New York Yankee Team History (Part 5)

Events 401 - 500 of 829

• 1960-07-13 29th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Yankee Stadium, New York

• 1960-09-25 NY Yankees clinch AL pennant
• 1960-10-03 New York Yankees beat rival Boston Red Sox, 8-7 at Yankee Stadium, ending season on 15 game winning streak & MLB record 193 HRs
• 1960-10-13 Baseball World Series: Pirates second baseman Bill Mazeroski's bottom of 9th lead off HR beats NY Yankees, 10-9 at Forbes Field in series deciding Game 7; MVP: Yankees 2B Bobby Richardson

• 1960-10-20 Ralph Houk, 41, replaces Casey Stengel as Yankee manager

• 1961-06-19 NY Yankee Roger Maris hits his 25th of 61 HRs
• 1961-07-02 Amidst 5 NY Yankee homers v Washington, Roger Maris hits 29th and 30th en route to 61 for the season
• 1961-09-20 Roger Maris hits home run # 59 & barely misses # 60 in game 154 of the season. Yanks clinch pennant #26
• 1961-10-01 NY Yankees right-fielder Roger Maris becomes MLB’s all-time home run leader when he passes Babe Ruth's mark with No. 61 off Boston rookie Tracy Stallard in 1-0 win at Yankee Stadium

• 1961-10-08 NY Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford breaks Babe Ruth's record of 29-2/3 consecutive scoreless innings in the World Series; he goes on to extend the streak to 33-2/3, which stands until 2000
• 1961-10-09 Baseball World Series: New York Yankees win 19th championship, 4-1; rout Cincinnati Reds, 13-5 at Crosley Field in Game 5; MVP: Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford

• 1962-06-24 Outfielder Jack Reed hits his only MLB home run in the 22nd-inning as NY Yankees edge Detroit Tigers, 9-7 in slowest extra-inning game in league history; 7:00 hours
• 1962-07-06 NY Yankees 'M&M boys' Roger Maris & Mickey Mantle hit 2 HRs each in 7-5 win v Twins, Mantle his 4th consecutive homer
• 1962-09-25 Yankees clinch AL pennant

• 1962-10-16 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees win 20th championship; beat SF Giants, 1-0 at Candlestick Park for 4 games to 3 series victory; MVP: Yankees pitcher Ralph Terry
• 1963-02-27 Mickey Mantle of NY Yankees sign a baseball contract worth $100,000
• 1963-05-22 Mickey Mantle hits a ball off Yankee Stadium's facade

• 1963-10-06 Baseball World Series: LA Dodgers edge NY Yankees, 2-1 at Dodger Stadium for 4-0 series sweep; MVP: Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax

• 1964-08-20 New York Yankees player Phil Linz plays harmonica on bus despite manager Yogi Berra's orders
• 1964-08-23 St Louis Cardinals are 11 games back in NL; go on win Baseball World Series, 4-3 v New York Yankees
• 1964-08-29 On Elston Howard Night, NY Yankees Mickey Mantle ties Babe Ruth's career strikeout record (1,330)
• 1964-10-03 NY Yankees beat Cleveland Indians, 8-3 to clinch Bronx Bombers 5th consecutive AL pennant, and 29th in club's history
• 1964-10-15 Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals win 7th title; beat NY Yankees, 7-5 at Busch Stadium to clinch series, 4-3; MVP: St Louis pitcher Bob Gibson
• 1964-10-17 New York Yankees catcher fire Manager Yogi Berra
• 1964-11-02 Columbia Broadcasting System buys 80% share in the New York Yankees Baseball Club for $11.2 million; later purchases club outright
• 1965-04-09 1st baseball game at Houston Astrodome, Astros beat NY Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits MLB's 1st indoor homerun; US President Lyndon Johnson and wife Lady Bird attend

• 1965-06-06 Yankees Tom Tresh bangs 3 consecutive HRs beating White Sox 12-0

• 1965-09-18 Mickey Mantle Day at Yankee Stadium: Mantle play his 2,000th game
• 1965-10-03 Whitey Ford notches win #232 in season ending 11-5 victory v Boston Red Sox; becomes Yankees' winningest pitcher
• 1966-05-07 NY Yankees fire manager Johnny Keane
• 1966-09-11 Johnny Miller becomes 1st New York Yankee to hit a HR on his 1st MLB at bat; his 2nd HR came on his final MLB at bat in 1969
• 1966-09-19 Mike Burke named Yankees pres
• 1966-09-22 Only 413 show up at a Yankee Stadium game
• 1966-09-25 Smallest Yankee stadium crowd, 413 see White Sox win 4-1
• 1966-12-08 A terrible New York Yankee trade, Roger Maris for St' Louis Card's Charlie Smith

