August 23rd

On this day in Yankee history... 


1928: The Yankees pick up lefty Tom Zachary on waivers from the Washington Senators.  

1930: The Yankees buy Frank Crosetti from the San Francisco Seals but allow him to play another season in the Pacific Coast League before reporting. The Yankees will make a similar arrangement for Joe DiMaggio, buying him from the Seals but waiting a year before bringing him to New York in 1936.  

1942: Walter Johnson pitching to Babe Ruth is the pregame attraction that draws 69,000 for the Yankees-Senators game at the Stadium. Donated receipts provide $80,000 to the Army-Navy relief fund. Ruth hits the fifth pitch into the right-field stands, and then adds one more shot before circling the bases. Sixteen relief games contribute $523,000 during the season. 

1948: Ron Blomberg is born.  

   
                                         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Blomberg 







1964: The Yankees top the Red Sox at Fenway 4-3, as Mickey Mantle starts the scoring with a 2-run homer in the 3rd inning off Earl Wilson.  New York will  now go a tear, winning 26 of their last 33 games. 

                           https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1964/B08230BOS1964.htm       







1968: Stan Bahnsen outpitches Earl Wilson to give the host Yankees a 2-1 win over the Tigers in the opening game of a doubleheader. The two teams then battle for 19 innings, before the second game is suspended by curfew with the score 3-3. The game will be finished tomorrow. In the long tie, Lindy McDaniel retires 21 straight Tiger batters, six on strikeouts. In his last three relief appearances, he has retired 30 batters in a row. 

                        https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1968/B08231NYA1968.htm     

                        https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1968/B08232NYA1968.htm   








1977: Mickey Rivers goes 5 for 5 to lead the Yankees to an 8-3 victory over the White Sox. Combined with a Red Sox loss, the win puts the Yankees in first place, where they will stay until the end. 

                     https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B08230CHA1977.htm   








1996: The Yankees obtain Graeme Lloyd in exchange for Gerald Williams and pitcher Bob Wickman. 

1999: The Yankees score six runs in the 1st inning on their way to a 21-3 rout of the Rangers. Scott Brosius and Joe Girardi ~ the 8th and 9th batters in the New York lineup ~ drive in 13 of the Yankee runs. Derek Jeter scores his 100th run of the year, the first Yank to string together four straight seasons of 100+ runs since Mickey Mantle did it in nine straight campaigns (1953-61). 

                                             https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1999/B08230TEX1999.htm    



    

2003: Yankee Stadium holds Ron Guidry Day, retiring the lefty's № 49 jersey and unveiling a plaque to him in Monument Park.