New York Yankees Home Runs

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.

Table of Contents


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Preface

Introduction

Part I. Home Runs by Detail

A. Categories 5

1. Back-to-Back

1a. Most Back-to-Back, Player

2. Part of a Cycle

3. Grand Slams

3a. Most Grand Slams, Player

4. Leadoff

4a. Most Leadoff, Player

5. Multihomer Games

5a. Most Multihomer Games, Player

6. Pinch-Hit

6a. Most Pinch-Hit, Player

7. Switch-Hit

7a. Most Switch-Hit, Player

8. Walk-Off

8a. Most Walk-Off, Player

9. Extra-Inning

9a. Most Extra-Inning, Player

10. Leadoff and Walk-Off, Same Game

11. Both Games of a Doubleheader

11a. Most Times in Both Games of a Doubleheader, Player

B. Special Dates 81

12. Opening Day

12a. Most Opening Day, Player

13. Memorial Day

13a. Most Memorial Day, Player

14. Independence Day

14a. Most Independence Day, Player

15. Labor Day

15a. Most Labor Day, Player

16. Birthdays

C. Miscellaneous, Player 91

17. Ruth’s 1927 Season

18. Maris’s 1961 Season

19. Gehrig’s 23 Career Grand Slams

20. Mattingly’s Six 1987 Grand Slams

21. Most Against One Team, Season

22. Most Consecutive Games Homering

23. All Runs on One Home Run

24. Milestone Home Runs

25. First in Career

26. Last in Career

27. Youngest to Homer

28. Oldest to Homer

D. Miscellaneous, Franchise 107

29. Most Against One Team, Season

30. Most Consecutive Games, Season

31. Most Against a Pitcher, Season

32. Five or More, Game

33. Eight or More, Doubleheader

34. Three or More, Inning

35. By Entire Infields or Outfields, Game

36. Milestone Home Runs

37. Postseason

37a. Most Postseason, Player

38. All-Star Game

39. Baltimore Orioles, 1901–1902

39a. Most Against Teams

39b. Most Against Pitchers

39c. Most by Orioles Players

39d. Players Who Homered for the Orioles and Yankees

Part II. Player Totals

A. Leaders by Position and Handedness 135

40. By Position and Handedness

41. Single-Season by Position and Handedness

42. Diagrams: Career and Single-Season Leader by Handedness at Each Position

43. By Handedness

44. By Batter and Pitcher Handedness

45. By Percentage of Home Runs Against Left-Handed Pitchers

B. Leaders by Period and Place 152

46. By Percentage of Home Runs at Home (10+ HR)

47. By Decade

48. By Month

48a. Most in a Month, Player and Team

49. By Day of the Week

50. By Age

C. Benchmark Numbers, Season 158

51. Twenty or More

52. Number of Times with 10, 20, 30, 40 or 50

D. Miscellaneous Leaders Lists 161

53. Position in the Batting Order

54. All Home Runs with the Yankees

55. Percentage of Career Total with the Yankees

56. No Home Runs with the Yankees

57. Home Run Percentage

58. Franchise Win Percentage When a Specific Player Homers (10+ HR)

59. Runs per Home Run (10+ HR)

60. Parks, Pitchers and Franchises Homered Against

61. In Consecutive Seasons

62. Against One Pitcher

63. Through Game Number and Month

64. Against Boston

65. For Both the Yankees and Boston

Part III. Franchise Totals

A. Home Runs, 1903–2012 191

66. By Player

67. By Ballpark

68. By Opposing Franchise

69. By Opposing Pitcher

70. By Category

B. By Ballpark and Opponent 217

71. For All Franchises, All-Time and Since 1903

72. Versus Other Franchises

73. By Ballpark

C. Miscellaneous 235

74. Record in Games with Home Runs

75. By Presidential Administration

76. Under Each Manager

77. By State of Birth

78. By Year of Birth

79. Line Scores of Walk-Off Games

80. Walk-Off Games

81. Through Game Number

82. Against One Pitcher

83. Most and Least by Infields, Outfields and Individual Positions

84. When the Yankees Passed Other Franchises

85. Best Days of the Year for Home Runs

Part IV. Home Runs Year by Year

A. Annual Totals 255

85. Year-by-Year Totals 1

86. Year-by-Year Totals 2

87. Year-by-Year Totals 3

B. Annual Leaders and Miscellaneous 262

88. Team Leaders by Season

89. Most Times Leading Team

90. First and Last to Homer by Season

C. Charts 274

91. Home Runs by Year

92. Percentage of Runs on Home Runs

93. Home Run Differential

94. Home-Away Home Run Differential by Handedness

95. Home Run Percentage Versus MLB Average

Appendices:

A1. Inside-the-Park

A1a. Most Inside-the-Park, Player

A2. Bounce Home Runs

A3. Non-Home Runs

A4. Most Allowed

A5. Most Allowed, Postseason

A6. Most by Opposing Players

A7. Most by Opposing Players, Postseason

A8. Total Allowed by Other Franchises

Bibliography

Index