Yogi Berra
Lawrence Peter Berra
Born: May 12, 1925
St. Louis, MO USA
Deceased: 2015
West Caldwell, NJ USA
Primary Position: C
All Position(s) Played: C, 1B, 3B, RF, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: L
Throws: R
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 185
Career: 1946-1965
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972.
Minor League Statistics
Yogi Berra compiled a career batting average of .285 with 358 home runs and 1430 RBI in his 2120-game career with the New York Yankees and New York Mets. He began playing during the 1946 season and last took the field during the 1965 campaign. Berra was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972.
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Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1946 | AL | New York Yankees | 7 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .364 | .391 | .682 | 1.073 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1947 | AL | New York Yankees | 83 | 306 | 293 | 41 | 82 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 12 | .280 | .310 | .464 | .775 | 136 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1948 | AL | New York Yankees | 125 | 497 | 469 | 70 | 143 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 98 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 24 | .305 | .341 | .488 | .830 | 229 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1949 | AL | New York Yankees | 116 | 443 | 415 | 59 | 115 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 91 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 25 | .277 | .323 | .480 | .802 | 199 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1950 | AL | New York Yankees | 151 | 656 | 597 | 116 | 192 | 30 | 6 | 28 | 124 | 4 | 2 | 55 | 12 | .322 | .383 | .533 | .915 | 318 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1951 | AL | New York Yankees | 141 | 594 | 547 | 92 | 161 | 19 | 4 | 27 | 88 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 20 | .294 | .350 | .492 | .842 | 269 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1952 | AL | New York Yankees | 142 | 605 | 534 | 97 | 146 | 17 | 1 | 30 | 98 | 2 | 3 | 66 | 24 | .273 | .358 | .478 | .835 | 255 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1953 | AL | New York Yankees | 137 | 557 | 503 | 80 | 149 | 23 | 5 | 27 | 108 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 32 | .296 | .363 | .523 | .886 | 263 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1954 | AL | New York Yankees | 151 | 652 | 584 | 88 | 179 | 28 | 6 | 22 | 125 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 29 | .307 | .367 | .488 | .855 | 285 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
1955 | AL | New York Yankees | 147 | 615 | 541 | 84 | 147 | 20 | 3 | 27 | 108 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 20 | .272 | .349 | .470 | .819 | 254 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | 140 | 597 | 521 | 93 | 155 | 29 | 2 | 30 | 105 | 3 | 2 | 65 | 29 | .298 | .378 | .534 | .911 | 278 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | 134 | 545 | 482 | 74 | 121 | 14 | 2 | 24 | 82 | 1 | 2 | 57 | 24 | .251 | .329 | .438 | .767 | 211 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
1958 | AL | New York Yankees | 122 | 476 | 433 | 60 | 115 | 17 | 3 | 22 | 90 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 35 | .266 | .319 | .471 | .790 | 204 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 |
1959 | AL | New York Yankees | 131 | 521 | 472 | 64 | 134 | 25 | 1 | 19 | 69 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 38 | .284 | .347 | .462 | .809 | 218 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
1960 | AL | New York Yankees | 120 | 404 | 359 | 46 | 99 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 23 | .276 | .347 | .446 | .792 | 160 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
1961 | AL | New York Yankees | 119 | 437 | 395 | 62 | 107 | 11 | 0 | 22 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 28 | .271 | .330 | .466 | .795 | 184 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
1962 | AL | New York Yankees | 86 | 263 | 232 | 25 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 18 | .224 | .297 | .388 | .685 | 90 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
1963 | AL | New York Yankees | 64 | 164 | 147 | 20 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 17 | .293 | .360 | .497 | .856 | 73 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
1965 | NL | New York Mets | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 2120 | 8364 | 7555 | 1175 | 2150 | 321 | 49 | 358 | 1430 | 30 | 26 | 704 | 414 | .285 | .348 | .482 | .830 | 3643 | 146 | 52 | 9 | 44 | 49 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
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1946 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1947 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 51 | 0 | 0.0 | 259 | 18 | 8 | 5 | .972 | 5.431 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1947 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1948 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 71 | 0 | 0.0 | 297 | 36 | 7 | 5 | .979 | 4.690 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1948 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 50 | 0 | 0.0 | 93 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .980 | 1.940 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1949 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 109 | 0 | 0.0 | 544 | 60 | 7 | 18 | .989 | 5.541 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1950 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 148 | 0 | 0.0 | 777 | 64 | 13 | 16 | .985 | 5.682 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1951 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 141 | 0 | 0.0 | 693 | 82 | 13 | 25 | .984 | 5.496 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1952 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 140 | 0 | 0.0 | 700 | 73 | 6 | 10 | .992 | 5.521 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1953 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 133 | 0 | 0.0 | 566 | 64 | 9 | 9 | .986 | 4.737 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1954 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 149 | 148 | 1271.3 | 717 | 63 | 8 | 14 | .990 | 5.522 | 5.235 | 5 | 19 | 28 | 34 | 54.8 |
1954 | AL | New York Yankees | 3B | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1955 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 145 | 141 | 1234.3 | 748 | 54 | 13 | 10 | .984 | 5.848 | 5.531 | 3 | 19 | 26 | 28 | 51.9 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 135 | 134 | 1172.3 | 732 | 55 | 11 | 15 | .986 | 6.042 | 5.830 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 24 | 48.0 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.750 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 121 | 116 | 1030.7 | 704 | 61 | 4 | 12 | .995 | 6.680 | 6.322 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 37 | 56.1 |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 6 | 7 | 62.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .435 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1958 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 88 | 87 | 755.0 | 509 | 41 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 6.556 | 6.250 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 28 | 54.9 |
1958 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 21 | 21 | 168.0 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .955 | 2.250 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1958 | AL | New York Yankees | 1B | 2 | 1 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1959 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 116 | 112 | 1000.7 | 698 | 61 | 2 | 9 | .997 | 6.826 | 6.543 | 3 | 19 | 32 | 26 | 44.8 |
