New York Yankees: The franchise’s 4 greatest hitting performances
By Kevin Henry
The New York Yankees franchise oozes history and some of Major League Baseball’s best and most memorable players have suited up in pinstripes.
With that in mind, we decided to dive into the record books to see which Yankees had the best-ever games at the plate in the illustrious history of the franchise. Surprisingly, names like Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, and Babe Ruth didn’t make the list.
Who had the best games at the plate in the history of the New York Yankees?
Using total bases in a single game as the mark we used, here are the players who had the four best hitting performances in Yankees history.
We start with a very familiar name, Joe DiMaggio.
The Yankee Clipper had three games in his Hall of Fame career where he totaled 14 bases in a single game. Let’s look at the game when he hit that mark for the first time, July 9, 1937.
On that July day, in the 200th game of his career and the first after the 1937 All-Star break, DiMaggio would go 5-for-5 with a pair of home runs and seven RBI as the Yankees handed the Washington Senators a 16-2 defeat. It would be the first cycle of his career, and his next (and final) one wouldn’t come for almost 11 years. That May 20, 1948, game against the Chicago White Sox would also be the next time DiMaggio would total 14 bases.
You can read more about the game and DiMaggio’s performance that day here.