YANKEES HISTORY Flashcards
Who wore Yankees 3
Babe Ruth
George Herman “Babe” Ruth Jr
Played from 1914 to 1935
Started as a left-handed pitcher for Red Sox
Gained fame as slugging outfielder for Yankees
Who wore yankees 6?
Joe Torre
Yankees manager from 1996 to 2007
Won four World Series championships -1996, 199, 1999, 2000
known for his calm demeanor, minimized distractions for players.
How many World Series appearances and titles have theYankees had since 2001
One World Series title in three trips since 2001.
None since 2009.
Last won in 2009.
Boston has won four, San Francisco has won three and St. Louis has won two.
Who wore Yankees 4
Lou Gehrig The “Iron Horse” Known for his hitting and durability Played for 17 seasons 1923-1939
Who wore Yankees 51?
Bernie Williams
Played from 1991 to 2006 for Yankees
Known for his consistency and post-season heroics, Williams is one of the most beloved Yankees of all time and his number, 51, was retired by the Yankees in May 2015. Bernie Williams is widely regarded as one of the greatest switch hitting center fielders in Yankee history.
Williams is also a classically trained guitarist.
Thurman Munson date of death?
Aug 2, 1979
Who wore Yankees 9
Maris
Best known for setting single season home run record -
61 in 1961. Remained unbroken till 1998 by mark mcgwire and later by barry bonds
Beat babe ruth’s record. Controversial because season was extended from 154 to 162 games. Maris hit HR on last game of season.
Played for yankees teams that won World Series in 1961 and 1962
Mike Ford
Yankees first baseman
Princeton
Named ivy league player and pitcher of the year. 2013
Born on Fourth of July 1992
Who wore Yankees 46?
Andy Pettitte
Yankees pitcher, lefty
In majors, 1995-2013
Won 5 championships
One of the core four
James Paxton
James Alston Paxton
Played basketball for Kentucky. Accounting major
May 8, 2018 pitched a no-hitter against toronto becoming first canadian to do so in Canada
From Ladner, British Columbia
Drafted by seattle 2013
Who wore Yankees 1
Billy martin
Scrappy yankee 2nd baseman
Manager of yankees 5 x
Known for making bad teams good before they collapses into dysfunction.
Name the core four
Andy Pettitte
Jorge Posada
Mariano Rivera
Derek Jeter
All key contributors to the Yankees late 1990s dynasty that won four championships in five years.
Who wore yankees 5?
Joe DiMaggio
Yankees center fielder
Known for his 56 game hitting streak in 1941
Played 13 seasons between 1936 and 1951
Name two great yankees who never played on a world championship team.
Mel Stottlemyre
Don Mattingly
What is the Yankees’ overall record?
40 AL pennants
27 world championships
Who wore Yankees 32
Elston Howard
First African American on the yankees roster
Eight years after jackie robinson broke the color barrier
Catcher.
stengel: i finally get me a n—— and i get the only one who cant run
Who were the key three?
Jeter
Rivera
Posada
Played together for 17 years - longer than any other summit group in North American sports.
Who wore Yankees 7?
Mickey Mantle Played entire career with yankees 1951-1968 Center fielder and first baseman Regarded as best switch hitter. Great offensive threat 7x world series champ
Who wore Yankees 16s
Whitey Ford “Chairman of the board” —-for his ability to remain calm. Whitney for light blonde hair Pitcher. Played his entire career, 16 years, with yankees. —known for his guile, not his power. Could throw several pitches. ——-doctored baseballs. 10 World Series victories. 1950-1967
Who wore Yankees 49
Ron Guidry
Louisiana Lightning, Gator
Left-handed pitcher
Plaque: “dominating pitcher, respected leader”
Played his entire career with Yankees
-14 years. 1975-1988
Struck out yankee record 18 pitches. Angels 1978
—start of yankee tradition of fans standing and clapping for a strikeout with two strikes on opposing batter.
