Babe Ruth hit the first home run at the new Yankee Stadium on April 18, 1923. The three run home run helped the Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4-2.
The first Yankee Stadium opened in 1923, the new Yankee Stadium opened in 2009.
The original Yankee Stadium was built in 1923, opening day was April 18.
George Herman (Babe) Ruth on opening day of Yankee stadium.(4/18/1923)
The new Yankee Stadium was built in 2008-2009 and open for the 2009 season. The old Yankee Stadium (the house that Ruth built) was dedicated in 1923. Prior to that, the Yankees (known as the Highlanders then) played at Hilltop Park, in 1913 the Yankees moved to the Polo Grounds (also home to the New York Giants) and played there until Yankee Stadium was built in 1923.
It was Casey Stengel of the New York Giants, who hit homers at Yankee Stadium in Games 1 and 3 of the 1923 World Series. The New York Yankees won the series four games to two.
Two Yankees StadiumsWhen the Yankees first moved to New York in 1903 they played at Hilltop Park in Manhattan. The team was then called the Highlanders. The Highlanders moved to the Polo Grounds in 1913 and the team name was changed to the Yankees. The Yankees would share the Polo Grounds with the New York Giants until 1922. In 1923 Yankee Stadium was opened, and the Yankees would play there until 2009 when the New Yankee Stadium was built.
In the third inning at the Polo Grounds, he slammed the first pitch off Yankee right-hander Jack Warhop into the second tier of the right field grandstand for a home run. It was his 18th at bat in the major leagues.
The first Yankee Stadium opened in 1923.
The construction on the old Yankee Stadium began on May 5, 1922, the stadium officially opened in 1923. With the new Yankee Stadium, groundbreaking began on August 16, 2006 and the official opening was in 2009.
Yankee Stadium was the name of the first stadium as well as the current stadium.
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