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EchoCanyonEchoCanyon Posts: 2,288 ✭✭✭
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Before Mariano, who was the last person to debut for the Yankees in the HOF? (Note: You need not have gone in as a Yankee a la Nolan Ryan). Is the answer Mantle?

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  • CoinstartledCoinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Question is trickier than one might think at first glance. Presumably you are excluding managers, owners and broadcasters?

  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Bobby Cox played for the Yankees in 1968-1969. They were the only team he played for.

    Steve

  • CoinstartledCoinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Phil Rizzuto's debut with the Yankees was in 1941. Inducted in 1994.

    May not be the correct answer..but after mantle.

  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The last player to be inducted into the HOF, and who debuted in the major leagues as a Yankee, is Joe Gordon.

    He was inducted in 2009, and played for the Yankees from 1938-1943, and 1946.

    Steve

  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭✭✭

    As far as BBWAA-elected players, it looks like Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford are the last players inducted (in 1974), who made their major league debuts with the Yankees.

    Steve

  • EchoCanyonEchoCanyon Posts: 2,288 ✭✭✭

    I didnt write the question, but I like Bobby Cox as the answer -- even if the question was name the last player, before Mariano, who debuted w/The Yankees ....

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