On this day in Yankee history...
1922: Hank Bauer is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Bauer
1936: Led
by Lou Gehrig, who clouts his 33rd homer, the Yankees down the Indians
11-7 at League Park. The loss snaps the Tribe's five-game win streak,
and leaves the Yankees 8 1/2 games ahead of Cleveland. Gehrig and Red
Rolfe clout homers in the 5th to chase Mel Harder, but the Indians
answer with three doubles by Earl Averill and a homer by Hal Trosky.
Bump Hadley, with relief from Johnny Murphy, hangs on for his 9th win.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1936/B07310CLE1936.htm
1955: Don Larsen wins
5-2 as the Yankees and Kansas City A's combine for 9 double plays, with
the New Yorkers turning 6. Cloyd Boyer, who has 3 of his first 8
pitches hit for home runs ~ by Hank Bauer, Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra ~
takes the loss.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1955/B07311NYA1955.htm
1962: At
D.C. Stadium, Mickey Mantle is on the bench with a wrenched knee, but
Bill Skowron supplies the power with a grand slam. The Yankees win
9-5.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1962/B07310WS21962.htm
1963: Ralph Terry uses just 75 pitches in a five-hit 3-2 win over the Kansas City A's. The Yankee hurler has 5 strikeouts and no walks.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1963/B07310NYA1963.htm
1977: Graig Nettles scores
three runs to lead the Yankees to a 9-2 win over the A's, the 8th win
in 9 games for New York. The Yanks are now a half game out of first.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B07310OAK1977.htm
1978:
Ed Figueroa notches a complete game 6-1 victory over the Rangers as the
Yankees close to within 7 1/2 games of the AL East-leading Red Sox.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1978/B07310NYA1978.htm
2007: The
Yankees tie a franchise record with 8 home runs in a game ~ not one of
them from Alex Rodriguez, who is still one shy of 500. Hideki Matsui
homers twice and adding blows are Melky Cabrera, Bobby Abreu, Johnny
Damon, Robinson Cano, Shelley Duncan and Jorge Posada in a 16-3 rout
of the White Sox.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2007/B07310NYA2007.htm
2016: For
the second time in a week, the Yankees trade a top-rank relief pitcher
in return for four players. After swapping Aroldis Chapman to the Cubs
on July 25th, today they ship Andrew Miller to the Indians for Clint
Frazier and pitchers J.P. Feyereisen, Ben Heller and Justus Sheffield.
On this day in Yankee history...
1890: Casey Stengel is born.
1951: Joe DiMaggio makes
a rare mental error against Detroit, catching a Steve Souchock fly ball
in deep center and, thinking it's the third out, begins trotting in.
It's only the second out, and George Kell scores from second base to
make the score 4-2 in the 8th. Despite the
lapse, the Yanks win, 5-4, with DiMag redeeming himself by knocking
in the winning run in the 9th.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1951/B07300NYA1951.htm
1977: Don Gullett picks
up his 10th win of the year, a 9-3 victory over the A's. But it will
prove to be his final win of the year when he injures his shoulder in
the 7th inning and leaves the game.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B07300OAK1977.htm
1990: In
a surprisingly harsh ruling, Commissioner Fay Vincent orders George
Steinbrenner to resign as the Yankees general partner by August 20th,
and bans him from day-to-day operation of the team for life. The ruling
is a result of Steinbrenner's $40,000 payment to confessed gambler
Howie Spira for damaging information about since-traded Yankee star Dave
Winfield. When the news is posted on the scoreboard at Yankee Stadium
during a game with Detroit, it draws a 2-minute standing ovation from
the crowd.
1997: David Wells fires a three-hitter as the Yankees beat the A's 7-0. Tino Martinez hits his 36th homer and Luis Sojo has four hits.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1997/B07300NYA1997.htm
2008: The
Yankees, in need of catching help after losing Jorge Posada for the
remainder of the season, acquire Ivan Rodriguez from the Tigers for Kyle
Farnsworth.
2011: The
Yankees complete a doubleheader sweep of the Orioles with a huge 1st
inning in the nitecap, after winning the opener 8-3. The Bronx Bombers
score 12 runs as they chase Zach Britton, just back from the minors,
after only one out, but not before he gives
up 9 runs. They roll to a 17-3 win, accumulating 24 hits, as Ivan Nova
benefits from the outburst; Robinson Cano goes 5 for 5 with 5 RBI, while
Nick Swisher hits a two-run homer in each game.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2011/B07301NYA2011.htm
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On this day in Yankee history...
1903: Cy Young goes
all the way as Boston lose to the Highlanders 15-14. The New Yorkers
had been shut out in their two previous matches in the series. Patsy
Dougherty leads the Boston offense by hitting for the cycle, but Cy gets
little defense as Boston make eight errors behind him. New York starter
Jack Chesbro is lifted in the 6th for Harry Howell, while Willie Keeler
has four hits to lead the Highlander offense. The game lasts 2 hours,
10 minutes.
