Yogi Berra Batting Average
Yogi Berra Batting Average . Berra actually signed with the new york yankees in 1943 but put his baseball career on hold to join the navy. On the defensive side, bench caught 14,481.1 innings and had a.990 fielding percentage vs. Rusty Staub Hits During 1973 World Series Mets History from www.metsheritage.com The big difference is in gold gloves, where bench won the honors for a consecutive decade, while berra never earned the award after it was first introduced in 1957. Berra was elected to the baseball hall of fame in 1972. 14,346.0 innings caught and a.989 fielding percentage for berra, so again very close;