June 22nd- June 28th
June 22nd
1890 - Former Yankees OF Mickey Fitzgerald (1911) was born. Mike hit .270 in 19 games during the 1911 season.
1912 - The Red Sox beat the Yankees, by a score of 10-3, to complete a 5-game sweep, in which they score 55 runs against the Yankees during the series.
1916 - Red Sox starter Babe Ruth almost duplicates teammate Rube Foster's no-hitter, allowing just 3 singles, 2 by Frank Gilhooley, in beating the Yankees, in a 1-0 victory. The game takes only 1 hour, 18 minutes.
1928 - Journeyman hurler Hank Johnson of the Yankees blanks the star-studded Athletics 4-0. In the game for Connie Mack's team are Ty Cobb, Mickey Cochrane, Al Simmons, Jimmie Foxx, Eddie Collins, Tris Speaker and Lefty Grove, who were future Hall of Famers.
1930 - Yankees Slugger Babe Ruth ties a MLB record by hitting 5 HRs in 2 games and 6-homers in 3 games. The Yankees outfielder hits 3 HRs in the 2nd game of the doubleheader yesterday, 2 homers in today's opener and 1 more in the nightcap.
1930 - Lou Gehrig hits 3 HRs in the 2nd game of doubleheader against the A’s. The Yankees sweep the doubleheader beating the A’s by scores of 10-1 and 20-13.
1934 - The Tigers takes over 1st place in the AL, beating the Senators by a score of 11-3, dislodging the Yankees, who lose by a score of 4-1 to the Indians.
1936 - Former Yankees P Jim Bronstad (1959) was born. Jim went 0-3 in 16 games with 2 saves with the Yankees in 1959. In 1963, Jim was purchased by the Senators from the Yankees. Jim was pitching at the Yankees Richmond (AAA) at the time of the trade.
1959 - At Kansas City, Mickey Mantle drives in 6 runs with a triple and 2 HRs to lead New York to a 13- 6 victory. Bill “Moose” Skowron adds his 4th HR in 4 days to move Yankees to 3 games out of 1st place in the AL.
1961 - Yankees RF Roger Maris leads the Yankees on an 8 -3 thrashing of the A's by belting his 27th HR of the year. He adds 2 doubles and a single. Maris has now, has hit 20 HRs in the past 30 days (May 24th-June 22nd) to tie the MLB mark set by NL slugger Ralph Kiner in 1947.
1965 - Ray Barker's MLB-record-tying 2nd consecutive pinch-hit HR is wasted in a 1st-game, 6 -2 Yankees loss to the A's. Mickey Mantle adds an HR in the opener, but in the 4 -2 nightcap win, he tries to score from 2nd on a wild pitch and snaps a upper-thigh hamstring. He will be out for 3 weeks. The June 21st Sports Illustrated cover features Mickey Mantle with the prescient title "New York Yankees: End of an Era?"
1977 - Yankees 3B Graig Nettles hits a 3-run Home Run along with Reggie Jackson’s 2-run triple snap the Yankees 5 game losing streak and create a come from behind 12-11 victory at Detroit.
1996 - In Cleveland, Ruben Sierra HRs from both sides of the plate as the Yankees beat the Indians, by a score of 11- 9. One of Sierra's HRs comes in the 9-run, 6th inning by the Yankees. Albert Belle, back from a 2-game suspension, is 3-for-5 with a HR, while Eddie Murray adds his 488th MLB career HR for the Tribe. The game takes 4-hours, 10 minutes to play.
June 23rd
1907 - Former Yankees OF Allen “Dusty” Cooke (1930-32) was born. Dusty hit .294 in 122 games for the Yankees.
1915 - Former Yankees C Aaron Robinson (1943, 1945-47) was born. Aaron was the Yankees catcher from 1945-47, sharing duties with Yogi Berra (1947) and Sherman Lollar (1947) before being traded for White Sox starter Eddie Lopat in February of 1948.
