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	20-11 / in Starts: 10-5
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	21 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 66 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	37 (19-10-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 66 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	41 (22-12-6)

Most Driven In
A Carey	1
N Siebern	1
G McDougald	1
B Skowron	1
E Howard	1
H Bauer	1
B Cerv	0

Most Driven In By
B Martin	1
M Mantle	1
B Skowron	1
Y Berra	1
B Cerv	1
H Bauer	0
W Ford	0
T Sturdivant	0

1956 Batting Game Log

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1956 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	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	1631	3 (2)	Apr 19	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-7	5-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000			2	.28	0.014	.84	0.03%	0.26	SS
2	1632	5 (1)	Apr 21	NYY		BOS	W,14-10	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0		1.000			8						PR SS
3	1633	6	Apr 22	NYY		BOS	W,13-6	7-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			8	.11	0.007	.35	0.01%	1.12	SS
4	1634	8 (1)	Apr 25	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0		1.000			7						SS
5	1635	10 (1)	Apr 27	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.429	.000	.429	1	.72	-0.036	2.62	-0.08%	-0.61	SS
6	1636	11	Apr 28	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-6	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	1	1.12	-0.065	4.33	-0.15%	-0.70	SS
May		Gtm	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
7	1637	27 (15)	May 16	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.100	.308	.100	.408	9	.99	0.007	4.44	0.02%	-0.05	SS
8	1638	28	May 17	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	6	5	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.267	.389	.267	.656	1	.90	0.192	3.90	0.50%	2.15	SS
9	1639	29	May 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-7	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.364	.263	.627	1	.67	-0.014	3.18	-0.04%	-0.21	SS
10	1640	30	May 19	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.273	.385	.273	.657	8	.47	-0.018	2.25	-0.05%	-0.45	SS
11	1641	34 (3)	May 23	NYY	@	DET	W,13-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.370	.261	.631	3	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.25	SS
12	1642	36 (1)	May 25	NYY	@	BAL	W,10-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.370	.261	.631	1						SS
Jun		Gtm	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
13	1643	53 (16)	Jun 13	NYY		CHW	L,5-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.370	.261	.631	7						SS
14	1644	61 (7)	Jun 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	12-GF(12)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.370	.261	.631	1						SS
15	1645	62	Jun 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.345	.240	.585	8	.98	-0.054	7.53	-0.25%	-0.49	SS
16	1646	64 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.375	.259	.634	1	.78	0.039	6.38	0.19%	0.68	SS
17	1647	65	Jun 25	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.361	.258	.619	8	.37	0.014	1.90	0.04%	0.49	SS
18	1648	66	Jun 26	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.265	.359	.265	.624	8	.75	-0.060	3.87	-0.19%	-0.20	SS
19	1649	67	Jun 27	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.372	.270	.642	8	.90	0.059	4.77	0.19%	0.40	SS
20	1650	68	Jun 29	NYY		WSH	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.383	.275	.658	8	.53	0.032	2.86	0.10%	0.38	SS
21	1651	69	Jun 30	NYY		WSH	L,1-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.367	.262	.629	8	.65	-0.033	3.47	-0.11%	-0.48	SS
Jul		Gtm	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
22	1652	70	Jul 1 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.353	.250	.603	8	1.22	-0.062	6.42	-0.20%	-0.48	SS
23	1653	71	Jul 1 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,8-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.353	.250	.603	8						SS
24	1654	78 (6)	Jul 8	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-2	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.365	.267	.632	8	.01	0.000	.05	0.00%	0.26	SS
25	1655	83 (4)	Jul 15 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,6-5	8-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.358	.261	.619	8	3.17	-0.091	14.01	-0.24%	-0.36	SS
26	1656	86 (2)	Jul 18 (2)	NYY		DET	L,3-4	3-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.255	.352	.255	.607	8	1.48	0.041	4.31	0.07%	0.23	SS
27	1657	89 (2)	Jul 22 (1)	NYY		KCA	L,4-7	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.352	.255	.607	1						SS
28	1658	90	Jul 22 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,13-4	6-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.345	.250	.595	1	.03	-0.001	.09	0.00%	-0.17	SS
29	1659	95 (4)	Jul 28	NYY	@	KCA	W,14-3	7-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.339	.245	.584	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.25	SS
Aug		Gtm	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
30	1660	100 (4)	Aug 2	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.322	.231	.553	2	.92	-0.085	4.52	-0.25%	-0.95	SS
31	1661	114 (13)	Aug 16	NYY		BOS	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.322	.231	.553	9						PR
							20-11		66	52	6	12	0	0	0	6	7	0	6	0	7	0	2	1	3	0	.231	.322	.231	.553		.74	-0.114	3.61	-0.40%	0.34

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