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When Zinn hit six home runs for the 1912 Yankees (then called the Highlanders), he tied the then-existing club record. He was sold to the Braves that December and, after a salary dispute, jumped to the Federal League. In 1914 he broke his leg, an injury that eventually ended his career. (BC)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » August 15, 1912: Little-known Guy Zinn, Yankees outfielder, steals home twice in a 5–4 win at Detroit; this will add to last-place New York's major-league record of 18 steals of home for the year. The Yankees will win tomorrow, 9–8, when Zinn hits a 9th inning double.