Tom 'Pags' Pagnozzi

 

MLB Teams: St. Louis Cardinals (1987-1998)

Important Notes: Selected by St. Louis in the eighth round in 1983...played for the Erie Cardinals (A) in 1983 and was named to the New York-Penn League All-Star team...played for the Springfield Cardinals (A) in 1984 and was named to the Midwest League Post-Season All-Star team...played for the Arkansas Travelers in 1985...named the AA player of the week 6/17-23 after hitting .379 (11-29) with 3 homeruns and 11 RBI...played for Mayaguez of the Puerto Rico Winter League in 1985...played for the Louisville Redbirds in 1986...played in the World Series in 1987...NL All-Star in 1992 and went 0-1...selected as the top defensive catcher in the NL in a poll by Baseball America in 1992...selected as the best throwing catcher in a manager's poll by Baseball Digest in 1992...NL Gold Glove Catcher in 1991, 92, & 94.

Important Stats: Career high .282 batting average in 1988...career high nine stolen bases in 1991...committed one error in 138 games at catcher in 1992...tied a major league record with a .999 fielding percentage in 1992...career high 13 homeruns in 1996...committed only 38 errors in 874 games in his career.

Arkansas Notes: Lettered in 1983...All-SWC in 1983...a big supporter of Razorback baseball...won the Bill Dickey award in 1983...elected to the U of A Letterman's Association Hall of Honor in 1999...was a volunteer assistant coach at Arkansas from 2003-04...started Pagnozzi Charities to help support Razorback baseball.

Links: Statistics Page...Pagnozzi Charities.

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Pags is an extremely nice guy who has done great things for Razorback baseball and the youth of Northwest Arkansas in general!

D. S.