June 29th - July 5th
June 29th
1899 - Former Yankees OF Bobby Veach (1925) was born. On May 5, 1925, Bobby was traded by the Red Sox along with Alex Ferguson to the Yankees for Ray Francis and $9,000. As a Yankee, Bobby appeared in 56 games hitting .353. On August 17, 1925, Bobby was selected off waivers by the Senators from the Yankees.
1909 - While Pitching against the Highlanders, Senators starter Walter Johnson gives up a solo HR to Ray Demmitt in the 7th inning, the 1st HR, he's allowed since his debut in 1907. Demmitt's shot is the only score for New York, as Johnson beats them for the 2nd time in 10 days.
1932 - Yankees sign P Charles Devens straight out of Harvard University. Charles went 5-2 in 16 games for the Yankees (1932-1934).
1934 - Yankees All Star 1B Lou Gehrig is beaned in an exhibition game played in Norfolk, Virginia, and suffers a concussion.
1941 - In a doubleheader with the Senators, Joe DiMaggio ties and then breaks the AL consecutive game-hitting streak of 41 established by George Sisler. In the opener, he knots the record with a double off of P Dutch Leonard, and in the nightcap the "Yankee Clipper" tops the record with a 7th inning single against Walt Masterson.
1947 - The Yankees began a 19-game winning streak by beating the Senators by a score of 3-1.
1950 - Yankees rookie lefty hurler Whitey Ford is called up by the Yankees from Kansas City Blues (AAA). He will go 9-1 with 1 save in 20 games with a 2.81 ERA; including a game four 1950 World Series start against the Phillies. Ford will throw pitching 8 2/3 innings of shutout ball until a dropped fly ball by Gene Woodling allows 2 Phillies runs to score. Allie Reynolds come in and strikes out the next batter for the save and completes the 4 game World Series sweep of the Phillies.
1958 - Former Yankees hurler Ralph Terry gets 12 run support from his A’s teammates to top the Yankees, by a score of 12-6. Mickey Mantle gets his 1st hit in his last 17 at bats against the A's, a 3rd inning HR.
1965 - The Yankees lose All Star RF Roger Maris for 49 games with bone chips in the heel of his right hand.
1966 - At Fenway Park, Mickey Mantle opens the scoring in the 1st inning with a 3-run HR shot, then sandwiches a HR between round trippers by teammates Bobby Richardson and Joe Pepitone in the 3rd inning in New York's 6-5 win. The consecutive trifecta was last done for the Yankees in 1947, when Charlie Keller, Joe DiMaggio, and Johnny Lindell connected for HRs. Bobby Richardson is 5 for 5 in the game. Mantle's 2 HRs today, are his 37th and 38th at Fenway Park, will be his last HR hit in Boston, and ties him with Babe Ruth for most homers hit by a Red Sox opponent.
1968 - In the 1st game of a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle ties the score with a 2-run HR in the 6th inning, but A’s rookie OF Reggie Jackson breaks the tie in the 8th inning with his 9th HR of the year. The A's win the game, by a score of 5 -2.
1972 - Jim Palmer's 8-game winning streak ends as the Yankees chase the Orioles ace in the 2nd inning of a 4 -3 win. Yankee starter Mel Stottlemyre, with relief help from closer Sparky Lyle, gains his 7th win of the 1972 AL season.
1987 - Eight homers are hit in Toronto as the Yankees outlast the Blue Jays, by a score of 15-14. Don Mattingly leads the Yankee power outage with a pair, while Dave Righetti gets the win.
1991 - The visiting Yankees score 3 runs in the 9th inning off of Brewers closer Dan Plesac to beat Milwaukee, in a 9-8 victory. Kevin Maas and Jesse Barfield homer for the Bombers. Teddy Higuera (3 -2), in the 1st year of a $13 million, 4-year contract pitches 7 innings, allowing 3 runs. Higuera, who started the year on the DL, will go on the DL again, when a significant tear to his rotary cuff is discovered. This is his last MLB career appearance.
1997 - In New York, the Indians score 7 runs off the usually stingy starter David Cone, but the Yankees outlast the Indians, by a score of 11-10. With his 9th-inning single, Sandy Alomar extends his hitting streak to 26 games, 6th longest in Tribe history.
