Today in New York Yankee History
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Events in Sport
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1900-11-13 - Baltimore Orioles (now NY Yankees) enter baseball's American League
1904-04-25 - NY Yankee Jack Chesbro's 1st of 41 wins this year
1908-06-24 - Yanks replace Clark Griffith with Kid Elberfeld as manager who is destined to have worse won-lost pct of any Yankee mgr 27-71 (.276)
1913-03-04 - NY Yankees are 1st to train outside US (Bermuda)
1914-12-31 - Colonel Jacob Ruppert & Cap Huston purchase NY Yankees for $460,000
1915-04-22 - NY Yankees don pinstripes & hat-in-the-ring logo for 1st time
1916-02-15 - NY Yankees buy Frank "Home Run" Baker from the Athletics for $37,500
1916-06-21 - Boston Rube Forster no-hits NY Yankees, 2-0
1918-03-02 - NY Yankees purchase 1st baseman George Burns from Detroit Tigers & immediately trades him to Phila A's
1918-06-01 - White Sox losing 5-4 against NY Yankees, load the bases in 9th with no outs Chick Gandil lines to Frank Baker who turns a triple play
1919-06-28 - Carl Mazes pitches a complete doubleheader against NY Yankees
Baseball Great Babe Ruth
1920-01-03 - NY Yankees purchase Babe Ruth from Red Sox for $125,000
1920-01-05 - Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to NY Yankees
1920-01-05 - NY Yankees announce purchase of Babe Ruth
1920-10-29 - Ed Barrow appointed GM of NY Yankees
1921-10-02 - NY Yankee Babe Ruth hits then record 59th HR
1921-10-13 - NY Giants beat NY Yankees, 5 games to 3 in 18th World Series
1922-03-06 - Babe Ruth signs 3 years at $52,000 a year NY Yankee contract
1922-05-21 - Col Ruppert buys out Col Huston interest in NY Yankees for $1,500,000
1923-09-04 - NY Yankee Sad Sam Jones no-hits Phila A's, 2-0
1923-09-27 - NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 1st of his 493 HRs
1923-10-10 - NY Giants & NY Yankees become 1st teams to play each other for 3 consecutive World Series, also 1st played at Yankee Stadium
1923-10-15 - NY Yankees 1st World Series win beating NY Giants, 4 games to 2
1925-04-17 - NY Yankee Babe Ruth has ulcer surgery
1925-06-02 - NY Yankee Lou Gehrig begins his 2,130 consecutive game streak
1925-07-23 - NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slammers
1926-02-06 - St Louis Browns acquire catcher Wally Schang from NY Yankees
1926-10-10 - St Louis Cards beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 23rd World Series
1927-05-16 - NY Yankee Bob Meusel steals 2nd, 3rd & home
1927-08-16 - 1st HR hit out of Comiskey Park Chicago (NY Yankee Babe Ruth)
1927-09-06 - Red Sox beat NY Yankees 12-11 in 18 innings at Fenway Park
1927-09-20 - NY Yankee Babe Ruth hits record 60th HR of season off Tom Zachry
1927-10-08 - NY Yankees sweep Pirates in 24th World Series
1928-06-12 - NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 2 triples & 2 HRs to be White Sox 15-7
1928-10-04 - 25th World Series begins, NY Yankees vs St Louis Cardinals
1928-10-09 - NY Yankees sweep Cards in 25th World Series, Ruth hits 3 HR in game
1928-10-09 - NY Yankees become 1st to sweep consecutive World Series
1929-04-16 - NY Yankees become 1st team to wear uniform numbers
1930-03-08 - Babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with NY Yankee GM Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth"
1930-05-21 - NY Yankee Babe Ruth hits 3 consecutive homers
1930-09-18 - NY Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing hits 2 HRs to beat St Louis Browns, 7-6
1931-02-15 - Spring training site of NY Yankees in St Petersburg is renamed Miller Huggins Field in honor of the team's late manager
1931-04-12 - Joe McCarthy debuts as NY Yankee manager
