[6] He had a six year minor-league career in the Dodgers' farm system, from 1949 to 1955, playing the majority of his games at the Triple-A level.

[1] Dodger manager Walter Alston knew the significance of the event and that Cimoli had grown up in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood, not far from the stadium, and chose Cimoli to be the first player to bat in major league baseball's inaugural West Coast game.

[2] Cimoli also had scored the final run at Ebbets Field the previous season, in the Dodgers last game in Brooklyn.

[6] After the 1959 season, the Cardinals traded Cimoli to the Pittsburgh Pirates with Tom Cheney in exchange for Ron Kline.

[6][9] Cimoli played on the Pirates' 1960 World Series championship team, which defeated the New York Yankees in seven games.

[11] In the eighth inning of Game 7, with the Pirates trailing 7–4, Cimoli, pinch-hitting for pitcher Roy Face, led off with a single against Bobby Shantz, advanced to second on Virdon's bad-hop grounder, which struck Yankee shortstop Tony Kubek in the throat, then scored on Dick Groat's single.

The Pirates gave the lead away in the ninth before finally winning the game in the bottom half on Bill Mazeroski's lead-off home run.

[6] He was assigned to the Rochester Red Wings of the Triple-A International League, playing in 45 games with a .315 batting average.

[6][9] He finished his professional career with the Spokane Indians of the Pacific Coast League, under manager, and former Dodger teammate, Duke Snider.