Earle Combs went back to the second year of Yankee Stadium, 1924, and had a stellar career there when the vastness of the real estate was much greater than it came to be under DiMaggio. Earle Combs, the first Yankee to wear No. 1 on his back and the first six-footer to bat leadoff on a regular basis in a Major League lineup, was a .325 lifetime hitter who played for no other team than the Yankees over a 12-year career, setting a team record with 231 hits on the legendary 1927 team and leading the league in triples three times. He played in four World Series with a .350 lifetime series average. (The National Pastime Muaeum, September 8, 2016) more