New York Yankee Team History (Part 7)

Events 601 - 700 of 829

• 1984-02-08 A's take Yankees pitcher Tim Belcher as Type A free agent compensation

• 1984-09-30 New York Yankees Don Mattingly wins AL batting crown with .343 avg
• 1984-12-05 New York Yankees trade catcher Rick Cerone to Atlanta Braves for pitcher Brian Fisher

• 1984-12-27 Padres' free agent pitcher Ed Whitson signs with NY Yankees

• 1985-08-29 NY Yank Don Baylor is hit by a pitch for a record 190th time
• 1985-09-15 MLB New York Yankees trade 25-year-old pitching prospect Jim Deshaies to Houston Astros for 40-year-old pitcher Joe Niekro
• 1985-09-25 Rickey Henderson steals Yankee record 75th base of season
• 1985-10-06 New York Yankees knuckleballer Phil Niekro becomes 18th pitcher to win 300 games; at 46 becomes oldest to pitch a shut-out, beating Toronto 8-0
• 1985-10-17 Lou Piniella named NY Yankee manager
• 1985-10-27 Billy Martin is fired by Yankees for 4th time
• 1985-11-20 New York Yankees Don Mattingly easily wins AL MVP
• 1986-05-03 New York Yankees Don Mattingly is 6th to hit 3 sacrifice flies in a game
• 1986-06-08 Longest 9 inning AL game (4h16m), Baltimore Orioles beat Yankees 18-9
• 1986-07-09 Padres trade pitcher Tim Stoddard to Yankees for pitcher Ed Whitson

• 1987-02-17 New York Yankees Don Mattingly wins highest salary arbitration ($1,975,000 per year)
• 1987-04-11 Yankees score 12 runs in 7th inning vs KC Royals
• 1987-05-27 New York Yankees knuckleballer Phil Niekro is 3rd pitcher to make 700th start, joining Cy Young and Don Sutton
• 1987-06-06 NY Yankees play their 13,000th game
• 1987-06-26 Losing 9-0 to Red Sox, Yanks score 11 in 3rd & win 12-11 in 10 inn
• 1987-06-28 Boston outfielder Don Baylor sets MLB career hit-by-pitch mark at 244 when plunked by Rick Rhoden in Red Sox, 6-2 win over NY Yankees

• 1987-07-16 New York Yankees Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season & ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8)
• 1987-07-17 New York Yankees Don Mattingly is 2nd to hit HRs in 7 straight AL games (en route to 8)
• 1987-07-18 New York Yankees Don Mattingly ties record of HRs in 8 consecutive games
• 1987-07-19 New York Yankees Don Mattingly sets AL record of extra base hits in 10 consecutive games
• 1987-07-20 New York Yankees Don Mattingly ties 1st base fielding record with 22 put-outs
• 1987-09-29 New York Yankees Don Mattingly hits record 6th grand slam of year
• 1987-10-19 Woody Woodward resigns as NY Yankee GM, Lou Piniella is named GM and Billy Martin is named NY Yankee manager for 5th & final time
• 1988-04-20 Yanks HR 9,999 (D Winfield) 10,000 (C Washington) 10,001 (J Clarke)
• 1988-04-30 NY Yank Dave Winfield gets his 29th RBI of April-Sets AL & ties ML Rec
• 1988-06-04 Rickey Henderson steals 2 bases for record 249 as a NY Yankee
• 1988-06-11 NY Yankees Rick Rhoden becomes first pitcher since AL's adoption of the rule in 1973 to DH (0 for 1 with an RBI) in an 8–6 victory over Baltimore Orioles
• 1988-06-23 Yanks manager Billy Martin's 5th term ends, Lou Pinella named manager

• 1988-10-07 Lou Piniella is fired as manager of Yankees for 2nd time
• 1988-10-17 Dallas Green replaces Lou Pinella as manager of NY Yankees
• 1988-11-23 Yankees sign free agent 2nd-baseman Steve Sax to 3-year contract
• 1988-12-09 NY Yankees sign 12-year television contract with MSG for $500M

• 1989-01-25 NY Yankees owner George Steinbrenner meets with Pope John Paul II
• 1989-02-03 Baseball's National League announces Yanks' broadcaster Bill White will its 1st African American President
• 1989-02-26 NY Yankees announce that Tom Seaver is their new TV sportscaster
• 1989-03-06 Yanks beat Mets 6-4 in exhibition game (1st meeting since 1985)
• 1989-04-04 NY Yankee Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons, his 287th win puts him 19th overall as Yanks beat Twins on opening day 4-2
• 1989-05-24 NY Yankee hurler Lee Gutterman sets record of pitching 30-2/3 innings before giving up his 1st run of season
• 1989-06-15 Baltimore Orioles pull their 9th triple play (vs Yankees)
• 1989-06-21 Carlton Fisk becomes AL catcher HR hitter, 307th at Yankee stadium
• 1989-06-21 Yankees trade Rickey Henderson to A's for Plunk, Cadaret & Polonia

