Watch Full Yogi Bear 2002' title='Watch Full Yogi Bear 2002' />Yogi Berra Wikipedia. Yogi Berra. Berra with the New York Yankees in 1. Catcher Outfielder Manager. Born 1. 92. 5 0. Wouldnt it be amazing if the Honda City Turbo and its Motocompo scooter were featured on Jason Drives Hmmm. Find the latest sports news and articles on the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NCAA college football, NCAA college basketball and more at ABC News. Some people are fans of the Tampa Bay Bucs. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Tampa Bay Bucs. This 2017 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the. Lawrence Peter Yogi Berra May 12, 1925 September 22, 2015 was an American professional baseball catcher, who later took on the roles of manager, and coach. Watch Full Yogi Bear 2002' title='Watch Full Yogi Bear 2002' />May 1. St. Louis, Missouri. Died September 2. Watch Full movie Yogi Bear 2010 Online Free. A documentary filmmaker travels to Jellystone Park to shoot a project and soon crosses paths with Yogi Bear, his. Watch breaking news videos, viral videos and original video clips on CNN. West Caldwell, New Jersey. MLB debut. September 2. New York Yankees. Last MLB appearance. May 9, 1. 96. 5, for the New York Mets. MLB statistics. Batting average. Home runs. 35. 8Runs batted in. Managerial record. Winning . 5. 22. Teams. As player. As manager. As coach. Career highlights and awards. All Star 1. 94. World Series champion 1. AL MVP 1. 95. 1, 1. New York Yankees No. Major League Baseball All Century Team. Member of the National. Baseball Hall of Fame. Inducted. 19. 72. Vote. 85. 6. 1 second ballotLawrence Peter Yogi Berra May 1. September 2. 2, 2. American professional baseballcatcher, who later took on the roles of manager, and coach. He played 1. 9 seasons in Major League Baseball MLB 1. New York Yankees. He was an 1. 8 time All Star, and won 1. World Series championships as a playermore than any other player in MLB history. Berra had a career batting average of. He is one of only five players to win the American League. Most Valuable Player Award three times. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest catchers in baseball history,2 and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1. Berra was a native of St. Louis, and signed with the Yankees in 1. U. S. Navy in World War II. He made his major league debut at age 2. Yankees lineup during the teams championship years beginning in 1. Despite his short stature he was 5 7 tall, Berra was a power hitter and strong defensive catcher. He caught Don Larsens perfect game in Game 5 of the 1. World Series. Berra played 1. Yankees and retired following the 1. He spent the next season as their manager, then joined the New York Mets in 1. Berra remained with the Mets for the next decade, serving the last four years as their manager. He returned to the Yankees in 1. Houston Astros. He was one of seven managers to lead both American and National League teams to the World Series. Berra appeared as a player, coach or manager in every one of the 1. World Series that New York baseball teams competed in from 1. In all, he appeared in 2. World Series, 1. 3 on the winning side. The Yankees retired his uniform number 8 in 1. Bill Dickey also wore number 8, and both catchers had that number retired by the Yankees. The club honored him with a plaque in Monument Park in 1. Berra was named to the MLB All Century Team in a vote by fans in 1. For the remainder of his life, he was closely involved with the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center, which he opened on the campus of Montclair State University in 1. Berra quit school after the eighth grade. He was known for his malapropisms as well as pithy and paradoxical statements, such as It aint over til its over, while speaking to reporters. He once simultaneously denied and confirmed his reputation by stating, I really didnt say everything I said. Early lifeeditYogi Berra was born Lorenzo Pietro Berra in a primarily Italian neighborhood of St. Louis called The Hill to Italian immigrants Pietro and Paolina ne Longoni Berra. Pietro was originally from Malvaglio near Milan in northern Italy he arrived at Ellis Island on October 1. In a 2. 00. 5 interview for the Baseball Hall of Fame, Berra said, My father came over first. He came from the old country. And he didnt know what baseball was. He was ready to go to work. And then I had three other brothers and a sister. My brother and my mother came over later on. My two oldest brothers, they were born thereMike and Tony. John and I and my sister Josie were born in St. Louis. 