Signed by the San Francisco Giants in 1978 as an amateur free agent, Hargesheimer made an impressive Major League debut on July 14, 1980. He was the starting and winning pitcher in a 5-3 victory over the host Cincinnati Reds at Riverfront Stadium, supported by a first-inning Jack Clark home run and by his own run-scoring double in the fourth.\n', '

Hargesheimer would have a 4-6 record that season for the Giants, but would get only one MLB victory thereafter. He was traded to the Kansas City Royals in 1986, appeared in five games and was released in December of that year.\n', '

He is a graduate of both Senn High School in Chicago in 1972 and Northeastern Illinois University.\n', '

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