• 1989-08-18 Bucky Dent replaces Dallas Green as NY Yankee manager

• 1989-10-13 Bob Quinn resigns as NY Yankee VP/GM & replaced by Harding Peterson
• 1990-04-09 Don Mattingly signs a $19.7 million 5-year contract extension with New York Yankees
• 1990-05-11 NY Yankees trade Dave Winfield to Angels for Mike Witt
• 1990-05-23 NY Yankees hit 6 home runs to beat Minnesota Twins 12-0
• 1990-06-06 Stump Merrill replaces Bucky Dent as NY Yankee manager

• 1990-06-12 NY Yankee reliever Dave Righetti becomes 9th to record 200 saves
• 1990-06-21 At Yankee Stadium rally, Nelson Mandela dons a NY Yankee baseball cap and proclaims "I am a Yankee!"

• 1990-06-22 Longest game in Toronto, Yanks beat Blue Jays 8-7 in 15 inns
• 1990-07-12 Chicago White Sox Melido Perez no-hits Yankees 8-0 in a rain shortened 6 inning game at Yankee Stadium (7th no-hitter of 1990)
• 1990-07-17 NY Yankee Deion Sanders hits an inside park homer
• 1990-07-19 Dave Righetti pitches in his 499th game as a NY Yankee, passing Whitey Ford in most appearances as a NY Yankee
• 1990-07-30 George Steinbrenner is forced by Commissioner of Baseball Fay Vincent to resign as principal partner of NY Yankees
• 1990-08-02 Yankees rookie 1st baseman Kevin Maas hits his 10th MLB homer in 6-5 loss v Detroit, fastest to reach that mark, just 77 at bats
• 1990-08-03 NY Yankees rookie 1st baseman Kevin Maas sets a MLB record for hitting 10 home runs in the fewest at bats (72)
• 1990-08-20 Gene Michael names NY Yankee VP/GM replacing Harding Peterson
• 1990-08-20 George Steinbrenner steps down as NY Yankee owner
• 1990-08-20 NY Yankee Kevin Maas is quickest to reach 15 HRs (approx 132 at bat)
• 1990-09-09 Oakland beats NY 7-3 to complete a 12-game sweep of Yankees this year
• 1990-09-10 1st time in NY Yankee history they are completely swept season series, Oakland A's beat them 12 games to 0
• 1990-09-13 Robert E Nederlander appointed NY Yankee managing general partner
• 1990-09-25 1st 8 NY Yankees hit safely vs Baltimore Orioles to tie record
• 1990-10-03 Detroit 1st baseman Cecil Fielder becomes 11th player in MLB history to hit 50 HRs in a season; 50th & 51st in 10-3 win v NY Yankees at Yankee Stadium
• 1991-02-28 New York Yankees Don Mattingly named 10th team captain
• 1991-03-24 NY Yankees beat NY Mets, 9-3
• 1991-03-30 1st exhibition baseball games at Joe Robbie Stadium (Yanks-Orioles)
• 1991-05-01 A's outfielder Rickey Henderson steals all time MLB record 939th base in 7-4 win vs New York Yankees in Oakland

• 1991-06-03 MLB Draft: East Carteret HS pitcher Brien Taylor first pick by New York Yankees
• 1991-06-18 Yankee pitchers pick-off 3 Toronto Blue Jays
• 1991-06-19 NY Yankee Steve Howe records his 1st major league save since 1987
• 1991-07-19 With NY Yankee victory, 10 of 14 AL teams are at .500 or better
• 1991-07-25 Seattle Jay Buhner hits a 479' HR in Yankee Stadium
• 1991-07-29 Yankee Stadium fans throw cups and blowup dolls at Jose Canseco
• 1991-09-11 NY Yankees final game at Baltimore Oriole's Memorial Stadium
• 1991-09-22 NY MTA yanks 6,000 ads for "Dr Tusch" (Dr Jeffrey Lavigne)
• 1991-09-28 NY Yankees set record of 75 games without a complete pitched game
• 1991-10-29 Buck Showalter replaces Stump Merrill as NY Yankee manager

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