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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	32-20 / in Starts: 32-20
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	19 games
Most Games w/o HR	21 games
Most Games w/o RBI	17 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1941	WS g1	Oct 1	NYY		BRO	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.79	-0.081	41.49	-2.30%	-1.29	SS
2	1941	WS g2	Oct 2	NYY		BRO	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	8	2.29	-0.141	121.63	-4.62%	-0.93	SS
3	1941	WS g3	Oct 4	NYY	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	8	1.57	-0.038	98.43	-1.33%	-0.36	SS
4	1941	WS g4	Oct 5	NYY	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.067	.176	.067	.243	8	1.10	-0.175	66.99	-6.48%	-1.64	SS
5	1941	WS g5	Oct 6	NYY	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.238	.111	.349	8	.72	0.014	24.59	0.31%	-0.01	SS
1942 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	1942	WS g1	Sep 30	NYY	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	1	.82	0.001	43.02	0.16%	-0.37	SS
7	1942	WS g2	Oct 1	NYY	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.125	.300	.125	.425	1	1.37	0.017	70.28	0.78%	0.55	SS
8	1942	WS g3	Oct 3	NYY		STL	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.250	.357	.250	.607	1	1.04	0.027	65.60	0.78%	0.25	SS
9	1942	WS g4	Oct 4	NYY		STL	L,6-9	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.353	.421	.353	.774	1	.90	0.061	54.56	2.43%	0.50	SS
10	1942	WS g5	Oct 5	NYY		STL	L,2-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.381	.435	.524	.959	1	.78	0.147	27.04	2.76%	1.40	SS
1947 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	1947	WS g1	Sep 30	NYY		BRO	W,5-3	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	8	.77	0.010	40.48	0.18%	0.58	SS
12	1947	WS g2	Oct 1	NYY		BRO	W,10-3	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.429	.804	7	.52	0.043	27.88	1.23%	-0.46	SS
13	1947	WS g3	Oct 2	NYY	@	BRO	L,8-9	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.308	.333	.641	7	1.13	-0.124	47.08	-2.84%	-0.91	SS
14	1947	WS g4	Oct 3	NYY	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.250	.294	.313	.607	8	.92	-0.023	55.88	-0.93%	-0.39	SS
15	1947	WS g5	Oct 4	NYY	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.222	.333	.278	.611	8	.93	-0.029	76.46	-1.66%	-0.38	SS
16	1947	WS g6	Oct 5	NYY		BRO	L,6-8	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.346	.273	.619	7	1.52	-0.080	115.37	-3.59%	-0.64	SS
17	1947	WS g7	Oct 6	NYY		BRO	W,5-2	CG	4	4	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.308	.400	.346	.746	8	1.02	0.190	169.67	19.67%	1.72	SS
1949 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	1949	WS g1	Oct 5	NYY		BRO	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	1.78	-0.190	92.83	-5.48%	-1.32	SS
19	1949	WS g2	Oct 6	NYY		BRO	L,0-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	1	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	1.45	0.113	77.22	3.71%	0.76	SS
20	1949	WS g3	Oct 7	NYY	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	1	1.11	-0.052	69.86	-1.73%	-0.44	SS
21	1949	WS g4	Oct 8	NYY	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.200	.450	1	.56	-0.044	33.89	-1.60%	-1.30	SS
22	1949	WS g5	Oct 9	NYY	@	BRO	W,10-6	CG	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	.62	0.053	21.86	1.21%	0.16	SS
1950 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	1950	WS g1	Oct 4	NYY	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	1.56	-0.015	81.74	-0.51%	-0.13	SS
24	1950	WS g2	Oct 5	NYY	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG(10)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	2	1.53	-0.121	78.33	-4.00%	-1.16	SS
25	1950	WS g3	Oct 6	NYY		PHI	W,3-2	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.200	.385	.200	.585	1	1.23	0.039	51.32	0.69%	0.45	SS
