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Phil Rizzuto
Philip Francis Rizzuto (Scooter)
born Fiero
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 6" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: September 25, 1916 in Brooklyn, NY
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1941
Final Game: August 16, 1956
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1994.
Died: August 13, 2007
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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
1941 24 NYY AL 133 548 515 65 158 20 9 3 46 14 5 27 36 .307 .343 .398 .741 96 205 13 1 5 *6 MVP-20
1942 25 NYY AL 144 613 553 79 157 24 7 4 68 22 6 44 40 .284 .343 .374 .718 103 207 13 6 10 *6 AS,MVP-19
1946 29 NYY AL 126 518 471 53 121 17 1 2 38 14 7 34 39 .257 .315 .310 .625 74 146 10 6 7 *6
1947 30 NYY AL 153 623 549 78 150 26 9 2 60 11 6 57 31 .273 .350 .364 .714 100 200 6 8 9 *6
1948 31 NYY AL 128 539 464 65 117 13 2 6 50 6 5 60 24 .252 .340 .328 .668 79 152 6 2 13 *6 MVP-33
1949 32 NYY AL 153 712 614 110 169 22 7 5 65 18 6 72 34 .275 .352 .358 .711 88 220 18 1 25 *6 MVP-2
1950 33 NYY AL 155 735 617 125 200 36 7 7 66 12 8 92 39 .324 .418 .439 .857 122 271 6 7 19 *6 AS,MVP-1
1951 34 NYY AL 144 629 540 87 148 21 6 2 43 18 3 58 27 .274 .350 .346 .696 92 187 10 5 26 *6 AS,MVP-11
1952 35 NYY AL 152 673 578 89 147 24 10 2 43 17 6 67 42 .254 .337 .341 .678 94 197 9 5 23 *6 AS,MVP-14
1953 36 NYY AL 134 506 413 54 112 21 3 2 54 4 3 71 39 .271 .383 .351 .734 102 145 6 4 18 *6 AS,MVP-6
1954 37 NYY AL 127 369 307 47 60 11 0 2 15 3 2 41 23 .195 .291 .251 .541 52 77 7 1 18 2 *6/4
1955 38 NYY AL 81 181 143 19 37 4 1 1 9 7 1 22 18 .259 .369 .322 .691 89 46 2 3 13 0 1 6/4
1956 39 NYY AL 31 65 52 6 12 0 0 0 6 3 0 6 6 .231 .310 .231 .541 47 12 1 0 7 0 0 6
13 Seasons 1661 6711 5816 877 1588 239 62 38 563 149 58 651 398 .273 .351 .355 .706 93 2065 107 49 193 2 1
162 Game Avg. 162 655 567 86 155 23 6 4 55 15 6 63 39 .273 .351 .355 .706 93 201 10 5 19

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
1941 24 NYY AL WS BRO W 5 21 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 .111 .238 .111 .349 2 0 0 0 0 1
1942 25 NYY AL WS STL L 5 23 21 2 8 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 .381 .435 .524 .959 11 0 0 0 0 0
1947 30 NYY AL WS BRO W 7 30 26 3 8 1 0 0 2 2 1 4 0 .308 .400 .346 .746 9 0 0 0 0 0
1949 32 NYY AL WS BRO W 5 23 18 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 3 0 0 2 0 0
1950 33 NYY AL WS PHI W 4 18 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 .143 .294 .143 .437 2 0 0 1 0 0
1951 34 NYY AL WS NYG W 6 28 25 5 8 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 3 .320 .393 .440 .833 11 1 1 0 0 0
1952 35 NYY AL WS BRO W 7 33 27 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 .148 .281 .185 .466 5 0 0 1 0 0
1953 36 NYY AL WS BRO W 6 23 19 4 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 .316 .409 .368 .778 7 0 0 1 0 0
1955 38 NYY AL WS BRO L 7 20 15 2 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 1 .267 .450 .267 .717 4 1 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons (9 Series) 52 219 183 21 45 3 0 2 8 10 3 30 11 .246 .355 .295 .650 54 2 1 5 0 1
9 WS 52 219 183 21 45 3 0 2 8 10 3 30 11 .246 .355 .295 .650 54 2 1 5 0 1

