July 5th

 On this day in Yankee history... 

1906: In Boston, the Red Sox commit 9 errors to help Highlander starter Bill Hogg to a 8-3 complete game win. 

1917:  At the Polo Grounds, Home Run Baker hits a 13th-inning inside-the-park homer off Walter Johnson to give the Yankees a 5-4 win. It is Baker's 5th career home run off the Big Train.  

                            http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1917/B07052NYA1917.htm  




 
1934: Lou Gehrig hits an inside-the-park grand slam, as the Yankees beat the Senators 8-3. It is his 4th of the season and 17th overall, passing Babe Ruth's career total. Gehrig will eventually set a career record of 23 grand slams. Gehrig now has 321 career home runs to Ruth's 698. 

  
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1939: Yankee rookie pitcher Atley Donald wins his 10th game without a loss. 

                           http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1939/B07050NYA1939.htm   






1950:  In a sloppy game that features 18 walks, Cliff Mapes drives in five runs with a homer and single to pace the Yankees to a 12-8 win over the A's. Tommy Byrne (9-3) is the winner despite giving up six hits and six walks in five innings (he walks two in the 6th). He also hits four batters to tie the major league record.  

                             http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1950/B07050NYA1950.htm   






1951: Goose Gossage is born. 

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






1998: Defeating the Orioles 1-0, the Yankees improve their record to 61-20, equalling the best 81-game start in major league history. The mark matches the record of the 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates and the 1907 Chicago Cubs. 

  

                       http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B07050NYA1998.htm   

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. 

                  

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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. 

July 3rd

On this day in Yankee history... 


1922: Bob Meusel hits for the cycle for the second time in his career to pace the Yankees to a 12-1 whipping of the Athletics. Meusel (below) and Babe Ruth go back-to-back in the 7th as Carl Mays cruises to his 22nd straight win over the Athletics. 

                           http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1922/B07030PHA1922.htm   




 
1932: With the repeal of a Boston law restricting games within 1,000 feet of a church on Sundays, the first Sunday game is played at Fenway Park.The Yankees beat the Red Sox 13-2. RF Ben Chapman paces the New York attack with a triple and 3 RBI. 

 
                            http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1932/B07030BOS1932.htm  





1960: Before 50,556 fans at the Stadium, the Yankees sweep two from the Tigers, winning 7-6 and 6-2.  In the opener, Ryne Duren fans Charlie Maxwell with the bases loaded and two outs in the 9th. Detroit are ahead 2-1 in the nightcap when Norm Cash argues at length about a call at first base, and finally gets ejected. When play resumes, Pete Burnside serves up a 3-run homer to Mickey Mantle batting righty. The Yankees are 23-5 since June 5th, and lead the AL by three games.  

  
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1962: The Yankees swat 5 home runs ~ 2 each by Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, plus one by Bobby Richardson ~ and need them all to edge the A's 8-7. Mantle's second bomb, in the 8th, is the tie breaker.

                           http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1962/B07030NYA1962.htm   

1967: Brian Cashman is born. 

   

1977: Ron Guidry scatters six hits and tosses his second consecutive shutout, a 2-0 Yankee win over Detroit. Roy White breaks up the scoreless game with a double in the 8th inning.  

                            https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B07031NYA1977.htm






2010: The Yankees score all of their runs in the 3rd inning as they roll over the Blue Jays 11-3. Brett Gardner hits his first career grand slam in the outburst. 

                       http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2010/B07030NYA2010.htm 

  

July 2nd

 

On this day in Yankee history... 


1904: Highly-touted Highlanders rookie Walter Clarkson, considered one of the best pitchers in the college ranks in his days at Harvard, makes his major league debut. Clarkson, who also has two brothers in the majors, limits the Senators to eight hits, but the New York offense can manage only four, and Washington prevail 3-2. 

1912: Highlanders starter Russ Ford gives up two inside-the-park homers to Boston's Larry Gardner, but still prevails 9-7. 

                           http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1912/B07020BOS1912.htm   






1931: Babe Ruth homers to drive in a run for the 11th consecutive game as the Yankees thrash the Tigers 13-1. The Bambino has collected 18 RBI during the string. 

                           http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1931/B07020DET1931.htm   





1938: Hal Reniff is born. 

