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.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 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,12-4	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 20	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
3	3	Apr 21	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	3
4	4	Apr 23	NYY		BOS	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 24	NYY		BOS	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
6	6	Apr 25	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	GS	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
7	9 (2)	Apr 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	10	May 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-8	GS	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	16 (5)	May 9	NYY		CHW	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
10	17	May 10	NYY		CHW	W,9-3	GS	23	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	31 (13)	May 28	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
12	32	May 29	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
13	33	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	42	9.1	2	5	0	7	2
14	34	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	19	5.0	2	2	0	4	0
15	35	May 31 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
16	36	May 31 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	37	Jun 1	NYY		WSH	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	4	6	0	10	2
18	38	Jun 2	NYY		DET	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	39	Jun 3	NYY		DET	L,2-6	CG	49	11.0	4	3	0	7	0
20	40	Jun 4	NYY		DET	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	41	Jun 5	NYY		SLB	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
22	42	Jun 6 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
23	43	Jun 6 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
24	44	Jun 7	NYY		SLB	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
25	45	Jun 8	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	CG	53	12.0	3	2	0	5	1
26	46	Jun 11	NYY		CLE	L,8-10	CG	49	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	47	Jun 12 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
28	48	Jun 12 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
29	49	Jun 13	NYY		CLE	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
30	50	Jun 15	NYY	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	54	10.2	3	3	0	6	1
31	51	Jun 16	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
32	52	Jun 18	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
33	53	Jun 19	NYY	@	SLB	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
34	54	Jun 20 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
35	55	Jun 20 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	3	10	0	13	3
36	56	Jun 21	NYY	@	CLE	W,13-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
37	57	Jun 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	58	Jun 23	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	39	11.0	1	6	0	7	1
39	59	Jun 24	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	3	4	1	8	2
40	60	Jun 25	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	4	1	8	2
41	61	Jun 26	NYY	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
42	62	Jun 27	NYY	@	DET	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
43	63	Jun 29	NYY		BOS	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
44	64	Jun 30	NYY		BOS	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	65	Jul 1	NYY		BOS	W,10-7	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
46	66	Jul 2	NYY		WSH	L,1-2	CG	42	12.0	0	3	0	3	0
47	67	Jul 3	NYY		WSH	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
48	68	Jul 4	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
49	70 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	37	8.1	4	1	0	5	1
50	71	Jul 6	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	6	3	1	10	1
51	75 (3)	Jul 10	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	35	10.0	2	2	0	4	1
52	76	Jul 11	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
53	77	Jul 15	NYY		SLB	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
54	78	Jul 16	NYY		SLB	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
55	79	Jul 17	NYY		SLB	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
56	80	Jul 18 (1)	NYY		DET	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
57	81	Jul 18 (2)	NYY		DET	W,12-4	CG	34	7.0	3	4	0	7	2
58	82	Jul 20	NYY		DET	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
59	83	Jul 21 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
60	84	Jul 21 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,8-12	CG	51	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
61	85	Jul 22	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	86	Jul 24 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
63	87	Jul 24 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,4-8	CG	49	10.0	1	2	0	3	2
64	88	Jul 25 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
65	89	Jul 25 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
66	90	Jul 27	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
67	91	Jul 28	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
68	92	Jul 30	NYY	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	94 (1)	Aug 1 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-2	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	96 (1)	Aug 3	NYY	@	DET	W,15-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
71	97	Aug 5	NYY	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
72	98	Aug 6	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
73	99	Aug 7	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
74	100	Aug 8 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-8	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
75	101	Aug 8 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
76	102	Aug 10	NYY		BOS	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	103	Aug 11	NYY		BOS	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
78	104	Aug 13	NYY		PHA	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	0	3	1	4	1
79	105	Aug 14	NYY		PHA	W,14-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
80	106	Aug 15 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,3-5	CG	43	10.0	2	5	0	7	1
81	107	Aug 15 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,3-5	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
82	108	Aug 17	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	4	4	1	9	0
83	109	Aug 18	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	17	5.0	2	1	0	3	1
84	110	Aug 19	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
85	111	Aug 20	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
86	112	Aug 21	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
87	113	Aug 22	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
88	114	Aug 23	NYY		CHW	W,11-1	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
89	115	Aug 24	NYY		CHW	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
90	116	Aug 25	NYY		CHW	W,8-2	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
91	117	Aug 26	NYY		CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
92	118	Aug 27 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
93	119	Aug 27 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
94	120	Aug 28	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	6	0	10	4
95	121	Aug 29 (1)	NYY		DET	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
96	122	Aug 29 (2)	NYY		DET	W,11-10	CG	41	9.0	4	6	0	10	3
97	123	Aug 30	NYY		DET	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
98	124	Aug 31	NYY		SLB	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	1	1	2	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	125	Sep 1	NYY		SLB	W,5-4	GS	40	10.0	4	3	0	7	2
100	126	Sep 3 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
101	127	Sep 3 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
102	128	Sep 4	NYY		WSH	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
103	129	Sep 5	NYY		WSH	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
104	130	Sep 6 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
105	131	Sep 6 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
106	132	Sep 8	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-10	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
107	133	Sep 9	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	2
108	134	Sep 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-6	CG	48	10.0	3	4	1	8	0
109	135	Sep 11	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
110	136	Sep 12	NYY	@	WSH	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
111	137	Sep 14	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	5	1	7	2
112	138	Sep 16 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	33	8.1	4	1	0	5	0
113	139	Sep 16 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
114	140	Sep 17	NYY	@	DET	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
115	141	Sep 18	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	2
116	142	Sep 19 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
117	143	Sep 19 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
118	144	Sep 20	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
119	145	Sep 22	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
120	146	Sep 23	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	4	6	0	10	2
121	147	Sep 24	NYY		BOS	W,9-6	CG	47	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
122	148	Sep 25	NYY		BOS	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
123	149	Sep 26	NYY		BOS	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
124	150	Sep 28	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
125	151	Sep 29	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
126	152	Sep 30	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	1	8	2	11	1
127	153	Oct 2	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
128	154	Oct 3	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-10	CG	45	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
							128gm		1114.2	259	348	17	624	85