Yanks Who Really Dish It
Posted by Steve L. on September 28th, 2009 · Comments (3)
Here’s a fun little list – it’s Yankees with the most seasons where they had 700+ Plate Appearances – with 2009 being through yesterday’s game:
From To Ages Seasons Link to Individual Seasons +-----------------+----+----+-----+-------+------------------------------+ Derek Jeter 1997 2009 23-35 8 Ind. Seasons Lou Gehrig 1927 1937 24-34 6 Ind. Seasons Bobby Richardson 1961 1965 25-29 4 Ind. Seasons Frankie Crosetti 1936 1939 25-28 4 Ind. Seasons Red Rolfe 1935 1939 26-30 4 Ind. Seasons Roy White 1970 1976 26-32 3 Ind. Seasons Alex Rodriguez 2005 2007 29-31 2 Ind. Seasons Alfonso Soriano 2002 2003 26-27 2 Ind. Seasons Chuck Knoblauch 1998 1999 29-30 2 Ind. Seasons Steve Sax 1989 1991 29-31 2 Ind. Seasons Don Mattingly 1985 1986 24-25 2 Ind. Seasons Phil Rizzuto 1949 1950 32-33 2 Ind. Seasons Snuffy Stirnweiss 1944 1945 25-26 2 Ind. Seasons Earle Combs 1927 1928 28-29 2 Ind. Seasons Hideki Matsui 2005 2005 31-31 1 Ind. Seasons Rickey Henderson 1986 1986 27-27 1 Ind. Seasons Horace Clarke 1970 1970 30-30 1 Ind. Seasons Tom Tresh 1962 1962 24-24 1 Ind. Seasons Lyn Lary 1931 1931 25-25 1 Ind. Seasons Seasons/Careers found: 19.
Derek Jeter may have an Yankees record there that may never be broken, eh?
Good health, a strong lineup and batting either first or second will do that. The remarkable thing to me is that Gehrig was able to do it from the cleanup spot.
Plus, Lou did it in a shorter season – 154 games.
@ Steve Lombardi:
Great point. Man, it must’ve been something to watch him play.