On this day in Yankee history...
1927: A
crowd of 3,000 at the Stadium see the Yankees hand the Red Sox their
12th straight loss, beating the visitors 13-6 on 19 safeties. Lou Gehrig
takes over the AL home run lead when he clouts his 25th in the first
inning, a bounce home run off Slim Harriss, but Babe Ruth,
back in the lineup, golfs his 25th in the 4th, also off Slim. Gehrig
has three hits and also swipes home. New York (49-20) win their 5th
straight while Boston lose their 12th straight.
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1928: The
Yankees take two from Boston and close out the month 11 1/2 games in
front of the A's. Attendance lags, as the race appears over.
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1954: Tom Morgan hits three Red Sox batters in the third inning of a 6-1 loss. Mickey Mantle's homer off Willard Nixon is the only Yankee tally.
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1960: The Yankees beat
up on their cousins from Kansas City by banging out five homers to win
10-5. Moose Skowron leads the way with two home runs, with one each from
Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris and Tony Kubek.
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1961: Whitey Ford (14-2)
tops the Senators 5-1 to give the second place Yankees their 22nd win
of the month. Roger Maris drives in three runs and Mickey Mantle lines a
shot over the head of CF Willie Tasby that rebounds for an
inside-the-park home run. Ford becomes the first pitcher in AL history
to win eight games in one month.
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1977: Cliff Johnson becomes the second player in three days to hit a pair of homers in an
inning. He hits three consecutive home runs, including two in the 8th
inning, as the Yankees rout the Blue Jays 11-5. New York (42-33) are a half-game behind Boston.
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2008: Brett Gardner makes his Yankee debut in a 2-1 loss to the Rangers at the Stadium.
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On this day in Yankee history...
1907: The
last-place Washington Senators steal a record 13 bases off catcher
Branch Rickey in a 16-5 win over the New York Highlanders. Rickey,
acquired last February from the St. Louis Browns, is pressed into
service despite a bad shoulder because of an injury to starter Red
Kleinow. Rickey's first throw to second base ends up in right field and
the subsequent pegs are not much better. He almost nips Jim Delahanty on
a steal of third base. In his eight innings, relief pitcher Lew
Brockett helps Washington with a deliberate windup. Only pitcher Tom
Hughes and second baseman Nig Perrine are steal-less, while Hal Chase
swipes one for New York.
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1916: Yankee center fielder Lee Magee collects a record-tying four assists in a 9-7 win over the Philadelphia A's at Shibe Park.
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1927: The
Yankees build a 9-0 lead against the A's, and withstand an 8-run rally
by Connie Mack's club in the 9th to win 9-8. New York now lead the AL
by 10 games. Lou Gehrig collects his 100th hit of the year, belting his
23rd homer with one on. Babe Ruth, nursing a sore right knee, sits out
his third straight game.
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1928: Babe Ruth slugs two home runs to lead the Yankees to a 10-4 victory over the A's, and Ty Cobb appears in his 3,000th career game.
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1939: The
Yankees hit eight home runs in the first game of a doubleheader with
the A's, and five more in the nightcap. Both are major league records,
as are the 53 total bases in a doubleheader. Joe DiMaggio, Babe Dahlgren
and Joe Gordon each hit three homers. The Yankees win the opener 23-2
and take the nightcap 10-0.
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1949: After
missing the first 69 games of the season because of an ailing heel, Joe
DiMaggio wakes to find the pain has disappeared. He returns to the
Yankee lineup with a single and a home run that help the Bombers beat
the Red Sox 6-4 in a night game at Fenway Park. He will hit four homers
in a 3-game sweep.
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1962: Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle break a scoreless tie in the 4th with back-to-back home runs to lead the Yankees to a 4-2 win over the Twins.
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1997: David Wells starts
the game against Cleveland wearing Babe Ruth's autographed cap from the
1934 season. Joe Torre makes him take it off after the 1st inning since
it doesn't conform to the team's current uniform. Without the cap,
Wells blows a 3-0 lead as the Indians go on to a 12-8 victory.
