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This Week in Yankees History September 22nd-September 28th

September 22nd

1870-Former Yankees Reserve C/1B Mike “Doc” Powers (1905) was born. (1870-1909)
On July 13,1905, Catcher Mike Powers was loaned to the Highlanders by the Philadelphia A’s. For the 1905 Yankees, Mike “Doc” Powers would hit .182 with No HRs and 2 RBIs in 11 games before being sent back to Philadelphia on August 7,1905.

1920-Former HOF OF/P, MLB Scout, MLB Manager, Coach and Yankees Manager (1978-1979,1981-1982) Robert “Bob” Lemon was born. (1920-2000)
Former MLB Manager Bob Lemon was brought in by Yankees President Al Rosen during the 1978 AL season to replace fired Manager Billy Martin. Under his leadership the Yankees caught the Red Sox, after being 14 1/2 games behind in the Eastern Division race. The team won the AL East, by catching the Red Sox and winning the 1978 AL Playoff game against Boston on Bucky Dent’s HR. He won the 1978 World Series against the Dodgers. During the 1979 AL season, Bob was replaced by Billy Martin. In 1981, he took over the Manager’s job from Gene Michaels. Even though the Yankees had a losing record under his helm, he took them to victory in the AL Eastern Division Series with 2nd-half-winners the Brewers. He led them to a 3-game sweep of Oakland in the ALCS. The Yankees had lost the 1981 World Series to the Dodgers in 6 games. Lemon was widely criticized for a managerial decision he made in the last game, when he called in Bobby Murcer to Pinch-Hit for Ace Starter Tommy John with 2 men on base with 2 outs in the 4th inning; Murcer flied out to right field and the Yankees bullpen imploded after John's departure, giving the game and the Series away to the Dodgers. When Yankees had started out slowly in 1982, Lemon was again replaced as Manager after 14 games only, this time by Gene Michael. He did not even get to manage the AL team in the 1982 MLB All-Star Game, a traditional perk of the previous year's World Series Manager, he was replaced by Billy Martin, whose A’s had been swept by Lemon's Yankees in the 1981 ALCS. Bob was a player, who was switched from the OF to a Pitcher for the Indians during the late 1940-1950’s. As an MLB Starter, he would post a 207-128 record along with a .618 WP, with a 3.23 ERA in 13 AL seasons (1946-1958). Bob had 7 20-game win seasons for the Tribe. Lemon was a good hitter as a Pitcher, hitting .284 with 37 HRs. As an MLB player, he had appeared in 615 games, while hitting .232 with 37 HRs and 147 RBIs. He had appeared in 2 World Series with the Indians (1948,1954), while posting a 2-2 record with a 3.94 ERA in 4 games. He would manage in MLB with the 1970-1972 Royals, 1977-1978 White Sox and the 1978-1979, 1981-1982 Yankees. In 1976, Bob was elected as a player to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

1925-At Yankee Stadium, Yankees OF Ben Paschal hits 2 Inside-the-Park HRs during a Bronx Bombers 11-6 win against the White Sox in the 1st game of a doubleheader. The Yankees would lose the 2nd game to Chicago by a score of 4-2.

1927-Yankees CF Earl Combs connects for 3-triples during the Yankees 8-7 win over the Tigers. Also, in that game, Yankees Slugger Babe Ruth hits HR #56 for the 1927 AL season.

1927-Former Yankees Minor League P and Long-Time Dodgers MLB Manager Tommy Lasorda was born. (1927-2021)
On July 11,1956, hurler Tommy Lasorda was traded by the Kansas City A’s to the Yankees for Minor League P Wally Burnette. Tommy would never appear with the Yankees at the MLB level; he was sent to the AAA Denver Bears (AA) to pitch for Bears Manager Ralph Houk. On May 26,1957, he was purchased by the Dodgers from the Yankees. After retiring as an active player, he would become a Minor League Manager in the Dodgers organization. Later, he would succeed long-time Dodgers Manager Walt Allston, when he retired as the team’s Manager.

1929-Former Yankees Reserve INF Harry Bright (1963-1964) was born. (1929-2000)
The Yankees had acquired INF Harry Bright from the Reds to back up their INF off the bench. His addition to the Yankee 40-Man Roster cost the Yankees, a young Minor League OF named Curt Belfry, who was at Greensboro (AA), who was immediately claimed by the Orioles. Harry Bright was a good field, average hitter, who could play a lot of positions, including Catcher. In 1946, the Yankees had originally signed Harry Bright. He was drafted out of the Yankees organization. In 1958, he finally came up to the MLB with the Pirates. Then he would play for the new AL expansion team, the Senators (1961-1962), then he was traded to the Reds, before joining the Yankees in 1963. He would appear in 60 games for the 1963 Yankees, while hitting .236 with 7 HRs and with 23 RBIs. He was hitless in 2 World Series Pinch-Hit attempts. Bright remarked, "After all those years in baseball, I make it into a World Series game and the whole country was pulling for me to strike out." Sandy Koufax, who would fan him for his 15th batter of the game to establish a World Series single game record. In 1964, he had appeared in only 4 games for the Yankees due to various injuries. He would finish his MLB playing career in 1965 with the Cubs, hitting .280 in 27 games. Harry had played in 336 MLB games ending with a lifetime BA of .255 with 32 HRs and 126 RBIs. After retiring from the MLB as an active player, Harry would become a Minor League Manager for the Cubs, Royals, Padres, A’s and the Braves organizations (1967-1976,1985). Before his death in 2000, Harry was the West Coast MLB Scout for the Expos for several years.

