Bronx Bombin'

[KCBOOMER]

Okay an easy one for the folks here. Name the top two players in career Yankee Stadium HR's. Be sure to list the number of HR's for each player.

[YankeeLinks]

The Babe must be first. I think he hit 280-290 in the stadium. Next I'll guess Gehrig.

[KCBOOMER]

The Babe is not first nor is Gehrig second.

[sid]

mantle 266

[KCBOOMER]

Mantle at 266 is Number One. But who is number two???

[Craig S.]

Babe Ruth at 259?

[KCBOOMER]

It is the Babe at 259!!!

The reason he is not number one on this list is that Yankee Stadium was not open until April 18, 1923, by which time he had hit 197 career homers. He also hit six HR's at the end of his career in the NL.

So Babe hit 511 while a member of the Yankees when their home park was YS. This is a homefield HR percentage of just 50.7%. Certainly doesn't seem to indicate that YS is the lefthand hitters home run paradise it is alledged to be. At least was not for a really good hitter like the Bambino.

Mantle's YS home field home run percentage is 49.6%.

[YankeeLinks]

Mickey's lefty advantage with the porch was at least in part offset by "Death Valley" which was a disadvantage when he hit righty

[KCBOOMER]

Originally posted by YankeeLinks
Mickey's lefty advantage with the porch was at least in part offset by "Death Valley" which was a disadvantage when he hit righty

I think the percentages show that for the Babe and the Mick the Porch was no matter at all.

[YankeeLinks]

I agree. Most of their shots would have been HR's anywhere