2000 - In an prescient move, the Yankees obtained OF/DH David Justice from the Indians for OF Ricky Ledee and 2 minor league players to be named. They were minor league pitchers Zach Day and Jake Westbrook. When Shane Spencer goes down with leg injury at Shea Stadium in 10 days, Justice will take over LF. The trade occurs minutes before the start of the game against Detroit, an 8 -0 Yankee win. Ricky Ledee is scratched from the lineup. The Yankees tie a MLB record with 3 sac flies in one inning.
June 30th
1908 - At New York's Hilltop Park, Red Sox legend Cy Young no-hits the Highlanders, by a score of 8-0. It the 3rd time the 41-year old Cy Young has accomplished this feat in his long MLB career.
1927 - A crowd of 3,000 fans at Yankee Stadium see the Yankees hand the Red Sox their 12th straight loss, beating the visitors, 13-6 on 19 safeties. Lou Gehrig takes over the HR lead when he clouts his 25th HR in the 1st inning, a bounce HR off Slim Harriss, but Babe Ruth, back in the lineup, golfs his 25th HR in the 4th inning, also off of Slim. Lou Gehrig has 3 hits and also swipes home. New York (49-20) wins its 5th straight game, while Boston loses its 12th straight.
1928 - The Yankees win 2 from Boston and close out the month of June, 11 1/2 games in front of the A's. The Yankees home game attendance lags, as the AL race appears to be over.
1934 - Yankees All Star 1BLou Gehrig plays after being beaned yesterday. He has 3 triples at Washington. However, the game is rained out after 4 1/2 innings, depriving Gehrig of a record.
1937 - Yankees starter Lefty Gomez has another no-hit bid foiled this time in the 5th inning with a HR by A’s Ron Johnson, as Gomez settles for a one-hitter in a
5-1 win.
1944 - Former Yankees OF/1B/DH Ron “Rocky“ Swoboda (1971-73) was born. On June 25, 1971, Ron was traded by the Expos to the Yankees for OF Ron Woods. Ron hit .208 in 152 games for the Yankees.
1945 - Former Yankees INF Jerry Kenney (1967, 1969-72) was born. Jerry was below average infielder, who was package in the Graig Nettles trade with Cleveland in 1972.
1950 - Joe and Dom DiMaggio, both hit HR’s in the 10-2, Red Sox victory over Yankees in the nightcap of a doubleheader. It has been 15 years since the two brothers homered in the same game.
1954 - Tom Morgan of the Yankees hits 3 Red Sox batters in the 3rd inning of a 6-1 loss. Mickey Mantle's HR against Red Sox hurler Willard Nixon is the only Yankee tally. Also the game was the last MLB game that Bobby Brown played as a Yankee, going 2 for 4, then retiring to practice medicine.
1960 - The Yankees beat up on their cousins from Kansas City by banging out 5 HRs to win the game by a score of 10-5. Bill "Moose" Skowron leads the Bronx Bombers attack with 2 HRs, with one each from Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris and Tony Kubek.
1961 - Whitey Ford (14-2) tops the expansion Senators 5-1 to give the 2nd place Yankees their 22nd win of the month. Roger Maris drives in 3 runs and Mickey Mantle lines shot over CF Willie Tasby's that rebounds for an inside-the-park HR. Whitey Ford becomes the 1st pitcher in AL history to win 8 games in one month.
1962 - Former Yankees shortstop Tony Fernandez (1995) was born. Tony was signed as a free agent by the Yankees; he played in 108 games batting .245 in 1995.
1977 - Yankees DH/C/1B Cliff Johnson becomes the 2nd player in 3 days to hit a pair of HRs in an inning. He hits 3 consecutive HRs, including 2 in the 8th inning, as the Yankees rout the Blue Jays by a score of 11-5. New York (42-33) is a half-game behind the Red Sox. That year Cliff would hit .381 with 6 HRs against the Blue Jays pitching staff.
1986 - The Yankees trade veteran OF Ken Griffey Sr. to the Braves for OF Claudell Washington and minor league shortstop Paul Zuvella.
2000 - The Yankees tie a MLB record when 3 players (Bernie Williams, Tino Martinez and Jose Vizcaino) each hit sacrifice flies in the 4th inning against the Tigers. The MLB record was set by the White Sox on July 1, 1962, in the 2nd game of a doubleheader against the Indians.
July 1st
1915 - Yankees purchased P Dan Tipple from Indianapolis for undisclosed amount of cash. Dan went 1-1 in 3 games for the Yankees in 1915.
