This Week in Yankees History
October 4th - October 10th
October 4th - October 10th
October 4th
1884 - Former Yankees P Harry Ables (1911) was born. Harry went 0-1 in 3 games for the Yankees in 1911.
1887 - Former Yankees P Ray Fisher (1910-17) was born. Ray went 76-68 in 219 games for the Yankees before being sent to the Reds. His best Yankees season was in 1915, when he went 18-11.
1910 - Former Yankees INF (1932-48) and MLB Coach (1949-70) Frank “Crow” Crosetti was born. (1910-2002) On August 23, 1929, Frank was traded by the San Francisco Seals (PCL) to the Yankees for a player to be named later and 3 players. The Yankees sent Julie Wera (1931) to the San Francisco (PCL) to complete the trade. He was a Yankee regular for 13 years and part-timer for 4 seasons. Frank hit more than 20 doubles 7 times and scored more than 70 runs in 7 seasons. He was an AL All Star team member in 1936-1937. Frank finished with 260 doubles, 65 triples and 649 RBI’s in 1,682 games. He was the Yankees MLB 3B coach from 1947-1967.
1922 - For the 1st time, the entire World Series will be broadcast over the radio. Sportswriter Garland Rice does the announcing of the Giants and Yankees for radio station WJZ in Newark, NJ, whose signal is relayed to WGY in Schenectady, NY.
1928 - Game 1 of the 1928 World Series between the Yankees and Cardinals is a swift execution before 61,425 fans at Yankee Stadium. Yankees slugger Babe Ruth has a single and double and scored 2 runs, once on Bob Meusel's 4th-inning HR, while 1B Lou Gehrig is 2-for-4 with 2 RBI’s off of Bill Sherdel. Yankees starter Waite Hoyt sets the Cardinals down with 3-hits, one a solo HR by Jim Bottomley in the 7th inning for a 4-1 victory.
1939 - The 1939 World Series begins at Yankee Stadium, with the Reds playing their 1st Series since the infamous 1919 match-up against the White Sox. With the Yankees as heavy favorites, the game is tied 1-1 until the last of the 9th inning, when Yankees C Bill Dickey singles home the winning run.
1947 - Yankees starter Spec Shea throws a 4-hitter and helps his own cause hitting 2 singles, as the Yankees win by a score of 2-1 over the Dodgers in Game 5 of the 1947 World Series. A HR by Joe DiMaggio in the 5th inning is the winning margin for the Yankees.
1950 - Phillies Relief ace Jim Konstanty starts and loses Game 1 of the 1950 World Series to Yankees starter Vic Raschi by the score of 1-0. Yankees 3B Bobby Brown hit a double and scored the lone run on 2 long flies.
1951 - In the opening game of the 1951 World Series, Monte Irvin stole home in the 1st inning and collected 4 hits. The Giants defeated Yankees starter Allie Reynolds by the score of 5-1 with starter Dave Koslo pitching a complete game at Yankee Stadium. Monte Irvin, Hank Thompson and Willie Mays of the Giants became the 1st all-black MLB outfield in a World Series game.
1953 - Yankees slugger Mickey Mantle’s 3rd inning Grand Slam HR off of Dodgers Ace Johnny Podres leads the Yankees to an 11-7 win and a 3 games to 2 games lead in the 1953 World Series. Also Yankees hitters Gene Woodling, Gil McDougald and Billy Martin hit HRs in the game
1955 - “Next Year” finally comes to Brooklyn, as the Dodgers defeated the Yankees by the score of 2-0 to win the 1955 World Series behind the pitching of Johnny Podres. Yankees starter Tommy Byrne takes the loss.
1958 - In Game 3 of the 1958 World Series, Yankees starter Don Larsen and closer Ryne Duren combine for a shutout as the Bronx Bombers win the game by the score of 4-0 over the Braves. Yankees slugger Hank Bauer accounts for all Yankee 4 runs, including a 2-run HR in the 7th inning.
1960 - Former Yankees P Jack Warhop (1908-1915) passed away (1884-1960). Jack pitched for some poor Yankee teams, while posting a 69-93 record with a 3.12 ERA in 221 games. His best Yankee season was in 1910, posting a 14-14 record in 37 games with a 2.64 ERA.
1961- Yankees veteran starter Whitey Ford's 3rd straight World Series shutout, along with HRs by Elston Howard and Bill Skowron, gives the Yankees a 2-0 win in Game 1 against the Reds at Yankee Stadium.
1962 - In the opener of the 1962 World Series at Candlestick Park, Whitey Ford's record scoreless inning streak ends at 33 2/3innings, when a surprising squeeze play by Jose Pagan brings Willie Mays home. The Yankees beat the Giants by the score of 6–2, the last win of a record 10 World Series career victories for Whitey Ford.
1972 - Yankees' pitcher Larry Gowell hits a double in his only MLB at-bat. This is the last hit by an AL pitcher before the league adopts the DH rule for 1973 AL season. The Yankees lose the game to the Brewers by the score of 1-0.
