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  Tony Lazzeri Obituary
Tony Lazzeri, second baseman for the New York Yankees baseball team in the days of Babe Ruth, was found dead in his home at near-by Millbrae today.
Tony almost quit baseball in 1923, when he became discouraged because he was shifted back and fourth between t he Salt Lake City club and other minor-league teams.
Tony Lazzeri was the first Major League ballplayer from either league to hit two grand slams during the same game (May 24, 1936).
www.baseball-almanac.com /deaths/tony_lazzeri_obituary.shtml   (726 words)

  
  Tony Lazzeri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anthony Michael Lazzeri (December 6, 1903 in San Francisco, California- August 6, 1946 in San Francisco, California), better known as Tony Lazzeri, was a Major League Baseball player during the 1920s and 1930s, predominantly with the New York Yankees.
Lazzeri, a second baseman, entered the major leagues in 1926 as a member of the New York Yankees.
Tony Lazzeri was selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tony_Lazzeri   (395 words)

  
 Urban Legends Reference Pages: Total Recall
Lazzeri, according to legend, spent two weeks preparing for the prank he planned to pull on Johnson, doctoring a baseball by pounding it with a bat, soaking it in soapy water, and rubbing dirt into it, then coating it with white shoe polish to restore its resemblance to an ordinary ball.
Tony Lazzeri and the left-hander Kemp Wicker, whose pitching had the protection of a
It all passed off innocently enough, as viewed from the stands, and the crowd had a good laugh, although the umpires seemed to be doing some snappy criticizing on the field as they met each rush of protest from the Philadelphia bench.
www.snopes.com /sports/baseball/mushball.asp   (879 words)

  
 Tony Lazzeri Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Anthony Michael Lazzeri (December 6, 1903 - August 6, 1946), better known as Tony Lazzeri, was a Major League Baseball player during the 1920s and 1930s, predominantly with the New York Yankees.
After brief stints with the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants in 1939, Lazzeri retired.Although his offensive production was overshadowed by the historic accomplishments of teammates Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio, Lazzeri is still considered one of the top hitting second basemen of his era.
Lazzeri was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991.
www.biographybase.com /biography/Lazzeri_Tony.html   (331 words)

  
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In Tony's day most PCL players were under contract to their Coast League bosses, and not on assignment from the major leagues.
Tony Lazzeri could have hit 200 home runs and still been safe from purchase by a big league team.
Lazzeri, like Kittle, was a tremendous threat at home, hitting 39 homers there compared to 21 on the road.
www.chebucto.ns.ca /~sessmith/homerun.html   (1634 words)

  
 Republican Operative Forums - Handing out some Tony awards of our own   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Tony Lazzeri was a supporting player on the New York Yankees "Murderer's Row," but belted two home runs in Game 4 of the 1928 World Series.
Best Tony of all time: Tony Gonzalez caught over 100 passes in a season for the Chiefs, and is one of the NFL's best tight ends ever.
Perez, Lazzeri, and Gwynn are all in Cooperstown.
www.republicanoperative.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-415.html   (873 words)

  
 Tony Lazzeri | The BASEBALL Page
Lazzeri was known for his clutch hitting which earned him the nickname "Poosh 'Em Up." He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1991.
Lazzeri never led his league in any other offensive category than strikeouts, but in 1929 he had a great season.
Lazzeri was a poor base stealer, and he struck out a lot.
www.thebaseballpage.com /players/lazzeto01.php   (329 words)

  
 Tony Lazzeri | BaseballLibrary.com
Lazzeri was a prominent member of the 1927 Yankees' "Murderers' Row" lineup and the second baseman on five World Championship Yankee clubs.
Tony's first two round trippers come off Red Faber, and his 3rd is a 2-run line drive in the 9th inning off George Connally that ties the game.
Lazzeri doubles and later scores the 4th run of the inning.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/L/Lazzeri_Tony.stm   (2356 words)

  
 New York Yankees Tony Lazzeri
A member of the original 1933 All Star team, Lazzeri was part of the famed "Murderer's Row" of the 1927 Yankees, and is considered one of the top hitting second basemen of his era.
He finished his career with a.292 batting average, 178 home runs, 1191 RBI and 148 stolen bases.
Lazzeri still holds the single game RBI record with 11 and was the first player to slug two grand slam home runs in one game (May 24, 1936).
www.members.tripod.com /~janesbit/yankees/yankeeslazzeri.html   (79 words)

  
 New York Yankees - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
However, right behind them were two more sluggers: Bob "The Rifle" Meusel, who played either of the corner outfield positions, and Tony Lazzeri, who played second base.
Lazzeri actually ranked third in the league in home runs in 1927 with 18, and he hit.309 with 102 RBI.
All of these gaudy numbers were due in part to the leadoff man Earle Combs who played center field.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_York_Yankees   (9049 words)

