In 12 seasons as the team’s manager, Stengel won 10 AL pennants and seven World Series. [52], In 1972, Berra was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. The two eventually sold their stakes in the alley to new owners, who changed its name to Astro Bowl before selling the property to a developer, who closed the bowling alley in 1999 and converted it into retail space. Berra was also one of the games best-hitting catchers, hitting 358 homers and hitting a crisp .285 in his career. Berra was also well known for his impromptu pithy comments, malapropisms, and seemingly unintentional witticisms, known as "Yogi-isms". He was an 18-time All-Star and won 10 World Series championships as a player—more than any other player in MLB history. [27] From 1949 to 1955, on a team filled with stars such as Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio, it was Berra who led the Yankees in RBI for seven consecutive seasons. He died Tuesday night, the Yogi Berra Museum said. Yogi Berra, the New York Yankees catcher who was the inspiration behind the cartoon character Yogi Bear has died aged 90. Berra remained with the Mets for the next decade, serving the last four years as their manager. Berra was called up to the Yankees and played his first game on September 22, 1946; he played 7 games that season and 83 games in 1947. "[45] Berra was named Yankee manager before the 1984 season. He married Carmen Berra in January of 1949. Berra's longtime friend, Joe Garagiola Sr., who lived in the same neighborhood as Berra when they were young, died six months later on March 23, 2016, and Berra's Yankee teammate Don Larsen, who pitched the only perfect game in World Series history and was the only surviving member of the 1956 game at the time of Berra's death, died on January 1, 2020, when both men were 90 years old, the same age as Berra. [53], The No. Berra also proved his worth as one … Don Larsen threw the ceremonial first pitch to Berra to honor the perfect game of the 1956 World Series. Moreover, instead of firing him personally, Steinbrenner dispatched Clyde King to deliver the news for him. Yogi made the jump to the big leagues for good in 1947 splitting time between the outfield and catching as the Yankees won the … >Yogi Berra, shortstop Phil Rizzuto, and pitcher Whitey Ford. [43] Yogi's Mets went on to defeat the highly favored Big Red Machine in five games to capture the NL pennant. [37] Players, however, said the incident actually solidified his managerial authority and helped him lead them to the Series. – Yogi Berra. Berra's best friend was 90. "[85], Berra was often incorrectly credited with the saying, "It ain't over till the fat lady sings," which was first attributed to Texas Tech University sports information director Ralph Carpenter in 1976. He was 90 years old when he passed away. [31], As a catcher Berra was outstanding: quick, mobile, and a great handler of pitchers, Berra led all American League catchers eight times in games caught and in chances accepted, six times in double plays (a major-league record), eight times in putouts, three times in assists, and once in fielding percentage. Read more. It's too crowded. Injuries plagued the Mets throughout the season. Date of Birth: 05/12/1925. March 6, 2014: Yogi's beloved wife, Carmen, dies after complications from a stroke. The celebration marked the return of Berra to the stadium, after the end of his 14-year feud with Yankees owner George Steinbrenner. Louis. The museum is the home of various artifacts, including the mitt with which Yogi caught the only perfect game in World Series history, several autographed and "game-used" items, and nine of Yogi's championship rings. Played in more than a hundred games in each of the 1956 World Series have a fellow Berra... 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