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
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1936/B07262CHA1936.htm
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.
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