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Tony
Lazzeri		  
Nickname: Poosh 'Em Up
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 170
 
Born: December 6, 1903 in Usa, CA, SAN FRANCISCO
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1930   
Silver Slugger 1937   
Gold Glove 1935    1936   
All-Star Selections 1930    1932    1933    1934    1935    1936    1937    1938    1939   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 26 HOU NL $ 4,028,571   63 63 66 57 55 56 76 70 72 62 58 59 70 67 68
1931 27 HOU NL $ 4,800,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8
1932 28 MIN AL $ 4,800,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 8
1933 29 MIN AL $ 4,800,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 7 7 8 8 8
1934 30 SDP NL $ 4,800,000   7 7 7 7 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
1935 31 SDP NL $ 4,800,000   7 7 8 7 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
1936 32 SDP NL $ 8,750,000   7 7 7 7 6 7 8 8 8 9 8 8 7 7 7
1937 33 MON NL $ 8,750,000   7 7 8 7 6 7 8 7 7 9 9 9 7 7 7
1938 34 MON NL $ 8,750,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 8 8 8 7 6 7
1939 35 NYA AL $ 8,750,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 8 7 7 5 5 5
1940 36 NYA AL $ 8,750,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5
1941 37 MON NL $ 2,600,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 3 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
1942 38 MON NL $ 2,600,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 4 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 2,600,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 4 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,750,000   63 63 66 57 55 56 76 70 72 62 58 59 70 67 68
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 26 HOU NL 158 583 112 167 29 6 13 77 0 0 82 54 .286 .371 .424 .795 89.0 17.3
1931 27 HOU NL 149 536 125 174 29 9 26 104 6 4 80 40 .325 .408 .558 .966 109.4 24.7
1932 28 MIN AL 153 550 93 174 29 10 19 113 2 0 72 48 .316 .395 .509 .904 101.3 18.6
1933 29 MIN AL 150 531 100 158 26 2 18 111 1 0 75 47 .298 .381 .456 .837 89.6 15.1
1934 30 MIN AL 96 355 74 105 20 9 12 62 4 1 54 38 .296 .385 .504 .889 65.4 13.1
  SDP NL 49 174 36 48 6 3 5 29 2 0 30 17 .276 .379 .431 .810 28.7 5.1
  TOT   145 529 110 153 26 12 17 91 6 1 84 55 .289 .383 .480 .863 94.1 18.2
1935 31 SDP NL 148 507 104 157 27 4 24 94 5 2 89 50 .310 .406 .521 .927 102.4 19.6
1936 32 SDP NL 154 577 98 166 31 11 15 83 5 2 72 70 .288 .364 .458 .822 92.3 16.3
1937 33 SLC NL 77 279 51 97 17 3 18 55 0 0 36 41 .348 .421 .624 1.045 64.0 14.4
  MON NL 77 286 55 91 15 2 14 64 1 0 52 35 .318 .421 .531 .952 61.1 13.5
  TOT   154 565 106 188 32 5 32 119 1 0 88 76 .333 .421 .577 .998 125.2 27.9
1938 34 MON NL 156 555 79 161 24 6 18 95 0 0 79 84 .290 .376 .452 .828 90.1 15.5
1939 35 MON NL 24 92 9 31 3 1 1 7 0 0 8 12 .337 .386 .424 .810 13.9 3.1
  NYA AL 132 458 88 135 23 8 13 76 1 0 76 94 .295 .393 .465 .858 81.1 17.6
  TOT   156 550 97 166 26 9 14 83 1 0 84 106 .302 .392 .458 .850 95.0 20.7
1940 36 NYA AL 133 433 61 105 20 3 13 67 2 4 54 104 .242 .327 .393 .720 55.5 8.3
1941 37 MON NL 70 223 29 69 8 1 4 35 1 0 17 54 .309 .357 .408 .765 31.6 5.8
    A   30 101 12 32 4 1 2 13 4 1 21 23 .317 .434 .436 .870 20.2  
1942 38 A   113 257 29 57 9 2 5 27 2 1 58 41 .222 .365 .331 .696 36.8  
12 Years Sim 1726 6139 1114 1838 307 78 213 1072 30 13 876 788 .299 .384 .479 .863 1075.6 208.1
2 Years A 143 358 41 89 13 3 7 40 6 2 79 64 .249 .386 .360 .746 57.0  
162 Game Average 576 104 172 28 7 19 100 2 1 82 73 .299 .384 .479 .863 101.0  
