The 1927 Murderer's Row Ball
Through the entire history of Major League baseball,
there has never been a more dominant hitting team than
the fabled 1927 New York Yankees. That team will forever
be known in the folklore of the game as "Murderer's
Row" for their proclivity to score many runs (975
in 154 games that year). While the 1927 Yankees were
collectively known as "Murderer's Row," the
actual "row" of men "murdering"
the opposing teams was Babe Ruth, who batted third;
Lou Gehrig, hitting fourth; Tony Lazzeri, who batted
fifth and Bob Meusel, who batted sixth. Incredibly,
this baseball was signed exclusively by these four men
in 1927.
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