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




1941:  On a sweltering day in front of 52,832 fans at Yankee Stadium, Joe DiMaggio breaks Wee Willie Keeler's 1897 ML record hitting streak of 44 with a three-run homer off Red Sox hurler Dick Newsome. 

                        http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1941/B07020NYA1941.htm  





1946: Before a Stadium crowd of 69,107, Spud Chandler walks nine Red Sox in the first 4 innings but takes a no-hitter into the 9th before Bobby Doerr hits a one-out single. The Yankees preserve a 2-1 win. 

                            http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1946/B07020NYA1946.htm   






1961: The Yankees hit five homers, including numbers 29 and 30 by Roger Maris and number 28 by Mickey Mantle, to roll over the Senators 13-4.   

                        http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1961/B07020NYA1961.htm  




1978: Ron Guidry wins his 13th consecutive game, the best start in Yankee history, in beating Detroit 3-2. With the Yankees down 2-0, Mickey Rivers' long drive to right is caught by a fan reaching down to take it away from Detroit's Mickey Stanley. The fan drops the ball and Stanley, waiting for an interference call, fails to retrieve it. Rivers motors for an inside-the-park homer, and New York tie the game at 2, eventually winning it. 

                        http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1978/B07021NYA1978.htm   






2007: Roger Clemens allows two hits in eight innings against the Twins en route to his 350th win in the major leagues, a 5-1 Yankee victory at the Stadium. The last pitcher to reach 350 victories was Warren Spahn in 1963.

                         http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2007/B07020NYA2007.htm   





2011: The Mets' Jose Reyes, leading the major leagues with a .354 batting average, injures his hamstring in the 2nd inning of today's game with the Yankees and is headed for the DL at a time when trade rumors are swirling around the soon-to-be free agent. The Mets also lose the game 5-2, as Bartolo Colon wins in his first start since returning from a hamstring injury of his own. Curtis Granderson homers for the Yanks. 

                            http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2011/B07020NYN2011.htm

July 1st

 On this day in Yankee history... 

1922: Hank Bauer is born. 

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




1936: Led by Lou Gehrig, who clouts his 33rd homer, the Yankees down the Indians 11-7 at League Park. The loss snaps the Tribe's five-game win streak, and leaves the Yankees 8 1/2 games ahead of Cleveland. Gehrig and Red Rolfe clout homers in the 5th to chase Mel Harder, but the Indians answer with three doubles by Earl Averill and a homer by Hal Trosky. Bump Hadley, with relief from Johnny Murphy, hangs on for his 9th win. 

                       https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1936/B07310CLE1936.htm   







1955: Don Larsen wins 5-2 as the Yankees and Kansas City A's combine for 9 double plays, with the New Yorkers turning 6. Cloyd Boyer, who has 3 of his first 8 pitches hit for home runs ~ by Hank Bauer, Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra ~ takes the loss.  

                
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1962: At D.C. Stadium, Mickey Mantle is on the bench with a wrenched knee, but Bill Skowron supplies the power with a grand slam. The Yankees win 9-5.  

                       https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1962/B07310WS21962.htm    









1963: Ralph Terry uses just 75 pitches in a five-hit 3-2 win over the Kansas City A's. The Yankee hurler has 5 strikeouts and no walks. 

 
                           https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1963/B07310NYA1963.htm 









1977: Graig Nettles scores three runs to lead the Yankees to a 9-2 win over the A's, the 8th win in 9 games for New York. The Yanks are now a half game out of first. 

                         https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B07310OAK1977.htm 






1978: Ed Figueroa notches a complete game 6-1 victory over the Rangers as the Yankees close to within 7 1/2 games of the AL East-leading Red Sox. 

    
                       https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1978/B07310NYA1978.htm   







2007: The Yankees tie a franchise record with 8 home runs in a game ~ not one of them from Alex Rodriguez, who is still one shy of 500. Hideki Matsui homers twice and adding blows are Melky Cabrera, Bobby Abreu, Johnny Damon, Robinson Cano, Shelley Duncan and Jorge Posada in a 16-3 rout of the White Sox. 

                      https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2007/B07310NYA2007.htm   







2016: For the second time in a week, the Yankees trade a top-rank relief pitcher in return for four players. After swapping Aroldis Chapman to the Cubs on July 25th, today they ship Andrew Miller to the Indians for Clint Frazier and pitchers J.P. Feyereisen, Ben Heller and Justus Sheffield.