Johnny Rizzo

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Full Name: John Costa Rizzo	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/190	First Game: April 19, 1938
Birthdate: July 30, 1912	Final Game: September 25, 1942
Birthplace: Houston, Texas	MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: December 4, 1977
Deathplace: Houston, Texas
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Johnny Rizzo (John Costa Rizzo) was born on July 30, 1912 in Houston, Texas. He made his Major League debut on April 19, 1938 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1938, his rookie year, he hit .301 with 23 home runs and 111 RBI. Rizzo played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn Dodgers over the course of his 5 year career.

Most people believe that Johnny Rizzo's best season was 1938, when he slugged 23 home runs, hit for a .301 average and knocked in 111 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1938	PIT	N	143	555	97	167	23	111	.301	.368	.514	31	9	54	61	5	3	1	0	16
1939	PIT	N	94	330	49	86	6	55	.261	.349	.403	23	3	42	27	3	9	0	0	14
1940	PIT	N	9	28	1	5	0	2	.179	.324	.214	1	0	5	5	1	0	0	0	1
1940	PHI	N	103	367	53	107	20	53	.292	.358	.499	12	2	37	31	1	2	2	0	4
1940	CIN	N	31	110	17	31	4	17	.282	.363	.445	6	0	14	14	0	0	1	0	1
1940	TOT	N	143	505	71	143	24	72	.283	.357	.471	19	2	56	50	2	2	3	0	6
1941	PHI	N	99	235	20	51	4	24	.217	.295	.323	9	2	24	34	2	4	1	0	8
1942	BRO	N	78	217	31	50	4	27	.230	.307	.323	8	0	24	25	0	3	2	0	7
Total			557	1842	268	497	61	289	.270	.345	.435	90	16	200	197	12	21	7	0	51

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1938	PIT	N	OF	140	0	0	284	5	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.951
1939	PIT	N	OF	86	0	0	186	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1940	PIT	N	OF	7	0	0	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.818
1940	PHI	N	OF	91	0	0	207	6	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	.968
1940	PHI	N	3B	7	0	0	6	26	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.914
1940	CIN	N	OF	30	0	0	68	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1940	TOT	N	LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1940	TOT	N	OF	128	0	0	284	12	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1941	PHI	N	3B	2	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.600
1941	PHI	N	SS	2	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.600
1941	PHI	N	OF	62	0	0	114	8	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.968
1942	BRO	N	OF	70	0	0	124	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.977
Total			SS	2	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.600
Total			3B	9	0	0	7	28	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.875
Total			OF	486	0	0	992	33	38	10	0	0	0	0	0	.964

[edit] Transactions

Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Tom Padden, Bernard Cobb, cash and a player to be named later (October 13, 1937); St. Louis Cardinals received Bud Hafey (December 15, 1937).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Vince DiMaggio (May 8, 1940).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Morrie Arnovich (June 15, 1940).
Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Brooklyn Dodgers (December 10, 1941).

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