1915 - The Yankees a draw a record 16 walks in one-9-inning game against A’s pitcher Bruno P. Haas. It was Haas 1st MLB game; he added 3 wild pitches to the fire, which lead to a 15-0 defeat of the A’s.
1917 - Yankees purchase shortstop Aaron Ward and OF Howie Camp from Louisville (Southern League). Aaron Ward would play shortstop for the Yankees for 10 seasons, while Camp hit .286 and was released in 1917.
1924 - Former Yankees P Harry “Lefty” Schaeffer (1952) was born. Harry went 0-1 in 5 games for the Yankees during the 1952 AL season.
1927 - At Boston, Lou Gehrig leads New York to an 11- 4 victory by hitting 3 HRs, a 1st at Fenway Park. Gehrig hits a 2-run HR in the 2nd inning, adding solo HR shots in the 6th and 8th innings, off of Red Sox P Danny MacFayden. He adds a single to his total as Yankees starter Dutch Ruether coasts to the win.
1932 - Yankees 1st baseman Lou Gehrig plays his 1,103rd successive game in a New York uniform, equaling Joe Sewell's record with one team (Cleveland Indians).
1935 - The league-leading Yanks (37-22) lose their 3rd game in a row, dropping a 6 -5 decision to the 2nd-place Indians. Red Rolfe's error in the 8th inning allows the Tribe to tie and Lefty Gomez losses 2 wild pitches in a row in the 9th inning to allow Joe Vosmik to get to 3B. Abe Wright's single brings home the winner. Mel Harder, in relief in the 9th inning, wins his 11th game of the 1935 season.
1950 - Eleven Home Runss, an MLB record drive in all the runs scored in a 10-9, Tiger victory over the Yankees before a crowd of 51,000 Tiger fans at Briggs Stadium. Detroit has 4 HRs in the 4th inning as Dizzy Trout, Gerry Priddy, Vic Wertz, and Hoot Evers connected. Pitcher Dizzy Trout's HR, off of Yankees P Tommy Byrne, is his 2nd career grand slam. Hoot Evers hits another HR, an inside-the-park 2-run game winner in the 9th inning off of Yankees closer Joe Page to win it. For Yankees, Hank Bauer connects for 2 HRs, including 1 in the 4th inning. Joe DiMaggio, Jerry Coleman, Yogi Berra, and pinch hitter Tommy Henrich also belt round trippers. It is the 1st time that 9 different players connected for HRs in a game.
1957 - Prime Minister Kishi of Japan, wearing a Yankees cap, is one of 63,787 fans at Yankee Stadium to see New York split a doubleheader with the White Sox, winning the 1st game by a score of 9-2, then dropping the 2nd game by a score of 4-3. Mickey Mantle goes 6-for-9 as the Yankees maintain their 1½ game lead over the White Sox. Mantle is leading the AL in hitting; HR’s and is 1 run behind the Senators' Roy Sievers in RBIs.
1959 - The Yankees ride on 2-run HRs from Mickey Mantle, Hank Bauer and Gil McDougald to a 10-2 win over A’s. Yankees starter Whitey Ford throws a complete game victory, giving up 5 hits, 2 runs and 5 strikeouts for his 7th victory of the 1959 AL season.
1960 - Former Yankees P Jim Deshaies (1984) was born. On June 7, 1982, Jim was drafted by the Yankees in the 21st round of the 1982 amateur player draft. Jim went 0-1 in 2 games for the Yankees in 1984. On September 15, 1985, Jim was traded by the Yankees along with minor league players to be named later to the Astros for veteran hurler Joe Niekro. The Yankees would later sent Neder Horta on September 24, 1985 and Dody Rather on January 11, 1986 to the Astros to complete the trade.
1962 - All Star CF Mickey Mantle returns to the Yankees regular lineup, hitting HRs against Tigers starter Paul Foytack. But it is not enough as Detroit wins, the game by a score of 5-4.
