Yankee Stadium (1923) Yankee Stadium (1923) Yankee Stadium was a stadium located in the Bronx, a borough of New York City. It was the home ballpark of the New York Yankees, one of the city's Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises, from 1923 to 1973 and then from 1976 to 2008. The stadium hosted 6,581 Yankees regular season home games during its 85-year history. It was also the former home of the New York Giants football team from 1956 through the first part of the 1973–74 football season. The stadium's nickname, "The House That Ruth Built", is derived from Babe Ruth, the baseball superstar
Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium in honor of the country's national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, before the 10th Far Eastern Games. Baseball was a main event in every Far Eastern Games and, in that year, the games were played at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium where legendary players Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth hit the first and second home runs, respectively. The game that saw the participation of an All-star team, which included Gehrig, Ruth and Jimmy Foxx, was one of the highlights of the stadium’s history. In February 1945, the Japanese forces built a defensive stronghold in their retreat against the advancing American infantry.