On this day in Yankee history...
1904: Willie Keeler connects for two home runs, both of them inside the park, as the Highlanders roll up the St. Louis Browns 9-1 at Hilltop Park.
1951: Against Cleveland's Early Wynn, Gene Woodling bangs out his 3rd homer off the Tribe ace this year, as the Yankees win 2-0. Woodling went deep on Wynn on June 24th, July 24th, and today. Mickey Mantle, making his first appearance since his recall from the minors, goes 1 for 4.
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1960: Despite Roy Sievers' two homers and a double, the Yankees beat the White Sox 3-2, dropping Chicago 1 1/2 games off the pace and into a 2nd place tie with the Orioles. Art Ditmar is the winner over Herb Score.
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1968; In a year in which Tigers ace Denny McLain wins 30 games, the Yankees deal him one of only 6 losses, 2-1. The Bombers give Mel Stottlemyre 2 runs in the first inning, and the Yankee starter makes do with them for a complete game 2-1 victory.
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1977: Catfish Hunter notches his final win of the year, an 11-1 four-hit victory over the Twins. The Yankees support Hunter with homers from Roy White, Mickey Rivers, Chris Chambliss and Bucky Dent.
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1983: Brett Gardner is born.
1989: Don Baylor ties a major league record when he is hit by a pitch for the 189th time in his career during a 4-3 Yankee win in Seattle.
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2017: A game between the Tigers and Yankees at Comerica Park is marred by a series of brawls and eight ejections. Things start to get ugly in the 6th when Tommy Kahnle throws a pitch behind Miguel Cabrera's head. Kahnle gets ejected, as does Joe Girardi who comes out to protest, and Austin Romine and Cabrera after they get into a heated argument that see the two
exchange blows and end up wrestling on the ground as both benches empty.
After both teams score three runs in the 7th, Dellin Betances hits Detroit's James McCann with a fastball in the head, and Betances and coach Rob Thomson are both tossed. In the 8th, the Tigers' Alex Wilson plunks Todd Frazer and is ejected as well, along with skipper Brad Ausmus. When the dust settles, the Tigers win the game, 10-6. Five
participants will receive suspensions as a result: 7 games for Cabrera
for inciting the initial brawl, 4 games for Wilson, 1 for Ausmus, 4
games for Gary Sanchez for throwing punches during the brawl, and 2 for Romine.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2017/B08240DET2017.htm
On this day in Yankee history...
1928: The Yankees pick up lefty Tom Zachary on waivers from the Washington Senators.
1930: The Yankees buy Frank Crosetti from the San Francisco Seals but allow him to play another season in the Pacific Coast League before reporting. The Yankees will make a similar arrangement for Joe DiMaggio, buying him from the Seals but waiting a year before bringing him to New York in 1936.
1942: Walter Johnson pitching to Babe Ruth is the pregame attraction that draws 69,000 for the Yankees-Senators game at the Stadium. Donated receipts provide $80,000 to the Army-Navy relief fund. Ruth hits the fifth pitch
into the right-field stands, and then adds one more shot before circling
the bases. Sixteen relief games contribute $523,000 during the season.
1948: Ron Blomberg is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Blomberg
1964: The Yankees top the Red Sox at Fenway 4-3, as Mickey Mantle starts the scoring with a 2-run homer in the 3rd inning off Earl Wilson. New York will now go a tear, winning 26 of their last 33 games.
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1968: Stan Bahnsen outpitches Earl Wilson to give the host Yankees a 2-1 win over the Tigers in the opening game of a doubleheader. The two teams then battle for 19 innings, before the second game is suspended by curfew with the score 3-3. The game will be finished tomorrow. In the long tie, Lindy McDaniel retires 21 straight Tiger batters, six on strikeouts. In his last three relief appearances, he has retired 30 batters in a row.
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1977: Mickey Rivers goes 5 for to lead the Yankees to an 8-3 victory over the White Sox. Combined with a Red Sox loss, the win puts the Yankees in first place, where they will stay until the end.
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1996: The Yankees obtain Graeme Lloyd in exchange for Gerald Williams and pitcher Bob Wickman.
1999: The Yankees score six runs in the 1st inning on their way to a 21-3 rout of the Rangers. Scott Brosius and Joe Girardi ~ the 8th and 9th batters in the New York lineup ~ drive in 13 of the Yankee runs. Derek Jeter scores his 100th run of the year, the first Yank to string together four straight seasons of 100+ runs since Mickey Mantle did it in nine straight campaigns (1953-61).
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2003: Yankee Stadium holds Ron Guidry Day, retiring the lefty's № 49 jersey and unveiling a plaque to him in Monument Park.
On this day in Yankee history...
1939: At Comiskey Park, the Yankees win their first night game in franchise history as they defeat the White Sox 14-5.
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1949: The Yankees buy Johnny Mize from the Giants for $40,000.
1961: Roger Maris, in his record-setting season, becomes the first player to hit his 50th
home run in the month of August. The 26-year old all-star outfielder
connects off Ken McBride of the Angels, but the Yankees lose 4-3.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1961/B08220LAA1961.htm
1964: The Yankees beat the Red Sox 8-0, as Mickey Mantle and Johnny Blanchard both homer, and Roger Maris drives in 3 runs. Mel Stottlemyre wins his 3rd game in a row since being recalled from Richmond. The Yanks end the day 5 1/2 games behind the Orioles, with the White Sox in 2nd place, 1 1/2 games back.