1938: Lefty Gomez pitches a complete game 4-3 win against the White Sox at Comiskey Park. In
a postgame radio interview with Bob Elson of NBC, Yankee outfielder
Jake Powell (below) makes headlines with remarks about "knocking niggers on the head and then
throwing them in jail" as part of his off-season duties as a policeman.
For the statements, Judge Landis suspends Powell for 10 days.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1938/B07290CHA1938.htm
1951: Before
a Stadium crowd of 70,972, the Yankees sweep the White Sox 8-3 and 2-0.
Joe DiMaggio powers two homers off Lou Kretlow in the opener, and
ex-Pale Hoser Bob Kuzava outduels Saul Rogovin to win the nitecap. With
yesterday's game rained out, the Sox are now 6 1/2 out of first place.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1951/B07291NYA1951.htm
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1966: The
Yankees edge the White Sox 2-1 on Mickey Mantle's 14th homer in 24
games. The Mick moves ahead of Lou Gehrig into 6th place on the all-time
homer list with the blast.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1966/B07290CHA1966.htm
1978:
The Yankee Stadium crowd are pleasantly surprised as recently departed
manager Billy Martin returns to join in with the Old Timers' Day
festivities. Much to their
delight, the fans are informed that 'Billy the Kid will return as
skipper in 1980.
1991: During a game at the Stadium, Oakland outfielder Jose Canseco
is bombarded with assorted objects by unruly Yankee fans. Included among the
objects are an inflatable doll, a transistor radio, and a head of
cabbage. Oakland escape with a 10-8 victory, Canseco stroking a
double in four at bats.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1991/B07290NYA1991.htm
On this day in Yankee history...
1890: Elmer Miller is born. In 1921, he will become the first Yankee ever to bat in a World Series game.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Elmer_Miller_(milleel01)
1922: The
Yankees move back into first place when Sad Sam Jones beats the St.
Louis Browns' Ray Kolp 7-3. Kolp lasts just two innings before Bill
Bayne takes over for the final seven and allows two runs. Ken Williams
hits his 23rd homer but Whitey Witt counters with a three-run blast.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1922/B07280SLA1922.htm
1936: In the 6th inning of a 16-6 Yankee blowout in Detroit, the Tigers' Goose Goslin drives a ball into the gap in
right center. Joe DiMaggio and Myril Hoag, in for a slumping Jake
Powell, converge for the catch and collide, the ball bounding by for an
inside-the-park home run. Both players are knocked unconscious but
appear unhurt: DiMaggio stays in though Hoag is replaced. Hoag will play
tomorrow and collect a single, then collapse in his hotel room on the
30th with a brain clot. Hoag will be operated on successfully at Harper
Hospital and will be out the rest of the season, but will return to
play six more years. New York win the game on 20 hits, scoring four
runs in each of the first two innings, and three apiece in the 4th and
5th. Lou Gehrig contributes two doubles, a single and his 31st home run of the year.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1936/B07280DET1936.htm
1958: The
Yankees double up the Kansas City A's 14-7. Leading the Bomber attack
is Mickey Mantle, who homers from both sides of the plate for the sixth
time in his career.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1958/B07280KC11958.htm
1960: With
relief help from Bobby Shantz, Whitey Ford, who leaves with an upset
stomach, picks up a 4-0 win over the Indians in the opener of a
doubleheader. Tony Kubek, Mickey Mantle and Clete Boyer homer for the
Yankees. The pinstripers go on to sweep, winning the nitecap 9-2 and taking over first place by three percentage points.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1960/B07281NYA1960.htm
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1977: At
the Stadium, a Thursday crowd of 40,918 cheer as the Yankees unleashe a
15-hit attack to down the Orioles 14-2. The Bomber barrage includes
homers by Graig Nettles, Thurman Munson and Roy White.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B07280NYA1977.htm
1983: American League president Lee MacPhail decides that George Brett's 'Pine Tar'
home run should count. The remainder of the game will be played at Yankee Stadium on
August 18th.
1995: The
Yankees obtain David Cone from the Blue Jays in a trade for minor
league pitchers Marty Janzen, Jason Jarvis and Mike Gordon.
1996: Darryl Strawberry's 300th
career home run, a two-run shot in the 9th, lifts the Yankees to a 3-2
win over the visiting Royals. The Yankees now lead the AL East by 12
games.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1996/B07280NYA1996.htm
2006: Chien-Ming Wang retires the Devil Rays on just
103 pitches in a complete game 6-0 win at the Stadium. The Yankee ace
induces 18 ground ball outs and allows just two singles and two walks.
Derek Jeter collects two hits and two RBI, while Bernie Williams caps
the scoring with a sixth-inning home run to dead center.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2006/B07280NYA2006.htm
On this day in Yankee history...
1922: Elam Vangilder gives
up a home run to Wally Pipp in the 4th but leads 2-1 going in to the
8th inning. The Yankees jump on the Browns starter and on reliever Ray
Kolp for four runs before the Browns tie the game with three in the 9th.
