The 11th former Boston player to join the New York Yankees ranks, lefthander Herb Pennock was acquired from the Red Sox on January 30, 1923, just a few months before Yankee Stadium was to open.
The Bombers shipped three players to Boston for Herb, along with $50,000. But he would prove to be more than worth the expense, notching 162 wins in the next 11 seasons in the Bronx. His victory in the sixth game of the 1923 World Series brought the first of a parade of Championships to the Yankees.
Appearing in four World Series with the Yanks (3-1), during which he posted a 5-0 record, Pennock also saved two October Classic battles, earning the last one in the Babe Ruth “Called Shot” game in Wrigley Field in 1932.