New York Yankees Acquire Earle Combs

On January 7, 1924 — The New York Yankees buy the contract of Louisville Colonels star outfielder Earle Combs, who hit .380 last year for Louisville. Colonels owner Bill Kneblekamp gets $50,000, outfielder Elmer Smith and another player, and demands that the Yankees play an exhibition game in Louisville with a guarantee that Babe Ruth is in the lineup. This reportedly nets Kneblekamp an additional $5,000.

Combs will become a catalyst for the Yankees, playing on 3 World Champions over 12 years and averaging 124 runs scored, .329 BA and .400 OBP from 1926 – 1932. He will also start a string of three straigh Hall of Famers patrolling CF from 1925-1968 for the Yankees – Combs, DiMaggio and Mantle, helping lead them to 19 World titles.

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