Facts about Brett Gardner
Debut 2008 Grew up in Holly Hill, Sc College of Charlston Lives in summerville, sc One of the fastest players in mlb
Who wore Yankees 23?
MATTINGLY
Nicknamed “The Hit Man” and “Donnie Baseball”, he spent his entire 14-year career playing with the New York Yankees
Played 1st base
From 82 to 95
Only yankee with a retired number but no world series win.
Got benched for not cutting his hair in 1991
Who wore Yankees #20
Posada From puerto rico Catcher Played 17 seasons for yankees 1995-2011 4x world series
In what year did the Yankees start?
1903
Who wore Yankees 8
Berra and Dickey
Who wore Yankees 2?
Derek Jeter
Shortstop
Spent entire 20 year career with yankees
Five world series championships
Known for hitting, base-running, fielding and leadership
Yankees all time career leader in:
- hits (3,465)
- doubles (544)
- games played (2,747)
- stolen bases (358)
- plate appearances (12,602)
- at bats (11,195)
- times on base (4,716)
Who was Yogi Berra?
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Yankees
Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra
Considered one of the best catchers in history
19 seasons in mlb all but last four for yankees
1946-1963, 1965
Won 10 world series championships-more than any other player
Career:
.285
358 home runs
1,430 runs batted in
Describe first game at yankee stadium after thurmon munson death.
Versus Baltimore at home on aug 3, 1979
More than 51k fans
Kept catchers box empty
Fans applauded for 10
Mins
Who wore Yankees 15?
Thurman Munson
Catcher
Played 11 seasons for the yankees
1969
Considered the heart and soul of the Yankees
Named captain in 1976, first since Lou Gehrig
Helped lead the team to WS appearances from 1976, 1977 and 1978
Died at age 32 while practicing landings at Akron airport in 1979
Who wore yankees 37
Stengel
The Old Perfesser
Managed the Yankees 1949 to 1960.
Won five world series.
Who wore yankees 42
Mariano Rivera
From Puerto Caimito, Panamá
Yankees closer from 1995 to 2013.
Known for longevity and consistency. Precise contril
Primarily threw a 90 mph cut fastball.
What is the Yankees modern record in terms of winning seasons and playoff appearances?
27 straight winning seasons
21 playoff appearances in that span.
Who wore Yankees 10
Rizzuto
“Scooter”
Shortstop
Played entire 13 yankee career with yankees.
1941-1956. 10 AL pennants, 7 WS titles
Classic “small ball” player. Expert bunter
Announcer known for digressions, “holy cow”
“Ed Lucas”. Blind boy
Who hit the first home run at the current Yankee stadium?
Jorge Posada
Before switching to 23, what number did Don Mattingly wear?
46
Mickey Mantle hit a record 18 World Series home runs in his career. Which Yankee is in second place with 15 World Series home runs?
Babe Ruth
Yogi Berra’s iconic nickname was not given to him by a Yankee but by this childhood friend who went on to be a member of the 1954 world champion New York Giants. Who is this friend?
Bobby Hoffman
Whose errant throw did Jeter save on the Flip Play in the 2001 division series?
Shane Spencer
This Yankee was the first relief pitcher to win the American League Cy Young Award:
Sparky Lyle
Lyle co-authored, with Peter Golenbock, The Bronx Zoo, a 1979 tell-all book which chronicled the dissension within the Yankees in its World Series Championship seasons of 1977 and 1978.
Prankster
On Aug. 25, 2011, Robinson Cano, Russell Martin and this guy made the Yankees the first team in MLB history to hit three grand slams in one game
Curtis Granderson
Mariano Rivera is the last Yankee pitcher to win World Series MVP. Who was the first?