1978 - The Royals notch 16 hits off of 3 Yankees pitchers to even the 1978 ALCS with a 10-4 triumph. A 2-run HR by Royals shortstop Freddie Patek seals the victory.
1980 - The Yankees clinched their 4th AL East title in 5 seasons, beating the Tigers by the score of 5-2 in the 1st game of a doubleheader. Yankees slugger Reggie Jackson hits his 41st HR of the 1980 AL season. Reggie will share the AL HR crown with Ben Oglivie of the Brewers.
1995 - The Yankees Jim Leyritz hits a 2-run HR in the 15th inning to give the Yankees a dramatic victory and a 2-games-to-none AL Division Series lead over Mariners.
1996 - The Yankees score twice in the 9th inning to defeat the Rangers by the score of 2-1, despite Juan Gonzalez's 4th HR of their ALDS. The Yankees take a 2-games-to-1 lead in the ALD series.
1997 - The Yankees go a game up on Indians with a 6-1 victory behind a 5-hitter by veteran starter David Wells. Yankees Paul O'Neill hits a 4th-inning grand slam HR, driving in 4 of the 5 Yankees runs.
1998 - Former Yankees P Lee Grissom (1940) passed away (1907-1998). On January 4, 1940, Lee was traded by the Reds to the Yankees for Joe Beggs. Lee posted a 0-0 mark in 5 games for the Yankees before being selected off waivers on May 15, 1940 by the Dodgers from the Yankees.
2000 - The Yankees even their ALDS with the A’s at one game apiece with a 4-0 victory. Yankees starter Andy Pettitte holds the A’s scoreless for 7 2/3 innings for the victory.
2002 - The Yankees blow a 6-1 lead as the Angels bounce back for a 9-6 victory and a 2 games to 2 lead in their ALDS. Tim Salmon and Adam Kennedy hit HRs for the Angels, while rookie Francisco Rodriguez again gets the victory in relief.
2005 - Yankees starter Mike Mussina pitched scoreless ball into the 6th inning, and rookie 2B Robinson Cano lined a 3-run double in the 1st inning as the Yankees defeated Bartolo Colón and the Angels by the score of 4 -2, in Game 1 of their AL Division Series.
2007 - Former Yankees P Don Nottebart (1969) was passed away (1936-2007). On October 21, 1968, Don was purchased by the Yankees from the Reds. Don only appeared in 4 games for the Yankees with no record before being returned to the Reds on April 26, 1969.
October 5th
1895 - Former Yankees reserve OF/3B Norman “Bub” McMillian (1922) was born. Norman hit .256 in 33 games in 1922 for the Yankees.
1908 - Red Sox hurler King Brady makes his only AL appearance a good one white-washing the Yankees by the score of 4-0. King had fashioned 1-1 records for both the Pirates and Phillies in the NL. He will go back to the NL with Boston over the winter.
1912 - The Yankees win their final game at Hill Top Park by the score of 8-6, when Hal Chase hits a 3-run HR to defeat the Senators. Next year the team will play at the Polo Grounds. Homer Thompson, in his only MLB appearance, is the catcher for the Yankees, while pitching is his brother Tommy, becoming the 1st brother battery in AL history.
1921 - The Yankees play their 1st World Series game ever, beating the Giants at the Polo Grounds as Yankees starter Carl Mays only needs 86 pitches to set the Giants down on 5 hits, 4 of them by Frankie Frisch, as Babe Ruth drives in the 1st run of the Series in the opening inning of the 3-0 Yankees win.
1922 - The Yankees and Giants play to a 3-3 tie in 1922 World Series, in a game called account of darkness by the umpires.
1926 - In Game #3 of the 1926 World Series, Cardinals starter Jesse Haines pitches a 5-hit shutout as the Cardinals beat the Yankees by the score of 4-0, to take a 2-1 lead in the 1928 World Series.
1928 - In the 1928 World Series, Lou Gehrig of the Yankees unloads a 3-run HR in the 1st inning of Game #2. Grover Cleveland Alexander, the hero of the 1926 Series between the Yankees and the Cardinals, is driven from the game in the 3rd inning as the Bronx Bombers cruise to a 9-3 victory, to take a 2-1 Series lead.
1939 - Yankees hurler Monte Pearson 2-hits the Reds in a 4-0 shutout in the 1939 World Series. Yankees 1B Babe Dahlgren hits a HR for the Yankees. Lou Gehrig in uniform sits on the Yankee bench to watch his last World Series. He would never wear the pinstripes again on the playing field after the World Series ends on October 8, 1939.
1941 - Dodgers backstop Mickey Owens earns eternal goat’s horns by dropping 3rd strike to Yankees OF Tommy Henrich in 9th inning thereby opens the floodgates for a Yankee win with 4 unearned runs being scored in the 9th inning.
1942 - Whitey Kurowski hits a 2-run HR in the 9th inning of Game #5, giving the Cardinals, a 4-2 victory to capture the 1942 World Series over the Yankees.