Career Highs 158 583 125 188 32 12 32 119 6 4 89 106 .333 .421 .577 .998 125.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4274 767 1252 219 53 139 726 21 10 572 549 .293 .374 .467 .840 738.4
vs LH   1865 347 586 88 25 74 346 9 3 304 239 .314 .407 .507 .914 376.7
Home 858 3004 542 885 163 34 100 510 15 5 414 398 .295 .377 .471 .848 529.2
Away 868 3135 572 953 144 44 113 562 15 8 462 390 .304 .391 .486 .877 585.9
RISP   1760 0 520 96 14 50 792 0 0 313 228 .295 .390 .451 .842 323.1
Pinch Hitting   120 21 33 4 0 3 23 0 0 15 11 .275 .350 .383 .734 16.9
Close/Late   683 125 213 32 9 22 125 0 0 144 80 .312 .424 .482 .906 142.9
Mar/Apr 283 1044 191 323 37 19 40 182 2 1 135 138 .309 .386 .496 .882 194.2
May 311 1097 201 324 64 10 40 197 3 1 146 151 .295 .377 .481 .859 194.7
June 298 1063 186 314 60 15 30 157 5 1 159 154 .295 .384 .465 .848 189.2
July 271 929 173 280 51 10 37 183 3 2 134 101 .301 .386 .497 .883 174.6
August 293 1037 184 313 50 13 31 187 11 3 161 128 .302 .394 .465 .859 189.9
Sep/Oct 270 969 179 284 45 11 35 166 6 5 141 116 .293 .378 .471 .849 172.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1930 26 HOU NL 2B 156 146 1316.0 308 607 23 132 .975 6.26   6.2
1931 27 HOU NL 2B 148 136 1230.3 290 574 31 123 .965 6.32   5.4
1932 28 MIN AL 2B 152 141 1247.7 311 561 22 114 .975 6.29   3.7
1933 29 MIN AL 2B 150 136 1218.7 309 577 21 131 .977 6.54   6.3
1934 30 MIN AL 2B 94 90 810.2 203 370 21 81 .965 6.37   3.4
  SDP NL 2B 48 46 404.1 102 184 10 40 .966 6.37   1.7
  TOT   2B 142 136 1214.3 305 554 31 121 .965 6.37   5.1
1935 31 SDP NL 2B 145 131 1165.0 341 546 17 126 .981 6.85   5.6
1936 32 SDP NL 2B 153 147 1326.7 333 667 33 156 .968 6.78   6.0
1937 33 SLC NL 2B 75 72 620.0 162 272 10 59 .977 6.30   3.1
    SS 0 0 4.3 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.19   0.0
    1B 0 0 3.9 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.23   0.0
  MON NL 2B 75 72 667.0 174 293 10 64 .979 6.30   2.5
    SS 0 0 4.7 2 2 0 1 1.000 7.66   0.1
    1B 0 0 4.1 4 1 0 0 1.000 10.98   0.0
  TOT   2B 150 144 1287.0 336 565 20 123 .978 6.30   5.6
      SS 0 0 9.0 3 3 0 2 1.000 6.00   0.1
      1B 0 0 8.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 10.13   0.0
1938 34 MON NL 2B 154 132 1240.3 305 520 19 114 .977 5.99   3.4
1939 35 MON NL 2B 24 22 203.6 52 85 2 18 .986 6.06   0.8
  NYA AL 2B 129 122 1084.7 277 451 13 98 .982 6.04   3.8
  TOT   2B 153 144 1288.3 329 536 15 116 .983 6.04   4.6
1940 36 NYA AL 2B 129 116 1036.0 281 480 19 120 .976 6.61   4.9
1941 37 MON NL 2B 69 65 525.7 128 217 10 49 .972 5.91   1.8
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 1701 1574 14095.9 3576 6404 261 1425 .975 6.37   58.7
  SS 0 0 9.0 3 3 0 2 1.000 6.00   0.1
  1B 0 0 8.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 10.13   0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1702 1574 14113.9 3587 6408 261 1427 .975 6.37   58.8
Career Highs   156 147 1326.7 347 667 33 156 .983 6.85    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1930 26 HOU NL 19 77 19 25 8 0 2 14 1 1 8 9 .325 .395 .506 .902
1931 27 HOU NL 15 62 13 27 6 1 4 17 0 3 5 5 .435 .478 .758 1.236
1932 28 MIN AL 20 77 11 22 3 0 5 15 0 0 6 8 .286 .333 .519 .853
1937 33 MON NL 7 27 1 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 4 5 .222 .323 .222 .545
1939 35 NYA AL 6 15 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 9 7 .200 .500 .400 .900
Career Post-Season Batting 67 258 48 83 18 2 11 52 1 4 32 34 .322 .397 .535 .932
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1937-3-.333
 On-Base Pct
1931-7-.408
1932-9-.395
1935-5-.406
1937-1-.421
1939-8-.393
 Slugging Pct
1931-3-.558
1932-8-.509
1935-7-.521
1937-1-.577
 OPS
1931-2-.966
1932-8-.904
1935-8-.927
1937-1-.998
CAR-49-.863
 XR