  
 Tony Lazzeri - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Tony Lazzeri - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Lazzeri, Tony (1903-1946), American baseball player and the first player in professional baseball history to hit 60 home runs in a season, a feat...
Tony Awards, officially the Antoinette Perry Awards, prizes presented annually by the American Theatre Wing and the League of American Theatres and...
encarta.msn.com /Tony_Lazzeri.html   (119 words)

  
 Tony Lazzeri | National Baseball Hall of Fame
Though "Poosh 'Em Up" Tony Lazzeri, the power-hitting second sacker for the Murderers' Row Yankees, may have been overshadowed by his teammates, those in the game respected his leadership skills.
Lazzeri, who established an American League single-game record with 11 RBI on May 24, 1936, belted 60 home runs and drove in 222 runs in 1925 for Salt Lake City of the Pacific Coast League.
Tell someone about Tony Lazzeri by sending a free Hall of Fame Digital Postcard.
baseballhalloffame.org /hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/Lazzeri_Tony.htm   (309 words)

  
 OOTP V3 REPORT
Tony Lazzeri has 4 hits against Boston (N).
Tony Lazzeri has 6 RBI against St. Louis.
Tony Lazzeri has 5 RBI against Boston (N).
www.sportplanet.com /sbb/hootp/1929/tnews9.htm   (796 words)

  
 Tony Lazzeri - BR Bullpen
Tony Lazzeri was epileptic; his untimely death in 1946 resulted from a fatal fall down the stairs, likely caused by an epileptic seizure.
Lazzeri set what were then organized baseball records with 60 home runs and 222 RBIs for the Salt Lake City Bees in 1925, not to mention a.355 batting average.
Quote: "(Tony) not only was a great ballplayer, he was a great man. He was a leader.
www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/Tony_Lazzeri   (235 words)

  
 BBTF's Hall of Merit Discussion :: Tony Lazzeri
As a conversationalist, Lazzeri made “Silent Cal” Coolidge appear to be as loquacious as Mathew Lesko.
Lazzeri's 1929 season offensively was far greater than any season that Meusel had.
While I have the page open (for Lefty O'Doul's stats), 21 year old Tony Lazzeri was a teammate of O'Doul's on the 1925 Salt Lake City Bees (116-84, second place to the S.F. Seals featuring 22 year old.401 hitting Paul Waner).
baseballthinkfactory.org /files/hall_of_merit/discussion/tony_lazzeri   (2065 words)

  
 McFarland - Publisher of Reference and Scholarly Books
Baseball player Tony Lazzeri was the first great Italian-American sports superstar.
He was known for his excellent glove, strong throwing arm and good speed, as well as his honesty, integrity and support of his teammates.
Lazzeri’s batting record is included as an appendix and the work is illustrated with both private and public photographs.
www.mcfarlandpub.com /book-2.php?isbn=0-7864-2014-6   (190 words)

  
 The New York Times: This Day In Sports
This time he was plucked out from the bullpen and thrust into the limelight as the last hope of the Cardinals.
He warmed up in that leisurely, methodical way of his, and as he faced Tony Lazzeri, fresh young slugger from the Coast, he was outwardly as unconcerned as if it were a spring exhibition game.
Ball one to Lazzeri was low and the crowd stirred, but Alex calmly carved the outside corner with a strike, like a butcher slicing ham.
www.nytimes.com /packages/html/sports/year_in_sports/10.10.html   (694 words)

  
 Tony Lazzeri Books on Amazon.com
Tony Lazzeri made his Major League debut on 04-13-1926 with the New York Yankees.
Baseball Almanac is pleased to present all the Tony Lazzeri books currently listed on Amazon.com - the leading providing of online Tony Lazzeri books.
Did you know that Baseball Almanac is attempting to catalog every ballplayer who has appeared on a Baseball Digest Cover since the magazine was first published in August 1942 when major league games were confined to the eastern and midwestern regions of the country?
www.baseball-almanac.com /books/index.php?p=lazzeto01   (249 words)

  
 Yankee Player Photo Template   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Amid the big sluggers, was a man they called "Push-‘Em-Up Tony" Lazzeri.
Lazzeri had brief stints with the Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers, and New York Giants, but most of his 14-year career came donning the Yankee pinstripes.
Tony Lazzeri died in 1946 at the age of 42.
www.ultimateyankees.com /tonilazzeriphotos.htm   (120 words)

