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Tony Lazzeri
Anthony Michael Lazzeri (Poosh 'Em Up Tony)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 6, 1903 in San Francisco, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1926
Final Game: June 7, 1939
Died: August 6, 1946 in San Francisco, CA
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1991.
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1926 22 NYY AL 155 665 589 79 162 28 14 18 114 16 7 54 96 .275 .338 .462 .800 108 272 2 20 *4/65 MVP-10
1927 23 NYY AL 153 660 570 92 176 29 8 18 102 22 14 69 82 .309 .383 .482 .866 126 275 0 21 *46/5 MVP-11
1928 24 NYY AL 116 463 404 62 134 30 11 10 82 15 5 43 50 .332 .397 .535 .932 146 216 1 15 *4 MVP-3
1929 25 NYY AL 147 635 545 101 193 37 11 18 106 9 10 68 45 .354 .429 .561 .991 160 306 4 18 *4
1930 26 NYY AL 143 650 571 109 173 34 15 9 121 4 4 60 62 .303 .372 .462 .835 114 264 3 16 45/63O
1931 27 NYY AL 135 568 484 67 129 27 7 8 83 18 9 79 80 .267 .371 .401 .771 107 194 1 4 45
1932 28 NYY AL 142 601 510 79 153 28 16 15 113 11 11 82 64 .300 .399 .506 .905 138 258 2 7 *4/5 MVP-8
1933 29 NYY AL 139 602 523 94 154 22 12 18 104 15 7 73 62 .294 .383 .486 .869 135 254 2 4 *4 AS,MVP-14
1934 30 NYY AL 123 514 438 59 117 24 6 14 67 11 1 71 64 .267 .369 .445 .815 116 195 0 5 45
1935 31 NYY AL 130 544 477 72 130 18 6 13 83 11 5 63 75 .273 .361 .417 .778 105 199 3 1 *4/6
1936 32 NYY AL 150 638 537 82 154 29 6 14 109 8 5 97 65 .287 .397 .441 .838 109 237 1 3 *4/6
1937 33 NYY AL 126 518 446 56 109 21 3 14 70 7 1 71 76 .244 .348 .399 .747 87 178 0 1 *4
1938 34 CHC NL 54 143 120 21 32 5 0 5 23 0 22 30 .267 .380 .433 .814 120 52 5 0 1 6/54O
1939 35 TOT NL 27 102 83 13 24 2 0 4 14 1 17 13 .289 .422 .458 .879 134 38 3 2 0 54
1939 35 BRO NL 14 51 39 6 11 2 0 3 6 1 10 7 .282 .451 .564 1.015 167 22 1 2 0 4/5
1939 35 NYG NL 13 51 44 7 13 0 0 1 8 0 7 6 .295 .392 .364 .756 103 16 2 0 0 5
14 Seasons 1740 7303 6297 986 1840 334 115 178 1191 148 79 869 864 .292 .380 .467 .846 121 2938 8 21 116
162 Game Avg. 162 680 586 92 171 31 11 17 111 14 81 80 .292 .380 .467 .846 121 274 2 11
NYY (12 yrs) 1659 7058 6094 952 1784 327 115 169 1154 147 79 830 821 .293 .379 .467 .847 121 2848 19 115
NYG (1 yr) 13 51 44 7 13 0 0 1 8 0 7 6 .295 .392 .364 .756 103 16 2 0 0
BRO (1 yr) 14 51 39 6 11 2 0 3 6 1 10 7 .282 .451 .564 1.015 167 22 1 2 0
CHC (1 yr) 54 143 120 21 32 5 0 5 23 0 22 30 .267 .380 .433 .814 120 52 5 0 1
AL (12 yrs) 1659 7058 6094 952 1784 327 115 169 1154 147 79 830 821 .293 .379 .467 .847 121 2848 19 115
NL (2 yrs) 81 245 203 34 56 7 0 9 37 1 39 43 .276 .398 .443 .841 126 90 8 2 1

