July 4th

 

On this day in Yankee history... 


1904: Highlanders ace Jack Chesbro wins his 14th in a row, an AL record that will stand until Walter Johnson wins 16 straight in 1912.The Philadelphia A's are in the 9-3 losers.  

1930: George Steinbrenner is born. 

1932: Bill Dickey punches Carl Reynolds, breaking his jaw, after the Senator outfielder collides with him on a close play at home plate. The AL suspends the Yankee catcher for 30 days and fines him $1,000 for his one-punch fight.  

1938: John Sterling is born. 

1939: Today is Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day at Yankee Stadium, and the Iron Horse's uniform number 4 will be the first ever to be retired. After emcee Sid Mercer informs the sell-out crowd the man of the hour is too moved to speak, Gehrig changes his mind when Joe McCarthy encourages him, and delivers an impromptu keynote address describing himself as "the luckiest man on the face of the earth". 

                              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNLKPaThYkE   






1959: Bob Turley  turns in another one hit gem against the Senators. A lazy fly in the 9th by pinch-hitter Julio Bcquer  drops in front of LF Norm Siebern for the only Washington safety. SS Tony Kubek goes 8 for 10 in the doubleheader, as the Yanks sweep, 10-6 and 7-0. 

                  

                           http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1959/B07041NYA1959.htm 

                           http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1959/B07042NYA1959.htm 





1960: Mickey Mantle's three-run 1st-inning home run off Hal Woodeshick is the 300th of his career. Mantle becomes the 18th player to join the 300 club, but the Yankees drop a 9-8 decision to the Senators.   

                        http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1960/B07040WS11960.htm    





1977: The Yankees stay a game ahead of the Red Sox by topping the Indians 7-5. The Bombers get home runs from Chris Chambliss, Roy White, Lou Piniella and Graig Nettles. 

  
                           
                           http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B07040NYA1977.htm  






1983: Dave Righetti pitches the first Yankee no-hitter since Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series, handcuffing the Red Sox 4-0 before a holiday crowd of 41,077 at the Stadium. It is the first no-hitter by a Yankee lefty since George Mogridge in 1917.   

                        http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1983/B07040NYA1983.htm   





1984: Phil Niekro strikes out Larry Parish of the Rangers to become the ninth major league player to reach the 3,000 strikeout milestone. The Yankees prevail 5-0. 

                          http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1984/B07040TEX1984.htm    






1996: Overruling his own previous reservations, Yankee GM Bob Watson signs Darryl Strawberry.