Yankee Stadium, as we've all heard over the past days, weeks, and months is closing for good. It's undeniably (even for a BoSox fan like me) one of the greatest ballparks in history. Here's a look at some of the numbers that helped shape a great stadium:
1: Billy Martin (’50-’57 + five-time manager)
$1.10: Cost of a ticket for first game at Yankee Stadium
3: Babe Ruth (’20-’34)
3: Perfect games (Don Larsen, David Wells, David Cone)
3: Home runs in three pitches by Reggie Jackson in 1977 World Series
3: Papal visits (Paul VI, John Paul II, Benedict XVI)
4: Lou Gehrig (’23-’39)
4: All-Star Games
4-1: First ever score at Yankee Stadium (victory over Red Sox on April 18, 1923)
5: Joe DiMaggio (’36-'51)
5: Monuments in Monument Park
7: Mickey Mantle (’51-’68)
7-3: Last ever score at Yankee Stadium (victory over Orioles on Sept. 21, 2008)
- B/R Ticket Guide
8: Yogi Berra (’46-’63)
8: Bill Dickey (’28-’46)
8: No-hitters pitched at Yankee Stadium
9: Roger Maris (’60-’66)
9: World Series sealed at Yankee Stadium by the Yankees
10: Phil Rizzuto (’41-’56)
10-3: Game Seven score at Yankee Stadium to complete the Red Sox comeback in 2004 ALCS
15: Thurman Munson ('69-'79)
16: Whitey Ford (’50-’67)
16: World Series clinched at Yankee Stadium
23: Don Mattingly (’82-’95)
29: Number of games at Yankee Stadium in DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak
30: Number of boxing title bouts at Yankee Stadium
32: Elston Howard (’55-’67)
37: Casey Stengel (Manager ’49-’60)
37: World Series played in part at Yankee Stadium
44: Reggie Jackson (’77-'81)
49: Ron Guidry (’75-’88)
60: Home runs by Babe Ruth in 1927 (a 34-year record)
85: Years the Stadium was open
100: World Series Games at Yankee Stadium
126: Number of games played at Yankee Stadium by Cal Ripken, Jr.
266: Home runs by Mickey Mantle at Yankee Stadium
276: Number of words in Lou Gehrig's famous farewell speech
413: Smallest attendance at Yankee Game
490: Original distance in feet to center field wall
6581: Regular season games
$15,000: Estimated amount paid by some to witness last game at Yankee Stadium
57545: Capacity at closing
58000: Initial capacity
61808: Number present for Lou Gehrig’s farewell speech
$2.5 million: Initial construction cost
$160 million: Cost of renovations in 1970s (paid for by City of New York)
$1.6 billion: Construction cost of New Yankee Stadium
I hope I haven't missed anything too obvious, but if I have feel free to let me know, or edit it in yourself. Let me know what you think...
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2 months ago
not bad for a Sox fan... just had to get that 10-3 score in there, didn't ya? haha.
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