On this day in Yankee history...
1921: Babe Ruth hits a 460-foot home run into the center field bleachers at the Polo Grounds, for the first round-tripper ever hit to that spot. Ruth adds his 21st home run of the season and also pitches five innings in the 13-8 win over the Tigers, giving up four runs, but striking out Ty Cobb. In tomorrow's game, Ruth will hit two more home runs, his sixth and seventh in five games, in a 9-6 win over Detroit.
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1948: A terminally ill Babe Ruth makes his final appearance at Yankee Stadium. With the crowd of 49,641 singing Auld Lang Syne, and members of the 1923 Yankees (the first team to play in the Stadium) looking on, the club retire Ruth's uniform number 3 during ceremonies that also commemorate the 25th anniversary of the ballpark. Fewer than two months later, the 53-year-old Ruth will die from throat cancer.
2003: Roger Clemens wins his 300th game, and becomes the third pitcher in major league history with 4,000 strikeouts, as he leads the Yankees to a 5-2 win over the Cardinals. Edgar Renteria becomes his 4,000th victim in the 2nd inning. Clemens, the 21st pitcher to make it to 300 wins, allows two runs in 6 2/3 innings and strikes out 10, raising his total to 4,006. Clemens joins Nolan Ryan (5,714) and Steve Carlton (4,136) in the select 4,000-strikeout club.
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2011: Just 6 hits shy of joining the 3000 hit club, Derek Jeter must put his quest on hold as he exits today's 1-0 Yankee loss to the Indians with a sore right calf and goes on the DL. Jeter gets hit number 2994 with a 1st-inning single off Carlos Carrasco, but leaves in the 5th after feeling a strain while running to first base. Escaping a none-out, bases loaded jam in the 1st, Carrasco settles down by pitching seven scoreless innings for the win. The Indians' lone run off A.J. Burnett comes in the 4th, courtesy of a triple by Michael Brantley followed by a single by Asdrubal Cabrera.
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2015: Alex Rodriguez collects his 2000th career RBI with a two-run homer in the Yankees' 9-4 loss to the Orioles. He is the fourth player to reach the milestone, following Cap Anson, Babe Ruth, and all-time leader Hank Aaron.
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