Billy Martin was offered the job of managing the New York Yankees in 1975. This was after he had been released as the manager of the Texas Rangers. Billy had been a former Yankee in his playing days.
Martin played for the Oakland Oaks and another team in the minors and played for the Yankees in the majors.
Billy Martin wore number 12 in 1950 and the number 1 from 1951-1957 as a Yankee player. Billy also wore the number 1 as the Yankees manager (1975-1979, 1983, 1985 and 1988). Billy Martin's number 1 was retired by the Yankees in 1986.
Billy Martin was offered $75,000 per year to manage the New York Yankees in 1975. At that time, this was a competitive salary and was close to the amount he had been earning with Texas.
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On May 16, 1957, New York Yankees Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, Hank Bauer, Yogi Berra, Johnny Kucks, Billy Martin and all of their wives (except Martin) were at the club to celebrate Martin's 29th birthday. The headliner for the night was Sammy Davis Jr. During Davis's performance a group of clubers, obviously drunk, started to interfere with the show and shouting racial slurs at the black singer. The racism angered the Yankees, especially Martin (his roommate was Elston Howard, the first black Yankee). Tensions erupted between the two groups, and the resulting fight made newspaper headlines. Several Yankees were fined. A cluber sued Bauer for aggravated assault, but Bauer was found not guilty. Martin was traded to the Athletics, with this incident cited as a main cause.
Billy Southworth. Southworth played on the 1926 St. Louis Cardinals that defeated the New York Yankees in the World Series and managed the 1942 Cardinals that defeated the Yankees in the World Series.
Billy Johnson played in 21 games at first base for the New York Yankees in 1949, starting in none of them. He made 130 putouts, had 10 assists, and committed 2 errors, equivalent to .095 errors per game (estimate based on total games played in). He had 10 double plays.
Billy Johnson played in 5 games at first base for the New York Yankees in 1950, starting in none of them. He made 14 putouts, had no assists, and committed one error, equivalent to .2 errors per game (estimate based on total games played in). He had one double play.
Russell Martin was a 17th round choice of the Dodgers in 2002 and signed a contract with them shortly afterwards. His first game with the Dodgers was May 5, 2006.
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Billy Bryan played in 3 games at first base for the New York Yankees in 1966, starting in 2 of them. He played for a total of 57 outs, equivalent to 2.11 9-inning games. He made 16 putouts, had one assist, and committed one error, equivalent to .474 errors per 9-inning game. He had 3 double plays.