On this day in Yankee history...
1903:
At American League Park in Washington, D.C., the New York Highlanders
play their first game, a 3-1 loss to the Washington Senators before
11,850 fans. Washington
elect to bat first, but the visitors score in the bottom of the opening
inning to take a 1-0 lead. Each starter gives up six hits with Jack
Chesbro, the NL's top winner last year (28-6) taking the loss. Al Orth, in his second season with Washington, is the winner.
1915:
In their home opener against the Washington Senators at the Polo
Grounds, the Yankees wear pinstripes for the first time. The first win
in the new uniform will have to wait for another day, however, as the
home side go down 5-1, starter Marty McHale getting the loss.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1915/B04220NYA1915.htm
1923: The first ever Sunday game at Yankee Stadium draws a crowd estimated at 60,000, but the home team suffer their first loss of the year, as they are edged 4-3 by the Washington Senators.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1923/B04220NYA1923.htm
1956:
Yankee starter Don Larsen connects for a grand slam off Frank Sullivan
as the Red Sox, pacing the home side to a 13-6 win at Yankee Stadium.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1956/B04220NYA1956.htm
1959: At Griffith Stadium, Whitey Ford pitches a 14-inning, 1-0 shutout against the Washington Senators, giving up 8 hits while striking out 15. The Yankees go ahead in the first half of the 14th on a Moose Skowron solo home run ~ it is the longest contest in major league history ending 1-0 on a homer.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1959/B04220WS11959.htm
1967: Fritz Maisel dies at the age of 77.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Fritz_Maisel
1993: Murderers' Row shortstop Mark Koenig dies at the age of 88.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/koenima01.shtml
1997: After four months of on-and-off negotiations, the Yankees acquire the rights to Japanese pitcher Hideki Irabu from the Padres $3 million. Irabu's team, the Chiba Lotte Marines, gave the
Padres exclusive rights to the 27-year-old righthander, but Irabu
refused to sign with them, saying he would only go to the Yankees.
2007:
Yankee rookie Chase Wright becomes the first major league pitcher since
1963 to surrender home runs to four consecutive batters, en route to
another dubious distinction, the team's first sweep at the hands of the
Red Sox in Boston in 17 years. Wright will be spared the loss, however,
which falls to Scott Proctor in the 7-6 defeat.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2007/B04220BOS2007.htm
2010: The Yankees turn their first triple play since 1968, but still lose to the A's 4-2, snapping a six-game winning streak.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2010/B04220OAK2010.htm
On this day in Yankee history...
1887: Joe McCarthy is born.
1912:
The New York Highlanders and the New York Giants play an exhibition
game to benefit the survivors of the RMS Titanic. The Giants win 11-2.
2009: Andy Pettitte picks up the win and Mariano Rivera gets the save as New York defeat Oakland 5-3 in the first night game played at the new Yankee Stadium. It is the 57th time that Rivera has saved a Pettitte win, tying the A's duo of Bob Welch and Dennis Eckersley of the late 1980s and early '90s for the highest total in major league history.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2009/B04210NYA2009.htm
On this day in Yankee history...
1912:
The New York Highlanders are the visitors in the first game ever played
at Fenway Park. Red Sox star (and future Hall of Famer) Tris Speaker
delivers the walkoff base hit in the 11th inning of the 7-6 Boston win.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1912/B04200BOS1912.htm
1932: The Yankees draw
the largest paid attendance, 55,452, for any Yankee Stadium opener.
Babe Ruth homers as Lefty Gomez bests Lefty Grove in the 8-3 win over
the Philadelphia A's.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1932/B04200NYA1932.htm
1939: The Red Sox show
off their prize rookie Ted Williams in front of 30,278 on Opening Day
at Yankee Stadium, delayed two days because of rain. After striking out
twice, Williams collects a double off Yankees starter Red Ruffing, will
get the win in the 2-0 result. Lou Gehrig makes an error, goes hitless,
and lines into two double plays in the only game featuring the two great
sluggers. Other notables in what will become an historic box score
include Joe DiMaggio, Bill Dickey, Jimmie Foxx, Joe Cronin, Bobby Doerr,
Red Rolfe, and losing pitcher Lefty Grove. New York score their first
run on a home run by Dickey and their second
tally on an error by Foxx. Boston has baserunners in each inning, but
Ruffing tosses just the second opening day shutout in Yankee history.
Four umpires work the game including third base ump George Pipgras, the
starting pitcher for the Yankees in the 1929 opener against Boston.
Curiously, his opponent for that day was Ruffing.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1939/B04200NYA1939.htm
1961: Don Mattingly is born.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Don_Mattingly
1990: Kyle Higashioka is born.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/higasky01.shtml
On this day in Yankee history...
1928: The Yankees
are out of first place for the first time since May 1926 as they lose
7-6 to the Red Sox in the morning Patriots Day game at Fenway Park.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1928/B04191BOS1928.htm
1949:
The Yankees unveil a granite monument to Babe Ruth. Monument Park,
located in the deep center field area of Yankee Stadium, also includes
monuments to Lou Gehrig and Miller Huggins.
