May 15th

 On this day in Yankee history... 


1922:  In a 6-1 win at the Polo Grounds, Ty Cobb beats out a grounder to Yankee SS Everett Scott. Veteran writer Fred Lieb scores it as a hit in the box score he files with the Associated Press. But official scorer John Kieran of the New York Tribune gives an error to Scott. At the season's end, the AL official records, based on AP box scores, list Cobb at .401. New York writers complain unsuccessfully, claiming it should be .399, based on the official scorer's stats. Lieb will reverse himself at the end of the year, but league president Ban Johnson goes with the hit call. 

                           http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1922/B05150NYA1922.htm   






1935: Lou Gehrig steals home in a 4-0 Yankee win over the Tigers. It is his 15th and last steal of home, all of which were part of double steals.  

                    http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1935/B05150DET1935.htm   







1941: Joe DiMaggio gets a single in four at bats against Eddie Smith of the White Sox to start his 56-game hitting streak. The base hit goes unnoticed as the Bronx Bombers get bombed themselves, 13-1. 

                         http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1941/B05150NYA1941.htm 






1955: Yankee outfielder Irv Noren hits an inside-the-park grand slam in an 8-4 victory over the A's to complete doubleheader sweep at the Stadium. Mickey Mantle is 4 for 9 for the afternoon and is hitting .311. 

                     http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1955/B05152NYA1955.htm   




1963: With the Yankees down 3-0 to the Twins, Mickey Mantle hits a two-run homer off Pedro Ramos to put his club on the board. Mantle later scores the winning run as New York win 4-3. 


                 http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1963/B05150NYA1963.htm 



1965: At Memorial Stadium, Mickey Mante slices an opposite field homer in the 8th inning off Dick Hall to give the Yankee a 3-2 win over the Orioles.  

 

                        http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1965/B05150BAL1965.htm   






1969: Hideki Irabu is born. 

                               https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Hideki_Irabu 





1996: The Yankees outbid four other American teams and sign Japanese pitcher Katsuhiro Maeda to a $1.5 million contract. The Yanks obtain the fastballer from the Sebu Lions for more than $350,000. Maeda, who has his hair dyed orange, was 0-2 with the Lions from 1993 through 1995 but refused to sign for the 1996 season unless he was traded to a U.S. team. 

2014: In his first major league outing, Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom does something no other member of the pitching staff has been able to do yet this season: get a hit. His 3rd-inning single off Chase Whitley of the Yankees breaks a record 0-for-64 drought by Mets pitchers at the plate this season. DeGrom, who had been an infielder his first two years in college before becoming a pitcher, also pitches very well, allowing 1 run in 7 innings, but is a hard-luck  1-0 loser, as Whitley, Dellin Betance, Adam Warren and David Robertson combine for a three-hit shutout. Whitley, who is also making his big league debut, gives up no runs in 4 2/3 innings and also collects his first hit, off deGrom. 

                      http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2014/B05150NYN2014.htm