Yankee Stadium I

Yankee Stadium I was a ballpark in New York, NY. The first major-league game the register places here was on April 18, 1923 and the last on September 21, 2008. The register files it under the American League. The register records no major-league games here in 1974 or 1975.

6,746 major-league games in this archive were played here, between 1923 and 2008. The game logs list the New York Yankees as the home club here. Its recorded capacity is 58,000. 38 games played here have a page of their own in this archive, among them David Wells's Perfect Game in 1998, David Cone's Perfect Game in 1999, and The Pine Tar Game in 1983.

The earliest game in the Retrosheet logs was on April 18, 1923, when the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4–1. Howard Ehmke started for the Boston Red Sox and Bob Shawkey for the New York Yankees. Tommy Connolly was the plate umpire. The latest game in the Retrosheet logs was on September 21, 2008, when the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 7–3. Chris Waters started for the Baltimore Orioles and Andy Pettitte for the New York Yankees. Angel Hernandez was the plate umpire. The largest announced attendance in the available logs was 85,265, for a game between the Philadelphia Athletics and the New York Yankees on September 9, 1928.

Another park stood on this ground: Yankee Stadium II (from 2009). The major leagues also played in New York, NY at Polo Grounds I (Southeast Diamond) (1883–1888), Polo Grounds II (Southwest Diamond) (1883–1883), Metropolitan Park (1884–1884), St. George Cricket Grounds (1886–1889), and Polo Grounds III (1889–1890), and 6 other grounds.