Chris Cannizzaro

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Full Name: Christopher John Cannizzaro	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/190	First Game: April 17, 1960
Birthdate: May 3, 1938	Final Game: September 28, 1974
Birthplace: Oakland, California	MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
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Chris Cannizzaro (Christopher John Cannizzaro) was born on May 3, 1938 in Oakland, California. He made his Major League debut on April 17, 1960 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1962, his rookie year, he hit .241 with 0 home runs and 9 RBI. Cannizzaro played for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers over the course of his 13 year career.

Most people believe that Chris Cannizzaro's best season was 1970, when he hit for a .279 average.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1960	STL	N	7	9	0	2	0	1	.222	.273	.222	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
1961	STL	N	6	2	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	NY	N	59	133	9	32	0	9	.241	.335	.271	2	1	19	26	1	1	1	1	5
1963	NY	N	16	33	4	8	0	4	.242	.257	.273	1	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0
1964	NY	N	60	164	11	51	0	10	.311	.367	.372	10	0	14	28	1	2	0	2	3
1965	NY	N	114	251	17	46	0	7	.183	.270	.231	8	2	28	60	2	3	0	4	5
1968	PIT	N	25	58	5	14	1	7	.241	.343	.397	2	2	9	13	0	3	0	4	2
1969	SD	N	134	418	23	92	4	33	.220	.290	.297	14	3	42	81	0	7	0	8	16
1970	SD	N	111	341	27	95	5	42	.279	.366	.378	13	3	48	49	1	4	2	8	9
1971	SD	N	21	63	2	12	1	8	.190	.320	.254	1	0	11	10	1	0	0	0	7
1971	CHI	N	71	197	18	42	5	23	.213	.311	.340	8	1	28	24	1	6	0	2	13
1971	TOT	N	92	260	20	54	6	31	.208	.314	.319	9	1	39	34	2	6	0	2	20
1972	LA	N	73	200	14	48	2	18	.240	.341	.300	6	0	31	38	0	1	0	5	4
1973	LA	N	17	21	0	4	0	3	.190	.280	.190	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0
1974	SD	N	26	60	2	11	0	4	.183	.258	.200	1	0	6	11	0	1	0	0	3
Total			740	1950	132	458	18	169	.235	.319	.309	66	12	241	354	7	28	3	35	67

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1960	STL	N	C	6	3	28.2	19	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
1961	STL	N	C	5	0	8.1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1962	NY	N	C	56	42	376.1	218	34	7	3	0	11	16	20	5	.973
1962	NY	N	RF	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1962	NY	N	OF	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1963	NY	N	C	15	10	86	49	6	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	1.000
1964	NY	N	C	53	47	403.1	225	28	3	6	0	4	11	16	2	.988
1965	NY	N	C	112	103	782.1	435	69	12	8	1	6	28	31	8	.977
1968	PIT	N	C	25	18	168	111	10	3	1	0	0	2	5	2	.976
1969	SD	N	C	132	128	1102.2	644	69	9	8	0	14	58	41	3	.988
1970	SD	N	C	110	100	882.1	559	44	12	5	0	2	47	23	2	.980
1971	SD	N	C	19	19	164	114	6	1	2	0	2	7	3	0	.992
1971	CHI	N	C	70	61	546.2	311	26	6	2	0	5	36	15	3	.983
1971	TOT	N	C	89	80	710.2	425	32	7	4	0	7	43	18	3	.985
1972	LA	N	C	72	59	525	312	26	6	4	0	4	30	10	1	.983
1973	LA	N	C	14	4	55.2	33	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.000
1974	SD	N	C	26	23	192	126	12	3	2	0	0	15	6	1	.979
Total			C	715	617	5321.1	3161	333	62	42	1	50	255	174	27	.983
Total			OF	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			RF	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (June 21, 1956).
Selected by New York Mets from St. Louis Cardinals in the expansion draft (October 10, 1961).
Traded by New York Mets to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Don Dillard (April 5, 1966).
Traded by Atlanta Braves with John Herrnstein to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Julio Navarro and Ed Rakow (December, 1966).
Traded by Detroit Tigers to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Mike Derrick (November 29, 1967).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Tommie Sisk to San Diego Padres in exchange for Ron Davis and Bobby Klaus (March 28, 1969).
Traded by San Diego Padres to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Garry Jestadt (May 19, 1971).
Claimed on waivers by Los Angeles Dodgers from Chicago Cubs (December 17, 1971).
Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (October 23, 1973).
Signed by Houston Astros (January 7, 1974).
Sold by Houston Astros to San Diego Padres (August 1, 1974).

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