St. Louis reliever Dave Danforth, facing pinch hitter, comes in with a
pitch "that sailed a foot" according to umpire Brick Owens. When the
arbiter examines the ball, he rules it was doctored, earning Danforth an
automatic ten-day suspension. Rasty Wright then comes out of the
bullpen and serves up a game-winning home run to Wally Schang for a 6-5
Yankee win.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1922/B07270SLA1922.htm
1951: The
White Sox, just 3 1/2 games behind the Yankees and Red Sox, open a
four-game series at the Stadium. Trailing 3-1 in the 9th, the Sox
make it 3-2 before rain and the Yankees delay the game. Gil McDougald
is ejected for stalling, and Casey Stengel makes five pitching changes.
The Yanks finally win when the game is called after 30 minutes.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1951/B07270NYA1951.htm
1970:
The Yankees beat the Angels 5-2 behind Mel Stottlemyre, who is helped
by Gene Michael in the 9th. With the core tied, the Yankee shortstop
pulls the hidden ball trick on California pinch runner Jarvis Tatum. The
Yanks score three in the 10th to win.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1970/B07270CAL1970.htm
1975: Alex Rodriguez is born.
1988: Tommy John achieves
a major league first by committing three errors on one play in the 4th
inning of a game against the Brewers. All is forgiven, though, as the
Yankees coast to a 16-3 win. The 'feat' ties the major-league record for
errors in one inning by a pitcher.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1988/B07270NYA1988.htm
2015: Alex Rodriguez joins
the small club of players who have homered on their 40th birthday when
he goes deep off Matt Harrison in the Yankees' 6-2 win over the Rangers.
Didi Gregorius contributes three hits, including a homer, and 4 RBIs.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2015/B07270TEX2015.htm
On this day in Yankee history...
1892: Sad Sam Jones is born.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Sam_Jones_(jonessa01)
1922:
On a hot day at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, tempers flare in the
Yankee dugout, as a fight breaks out between teammates Bob Meusel and
Wally Schang before the game. No sooner are they separated than
fisticuffs erupt between Babe Ruth and Wally Pipp. The
players then turn on the Browns, beating them, 11-6. Ruth bangs two
homers, Pipp adds another, and Schang chips in with a two-run triple.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1922/B07260SLA1922.htm
1928: Detroit
rookie righthander Vic Sorrell and the Yankees' Waite Hoyt are locked
in a 1-1 tie after 11. 12 hits and 2 walks in the 12th plate 11 New
York runs in the biggest extra-inning avalanche in ML history.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1928/B07261DET1928.htm
1933: Lou Gehrig is thrown out of
the second game in a doubleheader against the Red Sox. Had it been in
the first game, his consecutive games streak would have ended.
1935: An
unusual double play occurs when a line drive hit by Yankee left fielder
Jesse Hill strikes Senators pitcher Ed Linke in the head and rebounds
to catcher Jack Redmond, who catches the ball and fires it to second to
double off Ben Chapman. Linke will be hospitalized for two days, though
his team go on to win 9-3.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1935/B07260NYA1935.htm
1936: Umpire
Bill Summers is forced off the field after he is hit in the groin by a
pop bottle thrown from an unruly crowd of 50,000 at Comiskey Park on
hand for a doubleheader with the Yankees. The crowd are upset with an
out call at first base on Rip Radcliff in the 8th inning of the nitecap.
Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, on hand to watch the game, offers
a $5,000 reward over the public
address system for the culprit, but only draws more boos. The deluge of
pop bottles finally abates when Jimmy Dykes pleads through the field
amplifier. The Yanks sweep the pair 12-3 and 11-8, the nitecap in 11
innings. Lou Gehrig hits his 29th homer with two aboard to start New
York's scoring in the opener. Joe DiMaggio and Tony Lazzeri add round
trippers to make it easy for Johnny Broaca.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1936/B07261CHA1936.htm
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1940: Spud Chandler
beats the White Sox with his bat as well as with his pitching arm,
knocking in six runs with a single and two home runs, one a grand slam
off Pete Appleton. The six RBI performance ties the AL record for
pitchers held by Appleton and two others.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1940/B07260CHA1940.htm
1948: Babe Ruth makes his final public appearance at the NYC premiere of The Babe Ruth Story. The Sultan of Swat will die three weeks later.
1977: The
Yankees open their final series with Baltimore by tying the Orioles at 4
on a Cliff Johnson two-run pinch homer in the 9th. Reggie Jackson then
leads off the 10th with a solo shot to win.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B07260NYA1977.htm
1996: The
Yankees unleash a 21-hit barrage and bat around twice to whip the
Royals 15-1. This is the most hits New York have collected in nine
innings since August 25, 1984 when they had 23 against the Mariners.
Jimmy Key is the easy winner, giving up three hits in seven innings. Pat
Kelly, who had been out the whole season after undergoing surgery,
makes his debut and promptly pulls a hamstring.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1996/B07260NYA1996.htm
