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Yogi Berra
Catcher

1946-63 New York Yankees
1965 New York Mets

  • Won three American League Most Valuable Player awards--1951, 1954, and 1955.

  • Holds the record for most World Series hits with 71.

  • Besides having a great bat, Berra was fantastic behind the plate. He accepted 950 errorless chances during one period of time that stretched from July 1957 to May 1959.

  • Berra was a notorious bad ball hitter, always swinging...and connecting...at pitches that no other batter could touch.

  • Berra was signed by the Yankees in 1942 but his big league debut was postponed while he served in the Navy during World War II.

  • His real name is Lawrence Peter Berra. His nickname was given to him as a child after some friends saw a movie about Hinduism. They decided that Lawrence looked just like a Hindu practicing yoga and the name stuck from there.

  • As manager, Berra led the Yankees to the World Series in 1964 where they lost in seven games to the St. Louis Cardinals.

  • Berra was the first manager to win pennants in both leagues--with the Yankees in 1964 and then with the Mets in 1973.

  • Though he was one of the greatest catchers of all time, Berra is perhaps best known for his many witticisms. Some of his most famous include: "It ain't over 'til it's over"; "It's deja vu all over again"; "You can observe a lot by watching"; and, "If you come to a fork in the road, take it."


Berra makes a throw to second, looking for a double play

  • Berra led all AL catchers in putouts 8 times.

  • Was named to the AL All Star team 15 times.

  • Had a .285 batting average over his long career.

  • Was on 10 winning World Series teams, a major league record.

  • Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972.
YR TM L POS G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG
1946 NY A C 7 22 3 8 2 4 .364 .391 .682
1947 NY A C-O 83 293 41 82 11 54 .280 .310 .464
1948 NY A C-O 125 469 70 143 14 98 .305 .341 .488
1949 NY A C 116 415 59 115 20 91 .277 .323 .480
1950 NY A C 151 597 116 192 28 124 .322 .383 .533
1951 NY A C 141 547 92 161 27 88 .294 .350 .492
1952 NY A C 142 534 97 146 30 98 .273 .358 .478
1953 NY A C 137 503 80 149 27 108 .296 .363 .523
1954 NY A C-3 151 584 88 179 22 125 .307 .371 .488
1955 NY A C 147 541 84 147 27 108 .272 .352 .470
1956 NY A C-O 140 521 93 155 30 105 .298 .381 .534
1957 NY A C-O 134 482 74 121 24 82 .251 .331 .438
1958 NY A C-1-O 122 433 60 115 22 90 .266 .323 .471
1959 NY A C-O 131 472 64 134 19 69 .284 .349 .462
1960 NY A C-O 120 359 46 99 15 62 .276 .350 .446
1961 NY A C-O 119 395 62 107 22 61 .271 .333 .466
1962 NY A C-O 86 232 25 52 10 35 .224 .302 .388
1963 NY A C 64 147 20 43 8 28 .293 .362 .497
1965 NY N C 4 9 1 2 0 0 .222 .222 .222
  19     2120 7555 1175 2150 358 1430 .285 .350 .482






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