Kids Trivia Yankees Home Run Hitters The home run, in all of its stadium-vibrating variations, has played a key role in Yankees history. The longball has inspired awe, set new standards, birthed nicknames and turned some into postseason legends. From Ruth to Reggie, some of the game’s greatest sluggers have gone deep while wearing pinstripes. Let’s see how well you know your Yankees home run hitters. 1. In which stadium did Babe Ruth’s “called shot” 3. In what year did Mickey Mantle crush an occur during the 1932 World Series? 11th-inning home run off Kansas City’s Bill Fischer that hit the copper frieze atop the A) Yankee Stadium third deck in Yankee Stadium’s right field? B) Wrigley Field C) Griffith Stadium A) 1951 D) Polo Grounds B) 1963 C) 1967 2. In Game 1 of the 1996 ALCS, Derek Jeter hit a D) 1976 controversial home run to tie the game in the eighth inning. Who hit a walk-off home run to 4. Which Yankees hitter was mobbed by fans end the game in the 11th inning? before he could reach home plate after his walk-off home run clinched the 1976 A) Tino Martinez American League pennant? B) Paul O’Neill C) Bernie Williams A) Mickey Rivers D) Luis Sojo B) Graig Nettles C) Thurman Munson D) Chris Chambliss 5. Prior to Aaron Judge and Tyler Austin hitting back-to-back home runs in their first big league at-bats in 2016, who was the last Yankees player to hit a home run in his first major league plate appearance? A) Andy Phillips B) Marcus Thames C) John Miller D) Don Mattingly.