On this day in Yankee history...
1890: Elmer Miller is born. In 1921, he will become the first Yankee ever to bat in a World Series game.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Elmer_Miller_(milleel01)
1922: The Yankees move back into first place when Sad Sam Jones beats the St. Louis Browns' Ray Kolp 7-3. Kolp lasts just two innings before Bill Bayne takes over for the final seven and allows two runs. Ken Williams hits his 23rd homer but Whitey Witt counters with a three-run blast.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1922/B07280SLA1922.htm
1936: In the 6th inning of a 16-6 Yankee blowout in Detroit, the Tigers' Goose Goslin drives a ball into the gap in right center. Joe DiMaggio and Myril Hoag, in for a slumping Jake Powell, converge for the catch and collide, the ball bounding by for an inside-the-park home run. Both players are knocked unconscious but appear unhurt: DiMaggio stays in though Hoag is replaced. Hoag will play tomorrow and collect a single, then collapse in his hotel room on the 30th with a brain clot. Hoag will be operated on successfully at Harper Hospital and will be out the rest of the season, but will return to play six more years. New York win the game on 20 hits, scoring four runs in each of the first two innings, and three apiece in the 4th and 5th. Lou Gehrig contributes two doubles, a single and his 31st home run of the year.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1936/B07280DET1936.htm
1958: The Yankees double up the Kansas City A's 14-7. Leading the Bomber attack is Mickey Mantle, who homers from both sides of the plate for the sixth time in his career.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1958/B07280KC11958.htm
1960: With relief help from Bobby Shantz, Whitey Ford, who leaves with an upset stomach, picks up a 4-0 win over the Indians in the opener of a doubleheader. Tony Kubek, Mickey Mantle and Clete Boyer homer for the Yankees. The pinstripers go on to sweep, winning the nitecap 9-2 and taking over first place by three percentage points.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1960/B07281NYA1960.htm
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1960/B07282NYA1960.htm
1977: At the Stadium, a Thursday crowd of 40,918 cheer as the Yankees unleashe a 15-hit attack to down the Orioles 14-2. The Bomber barrage includes homers by Graig Nettles, Thurman Munson and Roy White.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B07280NYA1977.htm
1983: American League president Lee MacPhail decides that George Brett's 'Pine Tar' home run should count. The remainder of the game will be played at Yankee Stadium on August 18th.
1995: The Yankees obtain David Cone from the Blue Jays in a trade for minor league pitchers Marty Janzen, Jason Jarvis and Mike Gordon.
1996: Darryl Strawberry's 300th career home run, a two-run shot in the 9th, lifts the Yankees to a 3-2 win over the visiting Royals. The Yankees now lead the AL East by 12 games.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1996/B07280NYA1996.htm
2006: Chien-Ming Wang retires the Devil Rays on just 103 pitches in a complete game 6-0 win at the Stadium. The Yankee ace induces 18 ground ball outs and allows just two singles and two walks. Derek Jeter collects two hits and two RBI, while Bernie Williams caps the scoring with a sixth-inning home run to dead center.
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