Tony LaRussa

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Full Name: Anthony LaRussa	Primary Position: 2B,SS
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/175	First Game: May 10, 1963
Birthdate: October 4, 1944	Final Game: April 6, 1973
Birthplace: Tampa, Florida	MLB Experience: 3 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

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Tony LaRussa (Anthony LaRussa) was born on October 4, 1944 in Tampa, Florida. He made his Major League debut on May 10, 1963 for the Kansas City Athletics. LaRussa played for the Kansas City Athletics, Oakland Athletics and Atlanta Braves over the course of his 3 year career.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1963	KC	A	34	44	4	11	0	1	.250	.346	.318	1	1	7	12	0	1	0	0	0
1968	OAK	A	5	3	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	OAK	A	8	8	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1970	OAK	A	52	106	6	21	0	6	.198	.301	.255	4	1	15	19	1	0	0	1	0
1971	OAK	A	23	8	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
1971	ATL	N	9	7	1	2	0	0	.286	.375	.286	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
1971	Total		32	15	4	2	0	0	.133	.188	.133	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	2
1973	CHI	N	1	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		10	7	2	2	0	0	.286	.375	.286	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Total	AL		122	169	13	33	0	7	.195	.289	.249	5	2	22	36	1	1	0	1	0
Total			132	176	15	35	0	7	.199	.292	.250	5	2	23	37	1	1	0	1	2

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1963	KC	A	SS	14	10	106	23	22	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1963	KC	A	2B	3	1	16	6	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1970	OAK	A	2B	44	28	260.1	67	89	5	21	0	0	0	0	0	.969
1971	OAK	A	2B	7	0	12	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1971	OAK	A	SS	4	0	8	4	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1971	OAK	A	3B	2	0	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
1971	ATL	N	2B	9	1	27	8	6	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1971	Total		2B	16	1	39	12	7	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.905
Total			SS	18	10	114	27	27	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	.964
Total			2B	63	30	315.1	85	99	7	26	0	0	0	0	0	.963
Total			3B	2	0	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Kansas City Athletics (June 6, 1962).
Sold by Oakland Athletics to Atlanta Braves (August 14, 1971).
Traded by Atlanta Braves to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Tom Phoebus (October 20, 1972).
Sold by Chicago Cubs to Pittsburgh Pirates (1974).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (April 4, 1975).
Signed by Chicago White Sox (April 7, 1975).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Randy Wiles (December 15, 1976).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (September 29, 1977).

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