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- Lawrence ΓÇ£Yogi" Berra was
- one of the best catchers
- to play the game of
- baseball.
-
- Yogi was 21 when he played his first game
- with the New York Yankees, late in the 1946
- season. Yogi started as outfielder, but the
- Yankees felt his future was behind the plate.
- The great Yankee catcher, Bill Dickey, in his
- final year in the majors, worked with Yogi on
- his defensive skills.
-
- A natural hitter, Yogi didnΓÇÖt need much
- coaching in that area. He set American
- League records for home runs by a catcher
- in a season (30 in 1952 and 1956) and
- over a career (313). (Lance Parrish
- broke YogiΓÇÖs single-season record in
-