Yankee Stadium II

This is the second yankee stadium for the New York Yankees in the Bronx, New York City, New York. This is where the Yankees play at home. The first exhibition game was on April 2, 2009 against the Chicago Cubs which they won 10-2. The first regular season game was on April 16, 2009 against the Cleveland Indians that they had to lose 10-2.

Field Length

Left field 318 feet

Left Center field 399 feet

Center field 408 feet

Right Center field 385 feet

Right field 314 feet

In the first 23 of the home games, there were 87 homeruns hit. It was known as a "Homerun Friendly" ballpark during the entire season ending up to be 237 homeruns hit in the stadium during 2009. The yankees won the American League East Division, American League and the 2009 World Series. During the season, the first ceremonial pitch was by Yogi Berra, the first pitch by CC Sabathia, the first batter was Grady Sizemore and he struck out. The first hit was by Johnny Damon. Eventually, the first homerun was hit by Jorge Posoda. Cliff Lee won the first game. The first save was by Mariano Rivera in the next game. The first 2 homerun game was by Melky Cabrera in April 22, 2009. The first inside-the park homerun was by Brett Gardner. The first grand slam was by Robinson Cano making it 8-2 on September 29, 2009.