October 18th

 On this day in Yankee history... 


1931: Andy Carey is born. 

1960: Instituting a mandatory retirement age of 65, Yankees co-owners Dan Topping and Del Webb relieve manager Casey Stengel of his duties. He posted a 1,149-696 record for the club, including 10 AL pennants and seven World Championships. 

1977: Reggie Jackson becomes known as 'Mr. October' after he hits three consecutive home runs on as many pitches in Game 6 of the World Series. Jackson leads the Yankees to an 8-4 victory and the World Championship over the Dodgers. 

                        https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1977/B10180NYA1977.htm    











2007: Joe Torre is out after 12 seasons as manager of the Yankees when he refuses to take a large pay cut to return in 2008. The team have reached the postseason in all of Torre's seasons at the helm. 

2017: The Yankees win their third straight game in the ALCS to take a 3 games to 2 lead over the Astros. Masahiro Tanaka baffles the Houston hitters over 7 innings, giving up just 3 hits and a walk, while the Yankees take the lead in the 2nd on an RBI single by Greg Bird and keep adding to it until finishing with a 5-0 win. 

                          https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2017/B10180NYA2017.htm 

October 17th

 On this day in Yankee history...     

 

1908: Red Rolfe is born. 

                                                 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Rolfe     





1964: Despite having finished with a 99-63 record, the Yankees fire manager Yogi Berra after losing the World Series to the Cardinals in seven games. St. Louis skipper Johnny Keane resigns unexpectedly. He will take the Yankee job, which opens after the firing of Berra. 

1978: The Yankees win their fourth straight game over the Dodgers 7-2 to clinch their second consecutive World Championship. Brian Doyle and Series MVP Bucky Dent have three hits apiece. 

                    https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1978/B10170LAN1978.htm    










1985: Lou Piniella is named manager of the Yankees, replacing Billy Martin, who had piloted New York to second place with a 91-54 record. 

2000: In a come-from-behind 9-7 victory over the Mariners,  David Justice propels the Yankees with a three-run home run to their record 37th AL pennant, setting up a Subway Series in NYC for the first time in 44 years. 

                        https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2000/B10170NYA2000.htm  












2003:  Early editions of the New York Post include an editorial claiming the Yankees lost to the Red Sox in Game 7 of the ALCS played yesterday. Although New York trailed the Red Sox early, the team rallied to beat their arch rival 6-5 in 11 innings. 

2009: The Yankees take a 2-0 lead over the Angels in the ALCS by winning a 13-inning marathon 4-3 at the Stadium. Alex Rodriguez homers off Brian Fuentes in the bottom of the 11th to tie the game, and the winning run scores when Maicer Izturis throws the ball away while trying to start an inning-ending double play, allowing Jerry Hairston Jr. to score from second.  

                     
                        https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2009/B10170NYA2009.htm   






 

2017: The Yankees even the ALCS with a 6-4 win over the Astros in Game 4. The Astros head into the bottom of the 7th leading 4-0, thanks in part to a bases-clearing double by Yuli Gurriel, but Aaron Judge gets the Yankees on the scoreboard with a huge homer, then adds a run-scoring double that ties the game in a four-run 8th inning during which New York bats around against three Houston relievers. Gary Sanchez drives in three runs for the Bombers. 

                      https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2017/B10170NYA2017.htm   






 

October 16th

 On this day in Yankee history... 

1921:  In defiance of a Kenesaw Mountain Landis ban on World Series participants playing post-season exhibitions, Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel and Bill Piercy launch a barnstorming tour in Buffalo. Five days later, they cut it short in Scranton. In the meantime Ruth openly challenges Judge Landis to act. The judge does, fining the players their World Series shares ($3,362.26), and suspending them until May 20th of the following season. 

1923: Soon after Babe Ruth receives his World Series winner's share of $6,160.46, insurance agent Harry Heilmann, who beat Ruth for the batting title by 10 points, sells him a $50,000 life insurance policy. Beneficiaries are Mrs. Ruth and adopted daughter Dorothy. 

1936: Lou Gehrig, who hit .354 with 49 home runs, 167 runs, and 152 RBI, is voted AL MVP.  

1962: With the tying and winning runs in scoring position, Willie McCovey of the Giants hits a hard line drive directly at second baseman Bobby Richardson for the final out, and the Yankees win Game 7 by a score of 1-0 for their 20th World Series title.  

 
                       https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1962/B10160SFN1962.htm    










2003: Aaron Boone. Enough said. 

 

  
   
                            https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2003/B10160NYA2003.htm   










2009: The Yankees take Game 1 of the ALCS with a 4-1 win over the Angels at the Stadium. The Yanks take advantage of three Angel errors to score their runs, but the critical play is a two-out pop-up that falls untouched between 3B Chone Figgins and SS Erick Aybar in the 1st, allowing Johnny Damon to score the home team's second run. CC Sabathia pitches 8 innings for the win and Mariano Rivera gets the save. 

