{{Short description|American baseball player (born 1940)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Tom Satriano |image= |position=Catcher/Utility infielder |bats=Left |throws=Right |birth_date={{birth date and age|1940|8|28}} |birth_place=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |death_date= |death_place= |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=July 23 |debutyear=1961 |debutteam=Los Angeles Angels |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 19 |finalyear=1970 |finalteam=Boston Red Sox |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.225 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=21 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=157 |teams= * Los Angeles/California Angels (1961–1969) * Boston Red Sox (1969–1970) }} '''Thomas Victor Nicholas Satriano''' (born August 28, 1940) is an American former professional baseball player. Although he began his professional career as a third baseman, he converted to catcher and played 321 games as a backstop during a ten-year, 674-game Major League Baseball career from {{Baseball year|1961}}–{{Baseball year|1970}} for the Los Angeles / California Angels and Boston Red Sox. He batted left-handed, threw right-handed, and was listed as {{convert|6|ft|1|in}} tall and {{convert|185|lb}}.

==Biography== Born in Pittsburgh, Satriano graduated from Loyola High School in Los Angeles and attended the University of Southern California, where he was a member of the Trojans' 1961 NCAA tournament championship team. He signed with the Angels in July 1961 and was immediately placed on the team's Major League roster during its first season as an American League expansion team. He appeared in 35 games played as an infielder, and started 21 games at third base. His conversion to catcher began in {{baseball year|1963}}, and by {{baseball year|1966}} he was predominantly a receiver. All told, Satriano collected 365 hits during his MLB career, including 53 doubles.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

Satriano's daughter Gina played for the Colorado Silver Bullets, a women's baseball team.<ref>[http://homepage.mac.com/umber_/SilverBullets/Players/Satriano.html Silver Bullets player roster]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref> She is currently an Assistant District Attorney in Los Angeles.<ref>[http://www.ocregister.com/articles/alcala-228779-county-print.html?pic=2 Orange County Register]</ref>

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