blue type indicates record/feat still unmatched
Columbia University (New York, NY)
- Longest homerun (approx. 400 ft., on South Field, 1923)
- 17 strikeouts in one game (1923)
New York Yankees
- first Yankee to win Triple Crown (in 1934)
- second Yankee to have plaque erected in Memorial Park (1941)
- led team in RBI 9 times
- 2nd-highest in games played, at-bats, runs, total bases, and batting average
American League
- 184 RBI in a single season (1931)
- In top-10 list of MVP candidates for 9 seasons - in top 5 for 8 seasons
- Voted to the All-Star Game 7 consecutive years (1933-1939)
- won BWA's MVP Award twice in career (1927, 1936)
Major League
- 23 career grand slams
- 400+ total bases per season for 5 seasons
- tied record of 4 HRs in 4 consecutive at-bats (1932)
- unanimously elected to Hall of Fame (1939)
- 2,130 consecutive games played (out of 2,164 career games played) - 2nd-highest number
- 15 career steals of home
- averaged 1 RBI per game
- 150+ RBI per season 7 times
- 301 runs produced in single season (1931)
- 4th-highest career RBI total (1,995)
- 3rd-highest career slugging percentage (.632)
- 5th-highest on-base percentage (.447)
- 9th-highest career runs (1,888)
- 3rd-highest isolated power rank (1.8080)
- 5th-highest extra-base hits (1,190)
- 100+ RBI per season for 13 consecutive seasons
- Received the highest number of fans votes for MLB's All Century Team (1999)
- Retirement speech voted 5th-most memorable moment in baseball history by fans (2002)
**Also see World Series and Post-Season leaderboards
Sports History
- 1st player of any sport to have jersey number retired
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