1930-At Fenway Park, Yankees Slugger Babe Ruth takes the mound and throws a 9-3 complete game victory over his former team, the Red Sox.

1934-For the 2nd season in a row, Fenway Park’s attendance record in a Red Sox-Yankees doubleheader as 47,627 fans jam into Fenway. The Yankees would take the 1st game by the score of 6-4, then they slam 7 ground-rule doubles into the Fenway Park roped-off crowd. After WWII, more stringent fire laws and MLB League rules will prevent overcrowding that was allowed during the 1930s.

1952-Former Yankees Reserve OF Dell Alston (1977-1978) was born.
On August 21, 1972, the Yankee had signed OF Dell Alston as an MLB Amateur Free Agent. Alston's 1st action in pro baseball came in 1973 with the Class A (Short Season) Oneonta Yankees (NYPL). He had appeared in 61 games with 246 at bats for a .321 average. Alston would spend the next 3 seasons in the high Minor Leagues before getting his 1st chance at MLB level. He would appear in 22 games for the 1977 Yankees, Dell had 40 at bats, while hitting .325. Also, Alston would spend time with the 1977 AAA Syracuse Chiefs (IL), where he got into 63 games, while getting 248 at bats with a .298 average. In 1978, Dell had started the season with the AAA Tacoma Yankees (PCL), where he played in 40 games. He also got into 3 games with the 1978 Yankees, but on June 15th MLB trade-deadline, the Yankees had traded Dell, along with Reserve INF Mickey Klutts and $50,000 Cash to the Oakland A’s for OF/DH/1B Gary Thomasson. For the 1978 A’s, Alston had appeared in 58 games, he had 173 at bats with 36 base hits for a .208 BA. Also, during the 1978 AL season, Alston is also shown appearing in 29 games for the Oakland’s AAA team, the Vancouver Canadians (PCL). On March 23,1979, Alston was released by A’s. On April 5th, the Indians had signed Dell as an MLB Free Agent. He would appear in 54 games for the 1979 Indians, used mainly as a Pinch-Hitter; he had garnered 18 hits in 62 at bats for a .290 BA. Also, he had appeared in 75 games for the AAA Tacoma Tugs (PCL), hitting at a .268 clip. It was to be Alston's last season in pro baseball. He was with the Tribe for 54 games, while hitting just .222. Also, he would spend time with the AAA Tacoma Tigers (PCL), getting into 69 games and hitting for a .220 BA. On April 9,1981, Dell was released by the Tribe. He would rejoin the Yankees organization as a Minor League OF Instructor.

1956-Former Yankees Pitcher Jesse Tannehill (1903) had passed away. (1874-1956)
Before the start of 1903 MLB season, Starter Jesse Tannehill had jumped from the NL Pirates to pitch for the Yankees in the AL. He had been a 3-time 20 game winner with the Pirates. For the 1903 Yankees, Jesse would post a 15-15 record with a 3.27 ERA in 32 games. On December 20,1903, Jesse was traded by the Yankees to the Red Sox for Starter Tom Hughes, who had posted a 20-7 record for the 1903 Red Sox. Jesse would become a 20-game winner for the 1904-1905 Red Sox teams. Overall, as an MLB Pitcher, Jesse had posted a 197-116 record with a 2.77 ERA in 359 games (1894-1911).

1959-At Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C., the Yankees would beat the Senators by the score of 12-6 behind the complete game performance by Starter Art Ditmar, who gains his 13th victory of the 1959 AL season. Nats Starter Pedro Ramos is chased by the Yankees hitters for 7 runs in 4 innings.

1961-Former Yankees Reserve C/DH/1B and MLB Manager Bob Geren (1988-1991) was born.
The Padres had originally signed Catcher Bob Geren, then he was traded to the Cardinals. On November 7,1985, Geren was signed as an MLB Free Agent with the Yankees. Overall, as a Yankees player, he would hit .237 with 19 HRs and 75 RBIs in 249 games for the team. His best Yankees season was in 1989, when he hit .288 with 9 HRs and 27 RBIs in 65 games. On December 2,1991, Bob was selected off waivers by the Reds from the Yankees. He would finish his MLB playing career with the 1993 Padres. Later, he would become a Minor League Manager, then an MLB Coach for the Oakland A’s. Bob was MLB manager of the A’s (2007-2011) before being replaced by Bob Melvin in mid-season 2011. In 2012, he was an MLB Bench Coach for the Mets until after the 2015 World Series. In 2016, he would join the Dodgers MLB Coaching staff.

1963-At Yankee Stadium, the Yankees would edge the Kansas City Athletics by the score of 4-3 on Joe Peptone’s 2-run HR in the 6th inning. Yankees Starter Al Downing picks up his 13th win of the 1963 AL season by going the distance by allowing only 9 A’s hits, 3-runs, while striking out 6 A’s batters. Mickey Mantle picks up his 2nd stolen base of the 1963 AL season.

1964-Yankees Rookie Starter Mel Stottlemyre picks up his 8th victory of the 1964 AL season, as he goes 8 innings, allowing only 8 Tribe hits, 3-runs in a 5-3 win over the Indians. Yankees new team Closer Pedro Ramos picks up his 3rd save for September 1964.

