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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 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	W,19-1	GS	27	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
2	2	Apr 14	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-8	GS	32	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
3	3	Apr 15	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
4	4	Apr 16	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
5	5	Apr 17	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-7	GS	29	6.0	1	2	2	5	1	SS
6	6	Apr 18	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
7	7	Apr 20	NYY		BAL	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	17 (9)	May 2	NYY	@	DET	L,1-7	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
9	19 (1)	May 4	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-5	GF	11	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
10	21 (1)	May 7	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-6	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
11	23 (1)	May 10	NYY		CLE	L,6-9		22	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR SS
12	24	May 11	NYY		CLE	L,3-4	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
13	27 (2)	May 15 (1)	NYY		KCA	L,3-4	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
14	31 (3)	May 20	NYY		BAL	W,7-5	GF	8	2.0	1	2	0	3	0	PR SS
15	34 (2)	May 22 (2)	NYY		BAL	W,7-5	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	44 (9)	Jun 1 (1)	NYY	@	KCA	W,3-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
17	46 (1)	Jun 2	NYY	@	KCA	W,12-6	GF	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
18	47	Jun 3	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
19	49 (1)	Jun 5 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
20	56 (6)	Jun 11	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-7	GF	13	3.2	0	2	0	2	0	SS
21	58 (1)	Jun 12 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-7	GF	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
22	59	Jun 14	NYY		DET	W,7-6	GF	16	4.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
23	60	Jun 15	NYY		DET	L,6-8	GF	31	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
24	61	Jun 16	NYY		DET	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
25	62	Jun 17	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
26	63	Jun 18	NYY		CHW	L,3-6	CG	48	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
27	64	Jun 19 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,7-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
28	65	Jun 19 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
29	69 (3)	Jun 24	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR SS
30	70	Jun 25	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
31	71	Jun 26 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,0-5	GF	14	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
32	72	Jun 26 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,2-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
33	73	Jun 29 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,9-2	GF	30	6.0	0	2	1	3	0	PR SS
34	74	Jun 29 (2)	NYY		BAL	W,7-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	77 (2)	Jul 3	NYY		WSH	L,0-5	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
36	78	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	GF	18	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
37	79	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,5-10		8	2.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
38	80	Jul 6	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-4	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
39	84 (3)	Jul 10 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
40	86 (1)	Jul 15	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-3	GF	12	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
41	87	Jul 16 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,3-6	GF	23	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
42	88	Jul 16 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	GS	29	7.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
43	89	Jul 17	NYY	@	DET	L,5-6	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	SS
44	91 (1)	Jul 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-8	GF	18	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
45	92	Jul 21	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-9	GF	24	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
46	93	Jul 22	NYY	@	KCA	L,1-3	GF	5	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
47	99 (5)	Jul 28	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	106 (6)	Aug 4	NYY		CLE	L,3-6	GF	16	3.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
49	108 (1)	Aug 6	NYY		DET	L,5-7	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
50	109	Aug 7 (1)	NYY		DET	L,2-4	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
51	111 (1)	Aug 9	NYY		BOS	L,1-4		10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
52	112	Aug 10	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	GS	38	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
53	113	Aug 11	NYY		BOS	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
54	114	Aug 14 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
55	116 (1)	Aug 15 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
56	118 (1)	Aug 16	NYY	@	BOS	W,13-6	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
57	119	Aug 17	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-7	GS	33	6.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
58	120	Aug 19	NYY		BAL	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
59	121	Aug 20	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
60	122	Aug 21	NYY		BAL	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	0	SS
61	123	Aug 23	NYY	@	DET	L,2-7	GS	31	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
62	124	Aug 24	NYY	@	DET	W,3-2	GS	26	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
63	125	Aug 25	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
64	126	Aug 26	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	0	3	1	4	2	SS
65	127	Aug 27	NYY	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
66	128	Aug 28 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	135 (6)	Sep 5 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-6	GS	27	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
68	136	Sep 5 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
69	137	Sep 7	NYY		KCA	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
70	138	Sep 8	NYY		KCA	W,13-0	GS	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
71	139	Sep 9	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	GS	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
72	140	Sep 10	NYY		CHW	L,8-9	CG	52	10.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
73	141	Sep 11 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	SS
74	142	Sep 11 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	SS
75	143	Sep 13	NYY		DET	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
76	144	Sep 14	NYY		DET	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	4	3	2	9	2	SS
77	145	Sep 16	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	GS	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
78	146	Sep 17	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	GS	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
79	148 (1)	Sep 20 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	3	6	1	10	1	SS
80	152 (3)	Sep 23 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	GS	14	4.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
							80gm		453.1	93	132	10	235	30