1935 - Yankees OF George Selkirk suggests a cinder path aka “warning track”, six feet wide, be installed in the outfield, so a player knows when he is nearing the wall. The MLB ignores his suggestion.
1938 - Yankees C Bill Dickey drives in 7 runs during an 8-0 victory over the Senators. Bill hits 3-HR in the 4th inning off of Nats starter Harry Kelly. In the 5th inning, he strikes again with a grand slam HR off of Kelly. The Yankees final run was score by a HR hit by Frank Crosetti.
1941 - Before 52,832 fans at Yankee Stadium, Joe DiMaggio leads a sweep of the Red Sox with scores of 7-2 and 9-2. The 2nd game is called after 5 innings. DiMaggio has 2 hits in the 1st game and 1 in the 2nd to tie Willie Keeler's MLB batting streak of 44 games. The Yankees have 25 hits in the 2 games but fail to hit a HR in the 1st game, ending their AL streak of 25 consecutive games with at least one HR. The previous record, set by the Tigers in 1940, was 17 games.
1950 - At Fenway Park, starter Tommy Byrne takes the loss for the Yankees, but rookie reliever Whitey Ford does little to help. In his MLB debut, Ford throws 4 2/3 innings, allowing 7 hits, 6 walks, and 5 earned runs. Boston rolls to a 13-4 win. Rookie Walt Dropo hits a grand slam HR for the Bosox to dump the Yankees into 3rd place in the AL.
1951 - Before 58,815 fans at Yankee Stadium, the Yankees top the Red Sox, 5-2, behind Eddie Lopat's 6-hitter. The win moves the Yankees ahead of the White Sox by 4 percentage points. Jerry Coleman homers off of Mel Parnell, while Johnny Pesky connects for the Sox. Bobby Doerr singles for his 2,000th MLB career hit.
1952 - Former Yankees OF Kerry Dineen (1975-76) was born. He appeared in 29 games for the Yankees in 1975-76, before being traded to the Phillies.
1956 - Mickey Mantle HRs from both sides of the plate in the same game for the 4th time in his MLB career. The Yankees win 8-6 over Washington.
1957 - Orioles' starter George Zuverink and C Frank Zupo form the first 'Z' battery in MLB history as the Yankees still beat the Birds, by a score of 3-2.
1961 - The expansion Senators stake rookie Carl Mathias to a 3 -0 lead over the Yankees, but a Mickey Mantle solo HR shot, a few feet left of the 456-ft sign in LF at Yankee Stadium, puts New York on the board. The Senators up the score to 5 -1, but Mantle then bangs a 3-run HR to make it 5-4 and knock out Mathias, who in his 11 MLB career games will give up 3 HRs to Mantle. In the 9th inning, Roger Maris hits a 2-run HR, his 28th, to give New York, a 7-6 victory.
1962 - Angels OF Albie Pearson becomes the 1st player to go hitless in 11 at bats in a doubleheader (both 9-inning games). Los Angeles splits with the Yankees, losing 6-3, before winning the nightcap by a score of 12-5. Angels’ veteran reliever Art Fowler helps himself to a win in the nightcap by driving in 4 runs on a pair of singles. The Yankees take over 1st place.
1964 - It's "Taxi Day" at Yankee Stadium and nearly 5,000 cabbies and their families are on hand as A’s runs up the meter to win, 5-4.
1966 - At Washington, D.C., Mickey Mantle HRs in the 1st inning off of Senators’ starter Phil Ortega, as Yankees edge the Senators, by a score of 8-6. Mickey scores another run, when Joe Pepitone cracks a 2-run HR.
1979 - New York hits 5 HRs off of Red Sox starter Dennis Eckersley to win, by a score of 6-5. Boston also loses speedster Jerry Remy, batting .304 on the season, when he injures a knee sliding home, Remy will appear in only 7 more games all year.
1982 - Former Yankees P Ray Scarborough (1952-53) passed away (1917-1982). After being obtained from the Red Sox, Ray went 7-3 in 33 games for the Yankees in 1952-53. During the 1953 season Ray was sent to the Tigers.
1990 - Yankees starter Andy Hawkins throws the season's 6th no-hitter, but still loses 4-0 to the White Sox. With 2 out in the bottom of the 8th inning, New York's 3B Mike Blowers misplays Sammy Sosa's routine grounder for an error, then Hawkins walks 2 batters to load the bases. Yankee outfielders Jim Leyritz and Jesse Barfield drop back-to-back fly balls to allow all 4 runs to score. Barfield loses Ivan Calderon's fly ball in the sun and the ball bounces off his mitt. A’s pitcher Ken Johnson in 1964, was the last pitcher to lose a no-hitter.
