YOGI BERRA (1965) Joe Trimble- Tempo Books and 44 similar items

Vintage 224 page mass market paperback titled YOGI BERRA by Joe Trimble with a Foreword by Casey Stengel / Tempo Books #T84, First printing, April 1965/ From sandlot player to highest-salaried catcher, Yankee manager to Coach of the Amazing Mets, the up-to-the-minute story of Hall of Famer, Yogi Berra. 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. He was an 18-time All-Star and won 10 World Series championships as a player?more than any other player in MLB history. Berra had a career batting average of .285, while hitting 358 home runs and 1,430 runs batted in. He is one of only six players to win the American League Most Valuable Player Award three times. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest catchers in baseball history, and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. The book is complete and in VERY GOOD condition with some overall wear that includes a slightly bumped lower right corner of the book. The insides of the covers are browned and the inside pages are lightly tanning. (see pictures)