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.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	39	9.1	3	2	0	5	0	SS
2	2	Apr 14	NYY	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
3	3	Apr 15	NYY		PHA	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
4	4	Apr 18	NYY		WSH	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
5	5	Apr 19 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
6	6	Apr 19 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
7	7	Apr 21	NYY		BOS	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
8	8	Apr 24	NYY	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
9	9	Apr 25 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
10	10	Apr 25 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
11	11	Apr 27	NYY		CHW	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
12	12	Apr 29	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
13	13	Apr 30	NYY		CLE	L,4-9	CG	45	10.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	NYY		CLE	L,2-10	GS	28	5.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
15	15	May 2 (1)	NYY		DET	W,12-4	GS	30	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
16	16	May 2 (2)	NYY		DET	L,0-4	GS	16	4.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
17	17	May 5	NYY		BAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
18	18	May 6	NYY		BAL	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
19	19	May 7	NYY		PHA	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
20	20	May 9 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,7-4	GS	21	6.0	2	3	1	6	2	SS
21	21	May 9 (2)	NYY		PHA	T,1-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
22	22	May 10	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-8	GS	31	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
23	23	May 11	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	5	3	1	9	1	SS
24	24	May 12	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
25	26 (1)	May 14	NYY	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	PH SS
26	27	May 15	NYY	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
27	28	May 16 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	6	3	0	9	2	SS
28	29	May 16 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-6	GS	21	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
29	30	May 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS	29	6.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
30	31	May 19	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS	30	7.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
31	32	May 21	NYY		BOS	L,3-6	GS	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
32	33	May 22	NYY		BOS	W,7-0	GS	24	7.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
33	34	May 23	NYY		BOS	L,9-10	GS	36	7.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
34	35	May 24	NYY		PHA	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
35	36	May 25	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
36	37	May 26	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-2	GS	12	3.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	45 (7)	Jun 2	NYY		CLE	L,7-8	CG	47	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
38	46	Jun 3	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
39	47	Jun 4	NYY		CLE	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
40	48	Jun 5 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,1-2	GS	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
41	49	Jun 5 (2)	NYY		BAL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
42	50	Jun 6 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,5-7	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
43	51	Jun 6 (2)	NYY		BAL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
44	52	Jun 8	NYY		DET	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
45	53	Jun 9	NYY		DET	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
46	54	Jun 10	NYY		DET	W,9-5	GS	29	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
47	55	Jun 11	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
48	56	Jun 12	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
49	57	Jun 13 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
50	58	Jun 13 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,0-8	GS	24	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
51	59	Jun 15	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
52	60	Jun 16	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
53	61	Jun 17	NYY	@	BAL	W,9-2	GS	26	6.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
54	62	Jun 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-6	GS	30	7.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
55	63	Jun 19	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-3	GS	30	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
56	64	Jun 20 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,16-6	GS	36	8.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
57	65	Jun 20 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-7	GS	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
58	66	Jun 22	NYY	@	DET	L,1-4	GS	34	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
59	67	Jun 23	NYY	@	DET	W,9-4	GS	32	7.0	4	3	2	9	3	SS
60	68	Jun 24	NYY	@	DET	W,11-2	GS	19	5.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
61	69	Jun 25	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-0	GS	28	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
62	70	Jun 26	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-9	GS	15	3.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
63	71	Jun 27	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
64	72	Jun 29	NYY	@	BOS	W,14-5	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
65	73	Jun 30	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-6	GS	25	5.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	74	Jul 1	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
67	75	Jul 2 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,6-5	CG	49	11.0	1	3	3	7	0	SS
68	77 (1)	Jul 3	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
69	78	Jul 4	NYY		WSH	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS
70	79	Jul 5 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-4	GS	27	7.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
71	80	Jul 5 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,11-2	GS	26	6.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
72	81	Jul 6	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	GS	30	7.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
73	82	Jul 7	NYY		BOS	W,17-9	GS	29	6.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
74	83	Jul 9	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-5	GS	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
75	84	Jul 10	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-1	GS	26	6.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
76	85	Jul 11	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-3	GS	26	7.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
77	86	Jul 15	NYY		BAL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	6	3	0	9	2	SS
78	87	Jul 16	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	GS	26	7.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
79	88	Jul 17	NYY		BAL	W,9-3	GS	34	7.0	3	3	1	7	2	SS
80	90 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	NYY		DET	L,6-8		33	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
81	93 (2)	Jul 21	NYY		CHW	L,3-15	GF	9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
82	94	Jul 22 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
83	95	Jul 22 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,11-1	GS	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
84	96	Jul 23	NYY		CLE	L,2-8	GF	25	5.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
85	97	Jul 24	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	GS	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
86	98	Jul 25	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
87	99	Jul 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-4	GS	27	6.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
88	100	Jul 28	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-5		3	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
89	101	Jul 29	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-0	GF	29	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
90	102	Jul 30	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-10	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
91	103	Jul 31	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	104	Aug 1 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,8-6	GS	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
93	105	Aug 1 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-1	GS	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
94	106	Aug 3	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-1	GS	21	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
95	107	Aug 4	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS	27	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
96	108	Aug 5	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
97	109	Aug 6	NYY	@	DET	W,4-3	GS	29	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
98	110	Aug 7	NYY	@	DET	L,1-3	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
99	111	Aug 8	NYY	@	DET	L,8-10		19	4.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
100	112	Aug 10	NYY		PHA	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
101	113	Aug 11	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
102	114	Aug 12 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,5-4	GS	27	7.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
103	116 (1)	Aug 13	NYY		BOS	W,8-2	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
104	117	Aug 14	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
105	118	Aug 15	NYY		BOS	W,14-9	CG	41	9.0	2	5	1	8	2	SS
106	119	Aug 17	NYY	@	PHA	W,11-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
107	120	Aug 18	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-1	GF	12	3.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
108	121	Aug 19	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-5	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
109	123 (1)	Aug 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,9-10	GF	28	5.2	2	1	0	3	0	SS
110	124	Aug 22	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-8		21	4.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
111	127 (2)	Aug 26	NYY		DET	W,11-2	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
112	131 (3)	Aug 31	NYY		CLE	L,1-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
113	132	Sep 1	NYY		CLE	W,4-1	GF	21	5.0	1	2	0	3	1	PR SS
114	133	Sep 2	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
115	134	Sep 3	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-2	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	PR SS
116	135	Sep 4	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
117	136	Sep 5	NYY	@	WSH	L,4-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
118	137	Sep 6 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,6-5		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
119	138	Sep 6 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,7-8		19	3.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
120	139	Sep 8	NYY	@	BAL	W,8-2	GF	21	6.0	0	3	0	3	2	SS
121	140	Sep 9	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-1		6	2.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
122	141	Sep 10	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-3	GF	20	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR SS
123	144 (2)	Sep 12 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
124	148 (3)	Sep 18	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-5	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
125	149	Sep 19	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-2	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
126	151 (1)	Sep 21	NYY		WSH	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
127	154 (2)	Sep 25	NYY		PHA	W,10-2	GS	0	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
							127gm		830.0	185	294	16	495	84