1996 - At Yankee Stadium, the Key outguns the Rocket, as Yankees starter Jimmy Key beats Red Sox hurler Roger Clemens, by a score of 2-0. Mike Aldrete's solo HR in the 7th inning is the first score.
2003 - Former Yankees P Bill Miller (1952-1954) passed away. On August 1, 1951, Bill was purchased by the Yankees from the Syracuse (IL). Bill appeared in 36 games with the Yankees, going 6-7, before being traded to the Orioles in the big 17-player trade of December 1954.
2005 - In the game of the year, the Yankees beat the Red Sox by a score of 5-4 in 13 innings. The score was tied 3-3 after 9 innings and both teams had to wiggle their way out of many jams to keep it that way. In the 12th inning, the Red Sox had runners on second and third with 2 outs when Trot Nixon lifted a fly ball to shallow left field. Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter raced out and caught the ball before diving headfirst into the stands and bloodying his face, forcing him to leave the game. In the top of the 13th inning, Manny Ramirez homered to give the Red Sox the lead, but the Yankees staged a 2 out rally in the bottom half of the 13th inning. Ruben Sierra singled, and then came around to score on Miguel Cairo's game-tying RBI double. Pinch hitter John Flaherty, the last man off the Yankees' bench, followed that up with a game-winning ground-rule single to score Cairo.
July 2nd
1931 - Yankees Slugger Babe Ruth homers to drive in a run for the 11th consecutive game as the Yankees drub Detroit by a score of 12-1. Ruth has 18 RBI in the string.
1938 - Former Yankees reliever Hal Reniff (1961-67) was born. (1938-2004) Hal was signed as free agent in 1956. He appeared in 247 games with Yankees posting an 18-20 record with 41 saves out of the Yankees bullpen, before being sold to the Mets in June of 1967. Hal would pitch for the Yankees AAA team in Syracuse in the early 1970’s, before retiring as an active player.
1941 - On sweltering day in front of 52,832 fans at Yankee Stadium, Joe DiMaggio breaks Wee Willie Keeler's 1897's MLB record consecutive game hit streak of 45 games with a 3-run HR off of Red Sox hurler Richard Newsome.
1946 - The Yankees nip the Red Sox 2-1, before a Yankee Stadium crowd of 69,107 fans. Yankees starter Spud Chandler walks 9 batters in the 1st four innings, but takes a no-hitter into the 9th inning, before Bobby Doerr hits a 1-out single.
1948 - The Senators beat the Yankees, 2-1, in 12 innings as Walt Masterson allows only 3 hits and goes all the way for the win. Tom McBride makes 12 putouts to set the AL record for PO in LF in extra innings. The Yanks drop 2 games behind 1st-place Cleveland and 1 1/2 games behind the A's.
1951 - The Yankees gain a split of their 4-game series in Boston by trouncing the Red Sox by a score of 15-9. Veteran Johnny Mize plays 1B for the Yankees, he contributes with a HR and a single.
1961 - The Yankees hit 5 HRs including HR #28 by Mickey Mantle and HRs #'s 29 and #30 by Roger Maris to easily beat the Senators, by a score of 13-4.
1962 - At Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle deposits a 6th inning HR halfway up the 3rd tier in RF to lead New York to a 8-4 win over the A's. Mick walks his other 3 times up.
1964- Former Yankees DH/OF Jose Canseco (2000) was born. Jose was claimed on waivers from the Devil Rays during the 2000 AL season. He appeared in 37 games with 6 HRS, 19 RBIs with .243 BA.
1964 - Former Yankees minor league P Ozzie Canseco was born. Ozzie was signed as a pitcher by the Yankees as a 2nd round draft choice in 1983 player draft. He was released by the Yankees organization on July 4, 1986.
1966 - Frank Howard, Don Lock, and Ken McMullen hit consecutive HRs with 2 outs in the 6th inning, as Senators starter Mike McCormick pitches a complete game. The Senators defeat a winless Whitey Ford and the Yankees, by a score of 10-4. Mike McCormick is the winner for the Senators, just giving up 5 hits including a Mickey Mantle HR, his 14th of the 1966 AL season, in the 9th inning.
