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.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
2	2	Apr 20	NYY		WSH	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
3	3	Apr 21	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
4	4	Apr 22	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
5	5	Apr 23	NYY	@	BOS	L,8-11	CG	43	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
6	6	Apr 24	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
7	7	Apr 25	NYY		PHA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 26	NYY		PHA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 27	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
10	10	Apr 28	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
11	11	Apr 29	NYY		BOS	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
12	12	Apr 30	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	NYY		BOS	L,2-11	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	2
14	14	May 3	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
15	15	May 4	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-5	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
16	16	May 5	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
17	17	May 6	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	2	5	0	7	2
18	18	May 7	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
19	19	May 8	NYY	@	DET	W,12-0	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
20	20	May 9	NYY	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
21	21	May 10	NYY	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	3
22	22	May 11	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
23	23	May 14	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	3	3	1	7	1
24	24	May 15 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-8	CG	49	10.2	3	2	0	5	1
25	25	May 15 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	33	5.1	1	1	0	2	0
26	26	May 17	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
27	27	May 18	NYY		CLE	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	28	May 19	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
29	29	May 21	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
30	30	May 23	NYY		SLB	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
31	31	May 24	NYY		SLB	W,13-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
32	32	May 25	NYY		DET	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
33	33	May 27	NYY		PHA	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
34	34	May 28	NYY		PHA	W,2-1	CG	56	14.0	7	3	0	10	2
35	35	May 29	NYY		PHA	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
36	36	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
37	37	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,13-3	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 1	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
39	39	Jun 2	NYY	@	CHW	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
40	40	Jun 3	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-7	CG	47	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
41	41	Jun 4	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-3	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
42	42	Jun 5 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
43	43	Jun 5 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
44	44	Jun 7	NYY	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	3
45	45	Jun 8	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	49	10.2	5	4	0	9	0
46	46	Jun 9	NYY	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
47	47	Jun 10	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
48	48	Jun 11	NYY	@	CLE	W,12-7	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
49	49	Jun 12 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	4	2	1	7	0
50	50	Jun 12 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	7.1	1	1	0	2	1
51	51	Jun 14	NYY		CHW	W,15-3	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
52	52	Jun 15	NYY		CHW	W,9-4	CG	45	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
53	53	Jun 16 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,6-10	CG	47	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
54	54	Jun 16 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
55	55	Jun 17	NYY		CLE	L,4-10	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
56	56	Jun 18	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
57	57	Jun 19	NYY		CLE	L,2-4	CG	48	11.0	5	1	0	6	0
58	58	Jun 20	NYY		SLB	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
59	59	Jun 22 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
60	60	Jun 22 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,10-8	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
61	61	Jun 23	NYY		DET	W,12-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
62	62	Jun 24	NYY		DET	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
63	63	Jun 25	NYY		DET	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
64	64	Jun 26 (1)	NYY		DET	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	2	7	0
65	65	Jun 26 (2)	NYY		DET	L,4-12	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	66	Jun 28	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
67	67	Jun 29	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	72 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
69	73	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
70	74	Jul 5	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	CG	45	9.0	0	2	1	3	1
71	75	Jul 7	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
72	76	Jul 8	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	52	12.0	1	5	0	6	0
73	77	Jul 9	NYY		WSH	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
74	78	Jul 14	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
75	79	Jul 15	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	8	0	8	0
76	80	Jul 16	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	23	5.0	0	1	1	2	0
77	81	Jul 17 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	3	2	9	0
78	82	Jul 17 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
79	83	Jul 18	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	49	9.2	1	3	0	4	1
80	84	Jul 19	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
81	85	Jul 20	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
82	86	Jul 21	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
83	87	Jul 22	NYY	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	3
84	88	Jul 23	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	4	4	0	8	2
85	89	Jul 24	NYY	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	46	11.0	3	4	0	7	1
86	90	Jul 25	NYY		CLE	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
87	91	Jul 28	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
88	92	Jul 29	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
89	93	Jul 30	NYY		CHW	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
90	94	Jul 31 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
91	95	Jul 31 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	4	6	1	11	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	96	Aug 2	NYY		DET	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
93	97	Aug 3	NYY		DET	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
94	98	Aug 4	NYY		DET	L,2-3	CG	48	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
95	99	Aug 5 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
96	100	Aug 5 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
97	101	Aug 6	NYY		SLB	W,9-8	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
98	102	Aug 7 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,20-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
99	103	Aug 7 (2)	NYY		SLB	T,2-2	CG	43	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
100	104	Aug 9	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
101	105	Aug 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	8	0	9	2
102	106	Aug 11	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
103	107	Aug 12	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
104	108	Aug 13	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-7	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
105	109	Aug 14 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
106	110	Aug 14 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	2
107	111	Aug 15	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
108	112	Aug 17	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
109	113	Aug 18	NYY		WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
110	114	Aug 19	NYY		PHA	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
111	115	Aug 20	NYY		PHA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
112	116	Aug 21	NYY		PHA	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
113	117	Aug 23	NYY	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	3
114	118	Aug 24	NYY	@	DET	L,2-13	CG	44	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
115	119	Aug 25	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
116	120	Aug 26	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
117	121	Aug 27	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
118	122	Aug 28 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
119	123	Aug 28 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
120	124	Aug 30	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
121	125	Aug 31	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-10	CG	45	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	126	Sep 1	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
123	127	Sep 3	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
124	128	Sep 4	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	6	0	8	2
125	129	Sep 5 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,13-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
126	130	Sep 5 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	31	7.0	2	2	0	4	1
127	131	Sep 7	NYY		BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
128	132	Sep 9	NYY		BOS	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	1	7	1	9	0
129	133	Sep 10 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,3-4	CG	45	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
130	134	Sep 10 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,8-1	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
131	135	Sep 11 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,20-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
132	136	Sep 11 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	CG	25	6.0	0	2	0	2	1
133	137	Sep 14 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
134	138	Sep 14 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,13-7	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
135	139	Sep 15	NYY		CLE	L,6-10	CG	42	9.0	2	3	2	7	2
136	140	Sep 16	NYY		DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
137	141	Sep 17	NYY		DET	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
138	142	Sep 18	NYY		CLE	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
139	143	Sep 19	NYY		CLE	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
140	144	Sep 20	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
141	145	Sep 21	NYY		CHW	L,9-10	CG	49	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
142	146	Sep 23 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,8-9	CG	45	9.2	3	1	0	4	1
143	147	Sep 23 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	28	7.0	2	2	0	4	1
144	148	Sep 24	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	3	5	0	8	0
145	149	Sep 25	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
146	150	Sep 26	NYY		BOS	L,6-7	CG	47	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
147	151	Sep 27	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
148	152	Sep 28	NYY		PHA	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
149	153	Sep 30	NYY		PHA	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
150	154	Oct 1	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
151	155	Oct 2	NYY		BOS	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
							152gm		1334.1	329	440	23	792	118