1941 - Former Yankees 1B/OF Andy Kosco (1968) was born. On November 28, 1967, Andy was drafted by the Yankees from the A’s in the 1967 MLB Rule 5 player draft. The Yankees expecting him to be a power-hitter, but Andy only hit .248 with 15 HRs and 59 RBIs for the Yankees in 1968. On December 4, 1968, Andy was traded by the Yankees to the Dodgers for P Mike Kekich.
1947 - Dodgers LF Al Gionfriddo makes a spectacular catch and robs Yankees CF Joe DiMaggio of a game-tying home run in Game #6 of the World Series. The Dodgers beat the Yankees by a score of 8-6.
1949 - The Yankees edge the Dodgers by the score of 1-0 on Tommy Henrich’s lead off HR off of Dodgers starter Don Newcombe in the bottom of the 9th inning. Yankees starter Allie Reynolds throws a 2-hit shutout.
1952 - In Game #5 of the 1952 World Series, Dodgers win a 6-5 victory in 11 innings over the Yankees, when Billy Cox scores the winning run behind a RBI-double hit by Duke Snider. Carl Erskine pitched a complete game to give the Dodgers, a 3-2 Series lead heading back to Ebbets Field.
1953 - Yankees 2B Billy Martin makes a record 12th hit in the 1953 World Series as the Yankees win their 5th consecutive World Championship under Yankees Manager Casey Stengel (1949-1953) with a 4-3 win over the Dodgers. Yankees starter Whitey Ford goes 8 innings, with veteran Allie Reynolds picking up his last World Series victory in relief. Clem Labine takes the loss for the Dodgers.
1956 - Yogi Berra becomes the 4th Yankee player to hit a Grand Slam HR in the World Series, but the Yankees still lose the game by dropping a 6-0 lead to the Dodgers, who rally to win the game by a score of 13-8.
1960 - In a portent of things to come, the Buc’s 2B Bill Mazeroski's 2-run 5th-inning HR off of reliever Jim Coates is the difference as the Pirates beats the Yankees by the score of 6-4, for its 1st World Series win since 1925.
1967 - Former Yankees reserve INF Rey Sanchez (1997, 2005) On August 16,1997, Ray was traded by the Cubs to the Yankees minor league player Frisco Parotte. Rey played with the Yankees in 2 tours, appearing in a total of 61 games, hitting .304. In 2005, the Yankees signed him as a MLB free agent.
1977 - The Royals shell Yankees starter Don Gullet for 3 HRs and win by a score of 7-2 in the opening game of the 1977 AL Playoffs.
1996 - Yankees CF Bernie Williams homered from each side of the plate and Cecil Fielder breaks a tie with a 7th-inning single as the Yankees beat the Rangers by a score of 6-4, to win the AL Division Series, 3-1, and advance to the ALCS.
1999 - The Yankees whitewash the Rangers by a score of 8-0 in Game #1 of their ALDS. Yankees starter Orlando Hernandez pitches a 2-hitter, while Bernie Williams hits a single, double and HR and collects 6 RBI’s in the game.
2002 - The Angels shock the Yankees by scoring 8 runs in the 5th inning and going on to a 9-5 victory. This victory gives Anaheim its 1st postseason series victory ever, as they win their ALDS match-up, 3 games to 1. Shawn Wooten hit a HR for the Angels, while Jorge Posada adds a round-tripper for the Yankees. Jarrod Washburn gets the victory for the Angels.
2007 - The Indians can thank a bug infestation at Jacobs Field for helping them defeat the Yankees by the score of 2-1 in 11 innings and take a 2-0 lead in the ALDS. The bugs are at their worst in the 8th inning, when a flustered Yankees rookie reliever Joba Chamberlain gives up the tying run on a wild pitch.
October 6th
1885 - Former Yankees INF John “Schoolboy” Knight (1909-11, 1913) was born On August 20, 1908; John was purchased by the Highlanders from the Baltimore Orioles (IL). His best Yankees season was in 1910, when John hit .312 for the team. On February 17, 1912, John was traded by the Highlanders along with a player to be named later to the Senators for C Gabby Street. The Highlanders would send Rip Williams on February 22, 1912 to the Senators to complete the trade.
1908 - The Yankees lose their 100th game of the year by the score of 11-3 at Fenway Park. When the 1908 AL season ended, the Yankees showed a 51-103 record, some 38 1/2 games behind the 1st place-Tigers.
1914 - Former Yankees P George Washburn (1941) was born. George went 0-1 in 1-game appearance during the 1941 AL season.
1926 - Yankees slugger Babe Ruth hits 3-HRs leads the Yankees to a 10-5 victory over the Cardinals in Game 4 of the 1926 World Series. Yankees starter Waite Hoyt picks up the win with a complete game.
