On this day in Yankee history...
1886: Frank 'Home Run' Baker is born.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bakerfr01.shtml
1922: Cliff Mapes, the last man to wear Babe Ruth's old № 3 before it was retired in 1948, is born. (He died in 1996).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Mapes
1937: Lou Gehrig signs his contract for the year for $38,000 with a $750 signing bonus.
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