1966-The smallest crowd in Yankee Stadium history, 413 fans attend the last place Yankees make-up game against the White Sox. The Yankees lose the game by the score 4-1. Yankees long-time Broadcaster Red Barber asks the WPIX-TV camera crew to show the empty Yankee Stadium seats, they are ordered by the Yankees-CBS front office not to do so nor show foul balls hit during the game. As the story goes, that this was the reason Red Barber was let go by the team at the end of the 1966 AL season, but it was not. The Yankees front office felt that Red Barber’s conflicts with TV-Radio team of Phil Rizzuto-Joe Garagiola, who had refused to work with him on the air; he would do his TV-Radio duties with former 1950’s Yankees player, now a Sports Announcer Jerry Coleman. Coleman had work for CBS Sports and WCBS-TV in New York City. Red did not care for former ballplayers, who had become Sports Broadcasters. Yankees President Michael Burke had decided not renewal Barber’s contract for the 1967 AL season.

1967-Former Yankees Reserve INF Matt Howard (1996) was born.
On January 19,1996, INF Matt Howard was signed as an MLB Free Agent by the Yankees. For the 1996 Yankees, he would appear in 35 games as a Reserve Infielder, while hitting .204. On October 15,1996, the Yankees would grant Matt his MLB Free Agency. In 1989, the Dodgers had originally signed Matt as an MLB Amateur Free Agent.

1979-The Yankees would defeat the Blue Jays by the score of 7-4 behind the pitching of Starter Luis Tiant and Closer Goose Gossage’s 3-inning relief performance. Tiant picks up his 12th win, as Gossage gets his 16th save of the 1979 AL season. He had relieved veteran hurler Jim Kaat, who had given up a 2-run HR to Rico Carty in the 6th inning. The Yankees had HR’s hit by Oscar Gamble-(2 HRs), Catcher Jerry Narron, a 2-run HR shot and veteran Slugger Reggie Jackson had a solo HR shot.

1980-At Yankee Stadium, the Yankees would edge the Indians by the score of 4-3. Yankees veteran Starter Tommy John beats Tribe Starter Len Barker. John goes 8 innings, as he gets his 22 win of the 1980 AL season. Yankees Closer Goose Gossage works the 9th inning for his 31st save of the 1980 AL season.

1987-Teddy Higuera wins his 7th straight as the Brewers down the Yankees by the score of 7-2.

1997-Former Yankees Pitcher Juan De Paula was born.
On July 2, 2014, Pitcher Juan De Paula was signed by the Mariners. He would make his pro debut in 2015 with the DSL Mariners 2 by going 5-4 with a 2.32 ERA in 14 starts. In 2016, he was with the AZL Mariners, where he went 1-2 with a 3.07 ERA in 11 games. On August 31st that year, he was traded to the Yankees alongside Jio Orozco in return for OF Ben Gamel. In 2017, he was with the Class A short-season Staten Island Yankees (NYPL). He posted a 5-5 record with a 2.90 ERA in 12 games. On July 27th, he was 1 of 4 Staten Island Pitchers, who combined to pitch a 9-inning No-Hitter over the Tri-City ValleyCats. He had started 2018 season back with the same team, he was 2-2 with a 2.09 ERA in 10 games, when on August 31st, he was part of a 2nd major trade, going to the Giants along with Abiatal Avelino in return for veteran MLB OF Andrew McCutchen. He made 1 start for the Augusta GreenJackets (SAL) after the trade, giving up 1 run in 5 innings. On April 2, 2019, before he had made his 1st appearance of the season, he was involved in his 3rd MLB trade in 3 years, when he was sent to the Blue Jays along with INF Alen Hanson and P Derek Law in return for OF Kevin Pillar. He was clearly the main piece in the trade for the Jays, as both Hanson and Law had worn out their welcome in San Francisco and were unlikely to be more than side pieces in Toronto.

1997-Former Yankees Minor League OF and MLB Manager Eddie Sawyer had passed away. (1910-1997)
Yankees MLB Scout Paul Krichell had discovered OF Eddie Sawyer. He had hit .361 for the Class B 1934 Norfolk Tars (PL). In 1935, Sawyer would hit .314 for Norfolk Tars and .325 for the Binghamton Triplets (NYPL). In 1936, he had batted .313 for the Triplets and drove in 98 runs, 8th-most in the NY-Penn League. After starting the 1937 season with Binghamton, hitting .345; he went up to the AA Oakland Oaks (PCL) and hit .284 there. Injuring his shoulder, Sawyer would return to Binghamton to bat .299 as an outfielder there in 1938. In 1939, he became a Player-Manager for the 1939 Amsterdam Rugmakers (CAML). He only struck out 7 times in 458 AB, led the Canadian-American League with 103 RBIs and batted .363. His team won the CAL title. The next season, Sawyer would hit .329 with 99 RBIs in 120 games. Returning to old stomping grounds, Eddie would hit .277 for Norfolk Tars (PL) as their Player-Manager in 1941. Eddie hit .267 and .280 the next 2 seasons in the same role with Binghamton Triplets to finish his active playing career. Moving from the Yankees farm system, where he had been since 1939, Sawyer was hired by the Phillies GM Herb Pennock in 1944 to manage the Utica Blue Sox. In 1948, he would become the new Phillies MLB manager. In 1950, he would lead the Phillies to NL Championship by defeating the Dodgers, facing his old team in the World Series, the Yankees losing 4 straight games. He would manage the Phillies until 1952, returning to the team in 1958. In 1960, he would resign after the 1st game of the 1960 NL season and never managed in the MLB again. He would tell the Philadelphia Baseball Writers, "I'm 49 years old and I'd love to live to be 50." Eddie was replaced by Phillies MLB Coach Gene Mauch. The 1960 Phillies would go 61-93.

