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Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
New York Yankees
Roger Clemens. He was included with Wells for Clemens.
What 20-year old infielder did the Yankees acquire from the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1975, that was still wearing a Yankee uniform on opening day 1988? | The Yankees of New York
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St. Louis Cardinals . The Cardinals and the A's have won 9 each to the Yankees' 26.
714. The Babe hit 714 homers in his career.
Iron Horse. In 1995 Iron Horse's mark was broken by Cal Ripken Jr.
What was Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris's nickname in the 1961 Season? | New York Yankees
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M and M boys. Mantle and Maris were the M and M boys in the 1961 season, if you didn't see the movie, they even had a company with that nickname.
Joe DiMaggio . Joe D married Marilyn Monroe, he was devoted to her. After her death he continued to send roses to her grave weekly until his death in 1999.
Mark McGwire . Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa hit homerun after homerun in a spectacular race to beat Maris' record. McGwire was first to beat the record then came Sosa. McGwire finished the season with 70 HRs.
What player hit 3 homeruns in one game in the 1977 World Series to boost the Yankees to victory? | New York Yankees
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Reggie Jackson. Reggie was 'Mr. October.' He always came through in the clutch.
What Yankee catcher born June 7th was tragically killed in an airplane crash? | New York Yankees
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Thurman Munson. Thurman was a great catcher and exciting player to watch. He was the Captain of the team and they were devastated at his loss.
Don Mattingly. The Pope really did have a plaque there. If you haven't been, you should definitely make the trip.
Derek Jeter. Jeter first passed the 200 plateau in 1998 when he obtained 203 hits in 1998. Then in 1999, he topped that with 219. In 2000, he just reached the barrier with 201 hits.
Bill Skowron . Moose was on the team during the great '61 season.
December, 1919. Following the 1919 season, Red Sox owner Harry Frazee set into motion the 'Curse of the Bambino' by selling his prized possession to the rival Yankees to finance his latest Broadway production.
Don Mattingly set the record for hitting 6 grand slams in one season in 1987. Which Yankee is co-holder of the record for hitting 2 slams in one game? | New York Yankees History
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Tony Lazzeri. Lazzeri whacked 2 grand slams on May 24th, 1936.
Which Yankee was quoted as saying, 'Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part.' ? | New York Yankees History
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Mickey Mantle. Mantle battled through the pain from injuries throughout his career, slowing the once fleet-footed outfielder.
In 1941, Joe DiMaggio hit safely in 56 straight games. Who lays claim to the second-longest streak? | New York Yankees History
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Pete Rose. Charlie Hustle put together his own streak of 44 straight games in 1978. Molitor strung together 39 straight in 1987.
In the 1956 World Series, Don Larsen threw a perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers. However, in their history, the Yankees have never had a pitcher throw a perfect game during the regular season: True or False? | New York Yankees History
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False . Both David Wells and David Cone tossed perfect gems in 1998 and 1999 respectively.
Billy Martin's clashes with owner George Steinbrenner (among others) are well-documented. What is the combined number of times that Steinbrenner hired AND fired Martin? | New York Yankees History
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10. The firey Martin was hired on 5 different occasions, and subsequently fired 5 times as well.
Ron Blomberg. Blomberg made his debut as Yankee DH on April 6th, 1973.
Who was the only Yankee to win the Rookie of the Year in the 1990's? | New York Yankees
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Derek Jeter. Even though Alfonso Soriano had a great Rookie season, he lost to Ichiro of the Mariners, and Jeter was the only Yankee to win the Rookie of the Year in the 90's.
Lou Gehrig and Mickey Mantle. Gehrig won in 1934 and Mantle won in 1956.
Who was the last Yankee captain before Don Mattingly was named captain in 1985? | New York Yankees
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Willie Randolph. Guidry, Nettles and Munson were before Randolph.
How many different Yankee's have been MVP's of the regular season in the 20th Century? | New York Yankees
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12. No Yankee has won since Mattingly in 1985. Past winners were Babe Ruth (1923), Lou Gehrig (1927,1936), Joe Dimaggio (1939, 1941, 1947), Joe Gordon (1942), Spud Chandler (1943), Phil Rizzuto (1950), Yogi Berra (1951, 1954, 1955), Mickey Mantle (1956, 1957, 1962), Roger Maris (1960, 1961), Elston Howard (1963), Thurman Munson (1976).
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