7Berras parents originally gave him the nickname Lawdie, which was derived from his mothers difficulty pronouncing Lawrence or Larry correctly. He grew up on Elizabeth Avenue, across the street from boyhood friend and later competitor Joe Garagiola. That block was also home to Jack Buck early in his Cardinals broadcasting career, and it was later renamed Hall of Fame Place. Berra was a Roman Catholic,9 and he attended South Side Catholic, now called St. Marys High School, in south St. Louis with Garagiola. Berra has been inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame. He began playing baseball in local American Legion leagues where he learned the basics of catching while playing outfield and infield positions, as well. He also played for a Cranston, Rhode Island team under an assumed name. While playing in American Legion baseball, he received his famous nickname from his friend Jack Maguire, who said that he resembled a Hinduyogi whenever he sat around with arms and legs crossed waiting to bat or while looking sad after a losing game. Professional baseball careereditMinor leagueseditIn 1. St. Louis Cardinals overlooked Berra in favor of his boyhood best friend, Joe Garagiola. On the surface, the Cardinals seemed to think that Garagiola was the superior prospect, but team president Branch Rickey actually had an ulterior motive Knowing he was soon to leave St. Louis to take over the operation of the Brooklyn Dodgers and more impressed with Berra than he let on, Rickey apparently planned to hold Berra off until he could sign him for the Dodgers. However, the Yankees signed Berra for the same 5. Cardinals offered Garagiola before Rickey could sign Berra to the Dodgers. World War II and subsequent return to Minor LeagueeditDuring World War II, Berra served in the U. S. Navy as a gunners mate on the attack transport USS Bayfield during the D Day invasion of France. A Second Class Seaman, Berra was one of a six man crew on a Navy rocket boat, firing machine guns and launching rockets at the German defenses at Omaha Beach. He was fired upon, but was not hit, and later received several commendations for his bravery. During an interview on the 6. Anniversary of D Day, Berra confirmed that he was sent to Utah Beach during the D Day invasion as well. Following his military service, Berra played minor league baseball with the Newark Bears, surprising the teams manager with his talent despite his short stature. Asterix Et Les Vikings Watch Free Online. He was mentored by Hall of Famer Bill Dickey, whose uniform number Berra took. He later said, I owe everything I did in baseball to Bill Dickey. Major leagueseditBerra was called up to the Yankees and played his first game on September 2. He played in more than a hundred games in each of the following fourteen years. Berra appeared in fourteen World Series, including 1. World Series championships, both of which are records. In part because Berras playing career coincided with the Yankees most consistent period of World Series participation, he established Series records for the most games 7. In Game 3 of the 1. World Series, Berra hit the first pinch hit home run in World Series history,1. Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca who later gave up Bobby Thomsons famous Shot Heard Round the World in 1. Berra was an All Star for 1. All Star Games MLB held two All Star Games in 1. He won the American League AL MVP award in 1. Berra never finished lower than fourth in the MVP voting from 1. He received MVP votes in fifteen consecutive seasons, tied with Barry Bonds and second only to Hank Aarons nineteen straight seasons with MVP support. From 1. 94. 9 to 1. Mickey Mantle and Joe Di. Maggio, it was Berra who led the Yankees in RBI for seven consecutive seasons. One of the most notable games of Berras playing career came when he caught Don Larsens perfect game in the 1. World Series, the first of only two no hitters ever thrown in MLB postseason play. The picture of Berra leaping into Larsens arms following Dale Mitchells called third strike to end the game is one of the sports most memorable images. Playing styleeditBerra was excellent at hitting pitches outside of the strike zone, covering all areas of the strike zone as well as beyond with great extension. In addition to this wide plate coverage, he also had great bat control.