Malcolm Francis Mallette (January 30, 1922 in

Syracuse, New York Syracuse ( ) is a City (New York), city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States. With a population of 148,620 and a Syracuse metropolitan area, metropolitan area of 662,057, it is the fifth-most populated city and 13 ...

– November 25, 2005) was a

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, ...

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. He pitched in two games for the

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in 1950. He worked as a sportswriter after retiring, becoming a director of the American Press Institute and was inducted into the N.C. Journalism Hall of Fam

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