Norm Gigon
American baseball player
Baseball player
Norm Gigon | |
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Infielder / Outfielder | |
Born: (1938-05-12)May 12, 1938 Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S. | |
Died: April 1, 2013(2013-04-01) (aged 74) Mahwah, New Jersey, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 12, 1967, for the Chicago Cubs | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 1, 1967, for the Chicago Cubs | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .171 |
Home runs | 1 |
Runs batted in | 6 |
Teams | |
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Norman Phillip Gigon (May 12, 1938 – April 1, 2013) was an American Major League Baseball utility player who played for the Chicago Cubs in 1967.
Gigon hit one home run in his short career. It came off Juan Pizarro in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on April 23, 1967.[1]
In addition to playing pro baseball, Gigon received degrees from both Colby College and Rhode Island University.[2]
Immediately after retiring from pro baseball at the end of the 1967 season, Gigon took the job of baseball coach at Lafayette College.[3]
He was born in Hackensack, New Jersey and died in Mahwah, New Jersey.
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
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Lafayette Leopards head baseball coaches
- Unknown (1865–1919)
- Bill Coughlin (1920–1943)
- No team (1944–1945)
- Charlie Gelbert (1946–1966)
- George Azar (1967)
- Norm Gigon (1969–1982)
- Joe Hindelang (1983–1990)
- Greg Vogel (1991–1998)
- Lloyd Brewer (1999)
- Joe Kinney (2000–2020)
- Tim Reilly (2021–2022)
- Allen J. Miller (2023– )