Anthony Michael Lazzeri Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Anthony Michael "Tony" Lazzeri (December 6, 1903 – August 6, 1946) was an American professional baseball second baseman during the 1920s and 1930s, predominantly with the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. He was part of the famed "Murderers' Row" Yankee batting lineup of the late 1920s (most notably the legendary 1927 team), along with Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Bob Meusel.Lazzeri was born and raised in San Francisco, California. He dropped out of school to work with his father as a boilermaker, but at the age of 18, began to play baseball professionally. After playing in minor league baseball from 1922 through 1925, Lazzeri joined the Yankees in 1926. He was a member of the original American League All-Star team in 1933. He was nicknamed "Poosh 'Em Up" by Italian-speaking fans, from a mistranslation of an Italian phrase meaning to "hit it out" (hit a home run).Lazzeri is one of only 14 major league baseball players to hit for the natural cycle (hitting a single, double, triple and home run in sequence) and the only player to complete a natural cycle with a grand slam. Lazzeri was posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1991.
They didn't get along. Gehrig thought Ruth was a big-mouth and Ruth thought Gehrig was cheap. They were both right.
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Made major league debut on 13 April 1926.
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'Hitting for the cycle' is defined as hitting a single, a double, a triple, and a home run in the same game. If they're hit in order, it's called a natural cycle. On June 3rd, 1932, Tony Lazzeri became the only player in history to hit a natural cycle that ended with a grand slam (it was also the same game that Lou Gehrig hit 4 home runs).
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Second baseman for the New York Yankees (1926-1937), Chicago Cubs (1938), Brooklyn Dodgers (1939) and New York Giants (1939).
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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Committee on Baseball Veterans in 1991.
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He was the first major leaguer to hit two grand slams in one game (24 May 1936). On that day, he set the American League record (which still stands) for most RBIs in a game (11).
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He missed being the hero of the 1926 World Series when a massive drive of his went foul. On the next pitch, Grover Cleveland Alexander struck him out with the base loaded.
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During an epileptic seizure, he died after falling down a flight of stairs at his home.
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