1978 - Yankees starter Ron Guidry wins his 13th consecutive game, the best start in Yankees history, in beating Detroit, by a score of 3-2. With the Yankees down 2-0, Mickey Rivers long drive to right is caught by a fan reaching down to take it away from Detroit's Mickey Stanley. The fan drops the ball and Stanley, waiting for an interference call, fails to retrieve the ball. Rivers motors for an inside-the-park HR and New York ties the game 2-2, eventually winning it.
2002 - The Yankees obtained veteran OF Raul Mondesi from the Blue Jays in exchange for minor league P Scott Wiggins.
July 3rd
1911 - At Philadelphia's Shibe Park, the A's 3B Frank “Home Run” Baker hits for the cycle in a 5 -1 win over the Yankees in 2nd game of a doubleheader.
1912 - Walter Johnson picks up a win and is given a rare rest in the 6th inning as Senators coasts to a 10-2 win over the Highlanders. Walter "The Big Train" Johnson will rack up an AL record 16 straight wins before he is beaten.
1914 - A’s starters Chief Bender and Bob Shawkey whitewash the Yankees, 2-0 and 1- 0, for an A's doubleheader sweep.
1914 - Former Yankees C Buddy Rosar (1939-42) was born (1914-1994). Buddy was the back up catcher for the Yankees. In 1942, Buddy was selected to AL All Star team. On December 17, 1942, he was traded by the Yankees along with Roy Cullenbine to the Indians for Roy Weatherly and Oscar Grimes.
1922 - Former Yankees pitching coach and MLB player Art Fowler (1975-78) was born. Art was longtime pitching coach for Manager Billy Martin.
1922 - OF Bob Meusel hits for the cycle for the 2nd time in his MLB career to pace the Yankees to a 12-1 whipping of the A’s. Meusel and Ruth go back-to-back in the 7th inning as starter Carl Mays cruises to his 22nd straight win over the A’s. As noted by baseball historian Ted Farmer, all of Carl Mays wins against the A’s have been complete games
1923 - For the 2nd time of the 1923 season, Babe Ruth hits a 15th inning game-winning-HR, as Yankee starter Joe Bush going all 15 innings gets a 2-1 victory over the Senators.
1925 - Yankees released veteran OF Whitey Witt (1922-25).
1932 - With a Boston law restricting games within 1000 feet of a church on Sundays no longer in effect, the 1st Sunday game is played at Fenway Park with the Red Sox losing to the Yankees, by a score of 13-2.
1941 - Former Yankees reliever Casey Cox (1972-73) was born.On August 30, 1972, Casey was traded by the Rangers to the Yankees for P Jim Roland. Casey appeared in 6 games going 0-1 for the Yankees.
1950 - With Yankees rookie 1B Joe Collins is not hitting well, with veteran OF/1B Tommy Henrich still injured. Yankees Co-Owner Dan Topping asks veteran All Star CF Joe DiMaggio to play 1B in an experiment. In the 7-2 loss, he handles 13 plays cleanly but is clearly not happy with the move. He goes back into OF when RF Hank Bauer sprains his ankle. After this 1-game experiment, Joe returns to the outfield. Yankees Manager Casey Stengel was hoping the new position for Joe DiMaggio would extend his playing career with the Yankees. Joe never forgave Casey for not asking him to his face to play 1B for the team. Fortunately Tommy Henrich returns from his injury and plays an excellent 1B for the Yankees
1953 - Former Yankee P Frank Tanana (1993) was born. On September 17, 1993, Frank was traded by the Mets to the Yankees for minor league P Kenny Greer. Frank went 0-3 in 3 games.
1960 - Before 50,556 fans in New York, the Yankees sweep 2 games from the Tigers, winning by scores of 7-6 and 6-2. In the opener, Yankees closer Ryne Duren fans Charlie Maxwell with the bases loaded and 2 outs in the 9th inning. Detroit is ahead 2 -1 in the night cap, when Norm Cash argues at length about a call at 1st base, and finally gets tossed from the game. When play resumes Tigers reliever Pete Burnside serves up a 3-run HR to Mickey Mantle, batting righty, the Yankees were 23-5 since June 5th, and now lead the AL by 3 games.
1962 - The Yankees need all 5 HRs, 2 each by Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, plus one by Bobby Richardson to edge the A's by a score of 8-7. Mantle's 2nd HR, in the 8th inning, is the tiebreaker.