1963 - A MLB fielding record is set by Boston's 1B Richard Stuart, better known as "Dr. Strange Glove" handles 3 1st-inning grounders and tosses to P Bob Heffner for putouts. Stuart's teammates and Fenway Park fans give him a standing ovation. The Yankees beat the Red Sox 8-0, behind Jim Bouton’s complete game victory. Bouton wins his 10th game of the 1963 AL season. While RF Roger Maris hits his 14th HR of the season to lead the Yankees hitting attack.
1964 - Charlie Lau ties a MLB record with 2 pinch hits in the 8th inning of Baltimore's 9-8 win over the Yankees. The O's, losing score 7 runs in the inning after two outs. Yankees manager Yogi Berra is criticized by some of his players for lifting starter Roland Sheldon, who was leading 7-2, having allowed just 2 solo HRs by Boog Powell. Yankees rookie reliever Pete Mikkelsen cannot hold the lead as the Orioles move into 1st place.
1966 - At Yankees Stadium, hurler Jim Palmer beats the Yankees, 5-2, for an Oriole victory. Yankees starter Al Downing takes the loss dropping his 5th decision of the 1966 AL season. Mickey Mantle and Joe Pepitone, each hit solo HRs off of Orioles starter Jim Palmer for the only Yankee runs in the game.
1967 - Former Yankees INF/OF Hensley “Bam-Bam” Meulens (1989-1993) was born. Hensley was signed by the Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1985. He really didn’t live up to his hype as power hitter. In 1991, he won the James P. Dawson award for best Yankee rookie in spring training camp. Hensley was released by the Yankees, after the 1993 AL season.
1988 - Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner fires Manager Billy Martin for the 5th time, replacing him with Lou Piniella. In 1985, Piniella was fired and replaced by Martin. In 1985, Martin was fired and replaced by Lou Piniella. New York's 40-28 record is the 4th best in the MLB, but the Yankees had just completed a 2-7 road trip.
1989 - Former Yankees P Rick Anderson (1979) passed away (1955-1989). Jim was 0-0 in one game with the Yankees in 1979. He was unable to crack into the Yankees bullpen of Rich Gossage, Ron Davis and others. On January 12, 1972, he was drafted by the Yankees in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1972 amateur player draft (Secondary Phase). On November 1, 1979, Rick was traded by the Yankees along with P Jim Beattie, OF Juan Beniquez, and C Jerry Narron to the Mariners for OF Ruppert Jones and P Jim Lewis.
1995 - Former Yankees 1st/OF ‘Marvelous' Marvin Throneberry (1955, 1958-59), known best by his playing antics with the Mets, dies from cancer at age 60. After unable to beat out Bill Skowron at 1st base, Marv was part of the Roger Maris trade with Kansas City A’s in December of 1959. He will become the 1st ex-Yankee MLB player to play for the Mets in 1962. During his MLB career Marv played for the Yankees, A’s, Orioles and finishing up with the Mets. His brother Faye also played in AL, as an outfielder during the 1950’s. He will later become a minor league team radio announcer. During the 1980’s, Marv did appear in the Miller Beer TV commercials with other former star MLB players, with a line, “I don’t know, why I am doing here.”
1996 - The Yankees completed a 4-game sweep of the Indians in Cleveland for the first time since the 1964 AL season.
1997 - In Detroit, Yankees starter David Cone strikes out 16 Tiger batters, his highest game total in 6 years, as Cecil Fielder hits a 3-run HR as New York wins, by a score of 5-2. Cone, who had shoulder surgery to repair an aneurysm on May 10, 1996, allows onlly 4 hits, including HRs by Bob Hamelin and Damion Easley, in 8 innings.
2000 - Former Yankees C Bob Tillman (1967) passed away (1937 - 2000). Bob hit .254 in 22 games for the Yankees after coming from the Red Sox during the 1967 AL season. In the winter of 1967, Bob was traded to the Braves along with P Dale Roberts for Braves 3rd baseman Bobby Cox.
