Tony Lazzeri

Full Name: Anthony Michael Lazzeri Primary Position: 2B,3B Height/Weight: 5' 11.5"/170 First Game: April 13, 1926 Birthdate: December 6, 1903 Final Game: June 7, 1939 Birthplace: San Francisco, California MLB Experience: 14 years Died: August 6, 1946 Deathplace: San Francisco, California Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991

Biography

Tony Lazzeri (Anthony Michael Lazzeri) was born on December 6, 1903 in San Francisco, California. He made his Major League debut on April 13, 1926 for the New York Yankees. In 1926, his rookie year, he hit .275 with 18 home runs and 114 RBI. Lazzeri played for the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers over the course of his 14 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Tony Lazzeri's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1929, when he slugged 18 home runs, hit for a .354 average and knocked in 106 runs. However, others believe that it was 1927, when he slugged 18 home runs, hit for a .309 average and knocked in 102 runs.

Statistics

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1926	NY	A	155	589	79	162	18	114	.275	.338	.462	28	14	54	96	2	20	16	0	0
1927	NY	A	153	570	92	176	18	102	.309	.383	.482	29	8	69	82	0	21	22	0	0
1928	NY	A	116	404	62	134	10	82	.332	.397	.535	30	11	43	50	1	15	15	0	0
1929	NY	A	147	545	101	193	18	106	.354	.429	.561	37	11	68	45	4	18	9	0	0
1930	NY	A	143	571	109	173	9	121	.303	.372	.462	34	15	60	62	3	16	4	0	0
1931	NY	A	135	484	67	129	8	83	.267	.371	.401	27	7	79	80	1	4	18	0	0
1932	NY	A	142	510	79	153	15	113	.300	.399	.506	28	16	82	64	2	7	11	0	0
1933	NY	A	139	523	94	154	18	104	.294	.383	.486	22	12	73	62	2	4	15	0	0
1934	NY	A	123	438	59	117	14	67	.267	.369	.445	24	6	71	64	0	5	11	0	0
1935	NY	A	130	477	72	130	13	83	.273	.361	.417	18	6	63	75	3	1	11	0	0
1936	NY	A	150	537	82	154	14	109	.287	.397	.441	29	6	97	65	1	3	8	0	0
1937	NY	A	126	446	56	109	14	70	.244	.348	.399	21	3	71	76	0	1	7	0	0
1938	CHI	N	54	120	21	32	5	23	.267	.380	.433	5	0	22	30	0	1	0	0	5
1939	NY	N	13	44	7	13	1	8	.295	.392	.364	0	0	7	6	0	0	0	0	2
1939	BRO	N	14	39	6	11	3	6	.282	.451	.564	2	0	10	7	2	0	1	0	1
1939	TOT	N	27	83	13	24	4	14	.289	.422	.458	2	0	17	13	2	0	1	0	3
Total	NL		81	203	34	56	9	37	.276	.398	.443	7	0	39	43	2	1	1	0	8
Total	AL		1659	6094	952	1784	169	1154	.293	.379	.467	327	115	830	821	19	115	147	0	0
Total			1740	6297	986	1840	178	1191	.292	.380	.467	334	115	869	864	21	116	148	0	8

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1926	NY	A	2B	149	0	0	298	461	31	72	0	0	0	0	0	.961
1926	NY	A	SS	5	0	0	9	14	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.885
1926	NY	A	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1927	NY	A	2B	113	0	0	213	398	18	60	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1927	NY	A	SS	38	0	0	58	115	10	15	0	0	0	0	0	.945
1927	NY	A	3B	9	0	0	10	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1928	NY	A	2B	110	0	0	236	331	26	56	0	0	0	0	0	.956
1929	NY	A	2B	147	0	0	368	467	27	102	0	0	0	0	0	.969
1930	NY	A	3B	60	0	0	90	113	11	12	0	0	0	0	0	.949
1930	NY	A	1B	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1930	NY	A	SS	8	0	0	16	24	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	.952
1930	NY	A	2B	77	0	0	184	245	13	39	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1930	NY	A	OF	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1931	NY	A	3B	39	0	0	39	53	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1931	NY	A	2B	90	0	0	216	288	22	52	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1932	NY	A	2B	134	0	0	362	405	17	70	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1932	NY	A	3B	5	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1933	NY	A	2B	138	0	0	338	407	25	71	0	0	0	0	0	.968
1934	NY	A	2B	92	0	0	218	265	12	52	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1934	NY	A	3B	30	0	0	36	51	6	7	0	0	0	0	0	.935
1935	NY	A	2B	118	0	0	285	329	19	72	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1935	NY	A	SS	9	0	0	18	25	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	.935
1936	NY	A	SS	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1936	NY	A	2B	148	0	0	346	414	25	88	0	0	0	0	0	.968
1937	NY	A	2B	125	0	0	251	382	22	64	0	0	0	0	0	.966
1938	CHI	N	3B	7	0	0	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1938	CHI	N	2B	4	0	0	8	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1938	CHI	N	SS	25	0	0	33	54	5	11	0	0	0	0	0	.946
1938	CHI	N	OF	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1939	NY	N	3B	13	0	0	11	21	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.889
1939	BRO	N	2B	11	0	0	28	36	6	9	0	0	0	0	0	.914
1939	BRO	N	3B	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1939	TOT	N	3B	15	0	0	12	23	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.897
Total			1B	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	1456	0	0	3351	4445	263	808	0	0	0	0	0	.967
Total			SS	87	0	0	136	236	23	40	0	0	0	0	0	.942
Total			3B	166	0	0	195	263	28	24	0	0	0	0	0	.942

Transactions

• Traded by Salt Lake City (PCL) to New York Yankees in exchange for $50000 and 3 players to be named later (August 1, 1925); Salt Lake City (PCL) received Mack Hillis and Frank Zoellers (March, 1926) and Curt Fullerton (March 23, 1926).
• Released by New York Yankees (October 15, 1937).
• Signed by Chicago Cubs (October 28, 1937).
• Released by Chicago Cubs (December 10, 1938).
• Signed by Brooklyn Dodgers (December 10, 1938).
• Released by Brooklyn Dodgers (@May 13, 1939).
• Signed by New York Giants (May 14, 1939).
• Released by New York Giants (June 7, 1939).