Ronald Bernard Klimkowski (March 1, 1944 – November 13, 2009) was an American baseball player born in Jersey City, New Jersey.[ ] He was a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher and junkball specialist.
Klimkowski attended college at Morehead State University for only one year.
Career
Before the 1964 season, Ron Klimkowski was signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur
free agent.
On August 8, 1967, he was sent by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on August 3, 1967. The Boston Red Sox traded
Pete Magrini to the New York Yankees for
Elston Howard. Klimkowski was traded to the New York Yankees by the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.
[ Klimkowski made his major league debut on September 15, 1969. On that day, the Detroit Tigers were playing against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium with 5,734 people attending the game.][ At the end of the game, the New York Yankees lost the game 2–1.][ He was traded with Rob Gardner from the Yankees to the Athletics for Felipe Alou on April 9, 1971.][ "A's Trade Felipe Alou To Yankees," United Press International (UPI), Saturday, April 10, 1971. Retrieved October 25, 2020] On May 22, 1972, he was released by the Oakland Athletics and on the same day was signed again with the New York Yankees.[ Klimkowski played his last Major League Baseball game on September 22, 1972.
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Death
He died of heart failure at Plainview Hospital in Plainview, New York, on November 13, 2009, at the age of 65.[Emi Endo, Former Yankees pitcher Ron Klimkowski dies at 65 Newsday. Retrieved 2009-11-20.]
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