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2009: Mariano Rivera earns
his 500th career save as the Yankees complete a 3-game sweep of the
Mets with a 4-2 win at Citi Field. Rivera, who is the second pitcher to
reach the milestone after Trevor Hoffman, also draws a bases-loaded walk
in the 9th for his first career RBI.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2009/B06280NYN2009.htm
On this day in Yankee history...
1904: Patsy Dougherty, the Highlanders' recent acquisition from Boston, collects another three hits as his new club beat his old side and former teammate Jesse Tannehill 8-4.
1978: Graig Nettles belts
a two-run homer in the 14th to give the Yankees a 6-4 win over the Red
Sox. Dick Drago serves up Nettles' 13th homer of the year. Sparky Lyle
(6-1) gets the win in relief of starter Ron Guidry (13-0), who gave up 8
hits in 6 innings.
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2012: The
Yankees lose two starting pitchers on the same day. First, they place
CC Sabathia on the disabled list with a groin strain, then in their game
against the Indians, Andy Pettitte is hit by a line drive off the bat
of Casey Kotchman in the 5th inning, breaking an ankle. Small consolation, the Yanks win the game, 5 - 4.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2012/B06270NYA2012.htm
On this day in Yankee history...
1920: Lou Gehrig receives his
first national mention when, as a high school junior for NYC's School
of Commerce, he steals the show in a high school championship game
against Lane Tech at Wrigley Field in Chicago. His grand slam in the 8th
gives the New York team a 12-8 victory. Scouts watch open-mouthed as
the ball sails out of the park and onto Waveland Avenue.
1961: In
Los Angeles, Angel reliever Art Fowler, who has allowed just one hit in
his last 12 innings, serves up a 9th-inning home run to Moose Skowron,
as the Yankees win 8-6. Mickey Mantle adds an earlier homer, off Ken
Mcbride, and Whitey Ford wins his 13th of the year. Yogi Berra collects
his 2,000th career hit; to celebrate the achievement, a huge cake is
rolled out.
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1974: Derek Jeter is born.
1977: In
front of 55,039 fans, the Yankees complete a 3-game sweep of the Red
Sox, avenging the three losses last week to the Sox at Fenway Park. New
York takes a 4-1 lead into the 9th, but the Sox tie the game. In the
bottom of the 9th, Paul Blair bounces a bases-loaded ball over the head
of Butch Hobson at third base to pin the loss on reliever Bill
Campbell.
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1979: The
Yankees reacquire Bobby Murcer from the Cubs in exchange for pitcher
Paul Semall and cash. Murcer will once again thrive in Yankee Stadium,
hitting .273 with eight home runs.
2009: Brett Gardner collects
five hits, including a triple and a homer, as the Yankees beat the Mets
9-1 before a record-breaking crowd at Citi Field. Alex Rodriguez hits
home run number 564 of his career, passing Reggie Jackson on the
all-time list; Jackson was 6th at the time of his retirement in 1987,
but falls to 12th now. Three errors by the Mets' infield in the 2nd lead
to four runs.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2009/B06260NYN2009.htm
On this day in Yankee history...
1903:
In Chicago the White Sox opt to bat first against the visiting
Highlanders, but the head start proves to be not much of an advantage as
the two teams battle to an 18-inning 6-6 tie, with a cumulative 30 hits
between them.
1934:
In beating the White Sox 13-2, pitcher Johnny Broaca strikes out 5
times, a dubious achievement that will not repeated by a Yankee until
Bernie Williams in 1991. Lou Gehrig contributes to the rout by hitting
for the cycle for the first time in his career.
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1977: Mike Torrez outduels Luis Tiant to give the Yankees a 5-1 win over the Red Sox. Graig Nettles' 3-run homer is the big blow. New York now trail the Sox by three games.