1966 - Mickey Mantle hits a 1st inning HR, and for the 2nd time this week has hit 3 HRs in consecutive times at bat. New York blows a 5 -0 lead in the 8th inning as the Senators storm back. Bobby Richardson HRs in the 11th inning to give New York, a 6-5 lead. In the bottom of the 9th inning, Paul Casanova goes is on first, when a sac bunt moves him to 2B. He overruns the bag and decides to head to 3B, where he knocks the ball away from Tom Tresh. He then continues to home where he is thrown out by a mile.
1967 - Current Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman was born.
1975 - Former Yankees P Christian Parker (2001) was born. Christian went 0-1 with the Yankees in 2001. On March 22, 2000, he was sent by the Expos to the Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on December 22, 1999. The Expos sent players to be named later and P Jake Westbrook to the Yankees for P Hideki Irabu. The Expos will send P Ted Lilly on March 17, 2000 and P Christian Parker on March 22, 2000 to the Yankees to complete the trade.
1977 - Yankees starter Ron Guidry pitches his 2nd consecutive shutout of the 1977 AL season, a 6-hit, 2-0 win over the Tigers. Roy White broke up the scoreless duel with a run-scoring double in the 8th inning.
1996 - The Yankees sign Venezuelan OF Jackson Melian, who had just turned 16, to a contract for $1.6 million. His bonus is a record for Latino ball players. He never reaches the MLB as a player.
July 4th - Happy Birthday America!
1884 - Former Yankees P John “Jack” Warhop (1908-1915) was born. Jack went 69-93 in 221 games for the Yankees.
1904 - Jack Chesbro, the Highlanders spitballer starter, wins his 14th game in a row, an AL pitching record until Senators Walter Johnson wins 16 straight in 1912. The A's lose both games today, as the Highlanders sweep the 3 games series.
1925 - The A’s Lefty Grove battles the Yankees' Herb Pennock 15 innings before taking a 1-0 loss. Herb Pennock is a model of control, issuing no walks and giving up only 4 hits.
1927 - The Yankees sweep the Senators in a doubleheader by score of 12-1 in both games.
1932 - Yankees All Star C Bill Dickey punches and breaks Carl Reynolds's jaw after the Senator OF collides with him on a close play at home plate. The AL suspends the Yankees catcher for 30 days and fines him $1,000 for his
1-punch fight.
1933 - The Senators widen their lead over the 2nd-place Yankees to 2 1/2 games with a double-bill victory before 77,365 holiday fans at Yankee Stadium, 6-5 in 10 innings and 3-2. The Yankees would finish in 2nd place in 1933 with a 90-59 record.
1934 - The 1934 AL pennant race has seesawed between the Yankees and Tigers with New York only 1 game ahead. The improved Red Sox are 6 1/2 games behind, and Washington, last year's AL Champions, are 7 games back and dropping fast. The Yankees would finish in 2nd place in 1934 with a 94-60 record.
1937 - After the July 4th games are played, the Yankees have opened a 3 1/2 game lead over the White Sox in the AL.
1939 - It's “Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day” at Yankee Stadium with "The Iron Horse's” Yankee uniform number 4 will be the 1st uniform ever to be retired. After emcee Sid Mercer informs the sell-out crowd the man of the hour is too moved to speak, Lou Gehrig changes his mind, when Yankee Manager Joe McCarthy encourages him, and delivers the keynote address history describing himself as "the luckiest man on the face of the earth".
1942 - Former Yankees INF Hal Lanier (1972-73) was born. Hal was a good fielding INF with a weak bat. He was son of former NL Cardinals star Max Lanier.
1948 - Former Yankees minor league player OF/DH/C Wayne Nordhagen was born. On June 7, 1968, Wayne was drafted by the Yankees in the 7th round of the 1968 amateur player draft. On June 7, 1973, he was traded by the Yankees along with players to be named later and OF/1B Frank Tepedino to the Braves for P Pat Dobson. The Yankees would send P Dave Cheadle on August 15, 1973 and P Al Closter on September 5, 1973 to the Braves to complete the trade.
1954 - Yankees purchased P Marlin Stuart from the Orioles on waivers. Marlin went 3-0 in 10 games with 1 save for the Yankees in 1954.
1954 - Former Yankees P Jim Beattie (1978-79) was born.Jim was drafted by the Yankees in the 4th round of the 1975 amateur player draft. Jim went 9-15 in 40 games with the Yankees (1978-79). On November 1, 1979, Jim was traded by the Yankees along with P Rick Anderson, OF Juan Beniquez, and C Jerry Narron to the Mariners for OF Ruppert Jones and minor league P Jim Lewis. His MLB pitching career would end with shoulder problems. Jim has worked in the front offices for the Expos and Orioles, as a General Manager.