2001 - The Yankees attempt to shore up their bullpen by getting Pitcher Jay Witasick from the Padres for minor league INF prospect D'Angelo Jimenez. The Yankees 1st choice, Montreal Expos Pitcher Ugueth Urbina, failed to pass a physical and will end up with their rivals, the Red Sox. Jay Witasick was a major disappointment for the Yankees, going 3-0 in 32 games. On December 13, 2001, Jay was traded by the Yankees to the Giants for OF/1B John Vander Wal.
June 24th
1908 - Charging the Highlander owners with refusing to spend money to build a winning team, Manager Clark Griffith resigns; Kid Elberfeld replaces him following today's 6-6 tie game with the A's. New York fades fast and finishes last in the AL with 103 losses.
1930- The Yankees sweep their 2nd consecutive doubleheader from the A’s by scores of 10-6 and 11-1, as Yankees slugger Babe Ruth hits 2 more HRs and sets an MLB record with 8 HRs in 6 games.
1933 - Yankees sign veteran hurler George Uhle (1933-34) after his release by the Giants. George would go 8-5 in 22 games with Yankees.
1934 - After being hitless in his last 21 at bats, Yankees slugger Babe Ruth hits a grand slam HR in a 5-0 Yankee win over the White Sox.
1936 - Yankees Rookie CF Joe DiMaggio ties 3 MLB records in New York's 10-run, 5th inning against the White Sox, hitting 2 HRs for 8 total bases. With 2 doubles, he equals the modern record of 4 long hits in a game.
1950 - Art Houtteman pitches Tigers to a 4-1 win over the Yankees. Yogi Berra's homer is the only Yankee score, as New York loses their 4th straight and 8th in 12 games. Detroit now leads the AL by 3 games.
1958 - The Yankees erupt for 5 runs in the 4th inning off of starter Early Wynn to beat the White Sox, by a score of 6-2 at Comiskey Park. Mickey Mantle's clout into the CF bleachers leads off the 4th inning, followed by a single, walk and Jerry Lumpe's 1st MLB career HR and an HR by Norm Siebern. Yankees closer Ryne Duren strikeouts 6 of the last 9 White Sox batters to preserve Yankees starter Bob Turley's win.
1962 - A marathon game between the Tigers and Yankees ends in the 22nd inning, when Jack Reed's HR, his only MLB career HR gives Yankees rookie P Jim Bouton, a 9-7 victory. Jack Reed had replaced OF Joe Pepitone in the 13th inning. For the Tigers, Phil Regan takes the loss; while OF Rocky Colavito has 7 hits. Yankees Bobby Richardson ties a mark by going to the plate 11 times. At an even 7 hours, the game is the slowest extra-inning contest in AL history and it is the longest game in innings in Yankee history.
1967 - Yankees All Star Slugger Mickey Mantle breaks a 3-3 tie in the 9th inning with a HR off of Detroit's relief pitcher Fred Gladding to give 9th place New York, a 4-3 win.
1970 - In a doubleheader with the Indians at Yankee Stadium, Bobby Murcer ties Lou Gehrig's record of 4 straight HRs. The Yankees lose the opener by a score of 7-2, despite Murcer's 9th-inning HR off of Tribe hurler Sam McDowell. Murcer, next connects off of game two, Tribe starter Mike Paul, hitting a solo shot in the 1st inning. A walk in the 4th, then a 2-run homer off of Mike Paul in the 5th inning, and then a game-tying HR in the 8th inning, off of Fred Lasher. The Yankees score in the bottom of the 9th inning to salvage a 5-4 win. Cleveland 1B Tony Horton hears a boo and literally crawls back to the dugout after fanning on 2 of Yankees reliever Steve Hamilton's "folly floaters." Sensitive to fans' booing during the 1970 AL season, Horton will be hospitalized, and at 25, this will be his last MLB season.
1977 - Before a crowd of 54,940 fans at Yankee Stadium, Roy White launches a dramatic two-out, 2-run HR in the bottom of the 9th inning to give the Yanks a 5-5 tie with the Red Sox. New York scores in the 10th inning on Reggie Jackson bases-loaded single to win the game 6-5. Roy White's key hit comes after closer Bill Campbell retires the 1st two Yankees in the 9th inning, then Willie Randolph triples to bring up Bobby Murcer. Sparky Lyle picks up the win for the Yankees, handing Boston their 1st loss in 8 games. With homers from Yaz, Butch Hobson and George Scott, the Red Sox set a MLB record of 33 homers in 10 games.
