On this day in Yankee history...
1921: In Philadelphia, 33,000 fans ~ the largest crowd to watch a game in the city since 1914 ~ see Carl Mays (below) win his 15th straight over Connie Mack's A's as the Yankees prevail 7-2 in the first game of a doubleheader. Bob Shawkey coasts home to a 13-7 win in the nitecap. Bob Meusel homers in each game.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1921/B08132PHA1921.htm
1922: Everett Scott is nearing 1,000 consecutive games played, but it takes an extra effort to keep the streak alive. He spends $40 to hire a car to get to Chicago in time for the game after a train he is on is wrecked.
1932: Red Ruffing becomes the first ML pitcher to hit a game-winning home run in extra innings since 1906 as the Yankees top the Senators 1-0 in 10.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1932/B08130WS11932.htm
1957: Mickey Mantle goes 3 for 3 and drives in three runs as the Yankees edge the Red Sox 3-2. Mantle improves his average to .384 while Ted Williams, with 1 for 2, is at .388. A week later, Mantle will injure himself when he angrily swings a golf club at a branch and gouges his shinbone. This will effectively take him out of the running for a second straight Triple Crown.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1957/B08130BOS1957.htm
1964: CBS buys 80% of the Yankees, the sale to take effect on November 2nd.
1973: Roy White homers from both sides of the plate as the Yankees blank the Angels 6-0.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1973/B08130NYA1973.htm
1978: The Yankees erupt for five runs in the 7th inning to take a 5-3 lead over the Orioles before heavy rains force a delay of the game. Thanks to the stalling tactics of Earl Weaver and some slow-moving Baltimore groundskeepers, the game is called, and the score reverts to the last complete inning. This rule will be changed in 1980, and the game today would have been suspended. The Orioles win 3-0, with Scott McGregor the winner.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1978/B08130BAL1978.htm
1980: The Yankees trade righty Ken Clay and a player to be named later to Texas for 41-year-old Gaylord Perry.
1995: Mickey Mantle dies at the age of 63.
2011: Back in the line-up as DH after being benched for a week, Jorge Posada drives in 6 runs, including 4 on a 5th-inning grand slam, and the Yankees win 9-2 over the Rays. Phil Hughes is the winner over Jeremy Hellickson, while Curtis Granderson hits his 33rd homer, catching Jose Bautista of the Blue Jays atop the major league leader board.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2011/B08130NYA2011.htm
2016: Rookies Tyler Austin and Aaron Judge hit back-to-back homers in their respective first major league at-bats in the 2nd inning to lead the Yankees to an 8-4 win over the Rays No teammates had ever homered in their first at-bat in the same game, let alone back-to-back. The Yankees hit three more homers later in the day, by Starlin Castro, Aaron Hicks and Didi Gregorius, to put the game away; in a sign that the team's youth movement is going well, not one of these players is over 25.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2016/B08130NYA2016.htm
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