1959 - Yankees starter Bob Turley turns in another 1-hit masterpiece at Washington’s Griffth Stadium. A lazy fly ball in the 9th inning by PH Julio Becquer drops in front of LF Norm Siebern for the only Senators hit. Yankees Shortstop Tony Kubek goes 8-for-10 in the doubleheader, as the Yankees sweep the Nats by scores of 10-6 and 7-0.
1960 - Mickey Mantle's 3-run 1st-inning HR off of Senators P Hal Woodeshick is the 300th HR of his MLB career. Mantle becomes the 18th MLB player to join the 300 HR MLB club, but the Yankees drop a 9-8 decision to Senators.
1961 - Before 74,246 fans, the largest crowd at Yankee Stadium since 1947, the Yankees split a doubleheader with the Tigers, winning the opener 6-2, before losing the nightcap 4-3 in 10 innings.
1964 - At Yankee Stadium, the Twins are leading the Yankees by a score of 5-4, when Mickey Mantle parks a 3-run HR shot off of reliever Al Worthington in the 8th inning to win it, by a score of 7-5.
1967 - At Metropolitan Stadium in Minnesota, Twins starter Jim “Mudcat” Grant stops the Yankees to give the Twins, an 8-3 victory. Mickey Mantle drives in all 3 Yankees runs with 2 HRs.
1967 - Yankees obtained veteran starter Steve Barber from the Orioles for 1B Ray “Buddy” Barker, minor league outfielders Chet Trail and Joe Brody plus cash. Barber was washed up, never fully recovering from his arm problems. He went 12-14 in 37 games for the Yankees (1967-68) before being drafted by the Seattle Pilots in the 1968 AL expansion player draft. Steve passed way in February of 2007.
1977 - Yankees stay 1 game ahead of the Red Sox by edging the Indians, by a score of 7-5. The Yankees get HR support from Chris Chambliss, Roy White, Lou Piniella, and Graig Nettles.
1983 - Lefty starter Dave Righetti pitches the Yankees' 1st no-hitter since Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series, handcuffing the Red Sox by a score of 4-0 before a holiday crowd of 41,077 fans at Yankee Stadium. It's the 1st no-hitter by a Yankee lefty since George Mogridge in 1917.
1984 - Yankees starter Phil Niekro strikes out 5 batters in the Yankees 5 -0 win over Rangers to become the 9th pitcher in MLB history to record 3,000 MLB career strikeouts.
1986 - At Comiskey Park, with the score 1-1 in the bottom of the 8th inning, White Sox OF John Cangelosi leads off with a drive to the RF corner. A fans leans out of the stands and appears to touch the ball as he tumbles onto the field. Anticipating an interference call, Yankees OF Claudell Washington slows down, while the speedy Cangelosi easily makes 3B. The umps don't see any interference and Cangelosi remains on 3B, and scores on a sac fly. White Sox win the game by a score of 2-1.
1996 - The Yankees provide the fireworks, signing Darryl Strawberry. On June 24th, Yankee GM Bob Watson said 5 times that Strawberry "doesn't fit" with the Yankees. Strawberry will be assigned to the AAA Columbus Clippers (IL).
2002 - The Yankees defeat the Tribe by a score of 7-1. Indians slugger Jim Thome has his streak of consecutive games hitting a HR stopped at 7 games, one short of the MLB record.
2003 - In a 10-3 victory over the New York, the Red Sox score all their runs with the long ball hitting a record 7 HR’s off the Yankee pitchers. Prior to today's Independence Day fireworks, the Bronx Bombers had given up 6 HRS in a game 4 times including 2 to Boston (1997 and 1977) and the Indians (1970).
July 5th
1884 - Former Yankees P John “Jack” Quinn (1909-12, 1919-21) was born. John went 73-54 for the Yankees.
1896 - Former Yankees P Herbert “Lefty” Thormahlen (1917-20) was born (1896-1955). He went 29-20 in 76 games for the Yankees.
1904 - Former Yankees P Bump Hadley (1936-40) was born (1904-1963). Bump went 47-31 in 140 games for the Yankees. He went 2-1 in 3 World Series with the Yankees. His best season was in 1936, going 14-4. In 1939, he posted 12-6 mark for the Yankees. In 1940, he will be sold to the A’s.
