Quick Index: Teams | Leagues | Managers | Postseason
You Are Here > smileyleague.org > Phil Rizzuto
Phil Rizzuto
Philip Francis Rizzuto (Scooter)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 6", Weight 160 lb.

MLB Debut April 14, 1941
Final Game August 16, 1956
Born September 25, 1917 in Brooklyn, NY
Died August 13, 2007 (age 89)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1941 23 NYA AL  147  560   54  158  23  10   4   62  12   4   21   49  .282  .306  .380  .686    94   213  15   4   2   0  14  
 1942 24 NYA AL  154  590   64  164  25   4   8   59  33   7   47   48  .278  .331  .375  .705   108   221  16   3   8   1  18  
 1943           [Did not play]
 1944           [Did not play]
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 28 NYA AL  131  498   63  127  17   3   4   34  25   3   30   44  .255  .299  .325  .625    90   162  14   1   1   2   9  
 1947 29 NYA AL  150  594   69  160  22   9   2   37  20  10   55   29  .269  .330  .347  .677    95   206  29   2   0   0   8  
 1948 30 NYA AL  143  499   60  131  16   2   8   52   3   5   51   36  .263  .330  .351  .681    96   175  23   1   0   0   6  
 1949 31 NYA AL  154  655  108  201  19   5  11   63  18   9   55   39  .307  .359  .402  .761   103   263  13   6   2   2   8  
 1950 32 NYA AL  154  625  132  205  44   7  10   74   4   4   75   40  .328  .407  .469  .876   117   293  21   2   5  10  12  MVP-8
 1951 33 NYA AL  149  592   74  153  15  10   1   60  17   7   53   37  .258  .320  .323  .643    90   191  22   5   0   3  12  
 1952 34 NYA AL  154  639   83  148  25  15   1   50  16   3   47   62  .232  .286  .322  .608    88   206  32   2   1   2  14  
 1953 35 NYA AL  137  455   70  121  22   6   1   46   5  10   73   55  .266  .368  .347  .715    98   158  19   1   6   1  10  
 1954 36 NYA AL   65  179   24   43   7   0   2   16   1   0   14   13  .240  .294  .313  .607    88    56  13   1   0   0   4  
 1955 37 NYA AL   75  122   16   28   6   2   0    8   6   1   18   15  .230  .331  .311  .642    88    38   2   1   0   1   2  
 1956 38 NYA AL   11   35    4    8   2   0   0    4   0   0    2    3  .229  .270  .286  .556    71    10   5   0   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     1624 6043  821 1647 243  73  52  565 160  63  541  470  .273  .333  .363  .696        2192 224  29  25  22 117
 Per 600 PA           529   72  144  21   6   5   49  14   6   47   41                                 192  20   3   2   2  10
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With NYA     1624 6043  821 1647 243  73  52  565 160  63  541  470  .273  .333  .363  .696        2192 224  29  25  22 117
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1661 5816  877 1588 239  62  38  563 149  58  651  398  .273  .351  .355  .706        2065 193   2   1  49 107
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1941 23 NYA AL  28   62   3.9   0   0   0  .000  29  183  139  .760    0    0  .000  SS   2e36      -54   
 1942 24 NYA AL  21   73   4.2   0   0   0  .000  28  190  140  .737    0    0  .000  SS   2e31      -12   
 1943           [Did not play]
 1944           [Did not play]
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 28 NYA AL  30   51   3.5   3   1   0  .333  20  135  101  .748    0    0  .000  SS   2e31        0   
 1947 29 NYA AL  21   71   4.0   0   0   0  .000  18  184  143  .777    0    0  .000  SS   2e25      -37   
 1948 30 NYA AL  25   60   4.0   0   0   0  .000  16  173  135  .780    0    0  .000  SS   2e21       13   
 1949 31 NYA AL  36   97   5.4   0   0   0  .000  21  190  141  .742    0    0  .000  SS   2e23       50   
 1950 32 NYA AL  38  122   7.2   0   0   0  .000  15  190  170  .895    0    0  .000  SS   1e14       19   
 1951 33 NYA AL  39   64   3.6   1   0   0  .000  23  159  124  .780    0    0  .000  SS   2e25      -54   
 1952 34 NYA AL  36   60   3.0   0   0   0  .000  25  178  140  .787    0    0  .000  SS   2e19      -70   
 1953 35 NYA AL  35   60   4.3  26  10   0  .385  18  136  102  .750    0    0  .000  SS   2e27      -19   
 1954 36 NYA AL  33   17   3.0  12   2   0  .167   8   41   23  .561    0    0  .000  2B   4e32       65   
 1955 37 NYA AL  25   14   3.9  38   8   0  .211   8   21   11  .524    0    0  .000  SS   3e36      -48   
 1956 38 NYA AL  14    3   2.6   1   0   0  .000   6   13    4  .308    0    0  .000  SS   3e48       15   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 13 Seasons          760   4.3  81  21   0  .259 235 1793 1373  .766    0    0  .000                 -14   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 25.9 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 35.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1941 23 NYA AL  SS   147   290   500   29  111   .965   147  1287.0   5.52
 1942 24 NYA AL  SS   154   351   479   28  104   .967   154  1368.2   5.46
 1943           [Did not play]
 1944           [Did not play]
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 28 NYA AL  SS   129   215   342   20   72   .965   118  1009.0   4.97
 1947 29 NYA AL  SS   150   262   449   18   85   .975   142  1328.0   4.82
 1948 30 NYA AL  SS   142   244   488   16   96   .979   137  1225.2   5.38
                 1B     1     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     1.0  18.00
 1949 31 NYA AL  SS   154   255   468   21   99   .972   154  1384.1   4.70
 1950 32 NYA AL  SS   154   290   599   15  135   .983   153  1390.2   5.75
 1951 33 NYA AL  SS   148   289   445   23   91   .970   145  1303.2   5.07
 1952 34 NYA AL  SS   154   304   393   25   92   .965   154  1389.1   4.52  GG
 1953 35 NYA AL  SS   111   205   356   18   87   .969   107   981.0   5.15
 1954 36 NYA AL  2B    49   111   112    8   25   .965    42   366.1   5.48
                 SS     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1955 37 NYA AL  SS    27    45    71    8   12   .935    23   189.1   5.51
                 2B     4     1     5    0    1  1.000     0     9.0   6.00
 1956 38 NYA AL  SS     9    23    37    6    8   .909     9    79.0   6.84
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 SS  1480  2773  4627  227  992   .970  1443 12936.2   5.15
                 2B    53   112   117    8   26   .966    42   375.1   5.49
                 1B     1     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     1.0  18.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1950 WS    NYA BRN   W    5  21  3  8  1  0  1   1  1  0  .381  .409  .571  0
 1956 WS    NYA NY2   W    1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000 1.000  .000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


