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Tony LaRussa

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Full Name: Anthony LaRussa Primary Position: 2B,SS
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/175 First Game: May 10, 1963
Birthdate: October 4, 1944 Final Game: April 6, 1973
Birthplace: Tampa, Florida MLB Experience: 3 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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  • 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

Tony LaRussa (Anthony LaRussa) was born on October 4, 1944 in Tampa, Florida. He made his Major League debut on May 10, 1963 for the Kansas City Athletics. LaRussa played for the Kansas City Athletics, Oakland Athletics and Atlanta Braves over the course of his 3 year career.

[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
1963 KC A 34 44 4 11 0 1 .250 .346 .318 1 1 7 12 0 1 0 0 0
1968 OAK A 5 3 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 OAK A 8 8 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1970 OAK A 52 106 6 21 0 6 .198 .301 .255 4 1 15 19 1 0 0 1 0
1971 OAK A 23 8 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
1971 ATL N 9 7 1 2 0 0 .286 .375 .286 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
1971 Total 32 15 4 2 0 0 .133 .188 .133 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 2
1973 CHI N 1 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 10 7 2 2 0 0 .286 .375 .286 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Total AL 122 169 13 33 0 7 .195 .289 .249 5 2 22 36 1 1 0 1 0
Total 132 176 15 35 0 7 .199 .292 .250 5 2 23 37 1 1 0 1 2

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Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1963 KC A SS 14 10 106 23 22 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1963 KC A 2B 3 1 16 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1970 OAK A 2B 44 28 260.1 67 89 5 21 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1971 OAK A 2B 7 0 12 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .833
1971 OAK A SS 4 0 8 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1971 OAK A 3B 2 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
1971 ATL N 2B 9 1 27 8 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .933
1971 Total 2B 16 1 39 12 7 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .905
Total SS 18 10 114 27 27 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 .964
Total 2B 63 30 315.1 85 99 7 26 0 0 0 0 0 .963
Total 3B 2 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Kansas City Athletics (June 6, 1962).
  • Sold by Oakland Athletics to Atlanta Braves (August 14, 1971).
  • Traded by Atlanta Braves to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Tom Phoebus (October 20, 1972).
  • Sold by Chicago Cubs to Pittsburgh Pirates (1974).
  • Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (April 4, 1975).
  • Signed by Chicago White Sox (April 7, 1975).
  • Traded by Chicago White Sox to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Randy Wiles (December 15, 1976).
  • Released by St. Louis Cardinals (September 29, 1977).

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