Mike Gazella
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| Infielder | |||
| Born: October 13, 1895 Olyphant, Pennsylvania |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 2, 1923, for the New York Yankees | |||
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| September 30, 1928, for the New York Yankees | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .241 | ||
| Hits | 86 | ||
| Runs batted in | 32 | ||
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Michael Gazella (October 13, 1895 – September 11, 1978) was an American major league baseball player who played for the New York Yankees on several championship teams in the 1920s.[1]
Born in Olyphant, Pennsylvania,[2] Gazella played football as well as baseball at Lafayette College and Mansfield University of Pennsylvania.[3] In 1923, he was signed by New York and played in eight games for the Yankees that season. Consigned to the minor leagues in 1924 and 1925, he played for teams in Minneapolis and Atlanta before rejoining New York in the 1926 season as a utility infielder, usually playing third base.
The Yankees played in the World Series every year Gazella was on the team, winning three. However, Gazella played in only the 1926 Series, in which the Yankees lost to the St. Louis Cardinals.
After retiring, Gazella managed the Ponca City Angels[4] of the Western Association and the Moline Plowboys of the Three-I League, as well as scouted for the Yankees.
Gazella died in an automobile accident in Odessa, Texas on September 11, 1978.
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- 1895 births
- 1978 deaths
- People from Olyphant, Pennsylvania
- Lafayette Leopards baseball players
- Lafayette Leopards football players
- Major League Baseball infielders
- Baseball players from Pennsylvania
- Players of American football from Pennsylvania
- Mansfield University of Pennsylvania alumni
- New York Yankees players
- Road accident deaths in Texas
- Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players
- Atlanta Crackers players
- Hollywood Stars players
- Los Angeles Angels (minor league) players
- Ponca City Angels players
- Moline Plowboys players