1938 - The famous heart breaking performance by veteran hurler Dizzy Dean during the World Series with Cubs against the Yankees. The sore armed pitcher, no longer the flame-thrower of his youth, used a mixture of curves and off-speed pitches to carry a 2-1 Cubs lead into 7th inning, only to watch it disappear on tough luck. The Yankees score 3 runs to win the game by the score of 6-3. Frank Crosetti and Joe DiMaggio each hit HRs for the Yankees.
1939- Former Yankees P Jack Cullen (1962,1965-1966) was born. Jack went 4-4 in 19 games for the Yankees before he was traded along with OF/1B John Miller to the Dodgers for INF John Kennedy.
1947 - Former Yankees P Steve Kline (1970-1974) was born. The Yankees in the 7th round of the 1966 MLB amateur player draft drafted Steve. Steve went 40-37 in 97 games for the Yankees, with 1972 as being his best Yankees season posting a 16-9 mark. On April 26, 1974, Steve was traded by the Yankees along with hurlers Fred Beene, Tom Buskey, and Fritz Peterson to the Indians for 1B Chris Chambliss, hurlers Richard Tidrow, and Cecil Upshaw.
1960 - Yankees slugger Mickey Mantle hits 2 HRs in the 2nd game of the 1960 World Series to lead the Yankees to a 16-3 win at Pittsburgh. It was the 2nd time Mickey Mantle paired up HRs in a World Series game. Mickey has a total of 5 RBIs in the game. Yankees starter Bob Turley picks up the win, while Bobby Shantz gets the save. Both teams combine to get 32 hits for a new World Series record.
1963 - Slugger Frank Howard leads the Dodgers to a 2-1 win over the Yankees with a HR and single giving the Dodgers, a 4-game sweep in the 1963 World Series. Yankees starter Whitey Ford gives up only 2 hits is the loser as Dodgers ace Sandy Koufax is the winner with a complete game. Koufax allowed the Yankees just 6 hits and 1 run. The Dodgers win the game, when Willie Davis sacrifice fly scores the winning run after Joe Pepitone loses a throw to throw at 1st base, allowing Dodgers runner Junior Gillian to be safe. Pepitone claim that he lost the sight of throw because of the crowd’s white shirts.
1965 - Former Yankees DH/OF Ruben Sierra (1995-95,2003-2005) was born. On July 28, 1995, Ruben was traded by the A’s along with Jason Beverlin to the Yankees for OF/DH Danny Tartabull. A major disappointment with the Yankees on July 31, 1996, Ruben was traded by the Yankees along with P Matt Drews (minors) to the Tigers for 1B/DH Cecil Fielder. On June 6, 2003, Ruben was traded by the Rangers to the Yankees for minor league OF Marcus Thames. On his 2nd tour, Ruben was a valuable player for the Yankees providing power off the bench.
1977 - The Yankees turn to remarkable Ron Guidry to even their 1977 AL Playoff series with the Royals. Guidry turns in a 3-hit, 6-2 win, highlighted by Cliff Johnson’s 5th inning HR and 6th inning run-scoring double.
1978 - The Yankees overcome 3 HRs by Royals slugger George Brett, to edge the Royals by a score of 6-5 in a thrilling Game 3 at Yankee Stadium. The winning run scored on Thurman Munson’s 2-run HR in the bottom of the 8th inning, after the Yankees had fallen behind to the Royals by the score of 5-4, in the top of the 8th inning.
1985 - Veteran Yankees starter Phil Niekro becomes the 18th MLB 300-game winner as he blanked the Blue Jays by the score of 8-0, on the last day of the 1985 AL season. At age of 46, Phil Niekro became the oldest pitcher to throw a shutout in MLB history.
October 7th
1904 - Jack Chesbro got his 41st victory of the season as the Highlanders defeated the Red Sox by a score of 3-2. His 41 wins are still a Yankees club and MLB pitching record for most wins in a MLB season.
1921 - Former MLB Manager GM and Yankees MLB Coach (1989) Charlie Fox was born. Charlie was a MLB Coach for the 1989 Yankees. He spent most of his MLB career with the Giants as a player, coach, MLB Manager and GM.
1927 - Yankees starter Herb Pennock is handed an 8-0 lead; he takes a perfect game into the 8th inning. The left-handed starter retires Glenn Wright, but Pie Traynor breaks the spell with a single and Clyde Barnhart doubles him home. Pennock settles for a 3-hit, 8-1 victory over the Pirates to give the Yankees a commanding 3-0 edge in the 1927 World Series.
1928 - In the 1928 World Series, Yankees 1B Lou Gehrig hits 2 HRs to led the Yankees to a 7-3 victory over the Cardinals, giving them a 3-0 lead in the series. Yankees starter Waite Hoyt gets the win for the Bronx Bombers. Also Babe Ruth and Cedric Durst hit HRs for the Bombers.
