The Rays' use of Steinbrenner Field resulted from several weeks of discussions between the organizations — the Yankees received about $15 million from the Rays to use the facility — and Major League ...

1952 — Hoyt Wilhelm of the Giants hit a home run at the Polo Grounds in his first major league at-bat. He was the winner, too, and pitched 1,070 games in the majors — but never hit another homer.