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1926 22 NYY AL WS STL L 7 29 26 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 6 .192 .207 .231 .438 6 1 0 0 2 0
1927 23 NYY AL WS PIT W 4 17 15 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .267 .294 .333 .627 5 0 0 0 1 0
1928 24 NYY AL WS STL W 4 14 12 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .250 .308 .333 .641 4 1 0 1 0 0
1932 28 NYY AL WS CHC W 4 19 17 4 5 0 0 2 5 0 0 2 1 .294 .368 .647 1.015 11 0 0 0 0 0
1936 32 NYY AL WS NYG W 6 25 20 4 5 0 0 1 7 0 0 4 4 .250 .375 .400 .775 8 0 0 1 0 0
1937 33 NYY AL WS NYG W 5 19 15 3 6 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 3 .400 .526 .733 1.260 11 0 1 0 0 3
1938 34 CHC NL WS NYY L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons (7 Series) 32 125 107 16 28 3 1 4 19 2 1 12 19 .262 .333 .421 .754 45 2 1 2 3 3
7 WS 32 125 107 16 28 3 1 4 19 2 1 12 19 .262 .333 .421 .754 45 2 1 2 3 3
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1926 NYY AL 22 2B 149 790 298 461 31 72 .961 5.09 .967 5.33 MVP-10
1926 NYY AL 22 SS 5 26 9 14 3 2 .885 4.60 .946 4.64 MVP-10
1926 NYY AL 22 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.10 MVP-10
1927 NYY AL 23 2B 113 629 213 398 18 60 .971 5.41 .961 5.33 MVP-11
1927 NYY AL 23 SS 38 183 58 115 10 15 .945 4.55 .945 4.86 MVP-11
1927 NYY AL 23 3B 9 23 10 12 1 0 .957 2.44 .952 3.07 MVP-11
1928 NYY AL 24 2B 110 593 236 331 26 56 .956 5.15 .963 5.31 MVP-3
1929 NYY AL 25 2B 147 862 368 467 27 102 .969 5.68 .968 5.48
1930 NYY AL 26 2B 77 442 184 245 13 39 .971 5.57 .969 5.66
1930 NYY AL 26 3B 60 214 90 113 11 12 .949 3.38 .945 2.84
1930 NYY AL 26 SS 8 42 16 24 2 8 .952 5.00 .938 4.56
1930 NYY AL 26 1B 1 3 3 0 0 1 1.000 3.00 1.000 9.50
1930 NYY AL 26 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 2.20 1-0-0
1931 NYY AL 27 2B 90 526 216 288 22 52 .958 5.60 .965 5.48
1931 NYY AL 27 3B 39 96 39 53 4 4 .958 2.36 .943 2.89
1932 NYY AL 28 2B 134 784 362 405 17 70 .978 5.72 .968 5.67 MVP-8
1932 NYY AL 28 3B 5 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.80 .944 2.76 MVP-8
1933 NYY AL 29 2B 138 770 338 407 25 71 .968 5.40 .971 5.63 AS,MVP-14
1934 NYY AL 30 2B 92 495 218 265 12 52 .976 5.25 .969 5.67
1934 NYY AL 30 3B 30 93 36 51 6 7 .935 2.90 .943 2.95
1935 NYY AL 31 2B 118 633 285 329 19 72 .970 5.20 .969 5.61
1935 NYY AL 31 SS 9 46 18 25 3 4 .935 4.78 .959 5.18
1936 NYY AL 32 2B 148 785 346 414 25 88 .968 5.14 .972 5.58
1936 NYY AL 32 SS 2 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.00 .950 5.20
1937 NYY AL 33 2B 125 655 251 382 22 64 .966 5.06 .972 5.28
1938 CHC NL 34 SS 25 92 33 54 5 11 .946 3.48 .942 4.91
1938 CHC NL 34 3B 7 12 6 4 2 0 .833 1.43 .950 2.87
1938 CHC NL 34 2B 4 25 8 17 0 1 1.000 6.25 .968 5.40
1938 CHC NL 34 OF 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 1.000 2.20 1-0-0
1939 TOT NL 35 3B 15 39 12 23 4 1 .897 2.33 .944 2.79
1939 BRO NL 35 2B 11 70 28 36 6 9 .914 5.82 .970 5.42
1939 BRO NL 35 3B 2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 .933 2.80
1939 NYG NL 35 3B 13 36 11 21 4 1 .889 2.46 .944 2.79
14 Seasons 2B 1456 8059 3351 4445 263 808 .967 5.35 .968 5.50
8 Seasons 3B 166 486 195 263 28 24 .942 2.76 .944 2.88
6 Seasons SS 87 395 136 236 23 40 .942 4.28 .945 4.88
2 Seasons OF 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 1.000 2.20 2-0-0
1 Season 1B 1 3 3 0 0 1 1.000 3.00 1.000 9.50
14 Seasons TOT 1712 8946 3688 4944 314 873 .965 5.04 .931 5.21 2-0-0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1933

