Tommy Henrich is a no-doubt, first ballot inductee in the Yankees’ Hall of Very Good. In 11 career seasons with the Yankees, he was a part of four World Series championship teams, made five All-Star games, and had a career OPS+ of 132. The fact that he didn’t come to the majors until he was 24, and had to spend three seasons in his prime serving in the military, kept him from arguably being an even bigger part of Yankees’ lore.
However, it took a fairly unlikely occurrence to even get him to New York in the first place.