Anthony M. Lazzeri
Infielder · New York Yankees
Baseball · Enshrined Legend
Anthony M. Lazzeri
A San Francisco-raised infielder who slugged his way out of the Pacific Coast League and into 14 pinstriped seasons — and seven World Series — with the New York Yankees.
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World Series Appearances
The Backstory
Potrero District to the Bronx
San Francisco's Potrero District
Born in San Francisco in 1906 and learned the game at Jackson Playground, right in his own neighborhood.
A breakout minor-league season
Clubbed 60 home runs for the Pacific Coast League's Salt Lake City Bees, a power display that caught the Yankees' attention.
Fourteen seasons in pinstripes
Signed on with New York in 1926 and settled in as a versatile infielder, holding down second base, shortstop, and third base across a career that included seven World Series appearances.
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1906
Born in San Francisco
Grew up playing ball at Jackson Playground in the Potrero District.
On the Diamond
A steady, versatile infielder who did his best work when it mattered most, October after October.
Multi-position infielder — Manned second base, shortstop, and third base for the Yankees.
60-homer minor league season — Set up his 1926 call-up with a huge year for Salt Lake City.
Seven World Series trips — Part of Yankees teams that reached the Fall Classic seven times.
.292 career batting average — Held his own at the plate across 14 major league seasons.
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Deeper Cuts on Anthony M. Lazzeri
Over his career he hit 178 home runs and drove in 1,191 runs, batting .300 or better in five separate seasons and topping 100 RBIs in seven.
On May 24, 1936 he set the American League single-game RBI record with 11, part of a game in which he also became the first major leaguer to hit two grand slams in one contest.
He remains the only major leaguer ever to complete the natural cycle with a grand slam, a feat from June 3, 1932.
He batted alongside Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in the Yankees' famed "Murderers' Row" lineup and won five World Series championships with the club.
Epilepsy nearly derailed his career — other teams passed on him because of the condition before the Yankees signed him and took out an insurance policy to cover it.
He was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1991, five years after dying at age 42 in Millbrae.
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