Baseball fans are mourning the loss of Yogi Berra, the Hall of Famer who died late Tuesday at age 90. The holder of 10 (10!) World Series rings was one of the game’s most beloved players, for his on-field achievements and his famous illogical-but-true quotations—including “Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.” Here, a look back at the life of the man considered to be one of the best catchers to ever play the game.
At left, a portrait of Berra in his New York Yankees uniform with a baseball glove under his arm.
Berra catches a ball during the Game Four of the 1949 World Series between the Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers. In all, Berra was named the American League’s MVP three times.
Berra and Don Larsen celebrate the Yankee pitcher’s perfect World Series game on October, 8, 1956. The Yankees retired Berra’s No. 8 in 1972.
In this September 25, 1951, photo, Yogi Berra (right) accepts a light from shortstop Phil Rizzuto in the Yankees clubhouse after Berra handed out cigars to celebrate the birth of his son.
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Berra married Carmen Short, shown here on their wedding day, January 26, 1949. Carmen Berra died in 2014. Not long afterward, their New Jersey home went on the market—for $888,000, in honor of his uniform number.
Yogi Berra, son Larry, wife Carmen, and son Tim, 1955.
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Berra, then the manager of the Yankees, speaking at Yankee Stadium on December 16, 1984.
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Berra waves to the crowd before the Yankees home opener spring-training game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Tampa, Florida, March 3, 2010.
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Berra poses at the Yogi Berra Museum in Upper Montclair, New Jersey, April 26, 2007.
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Yankee Hall of Famers Yogi Berra and Whitey Ford (R) react to fans’ cheers on a golf cart during Old-Timers Day ceremonies before a game in New York, June 23, 2013.
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