1986 - Current Yankees P Philip Hughes was born.
1992- Yankees P Steve Howe is permanently banned from MLB by Commissioner Fay Vincent after having pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of attempting to purchase a gram of cocaine. It is Howe's 7th ban from the game, as he becomes the 1st player ever permanently banned from baseball because of drugs.
1996 - Former Yankees P Steve Howe, released by the team just 2 days ago, is arrested at Kennedy International Airport for carrying a loaded gun in his luggage. He will plead guilty to a misdemeanor and receive 3 years probation and 150 hours of community service.
1997 - Yankees 1st baseman Tino Martinez hits 2 singles, a double, and a pair of HRs, while driving in 4 runs as the Yankees top Tigers, by a score of 12-9. Chad Curtis adds 5 RBI’s for the Yankees.
2005 - Thanks to Bernie Williams dropping a ball in centerfield, the Mets become the 1st NL team to hit 3 sacrifice flies in one inning. Catcher Ramon Castro's sac fly to right ties the game at 1-1 as David Wright advances to 3rd base; the Yankee's CF then drops Jose Reyes deep fly ball allowing Wright to score; then Mike Cameron skies to right scoring runner Doug Mientkiewicz, who had advanced to 3rd Base on an errant pick off throw.
June 25th
1904 - In Boston, the Highlanders starter Jack Chesbro wins his 12th straight game, beating Red Sox starter Cy Young, by an score of 5-3. Patsy Dougherty has 3 hits against his former Red Sox teammates.
1934 - In an 11-2 victory over the White Sox, Lou Gehrig hits for the cycle. Although starter John Broaca ties a MLB record by striking out 5 consecutive times, he gets the 'W' for the Yankees. Not until Bernie Williams, on August 21, 1991, will another Yankee fan 5 times (by Bret Saberhagen).
1947 - Yankees purchased INF Lonnie Frey (1947-48) from the Cubs. Lonnie appeared in 25 games with the Yankees before being released in May of 1948.
1954 - Former Yankees P Bob Shirley (1983-1987) was born. Bob signed as a free agent. Bob went 14-20 with 5 saves in 145 games for the Yankees.
1953 - White Sox Manager Paul Richards uses five 1st basemen in beating the Yankees 4-2. He brings in Harry Dorish to face 2 batters, moving pitcher Billy Pierce to 1B. The Sox 3-game sweep still leaves the Yankees 9 games up on the Indians and 9 ½ games on the White Sox.
1963 - Former Yankees Catcher/DH/1B Mike Stanley (1992-95, 1997) was born. Mike was signed as a free agent in 1992. He was the Yankees regular catcher until the arrival of new Yankees Manager Joe Torre. Mike was brought back to the Yankees in on August 13, 1997, he was traded by the Red Sox along with Randy Brown to the Yankees for a player to be named later and minor league hurler Tony Armas Jr. The Yankees later sent P Jim Mecir to the Red Sox to complete the trade.
1964 - Baltimore starter Steve Barber's 3-hit, 3-0 win, gives the Orioles a 3-game sweep of the Yankees and 1st place in the AL.
1971 - Expos trade OF Ron Swoboda to Yankees; they received OF Ron Woods from the Yankees.
1977 - Yankees starter Mike Torrez beats Luis Tiant to give the Yankees a 5 -1 win over the Red Sox. Greg Nettles 3-run HR is the big blow. New York, now trails the Red Sox by 3 games in the AL East.
1984 - At Yankee Stadium, Dave Winfield hits 5 singles and drives in 4 runs to lead New York to a 7-3 win over Detroit. Yankees starter Ron Guidry (6-5) is the beneficiary of Winfield's hitting. Dave is now hitting .750 against Detroit this year. Winfield has three 5-hit games this month, tying a AL record set by HOF Ty Cobb.
