June 5th

On this day in Yankee history... 


1874: Jack Chesbro is born. 

                          https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jack_Chesbro   




 

1958: At the Stadium, the Yankees rout White Sox starter Early Wynn for a 12-5 victory. In the 3rd inning, Mickey Mantle legs out his third inside the park home run in a month.

                           http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1958/B06051NYA1958.htm  


1963: At Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, Mickey Mantle fractures a bone in his left foot and suffers ligament and cartilage damage to the left knee running into the chain link fence chasing down a Brooks Robinson drive. Mantle will be out for 61 games.  Whitey Ford beats Milt Pappas and the Orioles 4-3, as the Yankees return to first place. 

                           http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1963/B06050BAL1963.htm  






1979: The Yankees select Don Mattingly in the 19th round of the MLB draft. 

 







2006: Jason Giambi and Andy Phillips each hit a three-run home run in a seven-run 2nd inning, and the host Yankees rough up old nemesis Josh Beckett in a 13-5 rout of the Red Sox. New York collect 11 hits, making this their 12th consecutive game with at least 10, breaking the franchise record of 11 straight games set in May 1937.  

                        http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2006/B06050NYA2006.htm