2B Jerry Priddy
Jerry Priddy’s life went from pinstripes to prison stripes. When second baseman Priddy and shortstop
Phil Rizzuto came up to the Yankees together in 1941, Priddy “was the hotshot of the pair,” sportswriter Milton Richman wrote. “He was smart in the sense that the chances were good he would succeed in anything he undertook.”
1 But Priddy failed in New York and Hollywood. He failed on the PGA tour. His failure at extortion put him behind bars.