May 13th

 On this day in Yankee history... 


1929: At Cleveland's League Park, the Indians defeat the Yankees 4-3 in the first game in major league history in which players from both teams wear numbers on the backs of their jerseys. 

                             http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1929/B05130CLE1929.htm  





1955: At the Stadium, Mickey Mantle hits home runs from both sides of the plate for the first time in his major league career. The Yankee slugger finishes the game with three home runs ~ two left-handed and one right-handed ~ and drives in all of his team's runs in a 5-2 victory over the Tigers. Whitey Ford is the winning pitcher and Steve Gromek the loser.  

                          

                         http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1955/B05130NYA1955.htm 






2012: Andy Pettitte returns to action in the Bronx after a one-year absence, but his comeback gets off to a bumpy start with a 6-2 loss to the Mariners. 

  
                        http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2012/B05120NYA2012.htm 
 

May 12th

 

On this day in Yankee history... 


1925: Yogi Berra is born. 

1959: At the Stadium, Yogi commits an error as his errorless streak of 148 games for a catcher comes to an end in a 7-6 Yankee loss to the Indians.

                         http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1959/B05120NYA1959.htm  






1978: At Royals Stadium, a potential game-ending routine fly ball becomes an Amos Otis walk-off inside the park home run as Reggie Jackson and Mickey Rivers collide in the outfield. The misplay turns a sure Goose Gossage save into a sour loss for the current World Champion Yankees.  

                  http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1978/B05120KCA1978.htm

 

May 11th

 On this day in Yankee history... 


1919: Washington Senators' ace Walter Johnson pitches 12 scoreless innings in a duel with Jack Quinn of the Yankees at the Polo Grounds. Johnson allows only two hits and retires the last 28 batters in a row before the game is called on account of darkness. Future NFL Hall of Fame coach George Halas, batting leadoff for the Yanks, goes 0 for 5, striking out twice. 

                       http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1919/B05110NYA1919.htm  





1990: Dave Winfield rejects a trade that would have sent him from the Yankees to the California Angels in exchange for pitcher Mike Witt. A no-trade clause in Winfield's contract gives him the right to turn down the deal. Five days later, Winfield will reach an agreement with the Yankees and give his permission for the trade to take place. 

2006: Hideki Matsui breaks his left wrist and his consecutive games streak ends as the Red Sox beat the Yankees 5-3 at the Stadium. Going back to his days in Nippon Pro Baseball, he had appeared in 1,768 consecutive games. Matsui had played in 518 consecutive games (a record for the start of a career) since joining the Yankees in 2003 after playing in 1,250 straight for the Yomiuri Giants from August 22,1993 through 2002.  

                                 http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2006/B05110NYA2006.htm

May 10th

 

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

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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

 

May 9th

 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

May 8th

 

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. 

   http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2010/B05080BOS2010.htm 

 

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

 

May 7th

 

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