Steve Kraly
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Steve Charles Kraly (Lefty)
- Bats Left, Throws Left
- Height 5' 10", Weight 152 lb.
- Debut August 9, 1953
- Final Game September 15, 1953
- Born April 18, 1929 in Whiting, IN USA
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Steve Kraly pitched five games for the 1953 Yankees with a decent ERA of 3.24. He also pitched in the minors from 1949-60, going 18-6 for Joplin in 1950. He also went 10-3 for Nashville as a reliever in 1959.
The 1953 Yankees won the 1953 World Series, although Kraly did not appear in the Series. One site says that Kraly injured his arm.
He was the same age, 24, as teammate Whitey Ford. He was Mickey Mantle's roommate when they played for Joplin.
On August 23, 2008, Binghamton fans at the game received a Steve Kraly bobblehead doll. A vote taken earlier in the year had established Kraly as the desired subject of the doll to be handed out. He is a member of the Binghamton Baseball Shrine and had a long association with the Binghamton area, including many years of service as the Binghamton Mets official scorer. He won 19 games for Binghamton in 1953. He said that Casey Stengel had picked up his contract for the original New York Mets in 1961 but that Kraly's wife prevailed on him to retire. One source: Kraly more than B-Mets scorekeeper
He worked for IBM for 30 years.
