finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1990 left providence , rhode island 1982 august 18 .169 2 11 first baseman boston red sox batting average home runs runs batted in august 27 5 july 1956 rick lancellotti
 san diego padres rick lancellotti left
rick lancellotti

richard anthony -lrb- rick -rrb- lancellotti -lrb- born july 5 , 1956 in providence , rhode island -rrb- is a former first baseman/outfielder in major league baseball who played for the san diego padres -lrb- -rrb- , san francisco giants -lrb- -rrb- and boston red sox -lrb- -rrb- .
he batted and threw left-handed .
a gifted slugger , lancellotti received only limited opportunities on the major league level to showcase the power he displayed in the minor leagues .
a perennial minors all-star , he played in 15 different leagues and several countries , including stints in canada , colombia , italy , japan , mexico and venezuela .
in 1979 , lancellotti was named the eastern league most valuable player after lead the league with 41 home runs and 107 runs batted in while playing for the buffalo bisons , the double-a affiliate of the pittsburgh pirates .
on august 5 , 1980 , lancellotti , along with luis salazar , was traded to the san diego padres for a player to be named later and kurt bevacqua .
the padres later sent mark lee to pittsburgh to complete the trade .
he made his major league debut with the san diego padres in , appearing in just 17 games .
his career-highlight came in , when he led all professional baseball with 131 rbi and hit 29 home runs while playing for triple-a las vegas , a san diego affiliate .
in , lancellotti led the pacific coast league with 31 home runs while playing for phoenix , at the time the giants ' triple-a affiliate .
at 30 , he was promoted to the big club and hit .222 with two home runs and six rbi in 18 at-bats .
in and he played in japan , hitting 58 home runs in 190 games for hiroshima , including a league-leading 39 homers in 1987 .
two years later he played in the now defunct senior professional baseball association .
lancellotti did not win another chance in the majors until august 1990 , when he played four games for the boston red sox and went 0-for-8 .
lancellotti was a major player in the red sox famous rally cap game where several teammates used cups on their ears , hats on catcher style , and shave cream on their faces .
dwight evans homered turning the game around during this comedic mele .
before the promotion he had 10 home runs for triple-a pawtucket .
he returned just in time to finished the month with 11 home runs to win the international league title with 21 .
lancellotti was named the best player in the red sox farm system by the `` boston sportswriters association '' .
at the same time , boston released him .
in , he played for the parma angels of italy , being named the best hitter during the european cup held in the netherlands .
he hung up his spikes after the season and settled in buffalo , new york , where he established a baseball school in 1993 .
he still owns and operates this school to the day and is close friends with cartoonist ken newton .
in a three-season major league career , lancellotti was a .169 hitter with two home runs and 11 rbi in 36 games .
he belted 276 home runs in his distinguished minor league career , setting a mark that still stands to this day .
lancellotti gained induction into the buffalo baseball hall of fame in august 1995 .
lancellotti 's daughter , katie lancellotti , played ncaa division i softball at canisius college from 2009 -- 2012 .
