New Yankee Stadium
aka Yankee Stadium II

2009 - Present

New York, NY
Historic Aerials
What Was There

Team Years Games
Yankees
(2009 - 2020)
922
First Game
Yankees vs. Indians: 4/16/2009
Starting Pitchers: CC Sabathia (NYA) vs Cliff Lee (CLE)
Score: 10-2 (CLE)
Attendance: 48,271
First Batter: Grady Sizemore (CLE) (Grounded to 1B)
Trivia
Yankee Stadium II is the second active park to feature a grand slam in its first game (Coors Field: 4/26/1995), and the third (Jarry Park: 4/14/1969) among all parks (minimum 300 games).


Event First Last
Hit Johnny Damon (NYA) - Singled to CF (1st) -
Run Scored Ben Francisco (CLE)
Run Batted In Kelly Shoppach (CLE)
Home Run Jorge Posada (NYA) vs. Cliff Lee (CLE) on 4/16/2009 (5th inning)
Strikeout CC Sabathia (NYA)/Victor Martinez (CLE)
Win Cliff Lee (CLE)
Loss Jose Veras (NYA)
Grand Slam Grady Sizemore (CLE) vs. Damaso Marte (NYA) on 4/16/2009 (7th inning)
Inside-the-Park HR Brett Gardner (NYA) vs. Jesse Crain (MIN) on 5/15/2009 (7th inning)
No-Hitter None