[1] He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 1955 to 1969 for the Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Oakland Athletics and the Seattle Pilots.

[1] Pagliaroni was born in Dearborn, Michigan, and grew up in Long Beach, California where, he was contracted by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent out of Wilson High School in 1955.

[6] Pagliaroni then joined the United States Army from 1956 to 1958, when he was discharged in time to report to spring training with the Red Sox.

[9] He was standing in the on deck circle during a game at Fenway Park on September 28, 1960, when Ted Williams hit a home run in his final at bat in the major leagues.

[15] On November 20, 1962, Pagliaroni was traded by the Red Sox along with Don Schwall to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jack Lamabe and Dick Stuart.

[21] The Pirates team which included future Baseball Hall of Fame members Roberto Clemente, Bill Mazeroski and Willie Stargell, as well as the National League batting champion Matty Alou, fought the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants in a tight pennant race in 1966, holding first place on September 10, before faltering to finish the season in third place for a second consecutive year.

[26] The Pirates stated that Pagliaroni was sold due to his physical condition, having undergone an operation to remove a disc from his spine.

[28] As a measure of his appreciation for his catcher's contribution to the perfect game, Hunter rewarded Pagliaroni with a gold watch that he had inscribed on back.

[1] He shared catching duties with Jerry McNertney in the season immortalized by the book Ball Four, written by his Seattle teammate, Jim Bouton.