Peter William Cimino (born October 17, 1942) is an American former professional

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player who played four seasons for the

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and

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. He once scored 114

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in a high school

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game and also had 20

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s in one

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game. During his playing career, Cimino stood at and weighed 195 lbs."Pete Cimino Statistics and History"
''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2010-11-24.

114-point game

Cimino was born in

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. A star athlete at

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High School, he was both a

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on the baseball team and a

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on the basketball team. Cimino might be best known for scoring 114 points in a high school basketball game on January 22, 1960. The single-game shooting outburst occurred during a 134–86 win over Palisades High School, in a Lower Bucks County League match. In the game, Cimino made 44 of 79

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attempts and 26 of 29

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attempts. He scored all 69 of his team's second half points. The 114-point total is still a Pennsylvania state record and is also the fourth highest in any United States boys high school game. The 44 field goals made and 79 attempts were both national single-game records at the time. Afterwards, Cimino said, "All I wanted to do was break the league mark of 62. But the guys on the team kept getting the

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and I was able to score a lot on the fast break."

Baseball career

Later in 1960, Cimino signed a professional baseball contract with the Washington Senators. He started his career that season as a pitcher for the Class D Wytheville Senators and went 6–2 with a 3.43

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. The next season, he moved up to the Class B

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, of the

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. Cimino didn't have much success in 1961, going just 4–5 with a 5.61 ERA."Pete Cimino Minor League Statistics & History"
''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2010-11-24. However, he bounced back in 1962. On April 30, 1962, he tied a Carolina League record by striking out 20 batters in one game. He went 12–13 that season and lowered his ERA to 3.36, while using his "blazing fastball" to record 190 strikeouts in 190 innings. Cimino started 1963 with the AA

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. He pitched well early in the season and then moved up again, to the AAA Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers. In 1964, he had a mediocre year with the

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, going 3–6 with a 4.50 ERA in 120 innings. He rebounded once again the following season with the

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, winning 9 of 16 decisions. He was then called up to the major league Minnesota Twins. In his major league debut on September 22, he pitched one inning without allowing a baserunner. Cimino spent 1966 as a

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for the Twins. He pitched 64.2 innings in 35 games and struck out 57. His 2.92 ERA was better than the league average. On December 2, he was traded, along with

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and Don Mincher, to the California Angels, for

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and

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. In 1967, he had 80 strikeouts in 88.1 innings for the Angels. He also started off 1968 with the major league club, pitching in four games, but was sold to the Seattle Angels on May 8.Cimino sold
/ref> Cimino never returned to the major leagues.

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114-point game

Baseball career

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