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Bert Campaneris

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I loved the opportunity to play for the Yankees, too.


— Bert Campaneris


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I've been in eleven no-hitters you know.


— Bert Campaneris


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In 83 I thought we were going to go all the way. We had Roy Smalley, and Steve King, and good players.


— Bert Campaneris


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So to get to play for the Yankees was really exciting. Really exciting.


— Bert Campaneris


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Well, I wanted to play twenty years in the major leagues. I never made it twenty though. I played nineteen.


— Bert Campaneris


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Yankee Stadium, and the Yankees are so famous for Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, all of those guys.


— Bert Campaneris


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Yes, I was in that game where George Brett hit that home run. Billy saw there was too much pine tar on the bat and he went to the umpire, the next thing we knew they were fighting about it.


— Bert Campaneris


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About Bert Campaneris






Did you know about Bert Campaneris?

He improved consistently on defense; his six double plays in an extra-inning game on September 13 of that year set an AL record and in 1972 he led AL shortstops with 795 total chances while also breaking Collins' franchise record of 376 steals. After a pitch hit him in the ankle Campaneris threw his bat at LaGrow. His 649 stolen bases placed him 7th in major league history and behind only Ty Cobb and Eddie Collins in the AL.

He led the AL in stolen bases six times from 1965 to 1972 and retired with the seventh most steals in history (649). He led the league in putouts three times and ended his career among the major league leaders in games (5th 2097) and double plays (7th 1186) at his position.

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