Murderers' Row

This article is about the baseball team. For the 1962 novel, see Murderers' Row (novel). For the 1966 motion picture based on the novel, see Murderers' Row (film). For the group of boxers, see Murderers' Row (boxing).
The 1927 New York Yankees.

Murderers' Row were the baseball teams of the New York Yankees in the late 1920s, widely considered some of the best teams in history. The nickname is in particular describing the first six hitters in the 1927 team lineup: Earle Combs, Mark Koenig, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Bob Meusel, and Tony Lazzeri.