Tuesday, November 20, 2012

1951 Topps Red Back #5 - Phil Rizzuto

Phil Rizzuto (b. 1917 - d. 2007) played in the majors from 1941-1942, 1946-1956, all for the Yankees. He retired with 1,588 hits, 38 home runs and a .273 batting average. He was the 1950 AL MVP and was a member of 7 World Series Champions (all with the Yankees of course - 1941, 1947, 1949-1953). He was also an All Star 5 times (1942, 1950-1953). He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1994 by the Veterans' Committee.

Hall of Fame: 2
Deceased: 4

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Holy cow!

It didn't seem right to have a post about Phil Rizzuto without someone getting a "Holy Cow!" in there.