1998-At Yankee Stadium, the Yankees would sweep a double header from the Indians by scores of 10-4 and 5-1. In the 1st game, a 10-4 victory with Yankees Starter Ramiro Mendoza picks up his 10th win of the 1998 AL season. The Bronx Bombers hitting attack was led by HRs from Tino Martinez, a 2-run HR shot, Rookie OF Shane Spencer’s 2-solo HRs and another solo HR by 3B Scott Brosius. In the 2nd game, a 5-1 victory, when Yankees Starter Hideki Irabu goes 8 innings to get his 13th victory of the season. The Yankees only get 7-hits in the game, no HRs are hit, but they would score 5 runs. The doubleheader sweep gives the team victories #108 and #109 for the 1998 AL season.

2003-By hitting his 13th leadoff HR of the 2003 AL season, Yankees 2B Alfonso Soriano establishes a new MLB record. The Yankees 2B had been tied with former Orioles OF Brady Anderson, who had hit 12 HRs in 1996.

2009-The Yankees are the 1st team to clinch a 2009 MLB Playoff spot, after a 6-5 victory over the Angels. Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez drives in Yankees base-runner Brett Gardner on a sacrifice fly in the 9th inning; Alex has a HR and 3 RBIs in the game. Yankees Closer Mariano Rivera pitches a scoreless 9th inning for the save.

2011-Rookie Tampa Bay Starter Matt Moore strikes out 11 Yankee batters in 5 innings in his 1st MLB start as the Rays beat the Yankees by the score of 15-8. This victory prevents a 4-game sweep by New York. It moves the Rays back within 2 games of the Red Sox in the 2009 ALWC race. Having clinched the AL East title the previous day, the Yankees use a line-up full of youngsters, who trail the Rays by the score of 13-0 after 5 innings, as Moore earns his 1st MLB victory.

2012-The Yankees and Orioles both win in extra innings, as they remain separated by 1 game in their epic race for the 2012 AL East crown. The Bombers trail Oakland by the score of 9-5, going into the bottom of the 13th inning, after 3 A's HRs, but the Yankees manage to tie the game and win by the score of 10-9 on a 14th-inning run. For its part, O’s scores 3 times in the 13th inning to beat the Red Sox by the score of 9-6 for the team's 16th consecutive extra-innings victory.

2015-Hall of Fame Catcher and MLB Manager Yogi Berra, winner of 3 AL MVP Awards, who also holds the all-time record by playing in 14 World Series with the Yankees, passes away at age of 90. (1925-2015) MLB Player (Player: 1946-1963, MLB Coach: 1976-1983, Yankees Manager: 1964,1984. Mets Manager: (1973-1975)
Yogi Berra was one of the most beloved players to ever wear the Yankees pinstripes. He would hit .285, hitting 358 HRs with 1,430 RBIs, while playing in 2,116 games in 18 seasons as a Yankees player. Yogi had played in 14 World Series for the Yankees with 10 World Championships with 71 World Series hits. Berra had hit .274 with 12 HRs and 39 RBIs in 75 World Series games. Berra was an AL All -Star Catcher for 15 seasons and 3-time AL MVP winner. He would lead the AL Catchers in fielding twice (1957 and 1959.) Yogi became one of the greatest catchers in the game through the help of former Yankees great HOF Catcher Bill Dickey. In October of 1963, Yogi was named Manager of the 1964 Yankees by Co-Owner Dan Topping Sr. Despite posting a 99-63 record, winning the 1964 AL Flag, but losing to the Cardinals in the 1964 World Series that went 7 games. Yankees GM Ralph Houk fired him, He wasn’t Yankees GM Houk’s choice to lead the 1964 team. Yogi Berra is one of few MLB managers to win a pennant in each Major League: Yankees (1964) and Mets (1973) joining HOF Managers Joe McCarthy (Cubs and Yankees) and Sparky Anderson (Reds and Tigers) in that select group. He had spent the 1965-1971 seasons as an MLB Coach, then he became the Mets Manager, after Manager Gil Hodges death. In 1973, he had won the NL pennant with the Mets. In 1976, Berra would return to the Yankees MLB Coaching staff, and in 1984, he was promoted again to Manager. Early in 1985, he was fired and replaced with Billy Martin. Yankees Team Owner George Steinbrenner was going through his revolving door of managers in those years, Berra actually posted one of the best winning percentages of all those who managed the Yankees in the 1st phase of Steinbrenner's ownership (i.e. until the appointment of Joe Torre as Manager in 1996). Berra went on to serve on the Astros MLB Coaching staff from 1986 to 1989. On January 19,1972, Yogi Berra was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America. The Yankees would retired his Uniform No. 8 for him and his predecessor, fellow Hall of Famer Bill Dickey, on July 22, 1972. Along with Dickey again, he would joined the Yankees' Monument Park in a ceremony on August 21,1988. Along with Johnny Bench, he was named to the MLB All-Century Team at Catcher in 1999. He is just as famous for his aphorisms, and one of them is appropriate for the occasion: "You should always go to other people's funerals, otherwise, they won't come to yours."

