On this day in Yankee history...
1920: Indians shortstop Ray Chapman, 29, is beaned by a Carl Mays fastball. A right-handed batter who crowds the plate, Chapman freezes and fails to get out of the way of the submarine delivery. He is carried from the field and dies the next day from a fractured skull. Mays, a surly, unpopular pitcher, is the target of fans' and players' outrage. Chapman, a Cleveland favourite since breaking in in 1912, had been married the previous year. In October his widow will receive a full World Series share of $3,986.34. The incident has no effect on Mays's pitching. One week later he will blank Detroit 10-0 and go on to win 26 and lose 11. Joe Sewell will be called up to take Chapman's place, and for 14 years he will be the hardest man to strike out in the Major Leagues.
1922: Gene Woodling is born.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Gene_Woodling
1948: Babe Ruth dies at the age 53.
1961: Roger Maris ties an AL record with his 7th home run in his 6th straight game, as the Yankees beat the White Sox 5-4 in the 9th inning. His two blasts off Billy Pierce give him 48, three more than Mickey Mantle.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1961/B08160NYA1961.htm
1977: At the Stadium, the Yankees blow a 9-4 lead in the top of the 9th when the White Sox score six runs, but a two-run homer by Chris Chambliss in the bottom of the inning gives the homesiders a walkoff win.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B08160NYA1977.htm
2009: Derek Jeter hits an RBI double off Seattle's Doug Fister in the 3rd for his 2,674th hit as a shortstop, surpassing Luis Aparicio's all-time leading total for the position. The Yankees lose the game 10-3, however, as Fister records his first win in the majors.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2009/B08160SEA2009.htm
2016: Gary Sanchez homers twice for the Yankees, but his opposite number Russell Martin does the same for the Blue Jays, leading the way to Toronto's 12-6 win. It is the first time in AL history that both starting catchers have gone deep twice in the game.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2016/B08160NYA2016.htm
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