On this day in Yankee history...
1867: Jacob Ruppert is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Ruppert
1905: Highlander 1st baseman Hal Chase registers a record 38 putouts in a doubleheader sweep of the visiting Browns, 3-1 and 6-5.
1934: Lefty Gomez pitches a near no-hitter in a 3-1 win over the A's. The only Philadelphia safety is a Jimmie Foxx pop fly that drops for a double when three Yankees converge on the ball but none of them call for it.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1934/B08050NYA1934.htm
1935: In a rain-soaked game between the Yankees and the Red Sox. Lou Gehrig leaves in the fourth inning with another lumbago attack. The teams engage in stalling and hurry-up tactics, and AL President John Heydler fines managers Joe Cronin and Joe McCarthy $100 each.
1959: Mickey Mantle breaks up a scoreless pitching duel between Detroit's Don Mossi and Bobby Shantz by belting an 8th-inning homer with one on. The Yankees win at home 3-0.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1959/B08050NYA1959.htm
1977: Eric Hinske is born.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Eric_Hinske
1983: AL president Lee MacPhail suspends Billy Martin for the second time this season because of continuing abuse of umpires. The Yankee manager is suspended for two games for calling umpire Dale Ford "a stone liar" after a July 31st game with the White Sox. He earned a 3-game suspension earlier this year for kicking dirt on umpire Drew Coble.
2011: The Yankees and Red Sox, tied atop the AL East standings, meet for a three-game series at Fenway Park. The visitors take the opener, 3-2, thanks a to a big performance by its bullpen. After starter Bartolo Colon comes out in the 5th with his team trailing 2-0, five relievers pitch 4 1/3 scoreless innings and the Yanks score three runs in the top of the 6th off Jon Lester. Nick Swisher drives in the winning run with a double, Boone Logan picks up the win, and Mariano Rivera earns the save.
2020: Horace Clarke dies at the age of 81
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