2021-Former Yankees Reserve INF Tommy Carroll (1955-1956) had passed away. (1936-2021)
In 1955, Tommy Carroll was a Yankees Bonus Baby signing. Tom had played college baseball at Notre Dame. Like many of his fellow bonus earners, Carroll spent most of his time sitting on the MLB bench and watching, while occasionally being used as a Pinch-Runner (33 times over the 2 seasons), he was forced to spend in the MLB (2-seasons). He was used twice as a Pinch-Runner in the 1955 World Series, which the Yankees lost to the Dodgers. He would later call this the greatest thrill of his short MLB playing career. He didn’t appear in the 1956 World Series against the Dodgers. He would play Shortstop and 3B for the 1955-1956 Yankees, while appearing in 50 games, hitting .287. Then he would spend the next couple of seasons playing in the Minor Leagues. Originally, he was signed as a Shortstop, but he was judged too tall for the position at 6' 3"; Tom was moved to 3B. In 1957, while playing for the AAA Richmond Virginians (IL), he hit only .213, although with some power. It is not surprising that Carroll was somewhat overmatched; as the league's caliber was quite high with his pro experience up to that point had been minimal. Seeing this, the Yankees would sent him down to their AA team, the New Orleans Pelicans (SA) at the start of the 1958 season, after which he was promoted to the AAA Denver Bears (AA); overall, he would hit .283 that season. However, his pro baseball career was derailed once again, when he had to spent 6 months in military service for the Army after the 1958 AL season had ended, slowing any momentum, that he was starting to build up. On April 12,1959, he was traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City A’s along with Minor League OF Russ Snyder for OF Bob Martyn and INF Mike Baxes. He played little for his new team, however by early June, he was back in the Minor Leagues. Also, Tom had played in the winter leagues in Venezuela during those years, but he failed to develop any more as a prospect. After spending the entire 1960 season in the Minor Leagues, Tom would retire from baseball. Overall, Carroll was a poor fielder- he had a career fielding percentage of .905, but he finished his brief MLB playing career with a .300 BA in his limited playing opportunities. Later, Tom would become a member of the U.S. Diplomat Services for the State Department.

2022-While RF Aaron Judge walked 3 times and his HR total remained at an MLB-leading 60 HRs with 13 games remaining, as Bronx teammate Giancarlo Stanton launched a 2-run HR and Josh Donaldson delivered a walk-off RBI single to power the Yankees past the Red Sox 5-4 in 10 innings. This victory helps the Bombers clinch a 2022 AL Playoff spot.

2023-Reliever Wandy Peralta (strained left triceps) was placed on the IL. He will miss the rest of the 2023 AL season. An MLB free agent after this season, Peralta is 4-2 with a 2.83 ERA in 63 appearances. “Wandy’s been awesome,” Manager Aaron Boone said. “He’s a leader. He’s tough. He takes the ball. You trust him in any situation.” RHP Yoendrys Gómez was recalled from AA Somerset to replace Peralta on the Yankees roster. He could make a start during the final week of the season. In 19 starts with AA Somerset, Gómez was 0-3 with a 3.58 ERA. Meanwhile OF Everson Pereira (hamstring) missed his 8th straight game, but is progressing, according to Boone.

2023-Aaron Judge became the 1st player in Yankees history with 2 3-HR games in 1 season, as the Yankees would cruise to a 7-1 victory over the Diamondbacks. Arizona's 5-game winning streak was snapped, and their lead over the Cubs for the 2nd of 3 NL Wild Card spots was reduced to 1 game. Arizona dropped to 1-7 against NY teams this season after dropping 6 of 7 to the Mets. Bronx slugger Aaron Judge hit a 3-run HR shot in the 3rd inning and a 2-run HR drive in the 5th off rookie starter Brandon Pfaadt (2-9). The slugger got his 3rd HR of the night with a solo HR drive off of Slade Cecconi in the 7th. It was the 2nd MLB career 3-HR game for Judge - both in the past month. He also went deep 3 times on Aug. 23rd at home against the Nationals to help the Yankees break its 1st 9-game losing streak since 1982. In the game, Judge went 4-for-4 with a double and tied a career-high 6 RBIs. He is now hitting .267 with 35 HRs and 70 RBIs in 100 games this season. The reigning AL MVP got his 8th career 4-hit game and 1st since May 20 at Cincinnati. He drove in 6 for the 4th time in his MLB playing career. Trying to avoid their 1st losing season since going 76-86 in 1992 during Buck Showalter’s 1st year as manager, the Yankees moved 2 games over .500 at 78-76. Still, they are close to being eliminated from AL playoff contention. Judge’s 1st HR gave the Yankees a 3-0 lead. Two batters, after Pfaadt committed an error by misplaying Oswald Peraza’s soft comebacker, Judge lifted a 1st-pitch sinker into the Yankees bullpen in right-center. His 2-run drive to RF/CF in the 5th made it 6-0. After rounding the bases in the 7th, Judge took a curtain call from the Yankee Stadium crowd of 39,143 and tipped his cap as teammate Gleyber Torres stepped out of the batter’s box. Judge was left in the on-deck circle when Estevan Florial made the final out of the 8th.Judge is hitting .267 with 35 homers and 70 RBIs in 100 games this season. He missed nearly 8 weeks after spraining his right big toe on June 3rd at Dodger Stadium. He returned to the lineup July 28th. The 5-time All-Star hit 62 HRs last season, breaking the previous AL record of 61 set by former Yankees slugger Roger Maris in 1961.

2023-In his 2nd start since being claimed off waivers from the Mariners on Sept. 14th, former Diamondbacks Pitcher Luke Weaver (3-5) earned his 1st win for the Yankees. He would allow 4 hits in 5 1/3 innings for his 1st victory since July 3rd with the Reds. Yankees Reliever Jhony Brito gave up Christian Walker's 31st HR in the 9th, but he had pitched 3 2/3 innings for his 1st MLB career save.