1933 - Former Yankees P Bud Daley (1962-64) was born. Bud was obtained from the A’s by the Yankees on June 14, 1961, for P Art Ditmar and OF/1B/3B Deron Johnson. He won the pennant clinching game in 1961 and in the World Series that year he was the winning pitcher in the 5th and final game over the Reds working the final 7 innings in long relief of starter Ralph Terry. Overall he allowed no runs in 8 innings in 3 World Series appearances. He went 18-16 for the Yankees (1962-1964). He missed most of the 1963 AL season with arm injury. He was traded to the Indians after the 1964 AL season as part of the players to be named later (along with P Ralph Terry) in the Pedro Ramos trade.
1943 - Former MLB player and Yankees MLB Coach (1996-1999) Jose Cardenal was born.
1950 - At Yankee Stadium, rookie hurler Whitey Ford, with a 9th inning help from Allie Reynolds beat Bob Miller and the Phillies by the score of 5-2, as the Yankees complete the World Series sweep of the Phillies "Whiz Kids." It would be the 1st of Ford’s 10 World Series career wins. Yankees INF Jerry Coleman wins the Babe Ruth Award as the 1950 World Series MVP. The sweep of the Phillies gives the Yankees their 13th World Championship.
1952 - During the 7th Game of the 1952 World Series, Yankees 2B Billy Martin makes a dramatic running catch on a high infield pop with the bases loaded as the Yankees win their 4th consecutive World Championship by downing the Dodgers by a score of 4-2. Yankees reliever Bob Kuzava picks up the save for winning Yankees hurler Allie Reynolds.
1958 - In Game 6 of the 1958 World Series, the Yankees pull even against the Braves as Hank Bauer hits his 4th HR of the 1958 World Series. The Yankees win the game in 10 innings by the score of 4-3. Ryne Duren gets the win with help from Bob Turley in the 10th inning. Yankees INF Gil McDougald hits a HR in the game.
1961 - At Crosley Field, Yankees RF Roger Maris wins Game 3 of the 1961 World Series with a 9th-inning HR off of Reds P Bob Purkey. The Yankees win the game by a score of 3-2, as Yankees closer Louis Arroyo picks up the victory in relief. Also Johnny Blanchard hit a HR for the Yankees in the game.
1968 - The Yankees released veteran OF Rocky Colvaito. He retired as active MLB player, after turning down a Yankees offer to return for the 1969 AL season, as a pitcher, pinch hitter and reserve outfielder.
1988 - The Yankees replaced Manager Billy Martin with former Phillies MLB Manager Dallas Green. Billy Martin will compiled a 1,253-1,013 record (.553) piloting the Tigers, Twins, Yankees, A's and the Rangers during his 19-year MLB managerial career.
1991 - Former Yankees INF and HOF MLB Manager Leo “Lip” Durocher (1925-1929) passed away. A weak-hitting shortstop, Durocher broke into the major leagues in 1925 at the age of 19 with the Yankees, and played a few seasons with the Yankees of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, appearing in the 1928 World Series. He appeared in 210 games, hitting .257 for the Yankees He was traded away to the Reds after several personal team incidents that included Babe Ruth. Leo played in the NL then managed the Dodgers, Giants, Cubs and Astros. He was elected to the HOF in 1994.
1998- Yankees 2B Chuck Knoblauch argues for an interference call at 1B instead of picking up the ball while Tribe base-runner Enrique Wilson scores to break a 1-1 tie in the 12th inning of the Indians' 4-1 victory at Yankee Stadium in Game 2 of the 1998 ALCS.
October 8th
1887- Former Yankees OF Frank “Ping” Bodie (1918-1921) was born. On March 8, 1918, he was traded by the A’s to the Yankees for 1B George Burns. His best season as a Yankee was in 1920, when he hit .296.
1910 - Former Yankees Batting Coach and MLB player Wally Moses was born. Wally was the batting coach for Yankees Manager Ralph Houk from 1961-1962. He stayed with the Yankees as a batting instructor in the organization in 1963. He was a scout from 1964 to 1966 when he returned to coaching from May through the end of the 1966 AL season. Wally spent most of his MLB playing career with the A’s, finishing a MLB lifetime BA of .291.
1927 - In Game 4 of the 1927 World Series, facing elimination at Yankee Stadium, the Pirates were are tied with the Yankees 3-3 in the bottom of the 9th inning. Reliever Johnny Miljus fanned Lou Gehrig and Bob Meusel with the bases loaded, but a 2-strike wild pitch to Tony Lazzeri allowed Earle Combs to score the winning run for the Yankees and capture the 1927 World Series.
1948 - Former Yankees P Al Orth (1904-1909) passed away (1872-1948). Al went 72-73 with the Yankees after being traded by the Senators in 1904. His best season for the Yankees was in 1906, going 27-17 leading the AL pitchers in wins. In 1905, he went 18-16 for the Yankees.
1948 - Former Yankees C Rick Stelmaszek (1976) was born. On January 23, 1976, Rick was traded by the Cubs to the Yankees for P Gerry Pirtle. Rick never played for the Yankees at the MLB Level.
