In 1947 Yogi Berra had a salary of $5,000.
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The Yankees have had four managers who were previous catchers for the team. Bill Dickey (Yankee catcher from 1928-1943 and Yankee player-manager in 1946) Ralph Houk (Yankee catcher from 1947-1954, Yankee manager from 1961-63) Yogi Berra (Yankee catcher from 1947-1962, Yankee manager in 1964 and 1984-85) Joe Girardi (Yankee catcher from 1996-99, Yankee manager from 2008-present)
With 14 World Series appearances, Yankees catcher and outfielder Yogi Berra played the most times in this event. Berra, who played 19 major league seasons for the Yankees, appeared in the Fall Classics of 1947, 1949-1953, 1955-1958 and 1960-1963. The Yankees won 10 world championships during that time.
Yogi Berra's share of the prize money for the Yankee victory in the 1947 World Series was $5,830. I provide this information, and earlier his salary of $5,000 to illustrate how a baseball player's total earnings for a year can be drastically improved by winning a World Series back in that era of baseball.
The three players that won the MVP Award three times playing for the Yankees are: Joe DiMaggio (1939, 1941, 1947), Yogi Berra (1951, 1954, 1955) & Mickey Mantle (1956, 1957, 1962)
Yogi Berra played on 10 World Series winning teams for the Yankees: 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, and 1962. he also won 3 more as a coach. 1969 mets and with the Yankees in 1977 and 1978.