September 23rd

1898-Former Yankees Pitcher George “Smiler” Murray (1922) was born. (1898-1955)
In 1920, George Murray was signed out No. Carolina St. College by the Yankees. He had pitched for the AA Rochester Colts (IL) before joining the team in May of 1922. As a 24-yearold Rookie with the 1922 Yankees, George had posted a 4-2 record with a 3.97 ERA in 22 games. On January 30,1923, he was traded to the Red Sox along with Outfielder’s Norm McMillian and Camp Skinner for veteran AL Starter Herb Pennock. The Yankees needed a veteran lefty for their Starting pitching staff for 1923 season, with several veteran righty starters already on the staff; young Murray would have been sitting on the bench according to Yankees Manager Miller Huggins. For the 1923-1925 Red Sox, he will go 9-20 with a 5.48 ERA in 67 games, then he had a 7-4 record with a 5.89 ERA in 15 games with the 1926-1927 Senators. After pitching in Minor Leagues from 1928-1933, he would appear in 2 games with no decisions for the 1933 White Sox.

1906-Highlanders Starter Bill Hogg outduels White Sox Starter Ed Walsh by the score of 1-0 to put New York in 1st place in the AL with 10 games left to play in the season.

1908-The Indians would win its 10th straight game, defeating the Yankees veteran Starter Jack Chesbro by a score of 9-3. The Naps score 5 runs in the 7th inning, while Rhoades pitches strong ball until the 9th inning, when he allows only 2 Yankee runs. Tribe hitter Nap Lajoie has no official at bats, getting hit by pitched balls 3 times, tying an AL record and walking his other time up.

1910-Yankees Manager George Stallings, convinced that 1B Hal Chase tried to throw a game, but he is unable to make the charge stick, is replaced by his charismatic 1B as Manager of the 2nd-place Yankees by the Team Owners Frank Farrell and Bill Devery for the 1910 AL season's final 11 games. On his own, “Prince Hal” will lead the Yankees downhill to 6th place in 1911 with a 76-76 record. Harry Wolverton will become the new Yankees Manager in 1912. Even Giants HOF Manager John McGraw had suspected Chase of not playing “clean” when he was with the 1919 Giants. In 1920, MLB Commissioner Judge Landis will ban Hal Chase from baseball for his gambling activities, while playing for the 1918 Reds.

1915-In the 1st of 2 games at the Polo Grounds, the Yankees would top St. Louis by the score of 7-0. George Sisler pitches 1 perfect inning of relief for the Browns. In the 2nd game the Yankees take the nightcap from the Browns by the score of 5-1.

1921-Trailing by 2 % points, the Indians come to Yankee Stadium for a 4-game showdown. Waite Hoyt's arm and Babe Ruth's 3 doubles would beat them by a score of 4-2.

1933-The Yankees would make 5 errors, including 3 made by INF Frank Crosetti, but they have enough firepower to out-slug the Red Sox to win the game by the score of 16-12. Included in the Bomber’s 23 hits are HRs by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, HR #31 for each; Also, Lou Gehrig added 2 doubles and a single. Sammy Byrd, Ben Chapman and Frankie Crosetti have 3 hits apiece, meanwhile Reliever Wilcy Moore drives in the last run with his 1st hit of the 1933 AL season. The Red Sox had chased winning Bronx Starter Herb Pennock in the 6th inning to make the score 12-9, but they fall short at the end.

1934-For the 2nd season in a row, Fenway Park’s attendance record is broken in a Red Sox-Yankees doubleheader as 47,627 fans jam into the ballpark. The Yankees would take the 1st game by the score of 1-0, and then slam 7 ground-rule doubles into the Fenway Park roped-off crowd. Yankees Starter Lefty Gomez wins his 26th game of the 1934 AL season, while Gordon Rhoades take the lost for Boston; he is now 12-12 for the season. In the 2nd Game, the Red Sox bounce back to a 5-0 shutout victory over the Yankees. Red Sox Starter Spike Merenea gets his 1st victory of the 1934 AL season, while Yankees Starter Johnny Murphy drops to a 14-10 record. Both team starters in the doubleheader, pitch complete games. After World War II, more stringent Boston fire laws and MLB League rules will prevent overcrowding that was allowed in the 1930s.

1937-At Yankee Stadium, the Yankees will lose their game to the St. Louis Browns by a score of 9-5, but they will clinch the 1937 AL pennant, when the Red Sox beat the Tigers. Browns Starter Bill Trotter picks up 2nd victory of the 1937 AL season, while Bronx Starter Red Ruffing now 18-7, would take the loss for the Yankees.

1942-Former Yankees Pitcher Jim Rooker (1968) was born.
On September 30,1968, hurler Jim Rooker was purchased by the Yankees from the Tigers. Jim never appeared in an MLB game with the Yankees. On October 15,1968, Jim was selected by the Kansas City Royals from the Yankees as the 6th pick in the 1968 AL Expansion Team Player Draft.

1942-Former MLB Player and Yankees Baseball Executive Woodie Woodward (1985-1987) was born.
Woodie Woodward was an MLB Infielder, who had played for the Braves and the Reds (1963-1971). Woodward was the Head Baseball Coach at Florida St. Univ. from 1975 to 1978. Before joining the Yankees, he had worked in the Reds front office. In 1985-1986, Woodie Woodward was the Assistant General Manager of the Yankees. In 1987, he was General Manager of the Yankees. In 1988, he was the Phillies GM. From 1988-1999, he was the GM for the Mariners.