1956 - At Yankee Stadium, Yankees starter Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in World Series history for a 2-0 triumph over the Dodgers. Sal “The Barber” Maglie, the opposing Dodger pitcher, gave up only 5-hits. Mickey Mantle hits his 3rd HR of the 1956 World Series.
1959- Former Yankees P Mike Morgan (1981) was born. On November 3, 1980, Mike was traded by the A’s to the Yankees for INF Fred “Chicken” Stanley. Mike went 7-11 in 30 games for the Yankees. On December 9, 1982, Mike was traded by the Yankees along with 1B/OF Dave Collins, minor league 1B Fred McGriff, and cash to the Blue Jays for P Dale Murray and OF Tom Dodd.
1960 -Yankees All Star 2B Bobby Richardson’s Grand Slam HR supports Yankees starter Whitey Ford’s shutouts of 10-0 win over the Pirates. As Whitey Ford continues his quest to catch Babe Ruth’s 29 2/3 scoreless innings pitched in a World Series mark.
1961 - Yankees Whitey Ford set a World Series record for consecutive scoreless innings by extending his streak to 32 innings in a 7-0 triumph over the Reds in Game 4. Hall Of Fame hurler Babe Ruth had held the mark of 29 2/3 innings. As Yankees veteran OF Yogi Berra put it, “1961 wasn’t a good year for the Babe.”
1977 - The Yankees rip Royals starter Larry Gura for 6-hits and 4 runs in 2-innings, continue on to a 6-4 win to even their series with the Royals at 2-2. Yankees closer Sparky Lyle turns in 5 1/3 innings of relief work to gain a win.
1978- The Yankees clinch their 3rd straight AL Championship by defeating the Royals by the score of 2-1 at Yankee Stadium, behind the pitching of Ron Gudiry and closer Rich Gossage, with HR power supplied by Graig Nettles and Roy White.
1995 - In the bottom of the 11th inning, Mariners Edgar Martinez drove home the tying and winning runs with a double to left field to rally the Mariners to a 6-5 win and the AL division series over the Yankees. Martinez batted .571 with 10 RBI in the best-of-5 series. Ken Griffey, Jr., who beat the relay throw home to score the winning run, belted 5 HRs in the series.
2004 - Former Yankees 1B Johnny Sturm (1941) passed away. 1st baseman Johnny Sturm made his big league debut with the Yankees in 1941. He hit .239 as the club's regular 1B. In 1941 World Series, he got a hit in each of the 5 games played. After that season, he enlisted in the Army and served in World War II. During his time in the military he lost the tip of his right index finger in a tractor accident. Sturm tried to make a comeback with the Yankees in 1946, but a broken wrist ended the attempt, before he played in a game. After his playing days ended, he was a minor league manager who was largely responsible for discovering Mickey Mantle, when he gave the young player a tryout. He also spent time as a MLB scout. Johnny Sturm died of heart failure at age of 88.
October 9th
1898- Former Yankees 3B Joe Sewell (1931-1933) was born After playing with the Indians for 11 years, Joe joined the Yankees for the 1931-1933 AL seasons. He hit .301 in 1931. Joe was on the 1932 World Championship team, hitting .272 as their regular 3B. Joe finished MLB career with a .312 lifetime BA and with only 114 MLB career strike-outs, making him the toughest player to strike out, ever be elected to the Baseball’s HOF.
1921 - Babe Ruth hits his 1st World Series HR to lead the Yankees to their 1st series game victory over the Giants by the score of 3-0. This game will be the only Sunday game that Yankee hurler Carl Mays ever hurled in his 15-yr MLB career.
1926 - The Cardinals Grover Alexander scatters 8 hits in Game 6 of the 1926 World Series, while the Cards tee off on Yankees pitchers at Yankee Stadium for a 10-2 romp that sends the 1926 World Series to a 7th game.
1928 - Yankees slugger Babe Ruth hits 3-HRs in a World Series game for the 2nd time in his Yankees career as the Yankees beat the Cardinals by a score of 7-3. Yankees starter Waite Hoyt picks up the win for the Bombers.
1938 - In the 1938 World Series, the Yankees became the 1st team to win 3 successive World Championships defeating the Cubs by the score of 8-3. Yankees starter Red Ruffing posted his 2nd victory of the 1938 World Series as the Yankees sweep the Cubs for the 2nd time in 6 years.
1941- Former Yankees 1B/OF Joe Pepitone (1962-1969) was born. Before the 1958 AL Season, the Yankees signed Joe as an MLB amateur free agent. He was one of 3 rookies that made the 1962 Yankees (others: Pitcher Jim Bouton and INF Phil Linz). Joe replaced Bill Skowron as regular 1B in 1963. He hit .271. He was an AL Golden Glove winner for 1B in 1965-1966 and 1969. Joe was moved to the OF, when Mickey Mantle was moved to 1B in 1967. Joe was on the 1963-1965 AL All Star teams. After several problems with Yankees management during the 1969 AL season, he was traded in the off-season to the Houston Astros for former Yankees farmhand OF/1B/C Curt Blefary.
