- Born
- Died
- Birth nameLawrence Peter Berra
- Nicknames
- The Ape
- Lawdie
- Height5′ 7½″ (1.71 m)
- One of baseball's greatest catchers of all time, Yogi Berra appeared in a record 14 World Series while calling the games for the New York Yankees. Berra proved invaluable to the Yankees as evidenced by his three American League Most Valuable Player awards. Berra was also one of the game's best-hitting catchers, hitting 358 homers and hitting a crisp .285 in his career. Berra also proved his worth as one of the smartest men in the game, managing the Yankees and later the New York Mets. He took both teams to the World Series. Lately however, Berra is more known for his fractured witticisms "It ain't over till it's over." Still, if you were to start an all-star baseball team, Berra would be one of top picks for catcher.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Ken Severson
- SpouseCarmen Berra(January 26, 1949 - March 6, 2014) (her death, 3 children)
- Children
- His malaprops and "Yogi-isms"
- The cartoon character Yogi Bear is named after him.
- Was upset over the way he was fired as manager of the Yankees in 1985; vowed he would have nothing to do with them as long as George M. Steinbrenner III was the owner. He reconciled with Steinbrenner in 1999 after receiving a public apology from the Yankees' owner.
- Participated in the Normandy invasion as a gunner's mate on D-Day.
- Filed a $10 million suit in Manhattan State Supreme Court against TBS for use of his name in an advertisement for Sex and the City (1998). The ad, which has appeared on New York City buses and in subways, gives possible definitions of "yogasm" as: (a) a type of yo-yo trick, (b) sex with Yogi Berra and (c) what Samantha has with a guy from yoga class. Berra claims that his name and reputation has been tainted (27 January 2005). The lawsuit was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount.
- In reporting Berra's death, the Associated Press newswire initially sent out a story whose first lines read, "New York Yankees Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Bear has died. He was 90." Several newspapers posted the incorrect wording on their websites before a correction was issued.
- A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.
- Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical.
- I usually take a two-hour nap, from one o'clock to four.
- It ain't over 'til it's over.
- It gets late early out here.
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