Career Statistics

Vitals:

Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra
Born: May 12, 1925, St. Louis, MO
Bats: left          Throws: right
Height: 5′ 8″   Weight: 185

Major League Debut: Sept. 22, 1946
Major League Career: 19 years (1946-63 with Yankees, 1965 with Mets)

Management Career:
Manager: NY Yankees (1964, 1984-85), NY Mets (1972-75)
Coach: NY Mets (1965-71), NY Yankees (1976-1983), Houston Astros (1986-89)

Highlights:

• Played on 10 world championship teams and 14 pennant winners in 17 full seasons; played in 75 World Series games
• Three-time American League Most Valuable Player (1951, 1954, 1955); never finished lower than fourth in MVP voting from 1950-57
• Led American League catchers in home runs and RBI in each of nine straight seasons (1949-1957)
• Selected to play in 15 successive All-Star Games, 18x All-Star overall
• Played outfield early and late in his career, a total of 260 games
• Hit the first pinch hit home run in World Series history (1947)
• Caught at least 100 games in 10 seasons, and caught both games of 117 doubleheaders
• Became one of only four catchers to have a 1.000 fielding percentage for the season (1958)
• Caught the only Perfect Game in World Series history (1956)
• Selected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team
• No. 8 retired by the New York Yankees

Career Numbers:

• Games 2,120                                                 • Triples: 49
• At-Bats: 7555                                                • Home Runs: 358
• Batting Average: .285                                 • Runs Batted In: 1,430
• Runs: 1175                                                      • Walks: 704
• Hits: 2,150                                                     • Strikeouts: 414
• Doubles: 321                                                 • Slugging Average: .482
• On-base percentage: .348