1959 Season Highlights
-May 24: Accounts for three RBI's with a round-tripper in a 9-0 win over the Orioles.
-June 3: Three-run homer beats Detroit.
-June 19: Drives in the 1,200th run of his career.
-July 25: 9th-inning two-run homer beats the Tigers.
-August 3: Blasts a two-run homer in the second All-Star Game to give the American League a 5-3 win.
"In 1947, Yogi became the first player to ever pinch-hit a homer in a World Series."
-1960 Topps No. 576
HOMER BY YOGI BERRA PUTS YANKS IN 1ST PLACE
New York, September 16, 1955 - "Trailing by one-half game, the New York Yankees today met the Boston Red Sox in a 'do-or-die' attempt to recapture the league lead and win the American League Pennant.
At the end of the eighth inning, Boston trailed by 2-0. In the top of the ninth, the Red Sox rallied and scored three runs to go ahead, 3-2. It looked like it was over for the New York Yankees.
In the last of the ninth, Hank Bauer hit a homer, tieing the score, 3-3. Yogi came to bat with the stands in an uproar. Always happy to swing at the first pitch, he swung at the first ball ... and how! The ball sailed into the right field stands, and the Yankees won, 4-3."
-1960 Nu-Cards Baseball Hi-Lites No. 28
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