• 1967-05-14 NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career HR #500 off Baltimore Oriole's Stu Miller
• 1967-05-30 Yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball
• 1967-06-07 NY Yankees draft Ron Blomberg #1
• 1967-06-21 Yanks take 5-3 lead in 11th & lose 6-5, in 2nd game Red Sox lead 3-2 in 9th & Yanks beat them 6-3
• 1967-07-26 Twins beat Yanks 3-2 in 18
• 1967-08-29 Yanks longest day, Red Sox take 1st game 2-1 in 9, Yanks win 2nd game in 20, 4-3 a total of 8 hours & 19 minutes
• 1967-10-04 St Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 2-1 in Game 1 of Baseball World Series at Fenway Park; first Fall Classic since 1948 not to feature Yankees, Giants or Dodgers; Cards win series, 4-3
• 1968-04-30 3 Oriole pitchers walk 14 NY Yankees in a 9 inning game
• 1968-06-03 Yanks turn 21st triple-play in their history lose 4-3 to Twins
• 1968-08-23 Yanks & Tigers play 3-3 tie in 19 due to 1 AM curfew

• 1968-11-19 New York Yankees pitcher Stan Bahnsen wins AL Rookie of the Year
• 1969-03-01 New York Yankees legend Mickey Mantle announces his retirement due to persistent knee injuries; finishes 18-season career with 536 home runs and .298 batting average

• 1969-06-08 MLB legend Mickey Mantle gives his farewell retirement speech during "Mickey Mantle Day" at Yankee Stadium, 60,096 see #7 retired
• 1969-08-29 Joe Pepitone quits NY Yankees after being fined $500 for leaving the bench
• 1969-09-02 Ralph Houk signs 3-year contract to manage New York Yankees at $65,000 a season, then the biggest salary in MLB
• 1970-04-12 Yankees dedicate plaques to Mickey Mantle & Joe DiMaggio
• 1970-04-22 Senators beat Yankees 2-1 in 18 innings
• 1970-08-08 NY Yankees honor Casey Stengel, retiring his number 37 (BTG was there)
• 1970-11-25 New York Yankees catcher Thurman Munson wins AL Rookie of Year
• 1971-02-10 Bill White becomes 1st African American baseball announcer (NY Yankees)
• 1971-09-30 Last Washington Senator home game, Yanks win career 5th forfeit game Yanks trailing 4-2 in 9th with 2 outs, fans rush field
• 1972-03-22 Yankees trade Danny Cater to the Red Sox for Sparky Lyle
• 1972-03-23 NY Yankees agree to continue playing ball in the Bronx
• 1972-08-08 NY Yanks sign 30-year lease to play in remodeled Yankee Stadium
• 1972-11-27 Yanks trade Ellis, Torres & Spikes to Indians for Nettles & Moses

• 1973-03-05 Yankee pitchers Peterson & Kekich announce they swapped wives
• 1973-04-06 Yankee Ron Blomberg becomes 1st designated hitter, he walks
• 1973-06-12 Yanks trade wife swapper Mike Kekich for Lowell Palmer
• 1973-07-20 Chic's Wilbur Wood starts and loses both games of a doubleheader with NY Yankees, 12-2, & 7-0
• 1973-08-01 MLB All Star catchers Thurman Munson of the NY Yankees and Boston Red Sox' Carlton Fisk brawl at home plate Fenway Park; Red Sox win, 3-2
• 1973-08-04 NY Yankees pitcher Lindy McDaniel puts in one of the best relief stints in MLB history, entering in 2nd inning, allows only 1 run in 13 innings in 3-2 win v Detroit Tigers

• 1973-09-30 New York Yankees close 50th year at Yankee Stadium with an 8-5 loss to Detroit Tigers for an 80-82 season record; manager Ralph Houk resigns
• 1973-10-23 Yankee GM & President Lee MacPhail named AL president
• 1973-12-18 Yanks sign Dick Williams as manager, overturned later by AL Pres

• 1974-04-06 Yankees 1st home game at Shea Stadium, while Yankee Stadium is renovated; beat Cleveland Indians 6-1
• 1974-04-19 Oriole Al Bumbry hits an inside-the-park HR against NY Yankees
• 1974-04-26 Yankees trade Peterson, Beene, Kline & Buskey to Indians for Chambliss, Tidrow & Upshaw
• 1974-07-08 New York Yankees shortstop Jim Mason ties record with 4 doubles in 9 inning game
• 1974-08-12 Yankees Mickey Mantle & Whitey Ford become 1st teammates inducted to hall of fame on same day
• 1974-10-17 Baseball World Series: Oakland A's 3-peat; beat LA Dodgers, 3-2 in Oakland for 4-1 series win; MVP: A's pitcher Rollie Fingers

• 1974-11-28 Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn suspends NY Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for two years because of his Federal conviction for illegal contributions to political campaigns [1]
• 1974-12-31 New York Yankees sign Cy Young Award winner Jim "Catfish" Hunter for 5 years for a record $3.75 million from the Oakland A's

• 1975-06-10 Yanks sponsor Army Day at temporary home, Shea Stadium during 21-gun salute, part of fence is blown away, & another part is set afire
• 1975-07-19 New York Yankees catcher Thurman Munson's 1st-inning single & RBI are nullified because tar on his bat handle exceeds 18" limit; Minnesota Twins win, 2-1

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