August 11th

On this day in Yankee history... 


1906: With the Highlanders losing to the White Sox 8-1, New York third baseman George Moriarty charges into the stands to attack a heckler before police intercede. 

1921: Bob Shawkey gets the complete game win as the Yankees top the A's 7-3 to move one percentage point ahead of the Indians in the AL pennant race.   

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1923: AL President Ban Johnson rules that Babe Ruth must give up his Sam Crawford bat made to order for him by the future Hall of Famer. The bat is 'four pieces of seasoned wood‚ carefully glued together.' On August 21st, Johnson rules that only one-piece bats will be allowed‚ a rule that also affects Browns start Ken Williams‚ who is using a plugged bat. 

1929: Babe Ruth hits his 500th career home run, off Cleveland's Willis Hudlin. 

1950: Hitting just .279‚ Joe DiMaggio is benched for the first time in his career. He is currently languishing in a 4 for 38 slump. His replacement‚ Cliff Mapes, wallops a 7th-inning home run to give the Yankees a 7-6 win over the A's. 

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1952: At the Stadium, the third-place Red Sox, trailing the leage-leading Yankees by 4 games, manage just 2 hits off Allie Reynolds, as the Chief wins 7-0. For Reynolds‚ it is his fourth two-hitter of the year. Mickey Mantle's 1st inning homer off Sid Hudons is all the scoring New York needs‚ but Mantle adds a double in the 4th and a 2-run homer in the 5th off Ralph Brickner. 

   
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1956: Mickey Mantle becomes the first Yankee since Joe DiMaggio in 1937 to hit 40 home runs in a season when he launches one off Baltimore's Hal Brown on the way to a 10-5 New York win. 

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1967: In the 2nd inning of a 5-3 win over the Indians, Al Downing strikes out the side on 9 pitches. 

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1980: Reggie Jackson hits his 400th career home run, off Britt Burns, in the Yankees' 3-1 victory over the White Sox at the Stadium.   

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1984: Melky Cabrera is born. 

1998: In his first start against the Twins since his perfect game in May, David Wells this time surrenders four hits, but still blanks the Minnesotans 7-0. 

     
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2012: The Yankees beat the Blue Jays 5-2 behind the pitching of Ivan Nova and a three-run homer by Casey McGehee. Derek Jeter collects his league-leading 150th hit of the season, joining Hank Aaron as the only two players to have 17 seasons of 150 or more hits. 

 

                         
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2013: It's an eventful afternoon at the Stadium as the Yankees defeat the Tigers 5-4. First, Alex Rodriguez hits his first homer of the year, off Justin Verlander, in the 2nd and in the process passes Stan Musial for 5th place on the all-time RBI list with 1,951. Then, leading off the 4th, Alfonso Soriano  also goes deep off Verlander for the 2,000th hit of his career. The Yankees hand a 4-2 lead to Mariano Rivera, but for the third straight time the Yankee closer blows the save by allowing solo homers to Miguel Cabrera and Victor Martinez. However, Brett Gardner homers in turn, off José Veras with two outs in the bottom of the inning to end the game. 

 
                    
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