Chris Lombardozzi

Christopher Lombardozzi

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lbs.

• School University of Florida
• High School Auburn High School

• Born January 29, 1965 in Malden, MA USA

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Biographical Information

Infielder Chris Lombardozzi, brother of second baseman Steve Lombardozzi and uncle of infielder Steve Lombardozzi Jr., played minor league ball in the New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds and Milwaukee Brewers systems, topping out at AAA in 1990 with the Nashville Sounds. Like his brother, Chris was also a second baseman, but also played a lot of third base, in addition to a handful of games at first, shortstop and 18 games in the outfield.

The New York Yankees chose Lombardozzi in the 8th round of the 1985 amateur draft. Assigned to the Oneonta Yankees, he hit .246/~.409/.338 with 57 walks in 66 games. He was still ten walks behind New York-Penn League pacesetter Brady Anderson. In 1986, Chris batted .267/~.423/.359 with 88 walks for the Fort Lauderdale Yankees. The next season, he was with the Prince William Yankees (.257/~.385/.405) and Albany-Colonie Yankees (.210/~.245/.286); he had 75 walks and a career-high 11 home runs for the year.

Chris moved to the Reds organization in 1988 and batted .282/.35/.427 for the Cedar Rapids Reds. In '89, he was 4 for 14 for Cedar Rapids and put up a .262/.341/.363 line as a utility man for the Chattanooga Lookouts. He split 1990 between Cedar Rapids (.272/.339/.337 in 47 G), the Nashville Sounds (1 for 15, 3 BB) and the El Paso Diablos (.250/.321/.310 in 34 G).

Lombardozzi ended his career in 1991 with the Black Panthers Ronchi in Italy, hitting .462/.541/.727 with 37 runs and 34 RBI in 35 games. He fielded .911 at shortstop. Had he qualified, he would have edged Roberto Bianchi by .002 for the batting title, thus depriving Bianchi of the Triple Crown.