On this day in Yankee history...
1868: Ed Barrow is born.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ed_Barrow
1913: The Yankees commit
eight errors, but still end up beating the Tigers 10-9 in 10 innings.
Three of the miscues are by SS Claud Derrick, who will field just .872
for the year. In a move 10 days later that is perhaps related, the Yanks
deal for SS Roger Peckinpaugh.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1913/B05100DET1913.htm
1926: At
Yankee Stadium, Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig hit back-to-back homers off
Tiger starter Sam Gibson, and the homesiders outscore the Tigers 13-9.
Herb Pennock is the winner.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1926/B05100NYA1926.htm
1934: Lou Gehrig hits
two home runs (one a grand slam) and a pair of doubles, tying the
record with four long hits, and drives in seven runs, but leaves the
game after five innings with a severe cold. The Bronx Bombers top the
White Sox 13-3. During the game, Yankee LF Ben Chapman shouts racial
slurs at a Jewish fan. In 1947, he will lead the dugout bigots in
protest of Jackie Robinson.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1934/B05100NYA1934.htm
1936: By
beating the A's 7-2 at home, the Yankees move into first place and will
remain there the rest of the season. Rookie Joe DiMaggio makes his
belated home debut and hits his first home run, off George Turbeville.
Lou Gehrig has four hits and two RBIs, while Johnny 'Grandma' Murphy, in
his first start of the season, picks up the win.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1936/B05100NYA1936.htm
1937: Monte Pearson pitches
a one-hitter in topping the White Sox 6-0. Joe DiMaggio hits his first
two homers of the year for the Yankees, and George Selkirk his fifth.
Chicago's only hit is a one-out first inning single by Larry Rosenthal,
who is erased on a double play.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1937/B05100CHA1937.htm
1959: The
Yankees sweep two from the Washington Senators at the Stadium, winning
6-3, and then 3-2 in 19 innings. Mickey Mantle's homer in the 3rd inning
of the opener starts the Yanks scoring as they beat Chuck Stobbs.
Mantle singles and scores the winning run in the 10th inning of the
nitecap. Yogi Berra has a home run in the nitecap and sets a new
major-league record for consecutive errorless games by a catcher with
148.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1959/B05101NYA1959.htm
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1959/B05102NYA1959.htm
1996: David Cone undergoes surgery to remove an aneurysm in his pitching arm.
2015: In
action against the Orioles, Michael Pineda strikes out a career-high 16
batters in 7 innings in picking up a 6-2 win. The 16 K's are tied for
second-most in Yankee history, and most by a right-hander, the team
record being 18 by Ron Guidry. The Orioles set team records for most
strikeouts against one pitcher, and most in a game, as they whiff two
more times in the final two innings to end up with 18.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2015/B05100NYA2015.htm
On this day in Yankee history...
1903: The
Boston Americans top the visiting New York Highlanders 12-5, with a
little help from umpire Bob Caruthers, who ejects New York pitcher Jesse
Tannehill and 2B Jimmy Williams for arguing balls and strikes.
1930: The
Yankee and Tiger outfielders make only two putouts for an AL record
which has never been equaled. (The NL record for idleness is one chance ~
Pittsburgh vs. Brooklyn on August 26, 1910). Detroit's George Uhle
strikes out 8 in winning 5-4, and dropping the Yanks to 7th place. Hank
Johnson (7 innings) and George Pipgras are the New York hurlers.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1930/B05090NYA1930.htm
1953: At
Fenway Park, the first-place Yanks beat the Red Sox 6-4. Mickey Mantle
hits one homer off Bill Werle, and is robbed of another when Jimmy
Piersall makes a sensational catch at the Sox bullpen in right-center
field.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1953/B05090BOS1953.htm
1966: At
Minneapolis, the 6-20 Yankees edge the Twins 3-2. Roger Maris and
Mickey Mantle both homer, and Joe Pepitone delivers the game-winning
roundtripper in the 9th.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1966/B05090MIN1966.htm
1999: The
Yankees defeat the Mariners 6-1. Relief pitcher Mike Stanton makes his
first major league start for New York, ending his record streak of 552 consecutive relief appearances prior to his first start. The previous record of 443 was set by Gary Lavelle of the Giants.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1999/B05090NYA1999.htm
2012: The
Yankees find out what it's like to not have the greatest closer of
modern times available to pitch for them, as David Robertson blows a
1-0, 9th-inning lead against the Rays. He loads the bases quickly, then
gives up a game-tying sacrifice fly to B.J. Upton and a three-run homer
to Matt Joyce as Tampa Bay win 4-1. These are the first runs given
up by Robertson this year; he had been successful in his first
opportunity to close in place of the injured Mariano Rivera yesterday.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2012/B05090NYA2012.htm
On this day in Yankee history...
