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.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	NYY		BOS	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
2	2	Apr 18	NYY		BOS	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
3	3	Apr 20 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS	25	5.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
4	4	Apr 20 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
5	5	Apr 21	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
6	6	Apr 23	NYY		PHA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
7	7	Apr 24	NYY		PHA	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	8	0	9	2	SS
8	8	Apr 25	NYY		PHA	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
9	9	Apr 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-13	CG	47	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
10	10	Apr 27	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
11	11	Apr 28	NYY		WSH	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
12	12	Apr 29	NYY		WSH	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	4	10	0	14	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
14	14	May 2	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
15	15	May 3	NYY	@	SLB	W,17-3	GS	33	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	SS
16	16	May 4	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
17	17	May 5	NYY	@	SLB	W,17-6	GS	29	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
18	18	May 6	NYY	@	DET	W,11-6	CG	45	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
19	19	May 7	NYY	@	DET	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
20	20	May 8	NYY	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	49	10.2	4	4	0	8	1	SS
21	21	May 9	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
22	22	May 12	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
23	23	May 13 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
24	24	May 13 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
25	25	May 14	NYY		CLE	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	SS
26	26	May 16	NYY		CLE	W,11-3	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
27	27	May 17	NYY		CLE	W,1-0	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
28	28	May 18	NYY		CHW	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
29	29	May 20	NYY		SLB	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	4	7	0	11	1	SS
30	30	May 21	NYY		SLB	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
31	31	May 22	NYY		SLB	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
32	32	May 24	NYY		DET	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
33	33	May 25	NYY		PHA	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
34	34	May 26	NYY		PHA	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
35	35	May 27 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,9-0	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
36	36	May 27 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
37	37	May 28	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
38	38	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,10-11	CG	68	14.2	2	3	0	5	1	SS
39	39	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 2	NYY	@	DET	W,8-7	CG	60	12.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
41	41	Jun 3 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
42	42	Jun 3 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
43	43	Jun 4	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-8	GS	34	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
44	44	Jun 5	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	3	SS
45	45	Jun 6	NYY	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	8.1	3	3	2	8	1
46	46	Jun 7	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
47	47	Jun 8	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
48	48	Jun 9	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
49	49	Jun 10 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
50	50	Jun 10 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,7-11	CG	43	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
51	51	Jun 12	NYY		SLB	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
52	52	Jun 15	NYY		DET	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
53	53	Jun 16	NYY		DET	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	3	5	1	9	2	SS
54	54	Jun 17	NYY		DET	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
55	55	Jun 19 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,11-9	CG	45	9.0	3	3	2	8	1	SS
56	56	Jun 19 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	3
57	57	Jun 20	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
58	58	Jun 21	NYY		CHW	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	5	6	0	11	4	SS
59	59	Jun 22	NYY		CLE	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
60	60	Jun 23	NYY		CLE	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
61	61	Jun 24	NYY		CLE	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
62	62	Jun 26	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
63	63	Jun 27	NYY	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
64	64	Jun 28	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
65	65	Jun 29	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
66	66	Jun 30	NYY		BOS	L,1-3	CG	43	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	67	Jul 1	NYY		BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
68	68	Jul 2	NYY	@	PHA	W,14-5	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	3	SS
69	69	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,6-9	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
70	70	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
71	71	Jul 5	NYY		WSH	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
72	72	Jul 6	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
73	73	Jul 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-10	GS	10	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
74	74	Jul 8	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
75	75	Jul 12	NYY	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	SS
76	76	Jul 13	NYY	@	CLE	L,8-11	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
77	77	Jul 14	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
78	78	Jul 15 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
79	79	Jul 15 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
80	80	Jul 16	NYY	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
81	81	Jul 17	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	9.1	3	3	1	7	0	SS
82	82	Jul 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
83	83	Jul 19	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
84	84	Jul 20	NYY	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
85	85	Jul 21	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
86	86	Jul 22 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-0	GS	22	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
87	87	Jul 22 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
88	88	Jul 24	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
89	89	Jul 25	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
90	90	Jul 26	NYY		CLE	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	4	3	1	8	1	SS
91	91	Jul 27	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	CG	30	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
92	92	Jul 29 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
93	93	Jul 29 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
94	94	Jul 30	NYY		DET	W,5-4	GS	16	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	98 (3)	Aug 3 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
96	99	Aug 3 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,2-10	GS	26	5.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
97	100	Aug 4	NYY		SLB	W,11-3	GS	22	6.0	0	2	1	3	1
98	101	Aug 5 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,6-2	GS	29	7.1	0	4	1	5	0	SS
99	102	Aug 5 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
100	103	Aug 6	NYY		WSH	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
101	104	Aug 8	NYY		WSH	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	SS
102	105	Aug 9	NYY		WSH	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
103	106	Aug 10	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
104	107	Aug 11	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	48	11.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
105	108	Aug 12 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,5-9	GS	21	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
106	109	Aug 12 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-7	CG	33	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
107	110	Aug 13	NYY	@	PHA	L,8-16	GS	28	5.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
108	111	Aug 14	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-3	GS	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
109	117 (5)	Aug 20 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
110	118	Aug 20 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
111	119	Aug 21	NYY	@	DET	W,11-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
112	120	Aug 22	NYY	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	51	11.1	4	5	1	10	1	SS
113	121	Aug 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	7	2	0	9	3	SS
114	122	Aug 24	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	5	7	0	12	1	SS
115	123	Aug 25	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
116	124	Aug 26 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	3	3	0	6	0	SS
117	125	Aug 26 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
118	126	Aug 28	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	42	10.0	4	2	0	6	2
119	127	Aug 29	NYY	@	SLB	W,15-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	128	Sep 1	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
121	129	Sep 3 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
122	130	Sep 3 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
123	131	Sep 5	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	3	SS
124	132	Sep 7	NYY		WSH	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
125	133	Sep 8	NYY		WSH	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
126	134	Sep 9 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
127	135	Sep 9 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,2-0	CG	19	6.0	2	0	0	2	1	SS
128	136	Sep 11 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	7	3	0	10	2	SS
129	137	Sep 11 (2)	NYY		SLB	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	4	6	0	10	3	SS
130	138	Sep 13	NYY		DET	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
131	139	Sep 14	NYY		DET	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
132	140	Sep 15	NYY		DET	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
133	141	Sep 16	NYY		CLE	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
134	142	Sep 17	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
135	143	Sep 18	NYY		CHW	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
136	144	Sep 19	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	SS
137	145	Sep 20	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
138	146	Sep 21	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
139	147	Sep 22	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
140	148	Sep 23	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
141	149	Sep 26	NYY		PHA	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
142	150	Sep 28 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
143	151	Sep 28 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
144	154 (2)	Sep 30	NYY		BOS	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS
							144gm		1236.1	317	407	24	748	113