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Infielder Phil Linz, slightly resentful at not being played during a four-game sweep by the Chicago White Sox that was believed at the time to have seriously set back the Yankees' chances at that year's American League pennant, began playing a harmonica in the back of the bus.
Dec 13, 2020 · December 13th, 2020. Bob Dittmeier. Phil Linz, a light-hitting infielder who played on three Yankees pennant-winning teams but was best known for the "harmonica incident" that might have spurred them to the American League championship in 1964, has died. He was 81.
Phil Linz, who knocked a Game 7 home run off Bob Gibson in the 1964 World Series but made even more noise by hitting a few sour notes on his harmonica, has died. He was 81.
Dec 13, 2020 · NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Yankees infielder Phil Linz, who knocked a Game 7 home run off Bob Gibson in the 1964 World Series but made even more noise by hitting a few sour notes on his harmonica, has died. He was 81. Former teammates said Linz’s family told them he died Wednesday night in Leesburg, Virginia.
Dec 10, 2020 · Phil Linz played on three World Series teams with the Yankees in the 1960s and spent seven seasons in the major leagues. But he was remembered mostly for playing the harmonica. Linz was...
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Dec 11, 2020 · Published: Dec. 11, 2020, 6:00 a.m. Yesteryear Yankees infielder Phil Linz (right) forever will be a part of franchise folklore due to his August 1964 harmonica incident that led to manager...
Harmonica incident. Phillies and Mets. Career stats. Death. References. Further reading. External links. Phil Linz. Philip Francis Linz (June 4, 1939 – December 9, 2020) was an American professional baseball player. Linz played in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees (1962–65), Philadelphia Phillies (1966–67), and New York Mets (1967–68).