1985 - Due to bat boy being hit by a line drive foul ball by Yankees catcher Butch Wynegar. Yankees officials enact a new rule mandating the team's bat boys will wear protective helmets during all games.
1999 - During Baltimore's 9-8 loss to the Yankees, O's Jesse Orosco makes his 1,051th relief appearance to break Kent Tekulve's MLB record. He is succeeded by Mike Tomlin, who takes the loss, when he serves up a 9th inning HR to Shane Spencer. Harold Baines has a pair of HRs for the O's, while Tino Martinez has 4 hits for the Yankees.
June 26th
1912 - The Yankees send future star hurler Hippo Vaughn (2 -8), winner of last year's opener, to the Senators for the waiver price.
1929 - Former Yankees OF Richard “Tut” Tettlebach (1955) was born.
1939 - At Shibe Park in Philadelphia, the Yankees play their 1st night game in franchise history losing to Connie Mack's A's, by a score of 3-2.
1941 - Yankees southpaw ace Marius Russo throws no-hit ball for 6 1/3 innings before future Yankee George Mc Quinn spoils the bid with a HR. It was the only Browns hit in a 4-1 Yankee win.
1943 - Former Yankees OF Bill Robinson (1967-69) was born (1943-2007). Bill was brought to the Yankees from the Braves in the Clete Boyer trade in the winter of 1966. Bill Robinson struggled in New York, after being labeled as the “black “Mickey Mantle. He would later have a successful career in NL with the Pirates and Phillies. After retiring as a active player, Bill would later become a successful MLB batting Coach. Bill passed away last year.
1944 - At the Polo Grounds with over 50,000 fans looking on, the three New York MLB teams played against each other in a 6 inning 3-team game (a team played consecutive innings against the other 2 teams then sat out an inning). The contest, which was played to raise money for war bonds ended with the final score of Dodgers 5, Yankees 1, Giants 0.
1961 - The Yankees beat the expansion Angels, 8-6, as Yogi Berra collects his 2000th MLB career hit, all as a Bronx Bomber. To celebrate the achievement a huge cake is rolled out in Wrigley Field in Los Angeles. Angels’ reliever Art Fowler, who has allowed just 1 hit in his last 12 innings, serves up a 9th inning HR to Bill Skowron as Yankees wins the game by a score of 8-6. Mickey Mantle adds an earlier HR, off of Angels’ starter Ken McBride, as Yankees Ace Whitey Ford wins his 13th game of the 1961 season.
1969 - Former Yankees relief pitcher Mike Meyers (2007-08) was born. Mike went 4-2 in 117 games with the Yankees before being released on August 13, 2008. He would finish the 2008 season with the White Sox.
1974 - Current Yankees All Star Shortstop and Captain Derek Jeter was born.
1977 - In front of 55,039 fans at Yankee Stadium, the Yankees complete a 3-game sweep of the Red Sox, avenging the 3 losses last week to the Sox at Fenway Park. New York takes 4 -1 lead into the 9th inning, but the Red Sox tie the game. In the bottom of the 9th inning, Paul Blair bounces a bases-loaded ball over the head of Butch Hobson at 3B to pin the loss on Red Sox reliever Bill Campbell.
1979 - The Yankees reacquired the popular OF Bobby Murcer from the Cubs in exchange for minor league hurler Paul Semall and cash. Murcer will once again thrive in Yankee Stadium, hitting .273 with 8 HRs.
1980 - Commissioner Bowie Kuhn voids the Yankees' drafting of highly touted high school shortstop Billy Cannon, Jr. Four teams had complained that Billy Cannon, Sr., college football's Heisman Trophy winner in 1959, misled them with telegrams saying that his son would go to college, in the hopes that he would then he would be drafted by the Yankees. In a special draft, the Indians will pick Cannon but he chooses to attend Texas A & M instead. The young Cannon will be drafted number 1 by the Dallas Cowboys in 1984.