1950-The Yankees, tied for 1st place with the Tigers and 2 games ahead of the Boston. Open a crucial series with the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. Joe DiMaggio's 1st inning HR off of Red Sox Starter Mel Parnell is all the scoring they needed, as the Bombers win the game by a score of 8-0. Yankees Starter Eddie Lopat gives up only 5 Boston hits, including a leadoff triple to Dom DiMaggio. A Yankee Stadium crowd of 68,998 fans watched the Saturday game.

1955-The Yankees had clinched the 1955 AL pennant by beating the Red Sox by the score of 3-2. They would split their Friday doubleheader at Fenway Park by losing the opener 8-4 and then winning the nightcap. Yankees Starter Don Larsen picks up his 9th win of the 1955 AL season along with relief help from Whitey Ford, who picks up his 2nd save for the season.

1960-At Fenway Park, the Yankees would win their 7th straight game in row by downing the Red Sox by the score of 5-1. Yankees veteran Starter Bob Turley goes 7 innings by allowing only 3 Red Sox hits, 1-run, while striking out 7 Boston batters. Bronx Reliever Bobby Shantz picks up his 11th save of the 1960 AL season. The Yankees would finish the 1960 AL season with 15 straight wins, ending the season with a 97-51-1 record.

1961-At Fenway Park in Boston, an ailing Mickey Mantle's career-high 54th HR, his last of the regular 1961 AL season, helps Yankees beat the Red Sox by a score of 8-3. Yankee Starter Whitey Ford leaves the game in the 5th inning, but he wins his 25th game of the 1961 AL season. He is relieved by Jim Coates, who was followed by Luis Arroyo, who picks up his 25th save of the season. Elston Howard and Bob Cerv hit HRs for the Yankees.

1964-Former Yankees Pitcher Cy Barger (1906-1907) had passed away. (1885-1964)
For the 1906-1907 Yankees, Cy Barger had appeared in 3 games with no decisions along with a 6.35 ERA and 1 save.

1964-The sizzling Yankees win their 9th game in a row defeating the Tribe by the score of 4-3 in 11 innings in the opener and 6-4 in the 2nd game. Elston Howard's HR off of Tribe hurler Luis Tiant, snaps a tie game in the opener. Indians Catcher Johnny Romano would hit HRs in both games. Meanwhile recently had acquired Closer Pedro Ramos finishes up both games for the Yankees. Ramos, however, will not be eligible to play for the Yankees in the upcoming 1964 World Series against the Cardinals.

1966-The Yankees would play before a crowd of 1,440 fans at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees would be hosting the Red Sox, losing the game by the score of 2-1. Yankees Starter Mel Stottlemyre takes the lost, while Lee Stange is the winner for Boston. Tomorrow will be their last season home game at Yankee Stadium, before finishing the 1966 AL season in Chicago, they will take 2 out of 3 games from the White Sox, finishing in last place in the AL with a dismal 70-89-1 record.

1977-Graig Nettles’ 9th inning 2-run HR puts Yankees fans fears to rest as the Yankees rebound from a 2-game sweep at Fenway Park by downing season-long nemesis the Expansion Blue Jays by a score of 5-3 behind Starter Don Gullett’s 5-hitter.

1978-The Yankees lead over the Red Sox is trimmed to 1-game when the Indians scalp the Bombers by the score of 10-1 behind Tribe Starter David Clyde for a complete game victory.

1980-At Yankee Stadium, the Yankees would score 4 runs in the 9th inning to beat the Indians by a score of 5-4. The Yankee hitting attack in the game was led by Aurelio Rodriguez’s triple, doubles by Reggie Jackson and Oscar Gamble. Yankees Reliever Ron Davis is the winner picking up his 9th win of the 1980 AL season, while Reliever Mike Stanton took the loss for the Tribe.

1981-At Yankee Stadium, the Bombers beat the Indians by the score of 6-1 behind veteran Starter Rick Reuschel’s complete game as he picks up his 4th win of the 1981 AL season. Reggie Jackson’s 2-run HR leads the Yankee hitting attack.

1984-The Tigers would defeat the Yankees by the score of 4-1, making Sparky Anderson the 1st MLB Manager ever to win 100 games in a season in each major league. As skipper of the 'Big Red Machine', his Reds team had won 108 games in 1975 and 102 games in 1976.

1985-Former Yankees Pitcher Joba Chamberlain (2007-2013) was born.
Joba Chamberlain was a top prospect in the Yankees system before making his MLB Pitching debut in 2007, his 1st pro season. He was selected with the 41st pick in the 2006 MLB Amateur Player Draft by the Yankees, compensation for the loss of MLB Reliever Tom Gordon to MLB Free Agency. Joba signed for a $1,100,000 bonus, but he did not pitch in the Minors that year. It was the highest a Native American player had gone in the history of the MLB Amateur Player Draft. Joba got off to a quick start in his 1st season in the Minors, going 4-0 with a 2.03 ERA in 7 games for the Class A Tampa Yankees (FSL), allowing 25 hits, walking 11, while striking out 51 batters in 40 IP. Chamberlain was promoted from Tampa to the AA Trenton Thunder (EL); he had a 4-2 record 3.43 ERA for them, while striking out 64 batters in 39 1/3 innings. He then was moved up once more, to the AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees (IL). In his AAA pitching debut, he pitched 5 scoreless innings, whiffed 10 batters to give him 125 strikeouts in 84 1/3 IP through July 26th.

