Stacy Piagno
{{Short description|American baseball player}}{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}{{Infobox sportsperson
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| caption = Piagno at bat during a Sonoma Stompers baseball game in Sonoma, California
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| nationality = American
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|3|7}}
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| residence = Sonoma, California, United States
| education = University of Tampa
| country = United States
| sport = Baseball
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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's baseball }}
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{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games }}
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Stacy Piagno (born March 7, 1991) is a member of the United States women's national baseball team which won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.{{cite web |url=http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/baseball/athlete-profile-n10156192-piagno-stacy.htm |title=PIAGNO, Stacy |website=Toronto2015.org |publisher=Pan American Games |access-date=January 13, 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/baseball/event-overview-women.htm |title=Baseball - Event Overview - Women |website=Toronto2015.org |publisher=Pan American Games |access-date=January 13, 2016}}
Playing career
Piagno played college softball at the University of Tampa.{{cite news | last =Bieler | first = Des| title =In historic move, two female players signed by minor league baseball team | newspaper =Washington Post | date = June 30, 2016| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/06/30/in-historic-move-two-female-players-signed-by-minor-league-baseball-team/ | access-date =July 14, 2016 }} On July 23, 2015, Piagno threw the first no-hitter in women's baseball at the Pan American Games, in Toronto,Toronto2015.org Pan American Games [http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/baseball/results-women-9-08.htm Baseball - Results - Women Preliminary Round, Game 8] defeating the Puerto Rico women's national baseball team. In June 2016, she was signed by the Sonoma Stompers of the Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs. This made her and fellow Stompers teammate outfielder-pitcher Kelsie Whitmore the first women to play professional baseball as teammates since the 1950s.
= Sonoma Stompers (2016–2017) =
On July 1, 2016, Piagno made her professional debut against the San Rafael Pacifics.
On July 15, 2017, Piagno recorded a win against the Pittsburg Diamonds in her first start of the 2017 season. In doing so, she became the third woman since the 1950s to win a game in an American men's professional league.{{cite news|last1=Eisenberg|first1=Matt|title=Stacy Piagno earns first win in men's professional baseball league|url=http://www.espn.com/espnw/culture/the-buzz/article/20079875/stacy-piagno-earns-first-win-men-professional-baseball-league|access-date=17 July 2017|work=espnW|date=July 16, 2017}}
Piagno also had an 11 inning scoreless streak from July 15 until August 19. She ended the season with a 1–0 record and a 4.20 ERA
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20151229210939/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-baseball/athletes/Stacy-Piagno Stacy Piagno] on Team USA
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Category:People from Nassau County, Florida
Category:American women baseball players
Category:Sonoma Stompers players
Category:Sportspeople from Sonoma, California
Category:Baseball players from Sonoma County, California
Category:Baseball players at the 2015 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in baseball
Category:21st-century American sportswomen
Category:Women players in men's baseball
Category:Tampa Spartans softball players
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