July 9th

On this day in Yankee history... 


1932: Ben Chapman hits three home runs ~ two of them inside-the-park ~ in the second game of a doubleheader with the Tigers at the Stadium. The outfielder's power display leads the Yankees to a 14-9 win. 

                       http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1932/B07092NYA1932.htm    





1937: Joe DiMaggio hits for the cycle, delivering two home runs, a triple, a double and a single in helping the Yankees thrash the Senators 16-2. The 'Yankee Clipper' will accomplish the feat only once again, in 1948.  

                            http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1937/B07090NYA1937.htm   





1955: Mickey Mantle goes 5 for 5, and Bob Hurley tosses a 4-hit shutout as the Yankee top the Senators 4-0. 

                         http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1955/B07090WS11955.htm   






1958: On Capitol Hill, Casey Strengel and Mickey Mantle appear in front of the Senate Anti-Trust and Monopoly Subcommittee which is investigating the baseball monopoly power in regards to sport's anti-trust exemption. After 'The Old Perfessor' gives 45 minutes of rambling and confusing testimony, Senator Estes Kefauver laughs when Mickey Mantle answers his inquiry about the topic with, "My views are just about the same as Casey's." 

1985: Ron Guidry works 8 2/3 innings to win his 10th straight, beating the Royals 6-4. 'Louisiana Lightning' allows 9 hits and strikes out 1.  

                           http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1985/B07090NYA1985.htm  







1986: The Padres trade Tim Stoddard to the Yankees for Ed Whitson, who had become the target of such fan abuse in New York that manager Lou Piniella would no longer pitch him in Yankee Stadium.  

1999:  The uniform worn by Lou Gehrig when he made his famous 'Luckiest man on the face of the earth' speech on July 4th, 1939 sells for $451,541 at auction. Leland's spokesman Marty Appel says the flannel pinstripe uniform worn by the Hall of Fame first baseman was purchased by a south Florida man who did not want his name made public. The winning bid was made over the phone. 

2011: Derek Jeter becomes the 28th member of the 3000 hit club with a 5-for-5 day against the Tampa Bay Rays at the Stadium. The second of the 5 hits, a homer off David Price in the 3rd inning, gets him to the milestone. He then adds two singles and a double as the Yankees win 5-4. 

  

                            http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2011/TNYA02011.htm