1932-09-13 - NY Yankees clinch their 7th AL pennant
1932-09-28 - 1932 Baseball World Series opens with the Chicago Cubs vs. NY Yankees (6-12)
1932-10-02 - NY Yankees sweep Chicago Cubs in 29th World Series
1933-04-25 - NY Yankee Russ Van Atta shuts out Washington Senators 16-0
1934-06-25 - NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits for the cycle beating White Sox 11-2
Yankee Clipper Joe DiMaggio
1934-11-21 - NY Yankees buy Joe DiMaggio from SF Seals (Pacific Coast League)
1935-02-26 - NY Yankees release Babe Ruth, he signs with Boston Braves
1936-05-03 - NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut, gets 3 hits
1936-10-02 - NY Yankees score World Series record 18 runs, beating Giants 18-4
1936-10-06 - NY Yankees beat Giants 4 games to 2 in 33rd World Series
1937-10-10 - NY Yankees beat Giants 4 games to 1 in 34th World Series
1938-10-09 - NY Yankees sweep Cubs in 35th World Series, 3rd straight WS win
1939-06-07 - Cleve Indians sets AL record of 16 inning game without striking out, however lose game 5-4 to NY Yankees
1939-06-21 - NY Yankees announce Lou Gehrig's retirement after doctors reveal he has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
1939-07-11 - 7th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Yankee Stadium, New York NY Yankee/AL maanager Joe McCarthy starts 6 Yankees
1939-07-25 - NY Yankee Atley Donald sets AL rookie record with 12 consecutive win
1939-08-30 - NY Yankee Atley Donald pitches a baseball a record 94.7 mph (152 kph)
1939-09-16 - NY Yankees clinch their 11th & 4th successive pennant
1939-10-08 - NY Yankees sweep Reds in 36th World Series, 4th straight WS win
1940-04-23 - NY Yankees dedicate a plaque to Jacob Rupert
1941-05-28 - NY Yankees nip Wash Senators 6-5 in 1st night game at Griffith Stadium
1941-07-06 - NY Yankees unveil a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield
1941-07-17 - NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland
1941-08-01 - NY Yankee Lefty Gomez walks most (11) in a shutout (Yanks 9, St L 0)
1941-09-04 - NY Yankees, win earliest AL pennent (full season)
1941-10-06 - NY Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 1, in 38th World Series
1942-02-19 - NY Yankees annouce 5,000 uniformed soldiers admitted free at each of their upcoming home games
1942-10-05 - St Louis Cards beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 1, in 39th World Series
1943-02-17 - NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio, enlists into the US army
1943-10-11 - NY Yankees beat Cards 4 games to 1, in 40th World Series, to become 1st team to win 10 World Series
1945-01-25 - NY Yankees sold by Ruppert estate to Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping, &
1945-07-27 - Cubs purchase pitcher Hank Borowy from NY Yankees
1946-04-30 - Cleve Indian Bob Feller's 2nd no-hitter beats NY Yankees, 1-0
1946-09-08 - SF 49ers play 1st AAFC game, lose to NY Yankees 21-7
1946-12-22 - Cleveland Browns beat NY Yankees 14-9 in AAFC championship game
1947-10-06 - NY Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 3, in 44th World Series
1947-12-14 - Cleveland Browns beat NY Yankees 14-3 in AAFC championship game
1949-02-07 - Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (NY Yankees)
1949-10-09 - NY Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 1 in 46th World Series
1950-09-15 - For a record 6th time, NY Yankee Johnny Mize hits 3 HRs in one game
1950-10-07 - NY Yankees sweep Philadelphia Phillies in 47th World Series
1951-04-17 - NY Yankee Mickey Mantle's 1st game, he goes 1 for 4
1951-04-18 - NY Yankee Mickey Mantle goes 1-for-4 in his 1st game
