Berra remained with the Mets for the next decade, serving the last four years as their manager. He spent the next year as their manager, then joined the New York Mets in 1965 as coach (and briefly a player again). Berra played 18 seasons with the Yankees before retiring after the 1963 season. Despite his short stature (he was 5 feet 7 inches tall), Berra was a power hitter and strong defensive catcher. He made his major-league debut at age 21 in 1946 and was a mainstay in the Yankees' lineup during the team's championship years beginning in 1949 and continuing through 1962. Louis and signed with the Yankees in 1943 before serving in the United States Navy as a gunner's mate in the Normandy landings during World War II, where he earned a Purple Heart. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest catchers in baseball history and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972.īerra was a native of St.
He is one of only six players to win the American League Most Valuable Player Award three times. 285, while hitting 358 home runs and 1,430 runs batted in. He was an 18-time All-Star and won 10 World Series championships as a player-more than any other player in MLB history. He played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) (1946–1963, 1965), all but the last for the New York Yankees. Lawrence Peter " Yogi" Berra (– September 22, 2015) was an American professional baseball catcher who later took on the roles of manager and coach. September 22, 1946, for the New York Yankees
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