1906 - The Yankees exploit 9 Boston errors to beat the Red Sox by a score of 8-3 at Fenway Park.
1917- In the 1st of 2 games in New York, Frank “Home Run” Baker hits a 13th inning inside the park HR off of Senators starter Walter Johnson to give the Yankees, a 5-4 win. It is Baker's 5th HR off of Senators Ace Walter Johnson.
1934 - Yankees 1B Lou Gehrig hits an inside-the-park grand slam HR, as the Yankees beat the Senators by a score of 8-3. It is his 4th grand slam HR of the 1934 AL season, his 17th overall, passing Babe Ruth's career total. Lou Gehrig will eventually set a MLB career record of 23 grand slams. Lou Gehrig, now has 321 MLB career HRs to Ruth's 698 HRs.
1937 - Joe DiMaggio hits his 1st career grand slam HR, in the 6th inning off of Red Sox pitcher Rube Walberg to lead the Yankees to an 8-4 win in the 2nd game of a doubleheader. The Yankees won the 1st game by a score of 15-0.
1939 - Yankees rookie starter Atley Donald wins his 10th game without a loss.
1943 - Former Yankees OF/DH/1B/3B/C Curt Blefrey (1970-71) was born (1943-2001). Before the 1962 AL Season, Curt was signed by the Yankees as an amateur free agent. Curt was removed from the 40-man Yankee roster when they acquired veteran INF Harry Bright during April of 1963. He was immediately claimed by the Orioles. He would play for the Orioles, Astros, A’s and Yankees during his MLB career.
1948 - Despite a hitless day by slugger Ted Williams, the Red Sox sweep doubleheader from the Yankees, winning by scores of 6-5 and 8 -7. Denny Galehouse wins the opener, and then he saves the win in game two. But his 9th inning sac bunt results in his tripping over 1B, he will be out of action for 3 weeks.
1950 - In a sloppy game that features 18 walks, Cliff Mapes drives in 5 runs with a HR and single to pace the Yankees to an 11-8 win over the A’s. Tommy Byrne (9-3) is the winner despite giving up 6 hits and 6 walks in 5 innings (he walks 2 in the 6th inning). He also hits 4 batters to tie the MLB record. A’s starter Alex Kellner pitches 4 innings in the game, and gives up 6 runs in the loss. The A's lose Eddie Joost who tears ligaments in his left knee in a collision with Mapes at 2B in the 7th inning.
1951 - Former Yankees HOF closer Rich “Goose” Gossage (1978-1983, 1989) was born. Goose went 53-37 with 151 saves for the Yankees. Goose won the 1978 AL Rolaids Award. He was named to the AL All Star Team in 1978, 1980-1982. Goose was elected to the Baseball's Hall of Fame in 2008.
1961 - At Yankee Stadium, Roger Maris cracks a 7th inning solo HR against the Indians, and also is credited erroneously, as it turns out with a 3rd inning RBI on a single. The 2 RBIs are officially recorded, though just 1 appears in the game's box score, and the error will not be noted until 1995. With the correction, Maris and Jim Gentile become co-leaders in RBIs for the 1961 AL season.
1966 - Former Yankees P (1988, 1991, 1995) and Current Pitching Coach Dave Eiland was born. Dave was drafted by the Yankees in the 7th round of the 1987 player amateur player draft. Dave went 6-10 in 36 games for the Yankees.
1971 - The Yankees and Red Sox each collect 16 hits, but for the 2nd day in a row the Red Sox hit 4 HRs to win, by a score of 12-7. The Sox score 6 runs in the 6th inning, when Rico Petrocelli hits a bases loaded triple and George Scott and Joe Lahoud follow with HRs.
1998 - After defeating the Orioles 1-0, the Yankees improve their record to 61-20 equaling the best 81-game start in MLB history. The mark matches the MLB record of the 1902 Pirates and the 1907 Cubs.
2002 - The Yankees obtained starter Jeff Weaver from the Tigers in a 3-team deal. Yankees sends P Ted Lilly to the A's, while the A’s send INF Carlos Pena to Detroit. The Tigers also acquire P Franklin German and a player to be named from A’s, while the A's get minor league players: OF John Ford Griffin and P Jason Arnold from Yankees.
(As always I'd like to thank Fw57Clipper51 for his great contribution.)
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