  
 TONY POOSH-'EM-UP LAZZERI - MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: LYN H. BROADWAY LARY
Power-hitting second baseman Tony Lazzeri played for the New York Yankees from 1926-1937.
He was a.300 hitter five times and drove in over 100 runs seven times.
Hall of Famer Lazzeri, who still holds the A.L. single-game record with 11 RBI, was only 42 years old when he died in 1946.
www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/8_2003/sports/TONY_POOSH.htm   (197 words)

  
 Tony Lazzeri - Statistics - The Baseball Cube   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Tony Lazzeri - Statistics - The Baseball Cube
The order of teams does not reflect the order of teams played during a season for the Tony Lazzeri.
Its important to note that the report is based on the same statistics displayed on the TBC web site and so players with incomplete statistics will have an incomplete teammates report.
www.thebaseballcube.com /players/L/tony-lazzeri.shtml   (1186 words)

  
 ''Bob Cousy Collection,'' Incredible Items from Tony Lazzeri Estate Highlight SportsCards Plus's November 20th Auction
SCP's November 20th Auction will also feature significant memorabilia collections directly from the estates of other Hall of Fame legends such as Tony Lazzeri, and a follow-up offering of items from the Honus Wagner Collection that was part of their previous August '03 auction.
New York Yankees legendary Hall of Fame second baseman, "Poosh 'em Up" Tony Lazzeri, is represented by over 40 items that include his personal collection of team signed baseballs, signed photo collection, and game used equipment.
Among the incredible selection of signed photos are examples personalized to Lazzeri from Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Ty Cobb, Jimmie Foxx, Bill Dickey, Lefty Gomez, Red Ruffing, Al Simmons, and many more.
www.psacard.com /articles/article3977.chtml   (1013 words)

  
 TONY 'POOSH-'EM-UP' LAZZERI - ANNOTATED PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED 06/01/1943
Lazzeri played second base for the New York Yankees from 1926-1937 ending his career playing 54 games for the Cubs in 1938 and 27 games with the Dodgers and Giants in 1939.
In this action photograph, from a Yankees-Detroit Tigers game at Yankee Stadium, Lazzeri has gotten the force out at second base and has thrown the ball to first base trying to complete a double play.
Only 42 when he died in 1946, "Poosh 'Em Up" was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1991.
www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/12_2000/master/TONY_'POOSH.htm   (203 words)

  
 OOTP V3 REPORT
Tony Lazzeri sets a new single game NL-Record for Triples with 2!!!
Tony Lazzeri drives in 5 runs against Philadelphia (N).
Monday 9/25/1926 : Tony Lazzeri sets a new season NL Rookie-Record for RBI with 93!!!
www.sportplanet.com /sbb/hootp/1926/tnews9.htm   (517 words)

  
 Rich's Weekend Baseball BEAT
Lazzeri spoiled the afternoon for the home faithful with three hits and six RBI, leading the Bronx Bombers to a 9-7 win over the A's.
The Internet voters did not view Don Sutton, Tony Perez, and Kirby Puckett as deserving choices, and they saw fit to add Phil Niekro, Carlton Fisk, and Gary Carter one year before the BBWAA.
Oliva steps in, swings and misses, losing his bat in the process as he was wont to do back then due to a bone chip in his hand.
www.baseballbeat.blogspot.com   (8834 words)

  
 Tony Lazzeri Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
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View Tony Lazzeri's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org and RetroSheet.org..
www.baseball-reference.com /l/lazzeto01.shtml   (795 words)

  
 Yankees History » Johnson, Tony Lazzeri Lead Yankees in Blow Out Win
Filed under 1937 Yankees, Tony Lazzeri, 1937 Yankees Diary - April, George Selkirk, Roy Johnson, Bump Hadley, Pat Malone
The Yankees ran up the score today against the Red Sox.  Roy Johnson had a big day at the plate with three hits and two RBIs while Tony Lazerri had two hits and two RBIs.  George Selkirk also had a nice game with two hits and two runs.
Bump Hadley got the start but he didn’t get a decision when he ran into trouble in the fifth inning.  Pat Malone picked him up and threw 4 1/3 innings to pick up the win.
www.yankeeshistory.net /johnson-tony-lazzeri-lead-yankees-in-blow-out-win   (232 words)

  
 The New York Times Store > Crosetti, Lazzeri, Dimaggio, 1936
Frank Crosetti, Tony Lazzeri and Joe DiMaggio of the Yankees, 1936
Frank Crosetti, Tony Lazzeri and Joe DiMaggio of the Yankees, 1936 The New York Times Photo Archives
Publication, reproduction, use in advertising or for purpose of trade is prohibited without written permission.
www.nytstore.com /ProdDetail.aspx?prodId=2742   (78 words)

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