May 24, 1952 – Jimmy Piersall vs Billy Martin - Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees
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Piersall vs. Martin – May 24, 1952
Before the Red Sox and Yankees even took the field, the real action had already taken place—under the stands at Fenway Park.
Jimmy Piersall, Boston’s rookie firebrand, and Billy Martin, New York’s scrappy second baseman, came to blows in a 60-second fistfight that had more punch than the actual game. The feud started during batting practice, escalated with insults, and ended in a short-lived but fierce brawl.
Martin, a 5'11", 150-pound amateur boxer, invited the bigger 6'0", 175-pound Piersall “under the stands” to settle the score. Piersall tossed his glove, told pitcher Ellis Kinder to “hold my hat,” and charged in. Martin landed two punches before the melee was broken up by Kinder and Yankees coach Bill Dickey.
The scuffle stemmed from an earlier dust-up in New York, and the bad blood spilled over into the game, where Piersall continued to taunt Martin from the dugout—at one point pretending to film him like a cameraman.
Despite the chaos, no one was injured, though Kinder found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time and nearly got trampled trying to break it up.
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