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1941 NYY AL 24 SS 128 680 252 399 29 109 .957 5.09 .947 4.59 MVP-20
1942 NYY AL 25 SS 144 799 324 445 30 114 .962 5.34 .948 4.78 AS,MVP-19
1946 NYY AL 29 SS 125 671 267 378 26 97 .961 5.16 .954 4.65
1947 NYY AL 30 SS 151 815 340 450 25 111 .969 5.23 .964 4.93
1948 NYY AL 31 SS 128 624 259 348 17 85 .973 4.74 .964 4.85 MVP-33
1949 NYY AL 32 SS 152 792 329 440 23 118 .971 5.06 .963 4.79 MVP-2
1950 NYY AL 33 SS 155 767 301 452 14 123 .982 4.86 .960 4.74 AS,MVP-1
1951 NYY AL 34 SS 144 748 317 407 24 113 .968 5.03 .961 4.72 AS,MVP-11
1952 NYY AL 35 SS 152 785 308 458 19 116 .976 5.04 .961 4.29 AS,MVP-14
1953 NYY AL 36 SS 133 647 214 409 24 100 .963 4.68 .966 4.52 AS,MVP-6
1954 NYY AL 37 SS 126 97 828.0 494 184 294 16 84 .968 2.6 3.8 -0.4 2.4 -2.9 3 5.20 3.79 .960 5.00 4.31
1954 NYY AL 37 2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.80
1955 NYY AL 38 SS 79 43 451.1 235 93 132 10 30 .957 -3.2 -8.5 -3.2 -1.6 -1.6 0 4.49 2.85 .959 4.93 4.04
1955 NYY AL 38 2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.90
1956 NYY AL 39 SS 30 15 154.1 91 31 54 6 17 .934 -0.9 -7.0 -0.9 -1.1 0.3 0 4.96 2.83 .962 4.98 4.10
13 Seasons SS 1647 155 1433.2 8148 3219 4666 263 1217 .968 -1.5 -1.3 -4.5 -0.3 -4.2 3 49.50 4.79 .959 4.98 4.62
2 Seasons 2B 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.25 0.50 1.000 5.40 4.85
13 Seasons TOT 1649 155 1437.2 8149 3220 4666 263 1217 .968 -1.5 -1.3 -4.5 -0.3 -4.2 3 49.37 4.78 .927 4.98 4.62

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1942
1950 (SS)
1951 *
1952 (SS)
1953 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1950-ML-Major League Player of the Year
1950-AL-MVP
1951-AL-Babe Ruth Award

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1941-AL-20-2%
1942-AL-19-3%
1948-AL-33-0%
1949-AL-2-52%
1950-AL-1-85%
1951-AL-11-14%
1952-AL-14-10%
1953-AL-6-23%
1 MVP
1.89 Career Shares (102nd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1950 AL--.324--6th

On-Base% s c a p y
1950 AL--.418--7th

Games Played s c a p y
1947 AL--153--7th
1949 AL--153--6th
1950 AL--155--5th
1952 AL--152--4th

At Bats s c a p y
1949 AL--614--2nd
1950 AL--617--5th
1952 AL--578--8th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1949 AL--712--3rd
1950 AL--735--1st
1952 AL--673--5th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1949 AL--110--6th
1950 AL--125--2nd
1952 AL--89--9th

Hits s c a p y
1950 AL--200--2nd

Doubles s c a p y
1950 AL--36--3rd

Triples s c a p y
1947 AL--9--7th
1949 AL--7--9th
1952 AL--10--2nd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1950 AL--92--9th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1941 AL--14--6th
1942 AL--22--3rd
1946 AL--14--4th
1947 AL--11--5th
1949 AL--18--2nd
1950 AL--12--2nd
1951 AL--18--3rd
1952 AL--17--4th

Singles s c a p y
1941 AL--126--5th
1947 AL--113--10th
1949 AL--135--6th
1950 AL--150--1st
1951 AL--119--9th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1950 AL--122--10th

Runs Created s c a p y
1950 AL--111--10th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1950 AL--26--9th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1950 AL--2.4--9th

Times On Base s c a p y
1950 AL--299--2nd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1942 AL--6--2nd
1946 AL--6--2nd
1947 AL--8--1st
1950 AL--7--5th
1951 AL--5--10th
1952 AL--5--9th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1948 AL--13--7th
1949 AL--25--1st
1950 AL--19--1st
1951 AL--26--1st
1952 AL--23--1st
1953 AL--18--2nd
1954 AL--18--2nd
1955 AL--13--4th
Career--193--89th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1946 AL--7--8th
1950 AL--8--2nd

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1949 AL--7.8--6th
1950 AL--8.8--6th

AB per SO s c a p y
1947 AL--17.710--10th
1948 AL--19.333--10th
1951 AL--20.000--8th

Outs Made s c a p y
1949 AL--494--1st
1950 AL--450--7th
1951 AL--431--10th
1952 AL--469--4th

Oldest s c a p y
1955 AL--born 1916-09-25--6th
1956 AL--born 1916-09-25--3rd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 46 (534), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 87 (191), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (695), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1937 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

August 25, 1956: Released by the New York Yankees.

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