1949 - The Yankees pound the Dodgers by the score of 10-6 to win the 1949 World Series in 5 games. Pinch hitter and 3B Bobby Brown is the Yankees hitting hero, batting .500 while driving in 5 runs. Joe Page picks up the save for the Yankees, as Joe DiMaggio hits a HR. The World Series ends with the Yankees hitting .226 to Dodgers .210, but the Yankee pitching holds up with a 2.80 ERA, while the Bums pitchers post a high 4.30 ERA.
1951 -The Yankees rookie INF Gil Mc Dougald’s grand-slam-HR highlights the Yankees 13-1 win against the Giants at the Polo Grounds. Yankees starter Eddie Lopat picks up a complete game victory. McDougald will be named the AL 1951 ROY.
1956 - The Dodgers bounced back after Yankee’s Don Larsen's perfect game to tie the World Series in Game 6. Dodgers’ pitcher Clem Labine comes out of the bullpen to pitch a 1-0, victory over the Yankees in 10 innings. The Bums scored the games only run on a misplayed ball in the OF by Yankees Enos “Country” Slaughter. Yankees starter Bob Turley allows only 4 hits and 1 run in the loss.
1957 - With veteran starter Warren Spahn stricken by the flu, Lew Burdette, pitching with 2 days rest, hurls his 3rd complete game and 2nd shutout as the Braves beat the Yankees, by the score of 5-0, to win the World Series. Lew was originally signed with the Yankees, but he was traded during the 1951 AL season for veteran Braves P Johnny Sain, who helped the Yankees win the 1951 AL pennant.
1958 - Yankees Bob Turley pitched 6 2/3 shutout innings in relief of Yankees starter Don Larsen to beat the Braves by the score of 6-2 for the 1958 World Series title. The Yankees became the 1st team since 1925 to win the World Series after being down 1-game to 3-games. Yankees 1B Bill Skowron’s 3-run HR helps the Yankees win the game.
1969 - Former Yankees minor league INF Kevin Jordan was born. On June 4,1990, Kevin was drafted by the Yankees in the 20th round of the 1990 MLB amateur player draft. Kevin never played for the Yankees at the MLB level. On February 9, 1994, Kevin was traded by the Yankees along with pitchers Ryan Karp and Bobby Munoz to the Phillies for a player to be named later and starter Terry Mulholland. The Phillies would send Jeff Patterson on November 8, 1994 to the Yankees to complete the trade. Kevin played from 1995-2001 in the MLB with the Phillies.
1976 - The Yankees open their 1st post-season play since 1964 AL season and their 1st AL Playoff Series appearance ever by dousing the Royals by the score of 4-1 in Kansas City. Yankees starter Catfish Hunter tossed a 5-hitter against the Royals.
1977 - The Yankees rallied for 3 runs in the 9th inning to beat the Royals by the score of 5-3. They take the 1977 AL pennant in the 5th game of the ALCS playoffs.
1996 - Bernie Williams hit a HR in the 11th inning to give the Yankees, a 5-4 victory over the Orioles in Game 1 of the AL Championship Series. The Yankees received a great help from a young fan, when Jeff Maier (age 12) created a game-tying HR by Derek Jeter in the 8th inning, when he reached out and grabbed a ball that was about to be caught by Orioles RF Tony Tarasco.
2004 - At Minneapolis, the Yankees rallied for 4 runs to tie the game in the 8th inning, and then pushed across the winning run in the 11th inning on a wild pitch. The 6-5 win against the Twins gave them a 3-1 AL Division series victory and sends them back to Yankee Stadium, where they will open against the Red Sox in the best-of-seven ALCS.
2005- The Yankees forced an ALDS Game 5 by defeating the Angels by the score of 3-2.
October 10th
1904 - The Red Sox clinched the AL pennant on the last day of the season when Jack Chesbro of the Highlanders threw a wild pitch in the 9th inning to allow the winning run to score from 3B. The Red Sox had won the opener by the score of 3-2 in the doubleheader opener. Jack Chesbro finishes 1904 AL season with a MLB and Yankees club pitching record of 41 wins.
1923 - It's an all-New York City World Series for the 3rd straight year. In Game 1, The Giants break a 4-4 tie in the top of the 9th inning as they defeat the Yankees by the score of 5-4. Giants P Rosy Ryan takes the win while Yankees Joe Bush is the loser. The Giants veteran OF Casey Stengel's inside-the-park HR is the 1st Series HR hit at Yankee Stadium. It is the 1st World Series to be broadcast on a nationwide radio network.
1926 - Grover Alexander saved Game 7 and the 1926 World Series for the Cardinals by fanning Tony Lazzeri with the bases loaded in the 7th inning and pitching 2 1/3 hitless innings.
1929 - Former Yankees reliever Bobby Tiefenauer (1965) was born. On June 16, 1965, Bobby was obtained from the Braves for minor league hurler Tom Dukes Bobby went 1-1 in 10 games with 2 saves working out of the Yankees bullpen. On August 11, 1965, Bobby was purchased by the Indians from the Yankees.