                         https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2009/B10160NYA2009.htm 










2017:  The Yankees notch their first win in the ALCS by defeating the Astros 8-1 in Game 3 at home. Three-run homers by Todd Frazier and Aaron Judge help New York build an 8-0 lead by the end of the 4th, and they cruise from there as CC Sabathia is the winner over Charlie Morton. 

                       https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2017/B10160NYA2017.htm 

October 15th

 On this day in Yankee history... 

1923: The Yankees score five runs in the 8th inning to post a comeback victory in the sixth and final game of the World Series for the franchise's first World Championship. Babe Ruth hits a 1st-inning home run in the Yankees' 6-4 win victory over the crosstown Giants. 

                     https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1923/B10150NY11923.htm  










1978: In Game 5 of the World Series, the Yankees pound the Dodgers with a barrage of 18 hits, 16 of them singles, on the way to a 12-2 win. Rookie starter Jim Beattie goes the distance for the win, as New York now take a 3-2 lead in games. 

                             https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1978/B10150NYA1978.htm 









2001: The Yankees beat the Oakland A's 5-3 to win the ALDS. New York become the first team ever to win a best-of-five series after losing the first two games at home. 

                    https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2001/B10150NYA2001.htm    

October 14th

 On this day in Yankee history... 

 
1923: Joe Bush spins a three-hitter as the Yankees beat the New York Giants 8-1 in Game 5 of the World Series. The Yanks now lead 3 games to 2.  

                    https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1923/B10140NYA1923.htm    











1964: In Game 6 of the World Series at St. Louis, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle hit back-to-back home runs on consecutive pitches from Curt Simmons of the Cardinals, and Joe Pepitone belts a grand slam. The Yankees win 8-3 to force a seventh game. 

                         https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1964/B10140SLN1964.htm     





Off the field, Joe Girardi is born. 

1976: Chris Chambliss hits a 9th-inning home run off Mark Littell of the Royals to give the Yankees a 7-6 win over Kansas City in the ALCS, and their first AL pennant in 12 years.  

                      https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1976/B10140NYA1976.htm     













2000: Roger Clemens strikes out an ALCS record-setting 15 batters and tosses a 1-hitter in beating the Mariners 5-0, as the Yankees take a 3-1 series lead.  

                             https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2000/B10140SEA2000.htm










2008: Tom Tresh dies at the age of 70. 

October 13th

 On this day in Yankee history... 

1924: Charlie Silvera is born. 

                                       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Silvera





1978: Manning his position at third base, Graig Nettles puts on a fielding clinic and prevents an estimated seven runs as the Yankees beat the Dodgers 5-1 in Game 3 of the World Series. Nettles makes four spectacular stops and gives the Yankees their first victory of the October Classic. 

                         https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1978/B10130NYA1978.htm   










1996: Powered by three home runs in the 3rd inning and eight strong innings from Andy Pettitte, the Yankees win their 34th AL pennant with a 6-4 victory over Baltimore. The Yankees take the ALCS 4 games to 1, and will go to the World Series for the first time since 1981.  

                        https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1996/B10130BAL1996.htm     










1998: The Yankees advance to the World Series for a record 35th time after beating the Cleveland Indians 9-5 to win the ALCS in six games. 

                    https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1998/B10130NYA1998.htm    










2000: Mariano Rivera breaks Whitey Ford's record for consecutive scoreless innings pitched in postseason play with 33 1/3 blank frames, as the Yankees batter the Mariners 8-2 to take a 2 games to 1 lead in the ALCS. 

                      https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2000/B10130SEA2000.htm    

 

2001: The Derek Jeter 'Flip Play'. 

 

 
https://www.sportscasting.com/derek-jeters-flip-against-the-athletics-still-one-of-the-best-defensive-plays-ever/




2012:  In Game 1 of the ALCS, Raul Ibanez hits a homer to cap a game-tying four-run outburst against Tigers' closer Jose Valverde in the 9th inning, but Detroit manage to overcome the psychological blow to win 6-4 in 12 innings. Derek Jeter collects the 200th postseason hit of his career in the game ~ second place on the all-time list is held by his long-time teammate Bernie Williams with 128 ~ but he then suffers a broken ankle while fielding a ground ball in the 12th, putting him out for the rest of the postseason. 

                           https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2012/B10130NYA2012.htm       

October 12th

 On this day in Yankee history... 

1948: The Yankees announce that Casey Stengel has been hired to replace Bucky Harris as their manager. Stengel, who receives a two-year contract, will lead the Yankees to five consecutive World Championships beginning in 1949.  

2012: Behind CC Sabathia, the Yankees fight off the pesky Orioles 3-1 in Game 5 of the ALDS.  Sabathia allows only 4 hits in a dominant complete game effort. With Alex Rodriguez on the bench, New York score twice in 6 innings against Jason Hammel, and Curtis Granderson adds a solo homer in the 7th. The Orioles score once in the 8th, but never mount a significant threat against the Yankee ace. 

                   https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2012/B10120NYA2012.htm