1931-4-109.4
1932-7-101.3
1935-7-102.4
1937-1-125.2
 Games
1930-2-158
1932-1-153
1933-5-150
1937-9-154
1938-8-156
At-Bats
1937-10-565
 Runs
1930-6-112
1931-1-125
1935-6-104
1936-10-98
1937-2-106
 Hits
1937-4-188
 Total Bases
1932-8-280
1937-1-326
 Singles
1937-9-119
 Triples
1932-7-10
1934-9-9
1936-5-11
1939-7-8
CAR-42-78
Homeruns
1931-3-26
1932-7-19
1933-8-18
1935-4-24
1937-2-32
1938-8-18
 RBIs
1932-4-113
1933-6-111
1937-1-119
1938-9-95
 Stolen Bases
1934-9-4
 Caught Stealing
1940-9-4
 Walks
1930-5-82
1931-6-80
1932-8-72
1933-7-75
1935-4-89
1936-7-72
1937-2-88
1938-7-79
1939-8-76
 Strikeouts
1930-9-54
1936-6-70
1937-7-76
1938-7-84
1939-5-94
1940-4-104
 
   Black Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 104    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 56    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Had first career hit on 4/4/1930, off Vic Sorrell (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1930, off Pat Malone (NYG)
5/16/1930: Signed a contract extension with Houston, $4,800,000 per year, for 5 years
Was selected to the 1930 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Houston in 1930
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis (B) on 4/21/1931
Injured on 5/24/1931 with a Stiff Knee, out for one week
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1931, hitting .444 with 7 HR, 25 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/3/1931, hitting .476 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Detroit on 4/12/1932
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1932, hitting .374 with 6 HR, 25 RBI
Was selected to the 1932 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1932, hitting .423 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 7/26/1934
Traded from Minnesota to San Diego on 7/31/1934 (Going to SDP: 2B Tony Lazzeri, 1B Ripper Collins. Going to MIN: P Vic Frasier, P Tex Carleton)
Injured on 9/24/1934 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1935, hitting .650 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 4/16/1935 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1935, hitting .474 with 5 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1935 Allstar game
9/1/1935: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $8,750,000 per year, for 5 years
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1935
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1936, hitting .571 with 0 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1936 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1936
Traded from San Diego to St. Louis (C) on 2/21/1937 (Going to SLC: 2B Tony Lazzeri. Going to SDP: SS Eddie Miller)
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1937, hitting .426 with 6 HR, 19 RBI
Traded from St. Louis (C) to Montreal on 7/1/1937 (Going to SLC: P Ken Heintzelman, SS Bill Barrett. Going to MON: 2B Tony Lazzeri, 2B Mark Koenig, P Clay Bryant)
Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1937, hitting .374 with 6 HR, 32 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1937, hitting .333 with 32 HR, 119 RBI
Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game
Traded from Montreal to New York (A) on 5/1/1939 (Going to MON: LF Milt Galatzer. Going to NYA: 2B Tony Lazzeri, P Hub Pruett)
Was selected to the 1939 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle (M) on 8/24/1939
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1940, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/2/1941 to a 7-year deal worth $2,600,000 per year
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 6/29/1941
 
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