Don Larsen
Larsen pitched the sixth perfect game in MLB history, doing so in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series. It is the only no-hitter and perfect game in World Series history and is one of only two no-hitters in MLB postseason history
Larsen was known for his personality and his enjoyment of the nightlife, specifically in New York City.During his time in minor league baseball, Larsen first developed a reputation as a “fun-loving guy” who liked to go out to bars and have a drink When he broke into the Majors with the St. Louis Browns, Larsen started violating a time-limit curfew..:He was nicknamed “Gooneybird” for his antics.[12]
Who wore No. 2 before Derek Jeter?
Mike gallego
Infielder from 1985 to 1997, most notably as a member of the Oakland Athletics team that won three consecutive American League pennants and a World Series championship in 1989.
Yankees home run leaders 4
Babe Ruth 659
Mickey Mantle. 536
Lou Gehrig 439
Joe DiMaggio 361
Yankees pitcher win leaders
Whitey Ford 236
Red Ruffing 231
Andy Pettite 219
Paxton status
The New York Yankees pulled out the stops to bring coveted lefty James Paxton from the coffee capital of the world to the Big Apple back in November of 2018. Now approaching the 2021 offseason, he is going on the open market.
While the regular season for 2020 hasn’t even begun, when it does, it will be Paxton’s audition for the free-agent market, one that he will likely pass with flying colors
Who was the yankees best center fielder ever?
Both of them have a legitimate claim to the title.
DiMaggio was a 13-time All-Star, 9-time World Series champion and 3-time American League MVP. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1955.
Mantle was a 20-time All-Star, 7-time World Series champion and 3-time American League MVP. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1974.
Why mantle was better than DiMaggio?
An immensely talented icon of his generation, “The Mick” was the most feared hitter on some of the most successful teams in history, hitting 536 career home runs. In 14 seasons from 1951-64, the switch-hitting Mantle led the Yankees to 12 American League pennants and seven World Series championships. A three-time AL Most Valuable Player Award winner (1956, ’57, ’62), Mantle enjoyed one of the greatest offensive seasons ever in ’56, winning the AL Triple Crown by hitting 52 homers with 130 RBIs and a .353 average. He gets the nod in center over another all-time great, Joe DiMaggio.
Red Ruffing
Illinois Coal miner Lost four toes Second on wins list Played1930-1942, 1945-46
Second highest on the Yankees win list behind Whitey Ford
Ron Guidry
Louisiana Pitcher Pitcher Underdog Billy Martin sat him for 46 games stry Guidry says struggle made him great
Drafted 1971
Ronald Ames Guidry (/ˈɡɪdri/; born August 28, 1950), nicknamed “Louisiana Lightning” and “Gator”,[1] is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) left-handed pitcher who played his entire 14-year career for the New York Yankees of the American League (AL).
Bobby Cox supported him minor league
Billy Martin sat him 46 straight games in 1976
Guidry was not a prize prospect identified from day one and marched through the system with high expectations. He emerged from the pack as an underdog, and produced one of the greatest pitching seasons ever in 1978. He capitalized on the knowledge around him to improve himself, and carved out a tremendous Yankees career.
Miller Huggins
He managed the Cardinals (1913–1917) and New York Yankees (1918–1929), including the Murderers’ Row teams of the 1920s that won six American League (AL) pennants and three World Series championships.
Who was Joe McCarthy?
Joseph Vincent McCarthy (April 21, 1887 – January 13, 1978) was a manager in Major League Baseball, most renowned for his leadership of the “Bronx Bombers” teams of the New York Yankees from 1931 to 1946.
With the Yankees, his strict but fair managing style helped to solidify the team’s place as the dominant franchise in baseball. During his tenure, the Yankees won seven World Series
Some say he was lucky. Team talent
Name the only Yankee number one draft choice who has made it to the Hall of Fame
John Elway. Pro football hall of fame. Yankees number one pick in 1981
Name the first six hitters of the 1927 Murderers’ Row
Earle Combs, Mark Koenig, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Bob Meusel, and Tony Lazzeri.
