Phil Rizzuto
Hall-of-Famers as Seen Through Player Won-Lost Records: Phil Rizzuto
Phil Rizzuto was elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans' Committee in 1994.
Five highlights of Phil Rizzuto's career:
- Phil Rizzuto was named to five All-Star teams. He was the starting shortstop for the American League in two All-Star games, in 1950 and 1952.
- Rizzuto received MVP votes eight times with three top-10 finishes. He finished second in MVP voting in 1949 and won the American League MVP in 1950 when he batted .324/.418/.439 with 200 hits and 125 runs scored. All of the numbers in the previous sentence were career highs for Rizzuto.
- Rizzuto played in nine World Series of which his team (the Yankees) won seven of them. Rizzuto batted over .300 in four World Series (1942, 1947, 1951, and 1953)
- Rizzuto led the American League in double plays turned by a shortstop three times, in putouts and fielding percentage twice each, and in assists once.
- After his 13-year playing career, all with the Yankees, Rizzuto did radio commentary for the Yankees for 40 years. His combined 53 years working for the Yankees is the most in Yankees' history. Rizzuto's baseball commentary is featured in the 1977 Meatloaf song, Paradise by the Dashboard Light.
The first two tables below present Phil Rizzuto's career as measured by Player won-lost records, in and out of context.