Sibby Sisti was born on July 26, 1920 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Natural (1984) and 1948 World Series (1948). He died on April 24, 2006 in Amherst, New York, USA.
Was a former major league ball player from 1939-1954 who played in the Boston/Milwaukee Braves organization. Sisti was from Buffalo where the exterior of The Natural (1984) was primarily filmed.
He signed with the Boston Braves for a $1,000 bonus out of Canisius
High School, Buffalo, New York.
He is a member of the Canisius High School Hall of Fame, the Greater
Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame and the Boston Braves Historical Society
Hall of Fame.
He attended 13 of the first 14 Boston Braves Historical Association
reunions.
He said, after learning of his induction to the Boston Braves
Historical Society Hall of Fame, "Who ever heard of a .244 hitter going
into a Hall of Fame?"