#Legacy @joshhart #Knicks #Yankees @baseballhall #ElstonHoward #32

@Jimfrombaseball I bought one of #ElstonHoward's when it came out & they did make your bat feel lighter & helped quicken my swing. Still remember #YogiBerra swinging three bats coming to the plate in the late '50s, early '60s.

@UABob87 @eddiesofficials @QuarterRico @_RF30 @rstones199 @gilligan80 @johnnysfgiants @JohnnyKamen @MLFOREVER99 @Always_Yangry @pfarrellUSRT @poniesNpucks @MLBBestBets Was that the BillRohr no hitter broken up in 9th inning by #ElstonHoward

@Jamesyankee And, of course, in my view, both #ElstonHoward and #ThurmanMunson should be enshrined in the Baseball HOF ⚾️ @baseballhall 👑 along side #Yankees' Great Catchers: #BillDickey and #YogiBerra 💠 munsonhof.com

Elston Howard of the New York Yankees and Washington Senators manager Ted Williams. #ElstonHoward #NYY #NewYorkYankees #NewYork #Yankees #TedWilliams #WashingtonSenators #Washington #Senators #baseball

@DrUnits Well, without question, my favorite #mlb catcher that I seen play: Thurman Munson 💠 The Great #Yankees Captain, Catcher, Leader, continued the line of great #NYY All-Star 🌟 catchers from #BillDickey to #YogiBerra to #ElstonHoward to #ThurmanMunson munsonhof.com

@FiresideYankees Yes, Austin Wells will join the long iconic list of great #Yankees' catchers throughout the their history ... #BillDickey #YogiBerra #ElstonHoward #ThurmanMunson #JorgePosada #AustinWells

Happy Birthday Elston Howard, born February 23, 1929 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. 6x World Series champion on the New York Yankees, AL MVP in 1963, 12x All Star, 2x Gold Glove award. Finished his career w/ the Boston Red Sox. #ElstonHoward #baseball #NewYorkYankees #BostonRedSox

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Happy Bday to #MLB hero #ElstonHoward! His resume is tops; made the Negro Leagues at 19, the #Yankees’ 1st Black player in '55. 12x All-Star, 6x WS champ, 1st Black man to win AL MVP, & had his number retired by the Yanks. Also invented the bat weight! #Legend #BlackHistoryMonth

@varena57 @MLBNetwork @baseballhall Elston Howard ... #ElstonHoward #Yankees #NYY * borderline @baseballhall 👑 * #MLB career: 14 years * AL MVP (1963) * two gold gloves * nine time all-star * four World Series rings

@varena57 @MLBNetwork @baseballhall Absolutely !!! #ThurmanMunson is ahead of Posada on any catchers list, and Munson most def should be in the @baseballhall ~ as well as, the other great #Yankees catchers: #JorgePosada and #ElstonHoward to join #NYY all-time greats, #BillDickey and #YogiBerra in the HOF 👑

OTD in 1980, Catcher Elston Howard, the first African American baseball player for the New York @Yankees and the 1st Black coach in the American League passed away of an heart ailment at the young age of 51 ✝️ #ElstonHoward #YankeesHistory #PinstripePride #NYY #MLB #ChaseFor28

On this day in 1963, Elston Howard of the New York Yankees was the first black man to be named MVP of the American League. #ElstonHoward #americanhistory #blackhistory #onthisday #november7th gettr.com/post/p2u6azfff…

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