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 (May 22)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	9 (8)	Apr 24	NYY	@	BOS	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	5	4	0	9	3
2	10	Apr 25	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-12	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	11	Apr 26	NYY	@	WSH	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
4	12	Apr 27	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
5	13	Apr 28	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
6	14	Apr 30	NYY		CLE	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	5	5	1	11	3
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	15	May 1	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
8	16	May 2	NYY		CLE	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
9	17	May 3	NYY		DET	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
10	18	May 4	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	3
11	19	May 5	NYY		CHW	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
12	20	May 6	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	2
13	21	May 8	NYY		SLB	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
14	22	May 9	NYY		SLB	L,1-6	CG	46	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
15	23	May 10	NYY		BOS	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
16	24	May 11	NYY		BOS	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
17	25	May 12	NYY		BOS	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	2	7	1
18	26	May 14	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
19	27	May 15	NYY	@	SLB	L,2-8	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	28	May 17	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
21	29	May 18	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	30	May 19 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
23	31	May 19 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
24	32	May 20	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	42	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
25	33	May 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	1	1	1	3	1
26	34	May 22	NYY	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
27	35	May 23	NYY	@	DET	W,12-6	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
28	36	May 25	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
29	37	May 26 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
30	38	May 26 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	30	7.0	2	4	0	6	1
31	39	May 28	NYY		WSH	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
32	40	May 29	NYY		WSH	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
33	41	May 30 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
34	42	May 30 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	43	May 31	NYY		PHA	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	44	Jun 1	NYY		SLB	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	3
37	45	Jun 3	NYY		SLB	W,12-2	GS	22	5.0	0	3	1	4	1
38	46	Jun 4	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
39	47	Jun 5	NYY		CHW	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
40	48	Jun 6	NYY		CHW	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
41	49	Jun 7	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	CG	45	11.0	2	4	0	6	1
42	50	Jun 8	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
43	51	Jun 9 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,5-9	GS	1	0.0	0	0	1	1	0
44	56 (4)	Jun 14	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	3	6	1	10	3
45	57	Jun 15	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
46	58	Jun 16 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,9-2	GS	22	6.0	1	1	0	2	1
47	59	Jun 16 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	0	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
48	60	Jun 20 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	4	5	2	11	2
49	61	Jun 20 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
50	62	Jun 21	NYY	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
51	63	Jun 22	NYY	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
52	64	Jun 23	NYY	@	DET	W,10-8	CG	55	11.0	1	3	0	4	0
53	65	Jun 24	NYY	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
54	66	Jun 25	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
55	67	Jun 26	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
56	68	Jun 28	NYY		PHA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
57	69	Jun 29	NYY		PHA	L,0-2	GS	26	6.1	1	5	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	71 (1)	Jul 2	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
59	72	Jul 3	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
60	73	Jul 4 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
61	74	Jul 4 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
62	75	Jul 5	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
63	76	Jul 6	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
64	77	Jul 7 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-3	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	78	Jul 7 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-4	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	1
66	79	Jul 11	NYY		CLE	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
67	80	Jul 13	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
68	81	Jul 14 (1)	NYY		DET	L,1-5	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
69	82	Jul 14 (2)	NYY		DET	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
70	83	Jul 15	NYY		DET	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
71	84	Jul 17 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
72	85	Jul 17 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,8-4	GS	17	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
73	96 (10)	Jul 29	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	21	4.2	0	1	0	1	0
74	98 (1)	Jul 31	NYY	@	DET	L,0-6	GS	37	7.0	0	1	1	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	99	Aug 1	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
76	100	Aug 2	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-3	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	101	Aug 4	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-0	GS	27	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
78	102	Aug 7	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	49	11.1	1	1	0	2	0
79	103	Aug 8 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
80	104	Aug 8 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,13-1	GS	24	7.0	1	1	0	2	1
81	105	Aug 9	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
82	106	Aug 10	NYY		BOS	W,7-5	CG	52	12.0	4	5	0	9	2
83	107	Aug 11 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
84	108	Aug 11 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,9-1	CG	25	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
85	109	Aug 14	NYY		WSH	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
86	110	Aug 15 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,6-1	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
87	111	Aug 15 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
88	112	Aug 16	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	2
89	113	Aug 17	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
90	114	Aug 18 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
91	115	Aug 18 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
92	116	Aug 20	NYY		CHW	L,2-9	CG	40	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
93	117	Aug 21 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
94	118	Aug 21 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	CG	0	12.0	1	4	1	6	0
95	119	Aug 22 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
96	120	Aug 22 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
97	121	Aug 23	NYY		SLB	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
98	122	Aug 24	NYY		SLB	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
99	123	Aug 25	NYY		DET	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
100	124	Aug 26	NYY		DET	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
101	125	Aug 27	NYY		DET	L,4-7	CG	42	10.0	2	4	0	6	2
102	126	Aug 28	NYY		CLE	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
103	127	Aug 29	NYY		CLE	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
104	128	Aug 31	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	129	Sep 1	NYY	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	5	8	0	13	4
106	130	Sep 2 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
107	131	Sep 2 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	5	4	1	10	1
108	132	Sep 4	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	4	5	0	9	1
109	133	Sep 5	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	3
110	134	Sep 6	NYY	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
111	135	Sep 7	NYY		WSH	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
112	136	Sep 8 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,1-2	CG	46	11.0	6	2	0	8	1
113	137	Sep 8 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,8-9	GS	36	7.0	3	2	0	5	1
114	138	Sep 10	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
115	139	Sep 11	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-11	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
116	140	Sep 12	NYY	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
117	141	Sep 13	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	3
118	142	Sep 14	NYY	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
119	143	Sep 15 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
120	144	Sep 15 (2)	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.2	0	5	0	5	0
121	145	Sep 16	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
122	146	Sep 18 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
123	147	Sep 18 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,7-9	CG	0	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
124	153 (5)	Sep 29 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
125	154	Sep 29 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	28	7.0	2	2	0	4	0
							125gm		1062.0	267	378	26	671	97