The New York Yankees are synonymous with home runs. With more than 14,000 round-trippers to its credit, New York has out-homered the next most prolific franchise by more than 1,000—despite the Yankees’ having been in existence for 20 fewer years.
This book organizes information on the many New York home runs into detail- and summary-oriented tables. Part I covers various situational categories (e.g., grand-slam, leadoff, walk-off), special dates (Opening Day, Memorial Day, players’ birthdays), and significant player and team records (Gehrig’s 23 career grand-slams, five or more Yankees homers in a game). Parts II and III provide career summaries (number of seasons with 20-plus homers, by position in the batting order) and franchise totals (home runs by ballpark and opponent); and Part IV covers season-by-season totals and yearly leaders. Also included are appendices for inside-the-park and bounce home runs and home runs allowed by the Yankees.

Mitchell S. Soivenski is an IT data professional and long-time member of SABR. He has written for The Baseball Research Journal and contributed to The SABR Baseball List and Record Book. He lives in Hampton, New Hampshire.

Mitchell S. Soivenski
Format: softcover (8.5 x 11)
Pages: 320
Bibliographic Info: appendices, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2013
pISBN: 978-0-7864-7124-9
eISBN: 978-1-4766-0096-3
Imprint: McFarland

Table of Contents

Abbreviations  x
Preface  1
Introduction  3
Part I. Home Runs by Detail
A. Categories  5
1. Back-to-Back  5
1a. Most Back-to-Back, Player  19
2. Part of a Cycle  20
3. Grand Slams  20
3a. Most Grand Slams, Player  26
4. Leadoff  27
4a. Most Leadoff, Player  31
5. Multihomer Games  31
5a. Most Multihomer Games, Player  59
6. Pinch-Hit  59
6a. Most Pinch-Hit, Player  63
7. Switch-Hit  64
7a. Most Switch-Hit, Player  65
8. Walk-Off  66
8a. Most Walk-Off, Player  69
9. Extra-Inning  69
9a. Most Extra-Inning, Player  73
10. Leadoff and Walk-Off, Same Game  74
11. Both Games of a Doubleheader  74
11a. Most Times in Both Games of a Doubleheader, Player  79
B. Special Dates  81
12. Opening Day  81
12a. Most Opening Day, Player  82
13. Memorial Day  83
13a. Most Memorial Day, Player  85
14. Independence Day  85
14a. Most Independence Day, Player  87
15. Labor Day  87
15a. Most Labor Day, Player  89
16. Birthdays  89
C. Miscellaneous, Player  91
17. Ruth’s 1927 Season  91
18. Maris’s 1961 Season  92
19. Gehrig’s 23 Career Grand Slams  93
20. Mattingly’s Six 1987 Grand Slams  93
21. Most Against One Team, Season  93
22. Most Consecutive Games Homering  94
23. All Runs on One Home Run  94
24. Milestone Home Runs  95
25. First in Career  97
26. Last in Career  101
27. Youngest to Homer  105
28. Oldest to Homer  106
D. Miscellaneous, Franchise  107
29. Most Against One Team, Season  107
30. Most Consecutive Games, Season  108
31. Most Against a Pitcher, Season  108
32. Five or More, Game  109
33. Eight or More, Doubleheader  116
34. Three or More, Inning  117
35. By Entire Infields or Outfields, Game  121
36. Milestone Home Runs  123
37. Postseason  126
37a. Most Postseason, Player  132
38. All-Star Game  133
39. Baltimore Orioles, 1901–1902  133
39a. Most Against Teams  134
39b. Most Against Pitchers  134
39c. Most by Orioles Players  134
39d. Players Who Homered for the Orioles and Yankees  134
Part II. Player Totals
A. Leaders by Position and Handedness  135
40. By Position and Handedness  135
41. Single-Season by Position and Handedness  138
42. Diagrams: Career and Single-Season Leader by Handedness at Each Position  141
43. By Handedness  145
44. By Batter and Pitcher Handedness  147
45. By Percentage of Home Runs Against Left-Handed Pitchers  149
B. Leaders by Period and Place  152
46. By Percentage of Home Runs at Home (10+ HR)  152
47. By Decade  153
48. By Month  155
48a. Most in a Month, Player and Team  156
49. By Day of the Week  156
50. By Age  157
C. Benchmark Numbers, Season  158
51. Twenty or More  158
52. Number of Times with 10, 20, 30, 40 or 50  159
D. Miscellaneous Leaders Lists  161
53. Position in the Batting Order  161
54. All Home Runs with the Yankees  162
55. Percentage of Career Total with the Yankees  163
56. No Home Runs with the Yankees  166
57. Home Run Percentage  172
58. Franchise Win Percentage When a Specific Player Homers (10+ HR)  176
59. Runs per Home Run (10+ HR)  178
60. Parks, Pitchers and Franchises Homered Against  180
61. In Consecutive Seasons  180
62. Against One Pitcher  183
63. Through Game Number and Month  185
64. Against Boston  186
65. For Both the Yankees and Boston  188
Part III. Franchise Totals
A. Home Runs, 1903–2012  191
66. By Player  191
67. By Ballpark  199
68. By Opposing Franchise  201
69. By Opposing Pitcher  201
70. By Category  216
B. By Ballpark and Opponent  217
71. For All Franchises, All-Time and Since 1903  217
72. Versus Other Franchises  218
73. By Ballpark  224
C. Miscellaneous  235
74. Record in Games with Home Runs  235
75. By Presidential Administration  235
76. Under Each Manager  236
77. By State of Birth  236
78. By Year of Birth  237
79. Line Scores of Walk-Off Games  238
80. Walk-Off Games  249
81. Through Game Number  250
82. Against One Pitcher  251
83. Most and Least by Infields, Outfields and Individual Positions  252
84. When the Yankees Passed Other Franchises  252
85. Best Days of the Year for Home Runs  254
Part IV. Home Runs Year by Year
A. Annual Totals  255
85. Year-by-Year Totals 1  255
86. Year-by-Year Totals 2  257
87. Year-by-Year Totals 3  259
B. Annual Leaders and Miscellaneous  262
88. Team Leaders by Season  262
89. Most Times Leading Team  270
90. First and Last to Homer by Season  271
C. Charts  274
91. Home Runs by Year  274
92. Percentage of Runs on Home Runs  275
93. Home Run Differential  275
94. Home-Away Home Run Differential by Handedness  276
95. Home Run Percentage Versus MLB Average  276
Appendices:
A1. Inside-the-Park  277
A1a. Most Inside-the-Park, Player  283
A2. Bounce Home Runs  283
A3. Non-Home Runs  284
A4. Most Allowed  284
A5. Most Allowed, Postseason  285
A6. Most by Opposing Players  285
A7. Most by Opposing Players, Postseason  285
A8. Total Allowed by Other Franchises  286
Bibliography  287
Index  289

“a well-researched and highly informative quick reference source…recommended”—ARBA.