21 Facts About Mark Koenig

Mark Anthony Koenig was an American baseball shortstop who played twelve seasons in Major League Baseball.

Mark Koenig played with the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants from 1925 to 1936.

Mark Koenig played minor league baseball with four different teams until May 1925, when he signed with the New York Yankees.

Mark Koenig subsequently joined the Chicago Cubs and the Cincinnati Reds via trades in 1932 and 1934, respectively, and was finally traded to the New York Giants, with whom he played his last game on September 27,1936.

Mark Koenig is most famous for being the last surviving member of the Murderers' Row.

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Mark Koenig had two brothers and a sister, and, during his childhood, he first met and played baseball with fellow San Franciscan and future teammate Tony Lazzeri.

Mark Koenig attended Lowell High School in his hometown, but dropped out at the age of 16 in order to pursue a career in baseball.

Mark Koenig, who was 83 at the time, described the honor as a complete surprise.

Mark Koenig first started playing organized baseball on the Moose Jaw Millers team in the Western Canada League.

Mark Koenig spent nearly the next four seasons with the team; during this time, he had brief sojourns with the Jamestown Jinkotans and the Des Moines Boosters in order to garner more playing experience.

Mark Koenig returned to St Paul in 1924 and though he spent the entire season with the team, he played just 68 games for them.

Mark Koenig proved to be exactly that when he scored the Saints' only run via a home run.

Mark Koenig was criticized by fans for being responsible for Yankees losing the game and, ultimately, the series.

Mark Koenig was penciled into the two-hole spot in the Yankees' 1927 Opening Day lineup, with Earle Combs batting in front of him at leadoff and Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Bob Meusel and Tony Lazzeri batting behind him.

Mark Koenig was part of history when, after hitting a triple, he was the only Yankees player on base when Babe Ruth hit his milestone 60th home run, setting a new single-season record.

In June 1928, Mark Koenig became engaged to Katherine Tremaine, whom he married at the end of that year's baseball season.

Mark Koenig later was remarried to Doris Bailey, who died in 1979.

Mark Koenig appeared as himself in The Pride of the Yankees, an Academy Award-winning movie released in 1942 which paid tribute to his fellow Yankees teammate Lou Gehrig.

Mark Koenig died of cancer on April 22,1993 in Willows, California at the age of 88 and was cremated.

Mark Koenig had outlived his two wives and was survived by his daughter, five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Mark Koenig was the last surviving member of the 1928 World Champion New York Yankees.