2009 — Derek Jeter hits an RBI double off Seattle’s Doug Fister in the 3rd for his 2,674th hit as a shortstop, surpassing Luis Aparicio’s all-time leading total for the position. 2011 — Albert Pujols ...
NEW YORK — The beginning of Anthony Volpe’s career with the Yankees couldn’t be more different than Derek Jeter‘s. Jeter blossomed when he got to the Bronx. He won a Rookie of the Year Award in 1996.
1920 — Shortstop Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians was hit in the head with a pitch in the fifth inning by New York’s Carl Mays. Chapman suffered a fractured skull and died the next day. It is the ...
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