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- Baseball legend Yogi Berra, whose humorous quotes made him one of America's most beloved sports icons, has died at the age of 90. The Yogi Berra Museum announced that the Hall of Fame catcher had died on Tuesday evening.
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Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra (born Lorenzo Pietro Berra; May 12, 1925 – September 22, 2015) was an American professional baseball catcher who later took on the roles of manager and coach. He played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) (1946–1963, 1965), all but the last for the New York Yankees.
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Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra died Tuesday at the age of 90. During the World War II veteran’s 19-year career — with the New York Yankees, and briefly with the New York Mets — he became a...
Sep 23, 2015 · Yogi Berra -- Hall of Famer, all-time Yankees legend, World War II veteran, master of misstatement and beloved international icon, is gone. Berra died Tuesday night -- on the 69th anniversary of his Major League debut -- at age 90.
- Berra's playing career bridged the likes of Joe DiMaggio and Bill Dickey in the beginning, and Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris by the end. He was an All-Star for 15 consecutive seasons.
- Berra played in 14 World Series with the Yankees. He won 10 rings, including one in his first full season (1947) and five straight from 1949 to 1953.
- Berra managed the Yankees and Mets to the World Series. Berra had an awkward split from the Yankees, who named him manager in 1964, when the team won 98 games and made it to Game 7 of the World Series.
- Berra made peace with the Yankees (even though they fired him again later). Berra coached with the Yankees from 1976-83 (when they won three pennants and two World Series), and he managed them to 87 wins in 1984.
Sep 23, 2015 · Baseball legend Yogi Berra died yesterday at age 90. It was the same day that he first debuted in Major League Baseball 69 years earlier, playing catcher for the New York Yankees. Berra had an...
Sep 23, 2015 · Yogi Berra, the baseball legend who crouched behind homeplate for the New York Yankees over the span of almost two decades, died Tuesday at the age of 90.
Sep 23, 2015 · Yogi Berra, American original and Yankees immortal, dies at 90. Berra would go on to become, in most arguments, the greatest catcher in baseball history and, without argument, the greatest...
