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Originally Posted by sammyg2
There was a great trivia question on the show:
Which right fielder for the NY yankees was replaced by babe Ruth?
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uh oh, evidently the trivia question on that show was actually a myth:
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George Halas:
Afterward, Halas played minor league baseball, eventually earning a promotion to the New York Yankees, where he played 12 games as an outfielder in 1919.[8] However, a hip injury effectively ended his baseball career. The popular myth was that Halas was succeeded as the Yankees' right fielder by Babe Ruth, but in reality, it was Sammy Vick. Later that year, Halas played for the Hammond Pros and received about $75 per game.[9]
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Ruth started playing for the jankees in 1920.