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Tony Lazzeri
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Birthdate: 12/6/1903 Died: 8/6/1946
Height / Weight: ' " / 170 lbs. Place of Birth: San Francisco, CA, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Tony Lazzeri became the first player in baseball history to hit 60 home runs; while playing for Salt Lake City of the Pacific Coast League in 1925. His great numbers in this one full season in the minors were 60 HR's, 202 runs scored and 222 RBI's, all records. Baseball Historian Signed by the New York Yankees, Lazzeri a hard line drive hitter, drove home 114 runs (2nd in the league ) in his rookie year; his hitting and excellent fielding gave the Yankees the push they needed to win their first pennant of what was to become their first of many in the late 1920's and 1930's. Lazzeri was a main part of the Yankee powerhouse team which included Ruth& Gehrig. Hall of Famer, Tony Lazzeri batted over .300 five different times and had over 100 RBI's in seven different seasons. Tony Lazzeri's career stuff include a lifetime batting average of .292; hits 1840; games played 1,739, doubles 334, triples 115, and 178 HR's. Lazzeri scored 986 runs and had 1,191 RBI's. His speed shows with his 148 career stolen bases. baseballhistorian.com Baseball History


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
15 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1926 NYY (AL) 155 589 79 162 28 14 18 114 54 96 16 7 0 2 20 0 .275 .338 SLG
1927 NYY (AL) 153 570 92 176 29 8 18 102 69 82 22 14 0 0 21 0 .309 .383 SLG
1928 NYY (AL) 116 404 62 134 30 11 10 82 43 50 15 5 0 1 15 0 .332 .397 SLG
1929 NYY (AL) 147 545 101 193 37 11 18 106 68 45 9 10 0 4 18 0 .354 .429 SLG
1930 NYY (AL) 143 571 109 173 34 15 9 121 60 62 4 4 0 3 16 0 .303 .372 SLG
1931 NYY (AL) 135 484 67 129 27 7 8 83 79 80 18 9 0 1 4 0 .267 .371 SLG
1932 NYY (AL) 142 510 79 153 28 16 15 113 82 64 11 11 0 2 7 0 .300 .399 SLG
1933 NYY (AL) 139 523 94 154 22 12 18 104 73 62 15 7 0 2 4 0 .294 .383 SLG
1934 NYY (AL) 123 438 59 117 24 6 14 67 71 64 11 1 0 0 5 0 .267 .369 SLG
1935 NYY (AL) 130 477 72 130 18 6 13 83 63 75 11 5 0 3 1 0 .273 .361 SLG
1936 NYY (AL) 150 537 82 154 29 6 14 109 97 65 8 5 0 1 3 0 .287 .397 SLG
1937 NYY (AL) 126 446 56 109 21 3 14 70 71 76 7 1 0 0 1 0 .244 .348 SLG
1938 CHC (NL) 54 120 21 32 5 0 5 23 22 30 0 0 0 0 1 0 .267 .380 SLG
1939 NYG (NL) 13 44 7 13 0 0 1 8 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295 .392 SLG
1939 BRO (NL) 14 39 6 11 2 0 3 6 10 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 .282 .451 SLG
15 years   1740 6297 986 1840 334 115 178 1191 869 864 148 79 0 21 116 0 .292 .380 .SLG



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