26	1950	WS g4	Oct 7	NYY		PHI	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.294	.143	.437	2	.62	-0.048	13.92	-0.60%	-0.77	SS
1951 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	1951	WS g1	Oct 4	NYY		NYG	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	1.68	-0.079	87.71	-2.70%	-0.48	SS
28	1951	WS g2	Oct 5	NYY		NYG	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	2	.62	0.061	31.73	1.74%	0.42	SS
29	1951	WS g3	Oct 6	NYY	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	1	.333	.385	.333	.718	2	.56	-0.046	34.84	-1.62%	-0.40	SS
30	1951	WS g4	Oct 8	NYY	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.333	.294	.627	2	.75	-0.025	47.92	-0.86%	0.20	SS
31	1951	WS g5	Oct 9	NYY	@	NYG	W,13-1	CG	6	4	3	2	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.417	.476	.893	2	.43	0.099	35.33	5.09%	3.12	SS
32	1951	WS g6	Oct 10	NYY		NYG	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.320	.393	.440	.833	1	.84	-0.105	64.61	-4.46%	-0.73	SS
1952 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	1952	WS g1	Oct 1	NYY	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	1.15	-0.043	59.97	-1.03%	-0.15	SS
34	1952	WS g2	Oct 2	NYY	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.125	.222	.125	.347	2	.54	-0.047	28.44	-1.55%	-0.76	SS
35	1952	WS g3	Oct 3	NYY		BRO	L,3-5	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.083	.214	.083	.298	1	1.79	-0.164	112.55	-6.10%	-1.16	SS
36	1952	WS g4	Oct 4	NYY		BRO	W,2-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.071	.278	.071	.349	2	.54	0.008	32.96	0.27%	0.08	SS
37	1952	WS g5	Oct 5	NYY		BRO	L,5-6	CG(11)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.105	.261	.105	.366	2	1.06	-0.037	87.67	-1.51%	-0.15	SS
38	1952	WS g6	Oct 6	NYY	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.130	.286	.130	.416	2	.94	0.013	72.16	0.60%	0.24	SS
39	1952	WS g7	Oct 7	NYY	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.148	.281	.185	.466	2	.93	0.002	155.33	0.89%	-0.24	SS
1953 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
40	1953	WS g1	Sep 30	NYY		BRO	W,9-5	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	8	.53	-0.037	27.70	-1.09%	-0.80	SS
41	1953	WS g2	Oct 1	NYY		BRO	W,4-2	CG	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.400	.733	8	1.29	0.022	68.39	0.52%	0.50	SS
42	1953	WS g3	Oct 2	NYY	@	BRO	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.375	.708	8	1.80	-0.028	74.86	-0.38%	-0.17	SS
43	1953	WS g4	Oct 3	NYY	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.308	.333	.641	8	.98	-0.084	59.63	-2.82%	-1.15	SS
44	1953	WS g5	Oct 4	NYY	@	BRO	W,11-7	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.267	.389	.333	.722	8	.32	0.046	26.51	2.41%	0.75	SS
45	1953	WS g6	Oct 5	NYY		BRO	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.316	.409	.368	.778	8	.41	0.007	31.36	0.29%	0.18	SS
1955 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
46	1955	WS g1	Sep 28	NYY		BRO	W,6-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.42	-0.022	21.96	-0.62%	-0.21	SS
47	1955	WS g2	Sep 29	NYY		BRO	W,4-2	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	8	.99	0.040	52.53	1.17%	0.38	SS
48	1955	WS g3	Sep 30	NYY	@	BRO	L,3-8	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.571	.400	.971	8	.48	0.133	20.00	3.06%	1.20	SS
49	1955	WS g4	Oct 1	NYY	@	BRO	L,5-8	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.375	.545	.375	.920	8	1.02	-0.035	62.16	-1.19%	-0.58	SS
50	1955	WS g5	Oct 2	NYY	@	BRO	L,3-5	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	8	1.54	-0.079	127.51	-4.24%	-0.82	SS
51	1955	WS g6	Oct 3	NYY		BRO	W,5-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.438	.250	.688	1	.55	0.040	49.14	2.00%	0.10	SS
52	1955	WS g7	Oct 4	NYY		BRO	L,0-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.450	.267	.717	1	.92	0.054	153.33	5.93%	0.17	SS
									219	183	21	45	3	0	2	8	30	2	11	1	5	0		2	10	3	.246	.355	.295	.650

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