1959 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 7 | 7 | 46.0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .818 | 1.761 | 1.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1960 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 63 | 53 | 454.3 | 256 | 22 | 3 | 6 | .989 | 5.507 | 4.413 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 44.4 |
1960 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 36 | 33 | 309.0 | 56 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .967 | 1.689 | 1.611 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1961 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 87 | 83 | 717.7 | 161 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .988 | 2.107 | 1.931 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1961 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 15 | 15 | 121.0 | 76 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.248 | 5.600 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 |
1962 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 31 | 28 | 271.0 | 175 | 16 | 2 | 6 | .990 | 6.343 | 6.161 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 41.7 |
1962 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 28 | 27 | 225.3 | 63 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .941 | 2.556 | 2.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1963 | AL | New York Yankees | C | 35 | 32 | 292.0 | 244 | 13 | 3 | 5 | .988 | 7.921 | 7.343 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 17.6 |
1965 | NL | New York Mets | C | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 8.000 | 8.000 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
Totals | 1962 | 1049 | 9170.7 | 9221 | 819 | 125 | 183 | .988 | 9.853 | 5.117 | 76 | 123 | 208 | 203 | 49.4 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1947 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 6 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .158 | .200 | .316 | .516 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1949 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 4 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .063 | .118 | .063 | .180 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1950 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 4 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .200 | .294 | .400 | .694 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1951 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 6 | 25 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .261 | .320 | .304 | .624 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1952 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 7 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .214 | .267 | .464 | .731 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1953 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 6 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .429 | .538 | .619 | 1.158 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1955 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 7 | 28 | 24 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .417 | .500 | .583 | 1.083 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 7 | 29 | 25 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .360 | .448 | .800 | 1.248 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 7 | 29 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .320 | .414 | .480 | .894 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1958 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 7 | 29 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .222 | .241 | .333 | .575 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1960 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 7 | 24 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .318 | .375 | .455 | .830 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1961 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 4 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .273 | .500 | .545 | 1.045 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1962 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1963 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 75 | 295 | 259 | 41 | 71 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 17 | .274 | .359 | .452 | .811 | 117 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
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1947 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | C | 4 | 3 | 28.7 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 6.593 | 5.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1947 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | RF | 2 | 1 | 12.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1949 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | C | 4 | 4 | 36.0 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1950 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | C | 4 | 4 | 37.0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.541 | 7.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1951 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | C | 6 | 6 | 53.0 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 5.094 | 5.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
1952 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | C | 7 | 7 | 64.0 | 59 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .985 | 9.281 | 9.429 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
1953 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | C | 6 | 6 | 52.0 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.923 | 6.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1955 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | C | 7 | 7 | 60.0 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.600 | 6.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | C | 7 | 7 | 61.7 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.735 | 7.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | C | 7 | 7 | 62.3 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 6.786 | 6.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1958 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | C | 7 | 7 | 63.7 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.330 | 9.429 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
1960 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | LF | 3 | 3 | 20.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1960 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | C | 3 | 2 | 18.0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 4.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1960 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | RF | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1961 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | LF | 4 | 4 | 36.0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 2.750 | 2.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1962 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | C | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.875 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 73 | 69 | 615.3 | 442 | 36 | 6 | 6 | .988 | 6.991 | 6.548 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Awards
1947 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star C
1949 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star C
1950 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star C
1951 - AL Most Valuable Player
1954 - AL Most Valuable Player
1955 - AL Most Valuable Player
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