Yankees Birthday of the Day: Lee Mazzilli

NEW YORK CIRCA 1982: Lee Mazzilli 24 of the New York Yankees bats during an Major League Baseball game circa 1982 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York played for the Yankees in by Focus on Sport Sam Chapman has been a contributor at Pinstripe Alley since the beginning of the 2022 hails from Upstate New it is certainly common for players to play for multiple franchises in their career, more often than not, they are generally associated with one the case of today’s birthday boy, that association is not with the Mazzili played 14 seasons in the majors, less than one of which came with the Yankees, but he did put together some good runs among the game’s best and later came back to celebrates his 71st birthday on Wednesday no doubt delighted that it coincides with Opening Day, and though he is not necessarily remembered for his time in pinstripes, the former AllStar is the subject of today’s entry into the series.A longtime big league contributor and a World Series winner https://www.newyorkfanoutlet.com/Lou_Gehrig_Jersey, Mazzili’s career is certainly worth Louis MazzilliBorn: March 25, 1955 New York, NYYankees Tenure: 1982 also coached 200003, 2006Lee Mazzilli was a New Yorker through and was born there, he was drafted out of Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, and is most known for his time with the Mets, while also, of course, dabbling with the was selected by the Mets in the 1973 Draft, who had enough interest to take him in the first round, with the 14th overall years later https://www.newyorkfanoutlet.com/Jazz_Chisholm_Jr_Jersey, Mazzilli was making his MLB debut with the ‘ his 24 games that season weren’t anything to write home about, it was the beginning of a decadeandahalf run in the Majors for Mazzilli, much of which would come with the team that drafted 22yearold switchhitter got his first chance at a starting job in 1977, taking the opportunity given to him by new playermanager Joe Torre and running with production with the bat was forgettable, but he provided solid value as the Mets’ everyday centerfielder.A year later, Mazzilli would begin playing the best baseball of his career and saw his national profile grow assisted by some natural good looks, to was just a shame for him that his prime came when the Mets were downright lousy.