Presented is a Phil Rizzuto signed and inscribed game used bat from the 1955 World Series, the last World Series in which the Hall of Famer played. The '55 World Series was the sixth time that the New York Yankees had met the Brooklyn Dodgers in the World Series. Hall of Famers for the Dodgers on the 1955 Dodgers: Walt Alston (mgr.), Roy Campanella, Gil Hodges, Sandy Koufax (DNP), Pee Wee Reese, Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, and Tom Lasorda (DNP). Hall of Famers on the 1955 Yankees: Casey Stengel (mgr.), Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, and Rizzuto. The Yankees won each of the previous meetings: 1941, '47, '49, '52 and '53. It was Rizzuto's ninth World Series. He played in all seven games, going 4-for-15 at the plate for a .267 batting average. Rizzuto scored two runs, drove in a run and had five bases on balls, giving him a .450 OBP for that Series. With the Yankees trailing 2-0 in the bottom of the 8th inning in Game 7 against Dodgers starter Johnny Podres, Rizzuto had a key clutch hit as he led off the inning with a single to left center. But Podres (the Series MVP) and the Dodgers held out to win the game and the World Series, the only World Series that the Brooklyn Dodgers ever won. Rizzuto played again in 1956, but he was released by the Yankees in late August and missed the 1956 Series rematch between the Dodgers and the Yankees in which the Yankees reclaimed the World Championship. "The Scooter," Phil Rizzuto, played all of his 13 Major League seasons with the New York Yankees. Listed at 5'6", he was probably an inch shorter, and often weighed less than his listed 150-160 lbs. He was born in 1917 but listed his birth year as 1918 to be thought younger. He debuted with the Yankees in 1941 and played again with the Yanks in 1942 before joining the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. After the war, Rizzuto returned to the Yankees and played from 1946 through late August 1956, when he retired as the Yankees were about to release him. Rizzuto was a superb shortstop, a good contact hitter, an amazing bunter, and a speedy runner. When he retired, his 1,217 double plays ranked second in Major League history behind only Luke Appling's 1,424. In addition, at the time he retired, Rizzuto had a career fielding percentage of .968, second only to the .973 percentage of Lou Boudreau among all-time American League shortstops. The Scooter's best season was 1950, when he was the American League MVP and hit .324, with 200 hits, 92 bases on balls, and 125 runs. He also led the American League shortstops in fielding percentage that season and set a then American League record for shortstops by handling 238 consecutive chances without an error. Rizzuto was a 5-time All-Star, a 10-time pennant winner, and a 7-time World Series winner. After his playing retirement, Rizzuto had a 40-year tenure as a radio and television announcer with the Yankees. The entertaining Rizzuto peppered his game reports with quirky stories and humor, and frequently uttered his trademark "Holy Cow!" as a way to show surprise. The Hillerich & Bradsby Louisville Slugger bat has "World Series 1955/Phil Rizzuto (in a facsimile signature)/New York Yankees etched into the barrel. Rizzuto has neatly and boldly autographed and inscribed the bat in the space between the label and the barrel. Using a maker, Rizzuto wrote, "This is the bat I used in the 1955 World Series/Holy Cow/Phil Rizzuto/HOF/94 (the year of his Hall of Fame induction)". The bat exhibits great use. This use is more than would normally occur in a seven game World Series and attendant practices, so it is likely that Rizzuto used the bat during his 1956 spring training. The many ball marks, numerous scrape marks, and the darkening and various dark marks on the handle show evidence of probable use of pine tar. Etched into the knob is "01," representing Rizzuto's number. The bat is 34" long, and it weighs 31.6 ounces. The signed and inscribed Phil Rizzuto bat is a great memento of the classic 1955 World Series, replete with so many Hall of Famers and emblematic of the tremendous Yankees/Dodgers rivalry of which The Scooter was so much a part. Comes with PSA LOA.