Phil Rizzuto

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-6, 150lb (168cm, 68kg)

Born: September 25, 1917 in Brooklyn, NY us

Died: August 13, 2007 in West Orange, NJ

Buried: Cremated

High School: Richmond Hill HS (Richmond Hill, NY)

Debut: April 14, 1941 (Age 23-201d, 9,025th in major league history)
vs. WSH 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 16, 1956 (Age 38-326d)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1994. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Phil Rizzuto's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1941 season

Full Name: Philip Francis Rizzuto

Nicknames: Scooter

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

42.2

5816

1588

.273

877

RBI

563

149

OBP

.351

SLG

.355

OPS

.706

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 15	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	3
3	3	Apr 16	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
4	4	Apr 17	NYY		BOS	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
5	5	Apr 18	NYY		BOS	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	0	6	1	7	1
6	6	Apr 19	NYY		BOS	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
7	7	Apr 21	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 22	NYY		PHA	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	2
9	11 (2)	Apr 25	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
10	12	Apr 26	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
11	13	Apr 28	NYY		SLB	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
12	14	Apr 29	NYY		SLB	L,6-11	CG	45	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
13	15	Apr 30	NYY		SLB	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	16	May 1	NYY		DET	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	3	7	0	10	2
15	17	May 2	NYY		DET	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	3	7	0	10	1
16	18	May 3 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
17	19	May 3 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	4	6	1	11	1
18	20	May 4	NYY		CHW	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	3	3	1	7	2
19	21	May 5	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	2	3	0	5	1
20	22	May 6	NYY		CLE	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
21	23	May 10 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	24	May 10 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	3	3	0	6	1
23	30 (5)	May 20	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
24	31	May 21	NYY	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	32	May 23	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
26	33	May 24	NYY	@	WSH	L,8-9	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	34	May 25	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	5	2	0	7	2
28	35	May 26	NYY		BOS	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
29	36	May 27	NYY		PHA	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
30	37	May 28	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
31	38	May 29	NYY		WSH	W,16-1	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
32	39	May 30 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
33	40	May 30 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
34	41	May 31 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
35	42	May 31 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	43	Jun 3	NYY		CHW	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
37	44	Jun 4	NYY		CHW	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
38	45	Jun 5	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	2	3	1	6	2
39	46	Jun 6	NYY		CLE	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
40	47	Jun 7 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
41	48	Jun 7 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,13-1	CG	34	9.0	3	7	0	10	3
42	49	Jun 8	NYY		CLE	W,11-10	CG	52	11.0	5	1	0	6	1
43	50	Jun 9	NYY		DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
44	51	Jun 10	NYY		DET	L,1-4	CG	42	11.0	4	3	0	7	0
45	52	Jun 13	NYY		SLB	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	3	6	1	10	1
46	53	Jun 14 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	54	Jun 14 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
48	55	Jun 16 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
49	56	Jun 16 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	43	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
50	57	Jun 17	NYY	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	32	8.2	4	3	1	8	2
51	58	Jun 18	NYY	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
52	59	Jun 19	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
53	60	Jun 20	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	5	4	0	9	1
54	61	Jun 21 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	6	2	0	8	2
55	62	Jun 21 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	4	5	0	9	3
56	63	Jun 23	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
57	64	Jun 24	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	4	5	0	9	3
58	65	Jun 26	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	4	6	0	10	2
59	66	Jun 27	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
60	67	Jun 28 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
61	68	Jun 28 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-13	GS	5	1.0	0	0	1	1	0
62	69	Jun 30 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
63	70	Jun 30 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	71	Jul 1	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
65	72	Jul 3	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
66	73	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
67	74	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
68	75	Jul 5 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
69	76	Jul 5 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
70	77	Jul 9	NYY		SLB	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
71	78	Jul 10	NYY		SLB	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
72	79	Jul 11	NYY		SLB	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
73	80	Jul 12 (1)	NYY		DET	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
74	81	Jul 12 (2)	NYY		DET	W,3-1	CG	44	13.0	3	2	0	5	0
75	82	Jul 13	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
76	83	Jul 14	NYY		DET	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
77	84	Jul 15	NYY		CLE	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
78	85	Jul 16	NYY		CLE	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
79	86	Jul 17	NYY		CLE	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	4	6	1	11	4
80	87	Jul 18	NYY		CHW	W,7-6	CG	43	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
81	88	Jul 19 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
82	89	Jul 19 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,12-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
83	90	Jul 21	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	1	6	1
84	91	Jul 22	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	38	10.0	5	4	0	9	3
85	92	Jul 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	45	10.1	2	5	1	8	2
86	93	Jul 24	NYY	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
87	94	Jul 25	NYY	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
88	95	Jul 26	NYY	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
89	96	Jul 28	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
90	97	Jul 29 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	48	10.2	2	1	1	4	0
91	98	Jul 29 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
92	99	Jul 31 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,8-9	CG	46	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
93	100	Jul 31 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	101	Aug 1	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
95	102	Aug 2 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
96	103	Aug 2 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-0	CG	35	9.0	5	4	0	9	3
97	104	Aug 4	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	2
98	105	Aug 6	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	42	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
99	106	Aug 8	NYY		PHA	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	1	2	2	5	1
100	107	Aug 10 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,1-4	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
101	108	Aug 10 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
102	109	Aug 11	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	CG	42	11.0	2	6	0	8	0
103	110	Aug 12	NYY		BOS	W,8-4	CG	44	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
104	111	Aug 14	NYY	@	PHA	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	5	4	0	9	5
105	112	Aug 15 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
106	113	Aug 15 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
107	114	Aug 16	NYY	@	PHA	W,11-2	CG	21	6.0	1	3	0	4	0
108	115	Aug 17	NYY	@	PHA	W,15-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
109	116	Aug 18	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	46	9.2	3	4	0	7	2
110	117	Aug 19 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
111	118	Aug 19 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
112	119	Aug 20	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
113	120	Aug 21	NYY		WSH	W,17-7	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
114	121	Aug 22	NYY		WSH	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	8	0	11	2
115	122	Aug 23 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
116	123	Aug 23 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,3-0	CG	22	6.0	1	4	1	6	0
117	124	Aug 25	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
118	125	Aug 26	NYY		CHW	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
119	126	Aug 28	NYY		CLE	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
120	127	Aug 29	NYY		CLE	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
121	128	Aug 30 (1)	NYY		DET	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
122	129	Aug 30 (2)	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	4	6	0	10	1
123	130	Aug 31	NYY		DET	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	131	Sep 2 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,3-2	CG	45	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
125	132	Sep 2 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
126	133	Sep 5 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
127	134	Sep 5 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
128	135	Sep 6 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,11-9	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
129	136	Sep 6 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,15-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
130	137	Sep 7 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
131	138	Sep 7 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
132	142 (3)	Sep 12	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
133	143	Sep 13 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
134	144	Sep 13 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
135	145	Sep 14	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
136	146	Sep 16	NYY	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
137	147	Sep 17	NYY	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
138	148	Sep 19	NYY		BOS	L,6-9	CG	45	10.0	2	2	0	4	1
139	149	Sep 20 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
140	150	Sep 20 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
141	151	Sep 21	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	CG	41	11.0	3	4	0	7	1
142	152	Sep 22	NYY		WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
143	153	Sep 23	NYY		WSH	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
144	154	Sep 27	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
							144gm		1283.0	324	445	30	799	114