Pagliaroni won the Athletics'starting catchers job at the beginning of the 1968 season and on May 8 of that year, he was the team's catcher when Catfish Hunter threw the first perfect game in the American League since.
Pagliaroni won the Athletics' starting catchers job early in the 1968 season, when regular catcher, Phil Roof, suffered a torn muscle in his left shoulder. On May 8,1968, Pagliaroni was the catcher when Catfish Hunter threw the first perfect game in the American League since.