1951-05-03 - NY Yankee Gil McDougald is 5th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (9th)
1951-07-12 - NY Yankees Allie Reynolds no-hits Cleve Indians, 8-0
1951-11-08 - NY Yankee Catcher Yogi Berra wins 1st of his 3 MVP awards
1951-11-15 - NY Yankee Gil McDougald wins AL Rookie of Year
1952-09-07 - NY Yankees Johnny Mize's pinch-hit grand slam gives Yanks a 5-1 win at Washington He has now HRed in all 15 major league parks
1952-10-07 - NY Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 3 in 49th World Series
1952-11-30 - Jackie Robinson charges NY Yankees with racism
1953-10-05 - 50th World Series sees NY Yankees beat Dodgers, 4 games to 2, as NY Billy Martin's 12 hits set record; Yanks win record 5th consec WS
1955-06-05 - NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 550' HR off Chicago Billy Pierce
1955-07-23 - NY Yankees Bob Cerv & E Howard are 1st to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1956-12-18 - Phil Rizzuto signs as NY Yankee radio-TV announcer
1957-10-02 - NY Yankees appear in their 25th World Series
1957-10-10 - Milwaukee Braves beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 54th World Series
1958-01-15 - NY Yankees sign million dollar plus deal to show 140 games on WPIX TV
Birthdays in Sport
Results 1 - 100 of 127
1869-11-20 - Clark Griffith, Mo, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees)
1874-06-05 - Jack Chesbro, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees - won 41 in 1904)
1881-12-25 - Joseph V McCarthy, baseball manager (NY Yankees)
1882-09-28 - Jack Fournier, 2nd baseman (1917-18 NY Yankees)
1885-09-28 - Wilbur 'Lefty' Good, pitcher (NY Yankees, 1905)
1891-05-08 - Chet "Red" Hoff, pitcher (NY Yankees 1911-15), lived to 103+
1895-09-28 - Lawton Whitey Witt, outfielder (NY Yankees, 1922-25)
1903-04-24 - Mike Michalske, NFL guard (NY Yankees, Green Bay Packers)
1903-06-19 - [Henry] Lou[is] Gehrig, "Iron Horse", 1st baseman for NY Yankees (d. 1941)
1904-05-03 - Charles "Red" Ruffing, NY Yankee pitcher, hitter (1930-46)
1907-06-06 - Bill Dickey, NY Yankee hall-of-fame catcher (1928-43)/manager (1946)
1913-02-14 - Mel Allen, Birmingham Alabama, American sportscaster (voice of NY Yankees)
1914-10-23 - Frank (Bruiser) Kinard, NFL, AAFC tackle (Bkln, NY Yankees)
1916-08-06 - Michael Burke, sports executive (NY Yankees, NY Knicks)
1918-09-25 - Phil Rizzuto, Bkln NY, sportscaster/shortstop (NY Yankees-MVP 1950)
1919-02-02 - Allie Reynolds, NY Yankee pitcher (1952 AL ERA leader (2.07))
1920-09-22 - Bob Lemon, pitcher (Cleveland Indians)/manager (NY Yankees, 1978)
1923-03-23 - Arnie Weinmeister, AAFC, NFL def tackle (NY Yankees, Giants)
1924-09-14 - Jerry Coleman, 2nd baseman/sportscaster (NY Yankees, SD Padres)
1925-03-01 - Al Rosen, Spartanburg SC, 3rd baseman (AL MVP 1953)/NY Yankee pres
1925-05-12 - Lawrence "Yogi" Berra, catcher/coach/manager (NY Yankees, Mets)
1928-05-16 - Billy Martin, baseball 2nd baseman/manager (NY Yankees, Oakland A's)
1928-10-21 - Edward "Whitey" Ford, hall of fame pitcher (NY Yankees)
1929-02-22 - Ryne Duren, near-sighted pitcher (NY Yankees)
1929-02-23 - Elston Howard, Yankee catcher (1st black NY Yankee/1963 AL MVP)
1929-08-07 - Don Larsen, pitcher (NY Yankees), on what must have been a perfect day
1930-06-21 - Mike McCormack, NFL offensive tackle (NY Yankees, Cleveland, Phila)
New York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner (1930-07-04)
1930-07-04 - George Steinbrenner, Rocky River Ohio, owner (NY Yankees)/ship builder/horse owner, (d. 2010)
1931-06-09 - Bill Virdon, 2nd baseman (St Louis Cards)/mgr (NY Yankees)
1931-10-20 - Mickey Mantle, NY Yankee, home run slugger (1956 Triple Crown)
1935-08-19 - Bobby Richardson, SC, 2nd baseman (NY Yankees)
