Yankee Stadium I
Yankee Stadium I,,New York,NY,US
Ball Park First Game
Date – 04/18/1923 (1)
Starting Pitchers – vs. Red Sox: 04/18/1923
Final Score 4-1 (NYA)
Attendance – 74,200
Starting Pitchers Bob Shawkey (NYA); Howard Ehmke (BOS)
First Batter – Chick Fewster (BOS) Result – Grounded Out
First Hits – George Burns (BOS),Singled
First Run – Bob Shawkey (NYA)
First RBI – Joe Dugan (NYA)
First Homerun – Babe Ruth (NYA) vs. Howard Ehmke (BOS) on 04/18/1923 (3rd inning)
First Grandslam – Tris Speaker (CLE) vs. Carl Mays (NYA) on 06/09/1923 (6th inning)
First Inside Park Homerun – Sam Rice (WS1) vs. Herb Pennock (NYA) on 04/25/1923 (5th inning)
First No Hitter – Monte Pearson (NYA) vs. Indians on 08/27/1938
Ball Park Lasts
Last Game – vs. Orioles: 09/21/2008, Final Score – 7-3 (NYA)
Attendance – 54,610
Starting Pitchers – Andy Pettitte (NYA); Chris Waters (BAL), Winning Pitcher – Andy Pettitte (NYA) Losing Pitcher – Chris Waters (BAL)
Last Batter – Brian Roberts (BAL), result – Grounded to 1B
Last Hit – Jason Giambi (NYA), Singled to LF (7)
Last Run – Brett Gardner (NYA), Last RBI – Robinson Cano (NYA)
Last HR – Jose Molina (NYA) vs. Chris Waters (BAL) on 09/21/2008 (4th inning)
Last Grand Slam – Alex Rodriguez (NYA) vs. Edwin Jackson (TBA) on 09/14/2008 (1st inning)
Last Inside The Park Homerun – Chris Duffy (PIT) vs. Andy Pettitte (NYA) on 06/08/2007 (7th inning)
Last No Hitter – Roy Oswalt, Peter Munro, Kirk Saarloos, Brad Lidge, Octavio Dotel, Billy Wagner (HOU) vs. Yankees on 06/11/2003
TRIVIA –
The Opening Day attendance of 74,200 was a record that has since been broken.