SABR Digital Library: Yankee Stadium 1923-2008: America’s First Modern Ballpark
Yankee Stadium 1923-2008: America’s First Modern Ballpark
Edited by Tara Krieger and Bill Nowlin
Associate editors: Len Levin and Carl Riechers
Publication Date: March 31, 2023
ISBN (ebook): 978-1-960819-00-0, $9.99
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-960819-01-7, $34.95
8.5″ x 11″, 370 pages
Yankee Stadium 1923-2008: America’s First Modern Ballpark represents a 100th anniversary celebration of the original Yankee Stadium. This SABR Digital Library book is the combined effort of 79 members of the Society for American Baseball Research.
This was the first “modern” stadium; baseball had never seen anything like Yankee Stadium before it was built. It was the first ballpark to include three levels of seating, accommodating more fans by far than any in the country. In its 85-year existence, it hosted more World Series (37) than any other venue and stood as a shrine to baseball generations past in one of the nation’s largest cities.
Intended as a multipurpose venue from the outset, the Stadium is seen through 40 essays covering not only baseball, but memorable football games, boxing matches, soccer seasons, track and field meets, and wrestling competitions, not to mention rodeos, concerts, and religious and political assemblies. Baseball events at the Stadium embraced not only the New York Yankees—the facility also hosted more than 200 Negro Leagues contests, Hearst Sandlot Classics for developing youth stars, and even an AAGPBL exhibition game.
Baseball was always central, though, and the book also includes accounts of 50 of the most notable games in the history of The House that Ruth Built.
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Below: Find memorable game stories and essays from Yankee Stadium 1923-2008: America’s First Modern Ballpark
SABR Biography
In 1939, Yankee Stadium hosted the seventh All-Star Game between the American and National Leagues. (SABR-Rucker Archive)
Click here to read more about Yankee Stadium at the SABR BioProject
Game Recaps
Essays
Contributors: Malcolm Allen, Perry Barber, John Bauer, Jake Bell, Dana Berry, Luis A. Blandon, Thomas J. Brown Jr., John J. Burbridge Jr., Frederick C. “Rick” Bush, Vincent J. Cannato, Ken Carrano, Alan Cohen, Richard Cuicchi, Rich D’Ambrosio, Ray Danner, Larry DeFillipo, Bryan Dietzler, Daniel R. Epstein, Scott Ferkovich, Brian Frank, John Fredland, Craig Garretson, Gordon J. Gattie, Michael Gibbons, Bob Golon, Gene Gomes, Jim Griffin, Ed Gruver, Vince Guerrieri, Donna L. Halper, Sharon Hamilton, Bruce Harris, Paul Hofmann, Jeff Allan Howard, Mike Huber, Lew Insler, Kirk C. Jenkins, Don Jensen, Bill Johnson, Stephen Keeney, Thomas E. Kern, David Krell, Tara Krieger, Kevin Larkin, Len Levin, David H. Lippman, Nick Malian, Mitchell Manoff, Scott Melesky, Thomas Merrick, Andrew Milner, Chad Moody, Tony Morante, Tom Naylor, Dan Neumann, Bill Nowlin, Tim Odzer, James Overmyer, Ralph Peluso, Zac Petrillo, Jack Pfeifer, Scott Pitoniak, Bill Pruden, Todd Radom, Alan Raylesberg, Mike Richard, Carl Riechers, Harry Schoger, Paul Semendinger, Lyle Spatz, Mark S. Sternman, Aaron Tallent, Cecilia Tan, Stew Thornley, Doug Vogel, Joseph Wancho, Bob Webster, Mike Whiteman, and Tim Wiles.