Sunday, April 29, 2018

April 29th


On this day in Yankee history... 

1923: The Yankees sign 20-year-old prospect Lou Gehrig to a contract paying him a salary of $2,000 and a bonus of $1,500. Yankees scout Paul Krichell watched the Columbia University star blast a 450-foot home run against NYU one day earlier. 




1933:  In an unusual play at the plate, Washington Senators catcher Luke Sewell tags out two Yankee runners on the same play. Lou Gehrig had held up, thinking a fly ball would be caught. Dixie Walker closes up on him, and both are tagged out by Sewell while trying to score. 


                  http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1933/B04290NYA1933.htm   




 



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