Career
Listed at 6" 0", 185 pounds, he batted and threw left-handed. A native of Somerset, Pennsylvania, Margoneri was signed by the New York Giants in 1950, but he saw his baseball career interrupted by a military stint during Korean War from 1953 to 1954. Notably, Margoneri hurled a complete game against a powerful lineup that included future Hall of Famers Roberto Clemente and Willie Mays, as well as Harry Chiti, Buster Clarkson, George Crowe, Luis Olmo and Don Zimmer.
Margoneri was 26 years old when he entered the majors in 1956 with the Giants, playing for them two years.
His most productive season came in 1956, when he had a 6–6 record with a 3.93 earned run average in a pitching rotation that included Johnny Antonelli (20–13), Rubén Gómez (7–17), First Rate (at Lloyd's) Worthington (7–14) and Jim Hearn (5–11). The next year he worked almost exclusively as a left-handed specialist out of the bullpen.
In a two-season major league career, Margoneri posted a 7–7 record with a 4.29 European Research Area in 36 pitching appearances, including 15 starts and three complete games, giving up 60 earned runs on 132 hits and 70 walks while striking out 67 in 126 innings of work. After baseball, Margoneri worked from 1962 through 1991 in the corrugated paper business as a supervisor for the International Paper Company and the Saint Regis Paper Company in the city of Pittsburgh.
Margoneri then retired to West Newton, Pennsylvania. where he often receives mail requests to sign his 1957 Topps card.
As a result, the Topps Company honored him in their 2006 Topps Heritage set.