1987 - Although the Red Sox have 9-0, 2nd inning lead over the Yankees, Roger Clemens is unable to hold the lead with the Yankees winning 12-11 in 10 innings. Boston's 3B Wade Boggs sees his 25-game hitting streak come to an end.
1999 - Former Yankees minor league P Tim Layana passed away (1964-1999). On June 2, 1986, Tim was drafted by the Yankees in the 3rd round of the 1986 amateur player draft. On December 4, 1989, he was drafted by the Reds from the Yankees in the 1989 Rule 5 player draft from Columbus (AAA). Tim was killed in auto accident in 1999.
June 27th
1904 - Dougherty has another 3 hits as the Highlanders beat their old teammate Jesse Tannehill and Boston, by a score of 8-4. Red Sox leads the AL by just a half game. Long Tom Hughes will win tomorrow to stretch the lead to 1 ½ games.
1963 - Chicago's starter Ray Herbert allows 5 Yankee singles to beat the Yankees, 6-0, and give the White Sox a virtual tie for 1st place. The Sox assault Yankees young pitching star Jim Bouton (10-3) for all their runs in the 1st five innings.
1964 - New York edges Detroit, 5-4, beating Tigers starter Denny McLain. Mickey Mantle's HR in the 4th inning makes it, 4-1 game.
1972 - Making his last MLB career start, Wade Blasingame's AL debut for the Yankees is an inauspicious one, as the Tigers go deep 3 consecutive times in the 1st inning. The opening inning HRs are hit by Aurelio Rodriguez, Al Kaline and Willie Horton power Tigers over Yankees, by a score of 5-2.
1978 - New York's 3B Graig Nettles belts a 2-run HR in the 14th inning to give the Yankees, a 6-4 win over the Red Sox. Richard Drago serves up Nettles' 13th HR of the year. Sparky Lyle (6 -1) wins in relief. Ron Guidry (13-0) starts for the Yankees and gives up 8 hits in 6 innings.
June 28th
1907 - The last place Nationals steal a record 13 bases off Yankees catcher Branch Rickey in a 16-5 win over New York. Rickey, acquired last February from the Browns, is pressed into service despite having a bad shoulder because of the injury to starting catcher Red Kleinow. Rickey's 1st throw to 2B ends up in RF and the subsequent tosses are not much better. He almost nips Jim Delahanty on a steal of 3B. In his eight innings, relief P Lew Brockett helps Washington with a deliberate windup. Only P Tom Hughes and 2B Nig Perrine are steal-less, while Hal Chase swipes one base for New York.
1915 - Yankees purchased P Bob Shawkey from the A’s for $8500. Bob would pitch for the Yankees from 1915-1927. Bob would win 168 games for the Yankees, appearing in 415 games with 1,163 strikeouts in 2,489 innings. He would complete 161 games and have 26 shutouts. His Yankee career ERA was 3.10.
1916 - Yankees OF Lee Magee collects a record-tying 4 assists.
1919 - Red Sox submariner starter Carl Mays hurls 2 complete games beating the Yankees, by a score of 2-0, in the 1st game and losing the nightcap, 4-1.
1922 - Senators Ace Walter Johnson wins another 1-0 battle, this one over the Yankees, for his 3rd straight shutout and 97th in his MLB career. Johnson strikes out 9 Yankee batters. Waite Hoyt loses a tough one fro the Yankees, just allowing just 2 hits in the 1st 8 innings. Earl Smith's double in the 9th inning drives home the winning run.
1928 - Babe Ruth slugs two HRs to lead the Yankees to a 10-4 victory over the Athletics, and the A’s OF Ty Cobb appears in his 3,000th MLB career game.
1939 -The Yankees hit 8 HRs in the 1st game of a doubleheader with the A's, and 5 more HRs in the nightcap. Both are MLB records, as is the 53 total bases in a doubleheader. Joe DiMaggio, Babe Dahlgren, and Joe Gordon each hit 3 HRs in the doubleheader. Other Yankee HRs were hit by Bill Dickey, George Shelkrik, Tommy Henrich and Frank Crosetti. The Yankees win the opener by a score of 23-2 and take the nightcap by a score of 10-0.
