里兹图1917年9月25日生于布鲁克林,一开始对于他真正的出生年分有争议性,The Sporting News和Baseball Register都说里兹图的生年是1918年,而American League Red Book说是1917年,而New York Post说是1916年[1]。最后纽约市当地医疗机构说里兹图确定生于1917年[1]。
^Bodley, Hal. "N.Y. Yankees Hall of Famer Phil Rizzuto dies" (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆), USA Today, August 14, 2007. Retrieved August 14, 2007. "Rizzuto was still in Richmond Hill High School in 1935 when he said in a New York Times interview he was driven to Ebbets Field in 'Uncle Mike's car — one of those old cars, with the balloon tires' — for a tryout with his beloved Brooklyn Dodgers."
^Blevins, David. The Sports Hall of Fame Encyclopedia: Baseball, Basketball, Football, Hockey, Soccer. Chapter 18: Scarecrow Press. December 2011: 812. ISBN 0810861305.