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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jul 17)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	NYY		PHA	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
2	2	Apr 15	NYY		PHA	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
3	3	Apr 16	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	SS
4	4	Apr 17	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
5	5	Apr 19 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
6	6	Apr 19 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
7	7	Apr 21	NYY		BOS	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
8	8	Apr 22	NYY		BOS	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
9	9	Apr 23	NYY		BOS	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
10	10	Apr 24	NYY		WSH	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
11	11	Apr 25	NYY		WSH	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
12	12	Apr 26	NYY		WSH	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
13	13	Apr 28	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	45	10.0	4	2	0	6	1
14	14	Apr 30	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
16	16	May 2	NYY	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	41	8.2	2	3	0	5	1	SS
17	17	May 3	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
18	18	May 4	NYY	@	DET	L,8-10	GS	36	7.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
19	19	May 5	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-1	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
20	20	May 8	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	37	10.1	0	4	0	4	0	SS
21	21	May 9	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
22	22	May 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-4	GS	19	5.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
23	23	May 12	NYY		CLE	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
24	24	May 13	NYY		CLE	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
25	25	May 14	NYY		CHW	L,5-7	CG	47	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
26	26	May 16	NYY		CHW	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
27	27	May 17	NYY		SLB	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
28	28	May 19	NYY		DET	W,4-2	CG	41	11.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
29	29	May 20	NYY		DET	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
30	30	May 21	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
31	31	May 22	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-12	GS	38	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
32	32	May 23	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
33	33	May 24	NYY		BOS	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
34	34	May 25	NYY		BOS	L,10-14	CG	50	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
35	35	May 27	NYY		WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
36	36	May 28	NYY		WSH	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	1	2	1	SS
37	37	May 29	NYY	@	PHA	W,12-7	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
38	38	May 31	NYY		PHA	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	39	Jun 2	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
40	40	Jun 3	NYY	@	CHW	W,18-2	GS	26	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
41	41	Jun 4	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-5	CG	44	10.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
42	42	Jun 5	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
43	43	Jun 6	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	2	SS
44	44	Jun 7 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-2	CG	31	9.0	0	7	0	7	2
45	45	Jun 7 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
46	46	Jun 9	NYY	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	1	6	1	SS
47	47	Jun 10	NYY	@	DET	W,11-4	GS	22	5.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
48	48	Jun 11	NYY	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	5	1	10	4	SS
49	49	Jun 12	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS	26	6.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
50	50	Jun 13	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
51	51	Jun 14 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
52	52	Jun 14 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-0	GS	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
53	53	Jun 16	NYY		SLB	L,1-3	GS	24	5.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
54	61 (7)	Jun 23	NYY		CHW	L,3-11	GS	23	5.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
55	66 (4)	Jun 28	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
56	67	Jun 30	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	2	2	0	4	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	68	Jul 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-4	GS	25	6.0	1	4	1	6	2	SS
58	69	Jul 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	37	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
59	70	Jul 3	NYY		PHA	W,4-0	GS	28	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
60	71	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,6-3	GS	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
61	72	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,4-0	GS	24	7.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
62	73	Jul 5 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-4	GS	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
63	74	Jul 5 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
64	75	Jul 6 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-5	GS	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
65	76	Jul 6 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
66	77	Jul 7	NYY	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	2	6	0	8	1	SS
67	78	Jul 8	NYY		BOS	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
68	79	Jul 9	NYY		BOS	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
69	80	Jul 10	NYY		WSH	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
70	81	Jul 11	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
71	82	Jul 12	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	GS	28	7.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
72	83	Jul 16 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
73	84	Jul 16 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
74	85	Jul 17	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	4	4	0	8	3
75	86	Jul 18	NYY	@	SLB	W,13-2	GS	24	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
76	87	Jul 19 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
77	88	Jul 19 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
78	89	Jul 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-8	GS	30	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
79	90	Jul 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
80	91	Jul 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-10	GS	28	5.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
81	92	Jul 24	NYY	@	DET	L,1-5	GS	27	7.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
82	93	Jul 25	NYY	@	DET	W,15-11	GS	23	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
83	94	Jul 26 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	8	0	10	1	SS
84	95	Jul 26 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,14-4	GS	27	6.0	0	3	0	3	2	SS
85	96	Jul 28	NYY		CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
86	97	Jul 29	NYY		CLE	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
87	98	Jul 30	NYY		CLE	L,3-4	GS	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
88	99	Jul 31	NYY		SLB	W,11-5	GS	24	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	100	Aug 1	NYY		SLB	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	101	Aug 3	NYY		SLB	W,11-3	GS	27	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
91	102	Aug 4	NYY		DET	W,15-0	GS	25	7.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
92	103	Aug 5	NYY		DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
93	104	Aug 6	NYY		DET	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
94	105	Aug 7	NYY		CHW	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
95	106	Aug 8 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
96	107	Aug 8 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
97	108	Aug 9	NYY		CHW	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
98	109	Aug 11	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-2	GS	35	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
99	110	Aug 12	NYY	@	WSH	W,22-1	GS	17	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
100	111	Aug 13	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	5	1	6	2	SS
101	112	Aug 15	NYY	@	PHA	L,8-9	CG	42	8.2	1	5	0	6	1	SS
102	113	Aug 16 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-0	GS	27	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
103	114	Aug 16 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
104	115	Aug 17 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-3	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
105	116	Aug 17 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,9-0	GS	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
106	117	Aug 18	NYY		WSH	L,8-10	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
107	118	Aug 19	NYY		WSH	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
108	119	Aug 20	NYY		WSH	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
109	120	Aug 21	NYY		PHA	W,5-4	GS	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
110	121	Aug 22	NYY		PHA	L,4-10	GS	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
111	122	Aug 23	NYY		PHA	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
112	123	Aug 25	NYY	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	48	11.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
113	124	Aug 26	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	SS
114	125	Aug 27	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS	28	7.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
115	126	Aug 28	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
116	127	Aug 29	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-6	GS	25	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
117	128	Aug 30 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
118	129	Aug 30 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-1	GS	28	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	130	Sep 1	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	3	SS
120	131	Sep 2	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-1	GS	31	8.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
121	135 (3)	Sep 9	NYY		CHW	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
122	136	Sep 10	NYY		CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	5	1	9	2	SS
123	137	Sep 11	NYY		DET	L,2-3	CG	39	10.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
124	138	Sep 12	NYY		DET	W,13-4	GS	29	7.0	1	4	0	5	3	SS
125	139	Sep 13	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
126	140	Sep 14	NYY		CLE	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
127	141	Sep 15	NYY		CLE	L,0-1	GS	21	5.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
128	142	Sep 16 (1)	NYY		SLB	L,3-5	GS	18	5.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
129	145 (2)	Sep 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
130	146	Sep 20	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-8	GS	24	5.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
131	148 (1)	Sep 23	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
132	149	Sep 25	NYY		BOS	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
133	151 (1)	Sep 27	NYY		BOS	L,1-2	GS	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B SS
							133gm		1074.2	214	409	24	647	100