1936-02-08 - Cletis Boyer, 3rd baseman (NY Yankees)
1936-09-14 - Stan Williams, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees, LA Dodgers)
1936-10-12 - Tony Kubek, shortstop (NY Yankees)/sportscaster (NBC-TV, Madison Square Garden)
1936-12-17 - Roland Sheldon, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1938-06-02 - Gene Michael, baseball shortstop/manager/general manger (NY Yankees)
1938-09-20 - Tom Tresh, NY Yankee (1962 AL Rookie of Year)
1938-11-07 - James Katt, pitcher/sportscaster (NY Yankees, Minnesota Twins)
1939-02-22 - Steve Barber, pitcher (Balt Orioles, NY Yankees)
1939-03-08 - Jim Bouton, Newark NJ, pitcher (NY Yankees)/author (Ball Four)
1939-04-01 - Phil Niekro, knuckleball pitcher (NY Yankees, Atlanta Braves)
1939-06-04 - Phil Linz, baseball shortstop (NY Yankees)
1940-06-02 - Horace Clarke, baseball 2nd baseman (NY Yankees)
1940-07-01 - Jack Acker, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
1940-10-09 - Joe Pepitone, baseball 1st baseman (NY Yankee)
1940-11-23 - Luis Tiant, Cuba, baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox, NY Yankees)
1941-11-13 - Mel Stottlemyre, Wash, pitcher (NY Yankee)/pitching coach (NY Met)
1942-02-08 - Fritz Peterson, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
1942-09-28 - Grant "Mudcat" Jackson, pitcher (1972 NY Yankees, Phillies)
1943-09-28 - Lou Piniella, outfielder/manager (NY Yankees, Seattle Mariners)
1944-06-30 - Ron Swoboda, baseball outfielder/sportscaster (NY Yankees, NY Mets)
1944-07-22 - Sparky Lyle, relief pitcher (NY Yankees, Cy Young)
1944-08-20 - Graig Nettles, 3rd baseman (NY Yankees, SD Padres, Cleve Indians)
1944-11-07 - Joe Niekro, baseball knuckler (NY Yankees)
1944-12-15 - Stan Bahnsen, pitcher (NY Yankee, 1968 AL Rookie-of-year)
1947-05-14 - Dick "Dirt" Tidrow, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
1947-06-07 - Thurman Munson, baseball catcher/captain (NY Yankees)
1948-05-14 - Dave LaRoche, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
1948-08-23 - Ron Blomberg, 1st baseman (NY Yankees)/1st designated hitter
1948-12-26 - Chris Chambliss, 1st baseman (NY Yankee)
1949-05-16 - Rick Reuschel, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1951-09-28 - Dave Rajsich, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1951-10-03 - Dave Winfield, baseball outfielder (NY Yankees, Blue Jays, Twins)
1951-11-25 - Bucky Dent, all star shortstop (Chicago White Sox, NY Yankees)
1953-05-16 - Rick Rhoden, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1954-07-04 - Jim Beattie, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
1955-05-19 - Ed Whitson, pitcher (NY Yankees, SD Padres)
1955-07-03 - Matt Keough, baseball player (Oakland A's, NY Yankees)
1955-11-26 - Jay Howell, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees, Oakland A's)
1956-12-13 - Dale Berra, baseball infeilder (Pittsburgh Pirates, NY Yankees)
1958-01-31 - Rafael Santana, shortstop (NY Mets, NY Yankees)
1958-09-11 - Don Slaught, Long Beach CA, catcher (California Angels, NY Yankees)
1958-11-22 - Lee Guetterman, Chattanooga TN, pitcher (NY Yankees, Seattle Mariners)
1960-01-29 - Steve Sax, 2nd baseman (LA Dodgers, NY Yankees, Chic White Sox)
1960-09-02 - Rex Hudler, Tempe AZ, outfielder (NY Yankees, California Angels)
1960-12-09 - Juan Samuel, San Pedro de Macoris, infielder (NY Yankees, Blue Jays)
1961-01-29 - Mike Aldrete, US baseball infielder (Oakland Athletics, NY Yankees)
1961-04-20 - Don "Hitman" Mattingly, Indiana, 1st baseman (NY Yankees/MVP 1985)
1962-07-25 - Doug Drabek, Victoria TX, pitcher (Houston Astros, NY Yankees)
1962-10-30 - Danny Tartabull, Miami FL, outfielder (NY Yankees, Chic White Sox)
