Phil Linz

Full Name: Philip Francis Linz Primary Position: SS,2B,3B Height/Weight: 6' 1"/180 First Game: April 13, 1962 Birthdate: June 4, 1939 Final Game: September 29, 1968 Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland MLB Experience: 7 years Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography

Philip Francis (Phil) Linz (born June 4, 1939 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a former backup infielder in Major League Baseball. From 1962 through 1968, Linz played for the New York Yankees (1962–65), Philadelphia Phillies (1966–1967) and New York Mets (1967–1968). He batted and threw right handed.

He is better known for an incident on a team bus on August 20, 1964, when he was playing a harmonica and annoyed manager Yogi Berra, than for anything he accomplished on the field.

In a seven-season career, Linz posted a .235 batting average with 11 home runs and 96 RBI in 519 games played.

Statistics

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1962	NY	A	71	129	28	37	1	14	.287	.316	.372	8	0	6	17	0	0	6	2	2
1963	NY	A	72	186	22	50	2	12	.269	.328	.349	9	0	15	18	2	5	1	0	6
1964	NY	A	112	368	63	92	5	25	.250	.332	.364	21	3	43	61	2	4	3	2	8
1965	NY	A	99	285	37	59	2	16	.207	.281	.277	12	1	30	33	0	7	2	1	4
1966	PHI	N	40	70	4	14	0	6	.200	.222	.243	3	0	2	14	0	0	0	0	5
1967	PHI	N	23	18	4	4	1	5	.222	.300	.500	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
1967	NY	N	24	58	8	12	0	1	.207	.270	.241	2	0	4	10	1	2	0	0	2
1967	TOT	N	47	76	12	16	1	6	.211	.277	.303	4	0	6	11	1	2	0	0	3
1968	NY	N	78	258	19	54	0	17	.209	.243	.236	7	0	10	41	2	3	1	0	7
Total	NL		165	404	35	84	1	29	.208	.246	.250	14	0	18	66	3	5	1	0	15
Total	AL		354	968	150	238	10	67	.246	.314	.337	50	4	94	129	4	16	12	5	20
Total			519	1372	185	322	11	96	.235	.295	.311	64	4	112	195	7	21	13	5	35

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1962	NY	A	3B	8	6	66	12	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.923
1962	NY	A	OF	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1962	NY	A	2B	5	1	23	8	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.875
1962	NY	A	SS	21	16	155	33	41	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	.937
1962	NY	A	RF	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1963	NY	A	OF	12	8	74	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1963	NY	A	RF	5	4	30	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1963	NY	A	SS	22	20	184.1	34	69	4	13	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1963	NY	A	2B	6	6	52	11	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1963	NY	A	LF	2	1	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1963	NY	A	3B	13	11	100	7	21	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1963	NY	A	CF	5	3	33	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1964	NY	A	SS	55	50	455.2	80	176	13	35	0	0	0	0	0	.952
1964	NY	A	OF	3	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1964	NY	A	3B	41	38	356.1	41	99	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	.952
1964	NY	A	CF	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1964	NY	A	2B	5	3	31	5	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1964	NY	A	LF	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1965	NY	A	SS	71	70	615.2	126	205	16	29	0	0	0	0	0	.954
1965	NY	A	OF	4	4	32	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1965	NY	A	RF	4	4	32	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1965	NY	A	2B	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1965	NY	A	3B	4	4	36	8	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1966	PHI	N	SS	6	2	25	2	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.875
1966	PHI	N	2B	3	1	16.1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1966	PHI	N	3B	14	10	99.2	13	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1967	PHI	N	3B	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1967	PHI	N	SS	7	1	19.1	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1967	NY	N	3B	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1967	NY	N	2B	11	10	89.1	27	26	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1967	NY	N	OF	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1967	NY	N	SS	8	4	38	10	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1967	NY	N	LF	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1967	TOT	N	SS	15	5	57.1	13	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.963
1967	TOT	N	3B	2	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1968	NY	N	2B	70	67	573.1	136	162	10	36	0	0	0	0	0	.968
Total			CF	7	3	37	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			RF	11	8	65	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	101	88	788	190	218	14	48	0	0	0	0	0	.967
Total			LF	4	1	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			SS	190	163	1493	288	509	40	86	0	0	0	0	0	.952
Total			3B	82	69	665	81	168	11	14	0	0	0	0	0	.958
Total			OF	22	12	118	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

Transactions

• Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1957).
• Traded by New York Yankees to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Ruben Amaro (November 29, 1965).
• Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to New York Mets in exchange for Chuck Hiller (July 11, 1967).
• Released by New York Mets (1968).
• Signed by New York Mets (April 2, 1968).

External links

• Baseball Almanac
• Baseball Library
• Baseball Reference
• Mets Database