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After the death of Gehrig, then manager Joe McCarthy declared that the Yankees would never have another captain. [4] The position remained vacant until team owner George Steinbrenner named Thurman Munson as captain in 1976. [5] Following Munson's death, Graig Nettles served as captain. Willie Randolph and Ron Guidry were named co-captains in 1986.
Thurman Munson's number 15 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1979. The day after his death, before the start of the Yankees' four-game set with the Baltimore Orioles in the Bronx, the team paid tribute to their deceased captain in a pre-game ceremony in which the starters stood at their defensive positions, save for the catcher's box ...
Gehrig, as Yankee captain, himself took the lineup card out to the shocked umpires before the game, ending the 14-year streak. Before the game began, the Briggs Stadium announcer told the fans, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the first time Lou Gehrig's name will not appear on the Yankee lineup in 2,130 consecutive games."
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The Cubs released Chance while he was hospitalized, [3] and in January 1913, Chance signed a three-year contract with the Yankees, worth $120,000 ($3,699,394 in current dollar terms), to serve as the Yankees' manager. [20] He also played first base for the Yankees [21] and served as field captain, though he played in no more than 12 games in a ...
The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East Division. They are one of two major league clubs based in New York City alongside the National League (NL)'s New York Mets.
Donald Arthur Mattingly was born on April 20, 1961, in Evansville, Indiana.Mattingly is ambidextrous.He pitched in Little League Baseball and was also a first baseman, throwing both right-handed and left-handed, and was a member of the 1973 Great Scot Little League championship team in Evansville, Indiana, under the coaching of Pete Studer and Earl Hobbs.
Jacob Ruppert Jr. (August 5, 1867 – January 13, 1939) was an American brewer, businessman, National Guard colonel and politician who served for four terms representing New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1899 to 1907.