Similar Batters

    Compare similar batters

  1. Cesar Tovar (940)
  2. Jim Gantner (933)
  3. Tony Taylor (933)
  4. Doc Cramer (931)
  5. Lonny Frey (931)
  6. Tito Fuentes (928)
  7. Ron Hunt (927)
  8. Mark McLemore (926)
  9. Pete Runnels (921)
  10. Jose Cardenal (920)


Similar Players   (includes position adjustment)

    Compare similar players

  1. Marty Marion (914)
  2. Royce Clayton (911)
  3. Rafael Furcal (907)
  4. Jim Gantner (897)
  5. Tony Taylor (897)
  6. Lonny Frey (895)
  7. Dick Bartell (892)
  8. Tito Fuentes (892)
  9. Johnny Logan (892)
  10. Ron Hunt (891)


Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1941  NYA   94-60   Billy Vanson
 1942  NYA   80-74   Billy Vanson
 1946  NYA   81-73   Billy Vanson
 1947  NYA   93-61   Billy Vanson
 1948  NYA   79-75   Billy Vanson
 1949  NYA   76-78   Billy Vanson
 1950  NYA  105-49   Billy Vanson
 1951  NYA   78-76   Billy Vanson
 1952  NYA   84-70   Billy Vanson
 1953  NYA   72-82   Billy Vanson
 1954  NYA   79-75   Billy Vanson
 1955  NYA   84-70   Billy Vanson
 1956  NYA  101-53   Billy Vanson

Quick Index: Teams | Leagues | Managers | Postseason