach in the St. Louis Cardinals organization.
Ruberto died at a hospice center in Florida of cancer at age 68 on March 25, 2014.
==See also== * List of St. Louis Cardinals coaches
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==External links== {{Baseballstats|br=r/ruberso01|brm=rubert001joh}} *[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/R/Prubes101.htm Retrosheet] *[http://www.stltoday.com/sports/other/murray-djokovic-to-meet-again/article_bad8a774-ca62-5a2c-9981-f67c8f9bc557.html Obituary]
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