Johnny Rizzo
[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
| 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
| 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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