Jacob Ruppert - Legacy

Legacy

Ruppert left behind an estate of $6,382,758 ($108,314,789 in current dollar terms), which was managed by his heirs. After mismanaging Ruppert's brewery, the heirs sold the Yankees to a group of Dan Topping, Del Webb, and Larry MacPhail in 1945. The brewery sold its flagship beer, Knickerbocker beer, to Rheingold, and went out of business in 1965.

On April 16, 1940, the Yankees dedicated a plaque in Ruppert's memory, to hang on the center field wall of Yankee Stadium, near the flagpole and the monument that had been dedicated to former manager Miller Huggins. The plaque called Ruppert "Gentleman, American, sportsman, through whose vision and courage this imposing edifice, destined to become the home of champions, was erected and dedicated to the American game of baseball." The plaque now rests in Monument Park at Yankee Stadium.

An apocryphal story says that Ruppert is responsible for the Yankees' famous pinstriped uniforms; according to this account, Ruppert chose pinstripes in order to make the often-portly Ruth appear less obese, but the uniform was in fact introduced in 1912.

A beer was named after Ruppert. Ruppert Stadium in Newark, New Jersey, and Ruppert Park in Manhattan were as well.