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1984: At the Stadium, Dave Winfield
hits five singles and drives in four runs to lead the Yankees to a 7-3
win over the Tigers. Ron Guidry (6-5) is the beneficiary of Winfield's
barrage. Winfield is now hitting
.750 against Detroit this year, and has three five-hit games this
month, tying a record set by Ty Cobb.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1984/B06250NYA1984.htm
1985: After
a bat boy was hit by a Butch Wynegar line drive foul ball yesterday,
Yankees officials enact a new rule mandating the team's bat boys wear
protective helmets during all games.
1999:
At Camden Yards, the Yankees top the Orioles 9-8. Shane Spencer hits a
go-ahead solo home run in the 9th off Mike Timlin, who will take the
loss. Tino Martinez also contributes 4 hits for Nw York. In the 8th, the
O's Jesse Orosco makes his 1,051th relief appearance, breaking Kent Tekulve's major league record.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1999/B06250BAL1999.htm
On this day in Yankee history...
1908: Charging
the Highlander ownership with refusing to spend money to build the
team, manager Clark Griffith resigns; shortstop Kid Elberfeld replaces
him as player-manager following today's 6-6 tie with the A's. New York
continue to fade, and will finish last with 103 losses.
1934: After going hitless in his last 21 at bats, Babe Ruth hits a grand slam in a 5-0 Yankee win over the White Sox.
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1936: Rookie
phenom Joe DiMaggio ties three major-league records in New York's
10-run 5th inning against the Chicago, hitting 2 home runs for 8 total
bases. With 2 doubles, he equals the modern record of four long hits in a
game. The Yankees the White Sox 18-4.
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1958:The
Yankees erupt for five runs in the 4th inning off Early Wynn to beat
the White Sox 6-2 at Comiskey Park. Mickey Mantle's drive into the CF
bleachers leads off the inning, followed by a single, a walk, Jerry
Lumpe's first major league home run, and a home run by Norm Siebern.
Ryne Duren strikes out six of the last nine batters to preserve Bob
Turley's win.
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1962:
A marathon between the Yankees and the Tigers concludes in the 22nd
inning when Jack Reed's home run ~ the only one of his major league
career ~ gives New York and Jim Bouton a 9-7 victory. Reed replaced Joe
Pepitone in the 13th. For the Tigers, Phil Regan takes the loss, while
Rocky Colavito has seven hits. Bobby Richardson ties a ML mark by going
to the plate 11 times. At an even seven hours, the game is the slowest
extra-inning contest ever played in the AL, and it is the longest game
in innings in Yankee history.
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1970:
In a doubleheader with the Indians at the Stadium, Bobby Murcer ties
Lou Gehrig's record of four straight homers. The Yankees lose the opener
7-2 despite Murcer's 9th-inning home run off Sam McDowell. Murcer next
connects off the second game's starter, Mike Paul, hitting a solo shot
in the 1st inning. A walkfollows in the 4th, then a
two-run homer off Paul in the 5th, and a game-tying homer in the 8th,
off Fred Lasher. New York score in the bottom of the 9th to salvage a
5-4 win.
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1977: Before
54,940 at the Stadium, Roy White launches a dramatic two-out two-run
homer in the bottom of the 9th to give the Yankees a 5-5 tie with the
Red Sox. Reggie Jackson delivers a bases-loaded single in the 11th
inning to give New York the walkoff win. White's key hit comes after
Bill Campbell retires the first two Yankees in the 9th and then gives up
a triple to Willie Randolph. Sparky Lyle picks up the win, handing
Boston their first loss in eight games.
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1986: Phil Hughes is born
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1997: Tino Martinez collects
two singles, a double, and a pair of home runs while driving in four as
the Yankees top the Tigers 12-9. Chad Curtis adds 5 RBI for New York.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1997/B06240DET1997.htm
2011: In a 4-2 Yankee loss to the Rockie, A.J. Burnett becomes the first Yankee pitcher to strike out 4 batters in one inning.
The right-hander starts the 6th inning by fanning Colorado hitters
Chris Iannetta and Carlos Gonzalez, and when Chris Nelson reaches first
base after swinging at a wild pitch for a third strike, he faces Todd
Helton and strikes him out swinging to end the frame.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2011/B06240NYA2011.htm
On this day in Yankee history...
