- In 1971, he was the first team draft pick, and 3rd overall MLB pick, of the Montreal Expos (now known as the Washington Nationals) Major League Baseball club.
- Speaks fluent Spanish and Italian.
- A Brooklyn native of Italian and Irish decent.
- Modeled briefs in newspaper and magazine ads for Eminence Underwear in the late 1970s.
- The September 7, 1988, issue of Variety announced in the New Film Starts column that the movie "Demon Hunters", directed by David Layton, began filming September 6, 1988, in Hong Kong. The cast included Jack Scalia. It was to be an English version of the Hong Kong film Mr. Vampire (1985) but was never completed.
- Daughters: Olivia (b. 1987) and Jacqueline (b. 1990).
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