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1996: The Yankees claim Luis Sojo off waivers.
2010: Robinson Cano hits a grand slam and drives in 6 runs in support of CC Sabathia's league-leading 17th win, his 15th straight win at the Stadium, as the Yankees sink the Mariners 10-0.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2010/B08220NYA2010.htm
On this day in Yankee history...
1931: Babe Ruth hits his 600th career home run in an 11-7 win over the Browns at St. Louis.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1931/B08210SLA1931.htm
1991: Bernie Williams strikes out five consecutive times in a 7-4 loss to the Royals to tie the major league mark for a 9-inning game. He's consoled by Yankee hitting coach Frank Howard, one of the 28 batters who share the mark.
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2009: Hideki Matsui hits a pair of three-run homers and drives in 7 as the Yankees thrash the Red Sox 20-11 at Fenway Park. The only highlight for the Sox comes when Jacoby Ellsbury steals his 54th base of the season in the 1st, breaking the franchise record held by Tommy Harper.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2009/B08210BOS2009.htm
2011: With Alex Rodriguez back in the line-up for the first time since July 7th, the Yankees shut out the Twins 3-0. Curtis Granderson, who has had no problem hitting the ball out of the park all year, keeps his 7th-inning hit within the confines, but races around the bases for an inside the park home that doubles the Yankees' lead. Mark Teixeira follows with a more conventional round-tripper, and Ivan Nova improves to 13-4 on the year. A-Rod and Jim Thome become the first members of the 600 home run club to appear in the same game since Willie Mays and Hank Aaron in 1973.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2011/B08210MIN2011.htm
On this day in Yankee history...
1931: At St. Louis, Lou Gehrig hits his 33rd homer in the 4th to tie Babe Ruth for the major league lead, but the Babe answers in the 9th with his 34th, a grand slam over the RF roof, to give the Yankees a 7-3 win over the Browns. Lefty Gomez almost has New York's first shutout season, but he weakens in the 9th.
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1938: Lou Gehrig hits a 1st-inning grand slam, the 2erd and last of his career. It comes off Buck Ross of the A's on the way to an 11-3 Yankee win.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1938/B08200PHA1938.htm
1944: Graig Nettles is born.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graig_Nettles
1961: At Cleveland's Municipal Stadium, both Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris homer in a twinbill sweep. Mantle's 1st-inning three-run homer, and Maris's in the 3rd inning, make it easy for Ralph Terry. In the nightcap, Bill Skowron hits his 21st in the 2nd inning of a 5-2 win.
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1964: On the team bus following a 5-0 loss to the White Sox, Phil Linz begins to play 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' on his harmonica. Manager Yogi Berra orders Linz to stop, then slaps the instrument out of his hands when he
continues playing. The incident is reported as indicating dissension on
the club and Berra's lack of control, as well as saying something about Linz's sense of humour.
1986: Dave Winfield hits his 300th career homer in a losing cause as the Yankees fall to the Mariners 5-2.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1986/B08200NYA1986.htm
2000: Yankee Stadium holds Whitey Ford Day to honour the winningest pitcher in franchise history.
On this day in Yankee history...
1906: During a 10-0 loss to the White Sox, Wee Willie Keeler strikes out for only the second time this year, both times by Chicago spitballer Ed Walsh.
1931: Lou Gehrig plays in his 1000th consecutive game, but the Yankees go down to Detroit 5-4 in 11 innings.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1931/B08180DET1931.htm
1940: Jimmy Powers, sports editor of the Sunday New York Daily News, causes a flap when he suggests that the Yankees' poor play this season can be attributed to 'a mass polio epidemic' contracted from Lou Gehrig. The former Yankee first baseman and his roommate Bill Dickey file suit; the newspaper will retract the story on September 26th and apologize.
1950: A's lefty Lou Brissie gives up just one Yankee hit in the last five innings, but it's a critical one. With the score tied at 2 in the top of the ninth, Joe DiMaggio bangs his 22nd home run of the year to give the third place New
Yorkers a 3-2 win and hand the Connie Mack's boys their sixth straight loss.
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1976: Roy White homers from each side of the plate as the Yankees beat Texas 8-6.
https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1976/B08180NYA1976.htm
1983: In the continuation of the 'Pine Tar Game', Hal McRae strikes out for the last Kansas City out and Dan Quisenberry retires the Yankee in order in the bottom of the 9th to preserve the Royals' 5-4
victory. The conclusion takes just 12 minutes (and 16 pitches) and, as
the only game scheduled at the Stadium, is witnessed by a crowd of 1,245. Billy Martin puts a final twist on things by starting lefty Don Mattingly at 2B, and Ron Guidry in CF.
1989: Dallas Green is fired as manager of the Yankees and replaced by former SS Bucky Dent. It is the 17th time the Yankees have changed managers since George Steinbrenner bought the club in 1973. The 1978 postseason hero loses his managerial debut to the Tigers in Detroit, 7-3.
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1995: Phil Rizzuto announces his retirement as a Yankee broadcaster after 39 years at the microphone, reportedly
because WPIX-TV refused to allow him to miss a game to attend former teammate Mickey Mantle's funeral. Rizzuto eventually will return for the 1996 season.
2007: In a first in Major League history, a player hits a home run off a pitcher who won a Cy Young Award before the hitter was born. Roger Clemens is the hurler, Cameron Maybin of the Tigers the young slugger.The Yankees still get the win, 5-2.
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