Al Stanek
Albert Wilfred Stanek, nicknamed "Lefty", was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the San Francisco Giants. He batted and threw left-handed, stood tall and weighed. Stanek had a 0–0 record, with a 4.73 earned run average, in 11 games during his brief MLB career. In 13 innings pitched, he permitted seven earned runs on ten hits and 12 bases on balls; he struck out five.
Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, he was signed by the Giants in 1962 after graduating from Chicopee High School and spent the 1963 season at age 19 with the MLB team under the terms of the bonus rule. His professional career lasted from 1962–1967, all in the Giants' system, and he compiled a 29–37 won/lost mark with a 3.51 ERA in 557 minor league innings.
Stanek died May 8, 2018.