1962-11-24 - Randy Velarde, Midland TX, infielder (NY Yankees, California Angels)
1963-01-02 - David Cone, KC Mo, baseball pitcher (NY Mets/Tor Blue Jays/NY Yankees)
1963-02-25 - Paul O'Neill, Columbus OH, right fielder (Cin Reds, NY Yankees)
1963-03-13 - Mariano Duncan, S P de Macoris Dom Rep, infielder (NY Yankees)
1963-05-20 - David Wells, Torrance CA, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles, NY Yankees)
1963-06-25 - Mike Stanley, Fort Lauderdale FL, catcher (NY Yankees, Boston Red Sox)
1963-09-03 - Eric Plunk, Wilmington CA, pitcher (Oakland A's, NY Yankees, Indians)
1963-09-21 - Cecil Fielder, LA California, infielder (Detroit Tigers, NY Yankees)
1963-12-27 - Jim Leyritz, Lakewood OH, catcher (NY Yankees)
1964-04-13 - Jose Rijo, pitcher (NY Yankees, Cin Reds)
1964-04-19 - Scott Kamienicki, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1964-08-10 - Andy Stankiewicz, Inglewood CA, infielder (NY Yankees, Montreal Expos)
1964-08-13 - Jay Buhner, Nassau TX, outfielder (Seattle Mariners, NY Yankees)
1964-10-14 - Joe Girardi, Peoria IL, catcher (NY Yankees)
1964-11-10 - Kenny Rogers, Savannah GA, pitcher (Texas Rangers, NY Yankees)
1964-11-16 - Dwight Gooden, Tampa FL, pitcher (NY Yankees, NY Mets)
1965-04-24 - Mike Blowers, Wurlzburg Germany, infielder (NY Yankees, LA Dodgers)
1965-05-29 - Charlie Hayes, Hattisburg MS, 3rd baseman (Pittsburgh Pirates, NY Yankees)
1965-08-09 - Ezra Polley, Georgetown Kentucky, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1965-10-06 - Ruben Sierra, Rio Piedras Puerto Rico, outfielder (NY Yankees)
Deaths in Sport
Results 1 - 26 of 26
1929-09-25 - Miller Huggins, manager (NY Yankees), dies from blood poisoning at 49
1939-01-13 - Jacob Ruppert, CEO (NY Yankees, 1915-39), dies
1941-06-02 - Lou Gehrig, 1st baseman (NY Yankee), dies of ALS in Riverdale NY at 37
1948-01-30 - Herb Pennock, pitcher (NY Yankees)/GM (Phillies), dies
1948-08-16 - Babe Ruth, Baseball legend (NY Yankees), dies in NY at 53
1955-10-27 - Clark Griffith, baseball player/manager (NY Yankees), dies at 85
1970-01-14 - John J "Johnny" Murphy, US baseball pitcher (NY Yankees), dies at 61
1972-08-13 - George Wiess, General Manager (NY Yankees), dies at 78
1973-07-26 - Mike Burke, Pres (NY Yankees)/dir (Madison Sq Garden), dies
1974-05-18 - Daniel R Topping, US owner (NY Yankees), dies at 61
1975-09-29 - Casey Stengel, NY Yankee manager (1949-60), dies in Glendale at 85
Baseball Great Babe Ruth (1948-08-16)
1978-01-13 - Joseph V McCarthy, baseball manager (NY Yankees), dies at 96
1979-08-02 - Thurmon Munson, NY Yankee, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32
1980-12-14 - Elston Howard, MVP catcher (NY Yankees), dies at 59
1985-12-14 - Roger Maris, HR hitter (61 in 61, NY Yankees), dies of cancer at 51
1987-06-17 - Dick Howser, mgr (NY Yankees & KC Royal), dies of brain cancer at 51
1989-02-17 - Lefty Gomez, pitching great (NY Yankees), dies at 80
1989-12-25 - Billy Martin, NY Yankee manager, killed in a car accident at 61
1991-03-09 - Jim Hardin, former Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves pitcher (b. 1943)
1992-06-15 - Eddie Lopat, pitcher (NY Yankees), dies at 73
1993-04-22 - Mark Koenig, baseball shortstop (NY Yankees), dies at 88
1993-11-12 - Bill Dickey, HOF baseball catcher (NY Yankees, 1928-46), dies at 86
1995-08-13 - Mickey Mantle, baseball great (NY Yankees), dies of cancer at 63
1996-06-16 - Mel Allen, American sportscaster (NY Yankees), dies at 83
1997-12-03 - Steve Hamilton, pitcher (NY Yankees), dies of cancer at 63
2008-07-12 - Bobby Murcer, center fielder for the New York Yankees,San Francisco Giants, and Chicago Cubs from 1965-1983(b. 1946)