1915: The Yankees pound
the Red Sox 10-3, scoring all of their runs in the 4th inning. Sixteen
Yanks come to the plate in the frame. The only extra base hit, however,
is Wally Pipp's triple.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1915/B05080NYA1915.htm
1927: A record 52,000 fans come out to Comiskey Park, but Waite Hoyt spoils the party for
the home team by winning one of his league-leading 22 games 9-0 ~ it is
the second straight day that the White Sox have been shut out. Hoyt's
batterymate Pat Collins homers in the 7th, while Lou Gehrig adds a pair
of triples.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1927/B05080CHA1927.htm
1964: In
Cleveland, there are tornado warnings, but New York supply the damage
when Mickey Mantle launches a three-run homer off Tommy John in the 4th
inning to lead the Yanks to a 10-3 win.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1964/B05080CLE1964.htm
1991: Gambler
Howard Spira is found guilty of trying to extort money from George
Steinbrenner. Spira had already received $40,000 from the Yankee owner.
1994: Danny Tartabull, Mike Stanley and Gerald William hit back-to-back-to-back home runs for the Yankees in the 6th inning of New York's 8-4 win over the Red Sox.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1994/B05080NYA1994.htm
2010: Snapping
out of what is for him a typical cold start to the season, Mark
Teixeira hits three homers and drives in 5 runs to lead New York to a
14-3 win over the Red Sox at Fenway Park; he is the second player in
Yankee history to hit three long balls in a game against Boston, after
Lou Gehrig. Francisco Cervelli, starting because of an injury to Jorge
Posada, also drives in 5 runs. Teixeira's last dinger is hit against
outfielder Jonathan Van Every, making the second pitching appearance of
his career. The game is interrupted for 1:15 by a rain delay in the 5th
inning, forcing starter CC Sabathia out early and giving Alfredo Aceves
the win.
2013: The
injury-riddled Yankees struggle to put together a line-up, today
batting pitcher David Phelps 8th and playing outfielder Vernon Wells at
third base for an inning in his first career appearance at the position,
but they manage to keep on winning. Wells hits a two-run homer in the
1st, then in the 9th Joe Girardi uses a pinch-hitter for 3B Chris Nelson
in scoring the deciding run in a 3-2 win over the Rockies. Out of
back-up infielders, he puts Wells at the hot corner for the bottom of
the 9th. Wells successfully fields a ground ball as Mariano Rivera
records his 12th save of the year ~ and the first of his career at Coors
Field.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2013/B05080COL2013.htm
On this day in Yankee history...
1896: Tom Zachary is born.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Tom_Zachary
1913: Ray Keating throws a one-hitter at the Tigers, allowing just a second-inning single to Chas Deal in the 6-0 win.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1913/B05070DET1913.htm
1959: A
crowd of 93,103 comes to the Los Angeles Coliseum on Roy Campanella
Night to show their affection for the paralyzed former Dodger catcher.
The Dodgers are beaten by the Yankees 6-2 in an exhibition game that
follows the ceremonies. The crowd sets a record for a baseball game that
will not be broken until the Dodgers return to the Coliseum for another
exhibition contest on March 29, 2008.
1966: After
only four wins in the first twenty games, Yankee manager Johnny Keane
is fired and replaced by the team's GM and former skipper Ralph Houk.
1999: Hideki Irabu opposes Mac Suzuki of the Mariners in the first match-up of Japanese starting pitchers in major league history.
2017: In
a nationally televised Sunday night game, the Yankees defeat the Cubs
5-4 in 18 innings at Wrigley Field. The longest interleague game in
history features a record 48 strikeouts ~ 26 by Yankees pitchers, and 22
by the Cubs. New York seem on their way to a victory with a 4-1 lead in
the 9th, but Aroldis Chapman allows three runs, the last on a
bases-loaded HBP of Anthony Rizzo. There is no more scoring until the
top of the 18th, when Aaron Hicks, who has struck out four times in the
game, leads off with a bunt single off Pedro Strop and moves to second
on catcher Willson Contreras' throw, which ends up in right field. After
moving to third, he scores on Starlin Castro's infield grounder, when
shortstop Addison Russell's throw home is wide of the mark. Chasen
Shreve pitches three scoreless innings for the win, which he ends by
striking out pitcher Kyle Hendricks, who came in as a pinch-hitter with
runners on first and second.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2017/B05070CHN2017.htm
On this day in Yankee history...
1925: Everett Scott is
benched, ending his streak of 1,307 consecutive games played that
started in 1918 while he was with the Red Sox. Scott, who gives way to
Pee Wee Wanninger at shortstop, has the longest playing streak to that
point, but his record will be broken by Lou Gehrig.
On the same day, Bob Cerv is born.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bob_Cerv
1969: Hideki Irabu is born.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/i/irabuhi01.shtml
2010: Andy Pettitte earns
his fourth win of the year against no losses in beating the Orioles
7-5, but the veteran Yankee starter has to be removed from the game
after only 77 pitches and undergoes an MRI on his left elbow. The test
reveals no structural damage, but Pettitte will have to rest until the
inflammation goes away. He will retire after this season, then make a
comeback in 2012.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2010/B05050NYA2010.htm