1960: Roger Maris makes his Yankee debut, collecting 4 hits, including 2 home runs, in an 8-4 win over the Red Sox at Fenway.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1960/B04190BOS1960.htm
1979: Rich 'Goose' Gossange and Cliff Johnson brawl in the Yankee clubhouse after
a 6-3 loss to the Orioles. Gossage suffers a sprained ligament in his
thumb, which will keep him out of action until July 12th. As
'punishment' for injuring the team's ace reliever, the Yankees will
trade Johnson to the Indians later in the summer.
2012: Curtis Granderson
has the first three-homer game of his career, and the first of this
major league season, as the Yankees defeat the Twins 7-6. The Grandy Man
homers in his first three at-bats and then collects a
pair of singles to help New York overcome a four-run 1st inning by
Minnesota. Phil Hughes is credited with his first win of the year and
Mark Teixeira also homers for the Bronx Bombers.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2012/B04190NYA2012.htm
On this day in Yankee history...
1923: The
debut of Yankee Stadium is a huge success with an announced attendance
of 74,217, including NY Governor Al Smith, who throws out the first
ball. Yankee starter Bob Shawkey, aided by a three-run home run by Babe
Ruth, beats Howard Ehmke and the Red Sox 4-1.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1923/B04180NYA1923.htm
1929: At Yankee Stadium, Babe Ruth hits a home run in his first at-bat since his marriage the
day before. As he rounds second base tips his hat to his new bride,
Claire Merritt Hodgson. The home side go on to beat the Red Sox 7-3.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1929/B04180NYA1929.htm
1950: At
Fenway Park, Commissioner Happy Chandler gives Ted Williams his AL MVP
award, and then MA Governor Paul Dever tosses out the first ball. To the
delight of 31,822 fans, Boston rip Yankee starter Allie Reynolds for a
five-run 4th inning to drive him from the game and take a 9-0 lead. But
the Yankees score four runs in the 6th off Mel Parnell, and then, down
10-4, unload for nine runs in the 8th. Billy Martin becomes the first
player in major league history to get two base hits
in one inning in his first game. He doubles against Parnell in his first
at-bat in the 8th inning, and then singles off Al Papai. Walt Masterson
gives up Tommy Henrich's second triple of the game before giving way to
four more Boston pitchers. Boo Ferris, pitching in his last game,
allows the last two runs in the 9th inning
as the Yankees chalk up a 15-10 victory, the biggest blown lead the
Red Sox have ever had at Fenway; on June 4, 1989, they'll blow a 10-run
lead at home. Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra, Vern Stephens and Bobby Doerr
have three hits each. Don Johnson is the winning pitcher, his last
victory for New York, with Joe Page turning in a perfect 8th and 9th
innings in relief.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1950/B04180BOS1950.htm
2005: The Yankees score 13 runs in the 2nd inning of a 19-8 romp over Tampa Bay, Alex Rodriguez contributing to the fusillade with a home run and a double. The
last time New York scored 13 runs in an inning was on June 21, 1945, in
the 5th inning of a 14-4 victory against the Red Sox.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2005/B04180NYA2005.htm
2013: The Yankees get some bad news when they learn that Derek Jeter will not be back until the second half of the year after x-rays reveal a
small fracture in the surgically-repaired ankle he broke in last year's ALCS.
On this day in Yankee history...
1929: Babe Ruth marries
actress and model Claire Merritt Hodgson. The ceremony is held at five
o'clock in the morning on Opening Day to avoid crowds.
1939: On
the morning of Opening Day in Washington DC, U.S. President Franklin D.
Roosevelt and the Yankees visit Abner Doubleday's grave at Arlington
National Cemetery. Roosevelt is also scheduled to throw out the first
pitch at Griffith Stadium, but the game is rained out, and Vice
President John Nance Garner will do the honors four days later.
1951:
Mickey Mantle plays his first major league game. With Joe DiMaggio
still ensconced in center field, the rookie touted as the Commerce Comet
makes his Yankee debut in right. Mantle will single and drive in a run
as the Yankees blank the Red Sox 5-0.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1951/B04170NYA1951.htm
1953: Mickey Mantle clears
the bleachers at Griffith Stadium with a 565-foot home run off Chuck
Stobbs. The shot comes in the 5th inning of a 7-3 Yankees victory over
the Washington Senators. It is believed to have been the longest home
run in Griffith Stadium history.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1953/B04170WS11953.htm
On this day in Yankee history...
1929: The
Yankees become the first team in major league baseball to permanently
feature numbers on the backs of their uniforms. The numbers correspond
to each player's position in the batting order. The numbers also allow
fans and broadcasters to identify the players more easily.
2014: The
Yankees sweep a doubleheader from the Cubs behind strong performances
from two newcomers. In the opener, Masahiro Tanaka strikes out 10 and
allows only two singles on bunts in 8 innings in a 3-0 win, and in the
nitecap Michael Pineda gives up four hits over 6 innings for a 2-0 win
that completes the double blanking. It is the first time a team has two
shutouts in one day since June 26, 1988.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2014/B04161NYA2014.htm
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2014/B04162NYA2014.htm
