Pete Cimino by Rev. Connell A. McHugh

Panorama Community Magazine Pete Cimino By Rev. Connell A. McHugh

In 1961, the popular singing group, the Dovells, had a major hit with The Bristol Stomp. The song began:

The kids in Bristol are sharp as a pistol

When they do the Bristol Stomp Really somethin’ when the joint is jumpin’

When they do the Bristol Stomp.

The Dovells were from Overbrook High School whose famous alumnus was Wilt Chamberlain.

The Dovells were first called The Brooktones. Getting back to the kids in Bristol, on January 22, 1960, Pete Cimino certainly was as sharp as a pistol and then some when he scored an amazing 114 points for Bristol in a 134-86 victory over Palisades. Cimino went 44 for 79 from the field and converted 26 of 29 foul shots. Pete Cimino scored 20 points in the first quarter, 24 in the second, 32 in the third and 38 in the final quarter. At halftime, the Bristol coach told the team that he wanted Cimino to break the League mark of 62 points. Cimino, who was a six foot two forward, scored many of his points on fastbreaks. The 3 point field goal was not in existence when Cimino played. His parents were very supportive of his high school baseball and basketball activities. However, the 114 point performance was the only game his mother missed.

Pete Cimino’s 114 point performance is still the record for Pennsylvania high school boys basketball even though he established it before the 3 shot point came into existence. The feat made national headlines and was mentioned in The Sporting News. The record for a high school boys basketball single game in the USA belongs to Danny Hester who scored 135 points in a West Virginia high school game on January 26, 1960. Hester went 53 of 70 and 29 of 41 fouls. Altogether there have been 24 high school games in our country in which an individual scored 100 or more points, 19 games by boys and 5 by girls.

Pete Cimino averaged 29 points and 17 rebounds in his senior year. And he shared All-State honors with the Phils’ future slugger Dick Allen, who hopefully will be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Many colleges recruited Cimino for basketball, and it appeared that he would play for Rider. However, Cimino was also an excellent high school baseball pitcher whose accomplishments included a perfect game and a 20 strikeout one.

The Washington Senators, who were soon to become the Minnesota Twins, signed Pete Cimino for $12,000. Cimino,

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who was born October 17, 1942, struck out 20 batters in a Carolina League game on April 30, 1962. He had a fine year in 1965 for Triple A Denver with 91 strikeouts in 90 innings which merited a promotion to the Twins. As luck would have it, he was on the disabled list at the time but later pitched a scoreless 1,23 inning against the Orioles retiring Paul Blair, Boog Powell, and Brooks Robinson. Cimino felt very nervous after finishing the inning.

In 1966, Pete Cimino made the Twins Team and pitched effectively as a setup man. Many believed he would succeed 37 year old Al “Red” Worthington as the team closer. The great pitching coach, Johnny Sain, worked with Cimino who was basically a fastball thrower. Cimino finished the season at 2-5 but a very good 2.92 ERA.

Cimino was very surprised that he was dealt to the Angels in the Off Season in a multi-player deal that brought Cy Young Award winner, Dean Chance to the Twins. Cimino pitched effectively for the Angels in 1967 going 3-3 with 80 strikeouts in 88 and a third innings. He had a 3.26 ERA. In 1968, Cimino appeared in 4 games for the Angels pitching 7 innings with a 2,57 ERA. A bad shoulder resulted in retirement. For his career, Cimino was 5-8 with a 3.07 ERA with 139 strikeouts in 161 innings, allowing only 133 hits.

Pete Cimino showed a good deal of promise before he had to retire at 25. Despite the early retirement, Cimino was grateful for his time in the Majors. He did not, however, enjoy his time in the Minors with long bus rides, eating at mainly greasy spoon diners and being allotted paltry meal money. He was elected to the Pennsylvania Bucks County Hall of Fame in 2016. After baseball, Cimino worked as a truck driver for many years and then for a few with a chemical company.

Baseball cards of Pete Cimino are chiefly inexpensive including autographed ones. Cimino appears in the 1966, 1967 and 1968 Topps sets. The 1966 Rookie card of

Cimino also has the relatively popular Cesar Tovar on it. The card is a high number and runs $15 and up in excellent to mint condition. The 1967 and 1968 cards cost only a few dollars unless they are high graded ones. Autographed cards can be purchased for roughly $10 or so. These are plentiful. Strangely enough, autographed baseballs of Cimino are generally unavailable. I have never seen one. A card of Cimino, especially an autographed one, in my opinion, makes a great gift for a baseball or basketball fan.

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