Yogi Berra

@Baseball Players, Birthday and Family ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Yogi Berra was a former American baseball player and the manager for New York Yankees who took the team to the winning stream Missouri African American Baseball Players American Sportspersons Baseball Players Taurus Celebrities Baseball player Lawrence Peter Berra better known as “Yogi” Berra was the three times winner of the American League Most Valuable Player Award, with ten world championships and 15-time All-Star wins also to his credit. The player acquired the nickname “Yogi” when his childhood friend Bobby Hofman, identified Berra with an Indian snake charmer (Yogi) since Berra, like the Yogi used to squat with legs crossed after losing games. He was the first man to win pennants in different leagues in his 40 years’ baseball career. His style of leaving a finger outside his glove was later imitated by other catchers. He is a man of principles; he did not enter the New York Yankee Stadium for 14 years after his baseless dismissal from the New York Yankees team until the owner personally apologized to him. This great baseball player has also proved his might as a writer by penning down ‘The Yogi Book: I Really Didn't Say Everything I Said’, an American best seller. His comments on life and baseball, called “Yogi-isms” have gained entry in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations—all credit to the sportsman whose comments have been acknowledged in the repository of wisdom. He was also a humanitarian who contributed to charity and youth organizations.

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Birthday: May 12, 1925 Died on: September 22, 2015 Nationality: American Famous: African American Baseball Players, Sportspersons, Baseball Players City/State: Missouri Nick names: Yogi Spouses: Carmen Berra Information Detail Birthday May 12, 1925 Died on September 22, 2015 Nationality American Famous African American Baseball Players, Sportspersons, Baseball Players City/State Missouri Nick names Yogi Spouses Carmen Berra Siblings Josie, Mike, Tony Known as Lawrence Peter Berra Childrens Dale Berra, Larry Berra, Tim Berra Universities South Side Catholic (now St. Mary's High School) Birth Place St. Louis Religion Roman Catholic Gender Male Father Pietro Mother Pietro Berra Sun Sign Taurus Born in St. Louis Famous as Baseball Player Died at Age 90

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He married Carmen on January 26, 1949 and the couple had three children—Larry, a former minor-league catcher, Tim, a former NFL receiver, and Dale, a former major-league infielder. Carmen died on March 6, 2014. Unsplash Personal Life

A baseball stadium in the campus of the Montclair State University was named after him in 1998 and in the December of the same year, the “Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center” hosted many sports activities as a tribute to the legend. Unsplash Personal Life

Yogi Berra died of natural causes, in New Jersey, on September 22, 2015. Unsplash Personal Life

Yogi Berra was born on May 12, 1925, in St. Louis, Missorie, to Pietro and Paolina Berra, Italian immigrants, settled in the United States of America. His father was a worker in brick yard. His siblings include Mike, Tony, John, and Josie. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He studied in South Side Catholic High School, presently known as St. Mary’s High School. Joe Garagiola, the future baseball player was his class mate. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

As a young boy, he used to play baseball in the neighbourhood along with his brothers and friends. He could study only till the eighth grade and then dropped out of school to support his family. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He started his baseball career at the age of 14 in a youth league sponsored by the American Legion. Unsplash Career

In 1942, the general manager of St. Louis Cardinals offered him $250 to sign for his team, but Berra refused it, as he demanded the same sum of $500 that was offered to his friend Garagiola. Unsplash Career

He gained entry into the New York Yankees team in 1942 after signing the offer for $500. Unsplash Career

From 1943 to 1946, he served in the United States Navy and rendered his service in North Africa and Europe, participating in the D-Day landing in Normandy. Unsplash Career

In 1946, he made his debut appearance in a Major League for the New York Yankees against the Philadelphia Athletics. In the World Series conducted in 1947, he became the first person to hit a pinch-hit home run against Ralph Branca, the pitcher from Brooklyn Dodgers. Unsplash Career

He won his first MVP award in 1951 after hitting .297 with 27 home runs and 88 run batted in (RBI). Unsplash Awards & Achievements

He won the award of Most Valuable Player in the American League three times in the years of 1951, 1954, and 1955. Unsplash Awards & Achievements

In 1967, he was the winner of the Slocum Award, an award presented by the New York Baseball Writers Association annually to a player in acknowledgement of his meritorious service to baseball. Unsplash Awards & Achievements

He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1972 and since then has been a member of Major League Baseball's All-Century Team. Unsplash Awards & Achievements

In 1996, the Montclair State University honored him with a doctorate degree. Unsplash Awards & Achievements

Information	Detail
Birthday	May 12, 1925
Died on	September 22, 2015
Nationality	American
Famous	African American Baseball Players, Sportspersons, Baseball Players
City/State	Missouri
Nick names	Yogi
Spouses	Carmen Berra
Siblings	Josie, Mike, Tony
Known as	Lawrence Peter Berra
Childrens	Dale Berra, Larry Berra, Tim Berra
Universities	South Side Catholic (now St. Mary's High School)
Birth Place	St. Louis
Religion	Roman Catholic
Gender	Male
Father	Pietro
Mother	Pietro Berra
Sun Sign	Taurus
Born in	St. Louis
Famous as	Baseball Player
Died at Age	90

Yogi Berra

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May 12, 1925

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