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1926-AL-10-11%
1927-AL-11-12%
1928-AL-3-42%
1932-AL-8-26%
1933-AL-14-8%
0.99 Career Shares (237th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1928 AL--.332--5th
1929 AL--.354--4th

On-Base% s c a p y
1928 AL--.397--9th
1929 AL--.430--4th
1932 AL--.399--10th
Career--.380--166th

Slugging % s c a p y
1928 AL--.535--7th
1929 AL--.561--8th
1932 AL--.506--9th
1933 AL--.486--7th
Career--.467--245th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1928 AL--.932--7th
1929 AL--.991--5th
1932 AL--.905--8th
1933 AL--.869--7th
Career--.846--178th

Games Played s c a p y
1926 AL--155--2nd
1927 AL--153--2nd

At Bats s c a p y
1926 AL--589--9th
1927 AL--570--8th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1926 AL--665--8th
1927 AL--660--5th

Hits s c a p y
1929 AL--193--10th

Total Bases s c a p y
1926 AL--272--9th
1927 AL--275--6th
1929 AL--306--8th

Triples s c a p y
1926 AL--14--5th
1930 AL--15--5th
1932 AL--16--2nd
1933 AL--12--7th
Career--115--108th

Home Runs s c a p y
1926 AL--18--3rd
1927 AL--18--3rd
1929 AL--18--6th
1933 AL--18--5th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1926 AL--114--2nd
1927 AL--102--8th
1929 AL--106--8th
1930 AL--121--9th
1932 AL--113--8th
1933 AL--104--8th
Career--1191--137th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1927 AL--69--7th
1931 AL--79--9th
1932 AL--82--9th
1933 AL--73--10th
1936 AL--97--5th
Career--869--175th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1926 AL--96--1st
1927 AL--82--3rd
1928 AL--50--9th
1930 AL--62--4th
1931 AL--80--3rd
1932 AL--64--7th
1933 AL--62--8th
1934 AL--64--7th
1935 AL--75--5th
1936 AL--65--8th
1937 AL--76--5th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1926 AL--16--6th
1927 AL--22--3rd
1931 AL--18--4th
1933 AL--15--5th
1934 AL--11--9th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1928 AL--146--6th
1929 AL--160--4th
1932 AL--138--6th
1933 AL--135--6th

Runs Created s c a p y
1927 AL--104--8th
1929 AL--127--7th
Career--1111--242nd

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1928 AL--27--8th
1929 AL--50--4th
1932 AL--30--6th
1933 AL--26--6th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1928 AL--2.6--7th
1929 AL--4.7--4th
1932 AL--2.8--6th
1933 AL--2.5--6th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1926 AL--60--7th
1927 AL--55--10th
1929 AL--66--8th
Career--627--240th

Times On Base s c a p y
1927 AL--245--7th
1929 AL--265--9th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1928 AL--.719--7th
1929 AL--.745--5th
1932 AL--.657--10th
1933 AL--.661--9th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1929 AL--4--9th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1927 AL--14--4th
1929 AL--10--10th
1932 AL--11--4th
Career--79--209th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1926 AL--16.9--2nd
1927 AL--19.8--1st
1928 AL--12.0--4th
1929 AL--12.0--8th
1931 AL--11.1--8th
1932 AL--12.7--5th
1933 AL--16.4--1st
1934 AL--12.3--6th
1935 AL--11.9--7th
Career--161.6--134th

AB per HR s c a p y
1926 AL--32.722--4th
1927 AL--31.667--5th
1928 AL--40.400--9th
1929 AL--30.278--7th
1933 AL--29.056--6th

Outs Made s c a p y
1926 AL--454--6th
1927 AL--429--8th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 91 (257), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 89 (181), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 37 (166), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

August 1, 1925: Traded by Salt Lake City (PCL) to the New York Yankees for $50,000. The New York Yankees sent Mack Hillis (March, 1926), Frank Zoellers (minors) (March, 1926) and Curt Fullerton (March 23, 1926) to Salt Lake City (PCL) to complete the trade.

October 15, 1937: Released by the New York Yankees.

October 28, 1937: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

December 10, 1938: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

December 10, 1938: Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

May 13, 1939: Released by the Brooklyn Dodgers. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

May 14, 1939: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants.

June 7, 1939: Released by the New York Giants.

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