Ben Rice joins Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig in rare Yankees baseball history
This is an incredible list for Rice to join.
Ben Rice joins Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig in rare Yankees baseball history originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Ben Rice has joined some incredible New York Yankees franchise history.
The list he's on now includes all-time legends Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. What exactly did Rice do? He became the fifth player in Yankees history to have six extra-base hits, eight RBI and four walks (at least) in the first six games of the season -- according to NY Yankees Stats .
He did that with another big game on Friday, including a home run: Ben Bomb in the BX š£ pic. twitter. com/QgFyYUwkNA ā New York Yankees (@Yankees) April 3, 2026 MORE: Explaining the absurdity of 2 MLB players named Max Muncy Rice also missed a second home run by just a couple of feet: Rice is nice š pic.
twitter. com/U7FiyoLawC ā New York Yankees (@Yankees) April 3, 2026 And now for that list. Rice joins 1926 Lou Gehrig, 1932 Babe Ruth, 1994 Paul O'Neill and 2003 Bernie Williams as Yankees to start the season with those stats.