Petrocelli was born in Brooklyn, and graduated from Sheepshead Bay High School there in 1961.\n', '

Petrocelli was signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in July 1961.\n', '

Petrocelli spent the 1962 season with Boston\'s Class B farm team, the Winston-Salem Red Sox, batting .277 with 17 home runs and 80 RBIs in 137 games played. In 1963, he played for the Double-A Reading Red Sox, again playing 137 games, with 19 home runs and 78 RBIs with a .239 average.\n', '

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