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'''Dario Antonio Lodigiani''' [Lodi] (June 6, 1916
Lodigiani enjoyed a 17-year baseball career (1935–1954), playing parts of six seasons in the majors (1938–42, 1946) and 14 in the [[minor league baseball|minor leagues]] (1935–40; 1947–54), losing three years while serving in [[military]] (1943–45). He played [[second base]] for [[Lowell High School (San Francisco)]], as his [[double play]] partner was [[shortstop]] [[Joe DiMaggio]]. In 1935, he graduated from [[Galileo Academy of Science and Technology|Galileo High School]] (SF), where he was an All-Star in the [[baseball]], [[basketball]] and [[American football|football]] teams.
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In his rookie season with Philadelphia, Lodigiani posted a .280 [[batting average]] with six [[home run]]s and 44 [[run batted in|RBI]] in 93 [[games played|games]]. The next year he recorded career-highs in games (121), [[hit (baseball)|hits]] (102), [[run (baseball)|runs]] (46), [[double (baseball)|doubles]] (22), and matched his numbers in home runs and RBI while hitting .260.
In a six-season career, Lodigiani was a .260 hitter (
Lodigiani returned to the Pacific Coast League with the Oakland Oaks (1947–49) and [[San Francisco Seals (baseball)|San Francisco Seals]] (1949–51). After that, he played and [[manager (baseball)|managed]] in the [[Western International League]] for Yakima (1952–53), and played with the [[Ventura County Gulls|Ventura Oilers]] (1953) and [[Reno Silver Sox|Channel Cities Oilers]] (1954) of the [[California League]]. Over 14 minor league seasons, he hit a .301 average with 74 home runs and 589 RBI. His best minor league season was with the 1937 Oaks, when he hit .327 with 35 doubles, 18 home runs and 84 RBI.
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