1937 - In the 1937 World Series, Yankees starter Lefty Gomez knocks in the winning run in the 4-2 clincher in Game 5 against the Giants. Lefty records his 5th World Series win without a loss. Yankees Joe DiMaggio and Myril Hoag hit HRs for the Bombers. Another new record comes when the Yankees complete the 1937 World Series without an error.
1951 - Hank Bauer's bases-loaded triple in Game 6 of the World Series propels the Yankees to a 4-3 over the Giants and their 3d straight World Series victory, as 67,111 fans see Joe DiMaggio’s last World Series game as a Yankee player. Joe finishes the 1951 World Series with a double in the 8th inning. The Yankees starter Vic Raschi picks up the victory with relief help from pitchers Johnny Sain and Bob Kuzava, who gets the save.
1956 - Yankees starter Johnny Kucks sets down the Dodgers, by the score of 9-0, as the Yankees win the 1956 World Series in 7 games. Yogi Berra hits a pair of 2-run HRs while Bill Skowron hits a Grand Slam HR. It's the 7th and final time, the Dodgers and the Yankees will meet in the World Series as New York City MLB teams. In the future, it will take a jet, not a subway, to get these 2 teams together in 1963 for the World Series.
1957 - Lew Burdette's 3rd victory of the 1957 World Series, a 5-0 shutout over the Yankees, gave the Braves, the 1957 World Series Championship, their 1st since the Miracle Boston Braves of 1914 and the team’s only one in Milwaukee.
1964 - The Yankees Jim Bouton and Curt Simmons of the Cardinals battle to a 1-1 tie through 8 innings in Game 3 of the 1964 World Series. Mickey Mantle hits a HR on Barney Schultz's 1st pitch in the 9th inning, and the Yankees win the game by a score of 2-1. It is Mickey’s 16th World Series HR breaking Babe Ruth’s record. Before his at bat in the 9th inning, Mickey tells his Yankees teammate, Elston Howard that he’ll hit Schultz’s 1st pitch for a HR. Mickey Mantle will finish the1964 World Series with a .333 BA and 3 HRs, he will finish with 18 HRs in World Series play for the Yankees.
1976 - The Royals even their AL Playoffs series with the Yankees by coming from behind to beat the Yankees by a score of 7-3.
1978 - The Dodgers Davey Lopes collects 2 HRs and 5 RBIs to lead the Dodgers to an 11- 5 victory over the Yankees in Game 1 of the 1978 World Series. Dodger starter Tommy John picks up the win, while Yankees starter Ed Figueroa takes the loss.
1980 - The Royals All Star 3B George Brett hits an upper-deck 3-run HR off Yankees relief ace Goose Gossage to give the Royals a 4-2 victory and a 3-game sweep of the Yankees in the 1980 AL Championship Series.
1986 - Former Yankees P Russ Van Atta (1933-35) passed away (1906-1986). Russ went 24-25 in 114 games with the Yankees before being sold to the Browns. His best Yankees season was in 1933, when he went 12-4 for the Yankees.
1990 - Former Yankees Batting Coach and MLB player Wally Moses passed away (1910 - 1990). Wally was the batting coach for Yankees Manager Ralph Houk from 1961-1962. He stayed with the Yankees as a batting instructor in the organization in 1963. He was a scout from 1964 to 1966, when he returned to coaching from May through the end of the 1966 AL season. Wally spent most of his MLB playing career with the A’s, finishing a MLB lifetime BA of .291.
1996 - The Orioles' 5-3 win over the Yankees in Game 2, evens the 1996 ALCS at 1 game apiece. Orioles 1B Rafael Palmeiro's 7th-inning HR is the key blow.
1998 - The Yankees even the ALCS at 2 games apiece on a 4-hit, 4-0 shutout by Orlando Hernandez, who hurls the 1st 7 innings, while Yankees relievers Mike Stanton and Mariano Rivera finish up the game.
2000 - The Mariners defeated the Yankees by the score of 2-0, to take the opener of the 2000 AL Championship Series. Freddy Garcia and the Mariners bullpen combine on the 6-hitter, while Alex Rodriguez hits a HR for the Mariners.
2001 - The Yankees fall to the A’s by the score of 5-3, in Game 1 of their AL Division Series. A’s OF Terrence Long hits a pair of HRs, while 1B Jason Giambi, adds another HR for the A’s. Starter Mark Mulder gets the win for the A’s, while OF Johnny Damon goes 4-for-4.
2005 - Angels rookie starter Ervin Santana pitched 5 1/3 strong innings in his postseason debut, Garret Anderson hits a HR and drove in 2 runs, and Adam Kennedy hit a go-ahead 2-run triple, to lead the Angels over the Yankees by the score of 5-3, in the decisive Game 5 of their 2005 AL playoff series.
(As always I'd like to thank Fw57Clipper51 for his great contribution.)