1915: Philadelphia A's lefty Bruno Haas makes his ML debut against the Yankees a memorable one as he walks a
record 16 New Yorkers, and throws three wild pitches. He goes the
distance in a 15-7 loss, his only major league decision. Haas breaks the
AL mark of 15 walks, set by Boardwalk Brown, and ties Bill George's
major league record. Haas will pitch in just five more games before
ending up in the NFL as a halfback for Akron.
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1927: At
Boston, Lou Gehrig leads the Yankees to an 11-4 victory by hitting
three home runs, a first at Fenway Park. Gehrig hits a two-run homer in
the 2nd, and solo shots in the 6th and 8th, off Danny MacFayden. He adds
a single to his total as Dutch Ruether coasts to the win.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1927/B06230BOS1927.htm
1932: Lou Gehrig plays his 1,103rd consecutive game in a Yankee uniform, equaling Joe Sewell's record with one team (Cleveland).
1957: Prime
Minister Nobusuke Kishi of Japan, wearing a Yankee cap, is one of
63,787 fans at the Stadium to see New York split a doubleheader with
Chicago, winning the first game 9-2 and dropping the second 4-3. Mickey
Mantle goes 6 for 9 as the Yankees maintain their 1 1/2 game lead over
the White Sox. Mantle is leading the AL in hitting and homers and is one
behind the Senators' Roy Sievers in RBI.
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1959: The Yankees ride two-run homers from Mickey Mantle, Hank Bauer and Gil McDougald to a 10-2 win over the Kansas City A's.
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1988: George Steinbrenner fires Billy Martin for
the fifth time, replacing him with Lou Piniella. In 1985, Piniella was
fired and replaced by Martin. In 1987, Martin was fired and replaced by
Piniella. New York's 40-28 record is
the 4th best in the big leagues, but the Yankees have come off a
2-7 road trip.
1996: The Yankees complete a four-game sweep from the Indians in Cleveland for the first time since 1964.
1997: David Cone strikes
out 16, his highest total in six years, and Cecil Fielder hits a
three-run homer as the Yankees win 5-2. Cone, who had shoulder surgery
to repair an aneurysm in May, 1996, allows four hits, including homers
by Bob Hamelin and Damion Easley, in 8 innings of work.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1997/B06230DET1997.htm
2001: The
Yankees move to shore up their bullpen by getting Jay Witasick from the
Padres for infield prospect D'Angelo Jimenez. The Yanks' first choice,
Expos hurler Ugueth Urbina, failed a physical and will end up with the
Red Sox instead.
On this day in Yankee history...
1930: Babe Ruth ties
a major league record by hitting five homers in two games and six
homers in three games. The Bambino hit three homers in the second game
of the doubleheader
yesterday, two homers in today's opener and one more in the nightcap.
1959: At
Kansas City, Mickey Mantle drives in six runs with a triple and two
homers to lead the Yankees to a 13-6 win. Moose Skowron adds his 4th
homer in four days to move New York to three games out of first place.
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1961: Roger Maris leads
the Yankees to an 8-3 thrashing of the A's by belting his 27th homer of
the year. He adds two doubles and a single. Maris has now hit 20 homers
in the past 30 days (May 24th to today), to tie the mark set by Ralph
Kiner in 1947.
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1965: Ray Barker's
major league record-tying second consecutive pinch hit home run is
wasted in a first-game, 6-2 Yankee loss to the A's. Mickey Mantle adds a
home run in the opener, but in the 4-2 nightcap win, he tries to score
from second base on a wild pitch and snaps an upper-thigh hamstring. He
will be out for three weeks. Ironically, the cover of the June 21st
issue of Sports Illustrated features Mantle with the prescient headline 'New York Yankees: End of an Era?'
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1977: It doesn't come easy, but the Yankees stop a five-game losing streak with a 12-11 win over Detroit. The Bombers are led by Graig Nettles, who belts a three-run homer, and Reggie Jackson with a two-run triple.
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