Art Fischetti

Arthur T. Fischetti

• Bats Both, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

• School Lafayette College

• Born 1953 in Elmont, NY USA

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Biographical Information

Art Fischetti played in the minor leagues and for the USA national baseball team.

Fischetti represented the USA in the 1973 Intercontinental Cup; the US won Bronze. He was ejected in the game against Team Canada when he charged the mound after a couple of Glennis Scott's warm-up pitches nearly plunked him. He stole 71 bases in college and was a three-time All-Middle Atlantic States Conference first-team pick. He made the school's Hall of Fame later on. The Los Angeles Dodgers picked him in the 28th round of the 1975 Amateur Draft, and he hit .200/.333/.320 in 24 games for the Danville Dodgers in his first season. He also went 2-for-15 with the Waterbury Dodgers that summer, and he was 7-for-19 there in 1976.

Fischetti spent most of the '76 season in Danville, and he stole 83 bags with a .319/.406/.454 batting line in 125 games. He led the Midwest League in steals (four ahead of Freeman Evans) and hits (144, one ahead of Tim Doerr). He was also second in average (.026 behind Don Pisker), was 5th in OBP (between Ed Cipot and Jeff Yurak), ranked 5th in slugging, was 5th in OPS (between Mark Bradley and Cipot) and he was tied for third in triples with 8. He was named the All-Star third baseman. In the Dodger chain, he was third in runs, tied Pedro Guerrero for 3rd in hits (151), tied for 6th in triples, led in swipes (22 ahead of Glenn Burke) and tied for 6th in walks (64). Among all minor leaguers, only Thad Bosley (90) had more stolen bases that summer.

Fischetti recorded a .297/.379/.420 batting line with the San Antonio Dodgers in 1977, and he ended his US career. He had hit .298/.389/.426 as a pro with 102 steals in 129 tries and 148 runs in 261 games, fielding .976 in the outfield, .893 at 3B, .973 at 2B and .992 at 1B. He then worked for an engineering form in New York for a year. He later played for the Parma in Italy in 1979. He hit .361/.446/.694 with 45 runs and 49 RBI in 35 games, going deep 11 times and stealing 16 bases in 19 tries. He fielded .923 at the hot corner. He led the Serie Nazionale in swipes (3 ahead of Dave Daniels, Carlo Passarotto and David DiMarco) and was one RBI leader Jeff Carsley. After baseball, he spent decades working in the energy industry, becoming an executive.