I think I did that, and the fans never forgot that.""Around New York, I used to hear that expression, 'Once a Dodger, always a Dodger,'" Lazzeri once said. 3? Gordon went on to star for the Indians and managed four big league squads. The 1st Yankee 2nd baseman I knew, and still the best in my memory. "They love people who are hard workers and who play hard every time out. This Arkansan was the Yanks' regular "keystone sacker" from 1920 to '25, and batted .306 in '21 to help win that first Pennant. "But how about, 'Once a Yankee, always a Yankee?' There never was anything better than that. That’s no easy task when it comes to the New York Yankees, who’ve had some of the best second basemen to ever play the game. A five-time All-Star and five-time Silver Slugger, Cano’s Yankee career began somewhat randomly during the teams’ terrible start to the 2005 season, and … Honored with a Monument Park plaque in 2015, Randolph paces all Yanks second basemen in games (1,694), runs (1,027), walks (1,005) and stolen bases (251).Acquired from the Pirates in December 1975, Randolph held second base for the next 13 seasons, serving as a model of consistency and patience during a period of turbulence in which his clubs were referred to as the “Bronx Zoo.” A five-time All-Star in pinstripes, Randolph was part of two World Series championship rosters ('77, '78) and four pennant-winning teams.The middle-infield glue on clubs headlined by Hall of Famers like Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra and Whitey Ford, Richardson was at his best under the October spotlight. A key member of the 2009 World Series championship squad, Canó placed within the top six in the AL MVP Award voting four times with the Bombers.A slick defender and excellent contact hitter who won five Gold Glove Awards and merited eight All-Star selections, Richardson won three World Series with the Bombers. ). Gordon lost two prime years of his career to military service, suiting up for the Army Air Corps during World War II.No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club. He anchored the Yankee infield for five world-champion teams, bridging the Ruth and DiMaggio years. You never get over it."An All-Star in nine of his 11 career season, Gordon was the first AL second baseman to hit 20 homers in a season, which he did seven times, including four times with New York.
Lazzeri topped .300 in batting five times, including a .354 performance in 1929. — Bryan Hoch (@BryanHoch) March 28, 2020. This is an easier call than I anticipated. The team finished with a record of 69–85, in 7th place, 30 games behind the Washington Senators.New York was managed by Miller Huggins.The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.. Defensively, he led the AL in assists four times and in double plays three times.Inducted into the Hall of Fame posthumously in 2009, Gordon earned four World Series rings with the Yankees and earned the 1942 AL MVP Award, beating out Ted Williams even though the Red Sox star won the Triple Crown (imagine what the social media reaction would look like today!). He was a bona fide member of Murderer’s Row and clearly the best Yankee second baseman ever, somewhat to my surprise. Don Mattingly should be second. His World Series slash line of .305/.331/.405 far exceeded his regular-season tally of .266/.299/.335, and Richardson made a splendid catch on a Willie McCovey liner to seal the 1962 Fall Classic over the Giants, a season in which the Yankee led the AL with 209 hits."New Yorkers love people who grew up on the same streets that they came from," the Brooklyn-raised Randolph said in 2016. The inspiration for this post, Robinson Cano checks in as the third-greatest second baseman in Yankee history. Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame posthumously in 1991, Lazzeri was a feared clutch hitter who served as a key component alongside Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in the fabled “Murderers' Row” Yankees lineups. Next week: second basemen. So who is your No. As part of ESNY’s quest around the diamond for baseball’s most illustrious franchise, digging deep is the name of the game.With that being said, the general reputation makes stand-out play at second base an asset. (Canó now holds the record with 296.)