He was also the first Yankee to record 50+ and 60+ homeruns
Who holds the yankees’ single season home run record?
He Is considered the 'legitimate homerun king'
What is the most homers a yankee has ever hit in a single season?
beating Babe's record (60 homeruns in 1927) by a single homerun although the season was changed from 154 games to 162 by the time Maris accomplished this feat in 1961
Which Yankee holds the career RBI record?
Gehrig also holds the yankees record for most consecutive games at 2130. His streak finally ended in 1939 when he told manager McCarthy, 'I'm benching myself Joe,' after ALS had ruined his game.
Which Yankee struck out the most over their career?
He also has the most hits and plate appearances of any Yankee
Which Yankee won the most games as a pitcher over their career?
1974, Ford was inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame, and the Yankees retired his number 16.
Which Yankee pitched in the most games?
He also has the career saves record for all of baseball with 652
Which Yankee pitcher threw the most career strikeouts?
His number, 46, was retired by the Yankees on August 23, 2015
What is the most homeruns a Yankees’ team has ever hit in a single game?
The only yankee to record 4+ homeruns in a single game was Lou Gehrig with 4 homeruns on June 3, 1932. It would have been 5 had he not had a homerun robbed by outfielder Al Simmons
What is the most homeruns a Yankees’ team has ever hit in a season?
The 2012 Yankees accomplished this feat
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Which Yankee holds the highest career batting average?
He also holds the record for extra-base hits in a single season with 119 in 1921. Gehrig is second all time hitting 117 extra-base hits 6 years later in 1927.
Which Yankees Executive coined the famous adage, 'You never have too much pitching?'
He is credited with helping Steinbrenner rebuild the Yankees in 1974
What is the lowest number not currently retired by the Yankees organization?
1- Billy Martin, 2- Derek Jeter, 3- Babe Ruth, 4- Lou Gehrig, 5- Joe DiMaggio, 6- Joe Torre, 7- Mickey Mantle, 8- Yogi Berra & (See question 15), 9- Roger Maris, 10- Phil Rizzuto
Which Yankee holds the longest hitting streak in all of baseball at 56 games?
'The Clipper' is considered by many to be the greatest all around baseball player of all time.
Which Yankee shares the retirement of jersey 8 with Yogi Berra?
Regarded as two of the greatest catchers of all time
Which Yankee hold the rookie homerun record
set in the 2016-2017 season. Hopefully more records to come!
Who was the youngest Yankee to hit a walk off homerun?
On May 6, 2018 at just 21 years 144 days old, Gleyber Torres surpassed previous Yankee, Mickey Mantle, who hit a walkoff homerun at 21 years 185 days old on April 23, 1953, vs. Boston
The core four includes Yankees Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte and which other Yankee?
The core four won 5 world series together.
Which Yankee is considered the best switch hitter of all time?
Nicknamed the commerce commet and the mick
what is the longest winning streak in franchise history
in 1947 the yankees won 19 games straight. the longest streaks since were 10 games in 1998 and 2005
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