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Word: berra (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Boston Red Sox Slugger (35 home runs, 122 runs batted in) Jackie Jensen was voted the American League's Most Valuable Player, became the first player on a non-pennant winner to win the award since Yogi Berra did it in 1954. Runner-up: Yankee Pitcher Bob Turley.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Dec. 1, 1958 | 12/1/1958 | See Source »

Through nine torturous innings the 37-year-old Milwaukee southpaw, working with only two days rest, dueled with three different Yankee pitchers only to lose in the 10th. Singles by Elston Howard and Yogi Berra finished him off, and the Yankees added the all-important extra run on Bill Skowron's single off relief pitcher Don McMahon...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: World Series | 10/9/1958 | See Source »

Although Casey wouldn't give out a definite lineup, he said he was thinking of having Yogi Berra catch Ford...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Spahn and Ford To Pitch Opener Of World Series | 10/1/1958 | See Source »

...know baseball best turned a collective cold shoulder on two of the fans' perennial favorites: Boston's Ted Williams (batting .298 at week's end) and New York's Yogi Berra (.217). New faces popped up everywhere in the lineups. Only one man was everybody's choice: St. Louis' Stan ("The Man") Musial was a unanimous pick (discounting a lone myopic dissenter) for National League first baseman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Picked by Pros | 7/7/1958 | See Source »

...First Game belonged to a squat pro named Lawrence Peter Berra. All season Catcher Yogi has been floundering through a batting slump, never getting his average up much above his weight (192 Ibs.). But when he does hit, he still has his Yankee habit of making his hits count. His three-run homer in the eighth inning broke up the game, and the Yankees coasted home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pennant Promise | 9/9/1957 | See Source »

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