Lawrence P (Yogi) Berra was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame class of 1972 along with Joshua Gibson, Lefty Gomez, William Harridge, Sandy Koufax, Buck Leonard, Early Wynn and Ross Youngs. Berra was a C\OF with the New York Yankees (1946-1963) and New York Mets (1965). For his MLB career he hit .285/.348/.482 with 358 HR, 1430 RBI, 1175 R, 30 SB in 2120 games. He threw out 49% of those that attempted to steal on him.
I believe his best three seasons were 1950 when he hit .322/.383/.533 with 28 HR, 124 RBI, 116 R, 4 SB in 151 games, 1954 when he hit .307/.367/.488 with 22 HR, 125 RBI, 88 R, 0 SB in 151 games and 1956 when he hit .298/.378/.534 with 30 HR, 105 RBI, 93 R, 3 SB in 140 games.
He won the American League MVP in 1951 when he hit .294/.350/.492 with 27 HR, 88 RBI, 92 R, 5 SB in 141 games, 1954 and 1955 when he hit .272/.349/.470 with 27 HR, 108 RBI, 84 R, 1 SB in 147 games. He also was voted second in AL MVP voting in 1953 and 1956.
He was an All Star 18 times 1948-1962. Berra won 10 World Series Championships with the Yankees in 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961 and 1962.
He also served as manager for the Yankees (1964, 1984-1985) for a 192-148 record and New York Mets (1972-1975) with a 292-296 record. That gave him a 484-444 career total.
Hall of Fame page
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