On this day in Yankee history...
1906: At
Chicago, the White Sox lose a pair to the Highlanders before 20,000,
their largest Friday afternoon crowd of the year. Hal Chase has 22
putouts at first base for New York in the first game, tying the major
league record.
1923: Babe Ruth is the unanimous choice of sportswriters as AL MVP.
1956: In action at Fenway, Mickey Mantle hits a 480 ft. home run to straightaway center, and Bill Skowron has 5 hits. Unfortunately, the Yankees set an unenviable ML record by leaving 20 men on base, and lose to the Red Sox 13-9.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1956/B09210BOS1956.htm
1963: Yogi Berra hits his 358th and final career home run in a losing cause, as the Yankees fall to the A's 5-3.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1963/B09210NYA1963.htm
2002: Andy Pettitte gets the 3-2 win in Detroit as the Yankees clinch their fifth consecutive AL East title.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2002/B09210DET2002.htm
2008: In the last game ever played at the old Stadium, the Yankees defeat the Orioles 7-3. Andy Pettitte earns his 14th win of the season, while Johnny Damon and José Molina hit home runs. Mariano Rivera closes out the game with a perfect 9th inning, forcing Brian Roberts to ground out to 1B Cody Ransom for the last out. New York thus avoid being eliminated from the playoffs in their final game at the historic stadium.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2008/B09210NYA2008.htm
2014: Brett Gardner hits the 15,000th home run in Yankee history off Toronto's Drew Hutchison in the 5th inning of a 5-2 New York win. The total dates back to the team's first season in NYC in 1903 and is the most of any major league franchise. Masahiro Tanaka is the winner in his return to the mound after a ten-week layoff.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2014/B09210NYA2014.htm
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