Galen Cisco

Galen Bernard Cisco (born March 7, 1936) is an American former baseball player and coach. He was a pitcher in Major League Baseball for three different teams between 1961 and 1969. Listed at 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and 200 pounds (91 kg), Cisco batted and threw right-handed. He was signed by the Boston Red Sox in 1958 out of Ohio State University.

Galen Cisco
Pitcher
Born: (1936-03-07) March 7, 1936
St. Marys, Ohio, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 11, 1961, for the Boston Red Sox
Last MLB appearance
September 7, 1969, for the Kansas City Royals
MLB statistics
Win–loss record25–56
Earned run average4.56
Strikeouts325
Teams
Career highlights and awards

A two-sport star, Cisco earned All-American and All-Big Ten honors and was a captain on the 1957 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, which won the national championship with a 9–1 record, playing both fullback and linebacker. As a pitcher for the Buckeyes, he compiled a career record of 12–2.

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