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Mike Gazella

American baseball player (1895–1978)

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American baseball player (1895–1978)

Field	Value
name	Mike Gazella
image	Mike Gazella 1928.jpg
caption	Gazella, circa 1928
position	Infielder
bats	Right
throws	Right
birth_date
birth_place	Olyphant, Pennsylvania, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Odessa, Texas, U.S.
debutleague	MLB
debutdate	July 2
debutyear	1923
debutteam	New York Yankees
finalleague	MLB
finaldate	September 30
finalyear	1928
finalteam	New York Yankees
statleague	MLB
stat1label	Batting average
stat1value	.241
stat2label	Hits
stat2value	85
stat3label	Runs batted in
stat3value	32

New York Yankees (, –)
3× World Series champion (, , )

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.

Born in Olyphant, Pennsylvania, Gazella played football as well as baseball at Lafayette College and Mansfield University of Pennsylvania. 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 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.

References

Smelser, Marshall. (1993). "The Life That Ruth Built: A Biography". [[University of Nebraska Press]].
Kashatus, William C.. (2002). "Diamonds in the Coalfields: 21 Remarkable Baseball Players, Managers, and Umpires from Northeast Pennsylvania". [[McFarland & Company]].
Beverage, Richard E.. (2005). "The Hollywood Stars". [[Arcadia Publishing]].
Cleve, Craig Allen. (2004). "Hardball on the Home Front: Major League Replacement Players of World War II". [[McFarland & Company]].
(September 12, 1978). "Former Yankee 1927 Team Member Dies". The Daily Herald.

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