On this day in Yankee history...
1902: Ban Johnson announces that New York will get an American League franchise in 1903. The current Baltimore Orioles are to be moved.
1931: At Chicago, the Yankees At Chicago, the Yankees record their first shutout of the year when Herb Pennock blanks the White Sox 8-0. Bden Chapman has a good day with a triple, single, two runs scored and his 50th and 51st stolen bases of the year. In addition, he beats the Sox's Carl Reynolds in a pre-game 100-yard dash.
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1935: Earle Combs collides while chasing a fly ball with teammate Red Rolfe and suffers a severe shoulder injury. It will contribute to his decision to retire at the end of the season.
1951: Before 66,110 at Cleveland, Mickey Mantle launches an opposite field 2-run homer off Mike Garcia on the way to a 7-3 Yankee win. New York (77-46) move to a within a game of the Tribe.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1951/B08250CLE1951.htm
1968: The Tigers, leading 5-0, fail to score with two on in the 4th inning when the Ralph Houk brings in Rocky Colavito to pitch for the Yankees. The 35-year-old slugger retires Al Kaline and Willie Horton, and then tosses another 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief to earn the win. In Rocky's only other mound appearance, in 1958, he also faced Kaline. The victory by a non-pitcher will be the last one in the 20th century. Bill Robinson and Bobby Cox hit back-to-back homers to tie the score and, after a walk, Rocky comes around to score the deciding run for the 6-5 win. In the 8th, Yankee reliever Lindy McDaniel ties the AL record for consecutive batters retired by setting down the first Tiger he faces, giving him 32 straight batters retired over four appearances.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1968/B08251NYA1968.htm
1976: The Yankees prevail 5-4 in a 19-inning marathon with Minnesota, Grant Jackson getting the win.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1976/B08250NYA1976.htm
1978: With four amateur umpires officiating ~ Major League umpires are staging a one-day strike in defiance of their contract in order to gain recognition for their as their bargaining agent with MLB ~ Ron Guidry posts his 18th win, beating the A's 7-1. Reggie Jackson drives in his 1,001st career run with a homer. The win keeps the Yankees 7 1/2 games behind the Red Sox.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1978/B08250NYA1978.htm
1984: Waite Hoyt dies at the age of 84.
1996: The Yankees dedicate their first new monument in 47 years, to Mickey Mantle, in Monument Park at the Stadium. Miller Guggins, Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig are also honoured with monuments, while 15 men are remembered with plaques.
2001: The Yankees defeat the Angels 7-5, as Roger Clemens becomes the first AL pitcher to go 17-1 to begin a season. Paul O'Neill hits his 20th home run of the year, making him the oldest player in history ~ at age 38 ~ to reach the 20 home run and 20 stolen base mark in a season.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2001/B08250ANA2001.htm
2011: The A's take an early 7-1 lead against the Yankees, but it's all Bronx Bombers after that. Robinson Cano hits a grand slam in the 5th inning, Russell Martin follows suit in the 6th, they put up another 6 runs in the 7th, and in the 8th, Curtis Granderson also homers with the bases loaded to make the Yanks the first team ever to hit three grand slams in one game. Andruw Jones follows Granderson's blast with a solo homer to make the final score 22-9. Martin has a career day, going 5 for 5 with a walk and 6 RBI and also hitting a solo shot to complement his slam as the Yankees bat around in their final four innings. It is the most runs given up by an Athletics team since 1955; their pitchers help the cause by surrendering 22 hits and issuing 13 walks in the rout. In the 9th inning, DH Jorge Posada takes the field at second base; it is his first major league appearance at the position he played in the lower minors 20 years ago.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2011/B08250NYA2011.htm
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