1941 - Former Yankees P Al Downing (1961-69) was born. Al was the 1st black Yankee starter. In 1964, he led the AL in strikeouts with 217. His best Yankee season was in 1967 going 14-10 and making the AL All Star team. In 1968, he suffered an arm injury, just going 3-3. His last Yankee season was in 1969, he went 7-5. On December 5, 1969, he was traded by the Yankees along with C Frank Fernandez to the A’s for INF Danny Cater and Ossie Chavarria.
1941- Former Yankees P Fred Talbot (1966-69) was born. Fred Talbot went 14-24 for the Yankees after coming from the A’s during the 1966 AL season, before being unloaded to the Seattle Pilots in 1968. Jim Bouton wrote about him in his famous baseball book “Ball Four.”
1941 - Former Yankees OF Len Boehemer (1969, 1971) was born. His best showing with the Yankees was in 1969, hitting .179.
1949 - After missing the 1st 69 games of the 1949 AL season because of an ailing heel, Joe DiMaggio wakes to find the pain has disappeared. He returns to the Yankees lineup with a single and a HR that help the Bombers beat the Red Sox 6-4 in a night game at Fenway Park. He will hit 4 HRs in a 3-game sweep of the Red Sox.
1958 - Former Yankees P Clay Christiansen (1984) was born. On June 3, 1980, Clay was drafted by the Yankees in the 15th round of the 1980 amateur player draft. In 1984, Clay went 2-4 in 24 games for the Yankees.
1960 - Former Yankees minor league OF John Elway was born. John played one season of single A baseball at Ontena, hitting .285 and making a $125,000 salary.
1961 - Ryne Duren goes 8 innings and strikes out 12 former Yankee teammates to give the Angels, a 5-3 win over New York. Mickey Mantle drives in all 3 Yankee runs, including 2 runs on a HR.
1962 - The M&M boys, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle break a 0-0 tie in the 4th inning with back-to-back HRs to lead the Yankees to a 4-2 win over the Twins.
1963 - Former Yankees HOF 3B Frank “Homerun” Baker (1916-1919, 1921-1922) passes away (1886-1963). On February 15, 1916, Frank was purchased by the Yankees from the A’s for $37,500. He would play 3rd base for the Yankees. He came out of retirement in 1921 to help solidified the Yankee infield until the arrival of Joe Dugan. Frank had stayed home for during the 1920 season to care for his family, after his wife’s death. Frank would lead the Yankees in hitting in 1917-18 (.282 and .306) He would also lead the Yankees in hits from 1917-1919. He was originally came up to the MLB with the Philadelphia A’s.
1966 - At Fenway Park, the last place Red Sox cash in 5 Yankee errors to top the visitors, by a score of 5-3. All of New York's scoring comes from Mickey Mantle, who blasts a 2-run HR in the 1st inning and an opposite field HR on the LF screen in the 8th inning.
1976 - Tigers' rookie starting pitcher Mark "The Bird" Fidrych amuses a national “Game of the Week” television audience on NBC-TV, talking to the baseball, as he 1-hits the Yankees, in an 5-1 Tiger victory.
1996 - Darryl Strawberry's 300th MLB career round-tripper is a dramatic 9th inning, 2-run shot, which gives the Yankees a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over the Royals.
1997 - Yankees hurler David Wells starts the game against the Indians wearing Babe Ruth's autographed cap from the 1934 AL season. Yankees Manager Joe Torre makes him take it off after the 1st inning, since it doesn't conform to the team's current uniform. Without the cap, Wells blows a 3-0 lead as the Indians go on to a 12-8 victory. The Indians mount a 19-hit attack, as CF Marquis Grissom accounts for 5 of the hits, while 3B Matt Williams gets 4 hits, including a pair of HRs, and drives home 6 runs.
(As always I'd like to thank Fw57Clipper51 for his great contribution.)
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