Chamberlain was 1-0 in 3 games for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, fanning 18 batters in 8 innings while allowing no runs and 5 hits. That made him 9-2 with a 2.45 ERA and 135 K in 88 1/3 innings in his 1st year as a pro, allowing a .198 average. He was called up to the Yankees to replace Brian Bruney in the bullpen. In his 1st MLB game, Joba had relieved Jim Brower against the Blue Jays in the 8th inning and struck out his 1st MLB opponent. Then he threw 2 scoreless frames, walking 2, whiffing 2 batters and allowing 1 hit. Through his 1st 3 MLB games, he had allowed no base runners in 3 more innings, while striking out 6 hitters more.

The Yankees' top brass enacted special "Joba rules" to prevent him from being overused in spite of his success. His fairy-tale 1st season ended on a strange note, when in the ALDS, he was bothered by an invasion of midges in Cleveland, losing a game to the Indians. The big story then became whether Joba should start or relieve, the controversy lasting for the next 2 seasons. He began 2008 season in the bullpen, but when the Yankees' starting rotation was beset by injuries, the pressure to have him start became relentless. He was eased into the job, pitching well, but not picking up many wins, and then being shut down at the end of the 2008 AL season. He would end the season with a 4-3 record with a 2.60 ERA in 42 games, including 12 starts. He spent most of 2009 AL season as a Starter, but he had trouble going deep into games, Joba seemed to lose velocity, when compared to his performances out of the bullpen. He had posted a 9-6 record with a 4.75 ERA in 157 innings. Manager Joe Girardi would put him in the bullpen, when the Yankees reached the 2009 postseason, deciding to go with only 3 starters. He pitched well in relief as the Yankees conquered the Phillies in the 2009 World Series. In 10 appearances, he gave up only 2 earned runs; he won 1 game in the 2009 World Series. In 2010, he was in contention to become the Yankees' 5th Starter, but he lost out to Philip Hughes, returning to the bullpen to be Mariano Rivera's Set-Up Man. Over the period, he had pitched well as a Starter, but had been simply outstanding as a Reliever, keeping alive the controversy over what his optimal usage should be. Things changed in 2010, however, as he experienced problems with his mechanics, Joba was hit hard, in spite of throwing his fastball at a much higher velocity than when he was a Starter. In late July, Yankees Manager Girardi moved him away from the Set-up role in order for him to work out his problems in less stressful circumstances. He would finish the 2010 AL season with a record of 3-4 with a 4.40 ERA with 3 saves in 73 games, but he pitched all right in the ALCS, giving up a 1 run in 3 1/3 innings facing the Rangers.

At the start of 2011 season, Joba was back in the bullpen season, he was not seriously considered for a starting spot even after the Yankees were left thin in that area when veteran Yankees Starter Andy Pettitte decided to retire. He was pitching much better than in his previous 2 seasons, with a 2-0 record with a 2.83 ERA in 27 games as 1 of 2 set-up men for Closer Mariano Rivera, when he was placed on the DL on June 8th with what was originally described as "discomfort" in his pitching elbow. The issue turned out to be much more serious - a torn ligament requiring season-ending Tommy John surgery. He would suffered a further and potentially much more significant setback on March 23, 2012, when he dislocated his ankle while playing on a trampoline with his 5-year-old son at a kid's center with athletics activities. He underwent surgery for an open dislocation, but lost so much blood that there was concern for his life. The injury seemed to preclude any return this year, may well have turned out to be career ending. However, Chamberlain was released from hospital 3 days later. Joba told media that while the injury was serious, his life was never in danger and no bones were broken. He stated he was still planning to return to the mound before the end of the 2012 AL season. True to his word, he made his 1st appearance on August 1st; giving up 2 runs in 1 2/3 innings in a 12-3 win over the Orioles. Overall, as a Yankees Pitcher, Joba had posted a 23-14 record with a 3.85 ERA and 5 saves in 260 games. After 2013 AL season had ended, the Yankees would grant Joba his MLB Free Agency, he would sign with the Tigers. In the spring of 2017, he would retire from MLB baseball finishing with an overall record of 25-21 along with a 3.81 ERA and 7 saves in 385 games.

1997-In a warm-up for the 1997 AL playoffs, the Indians would rally from a 9-2 deficit to shock the Yankees by the score of 10-9. Yankees Tony Fernandez and Tino Martinez match 2-run HRs, while David Justice and Robby Alomar would hit HRs for the Tribe.

1998-With an 8-4 victory over the Indians, the 1998 Yankees tie the 1927 World Championship team for the most wins in franchise history. The Bombers' 110 victories pull them within 1 game of the AL record of 111 victories held by the 1954 Indians.

1999-By drawing a crowd of 27,549 fans, the Yankees will break the NYC season attendance record with a total of 3,072,009. The Mets had previously held the attendance record when 3,047,724 fans turned the turnstiles in 1988.

2000-Former Yankees Reserve INF Aurelio Rodriguez (1947-2000) died after being struck by a car that had jumped the sidewalk in Detroit. For the 1980-1981 Yankees, Rodriguez had appeared in 79 games as a Reserve INF, while hitting .250. On November 7,1981, the Yankees had traded him to the Blue Jays for a Minor League C Mike Lebo.

2001-By saving New York's 5-4, 10-inning win over the Orioles at Camden Yards, Yankees Closer Marino Rivera establishes a new franchise single-season record with his 47th save. The previous club record was held by Dave Righetti, who had 46 saves in 1986.

2008-The Red Sox would hand Cliff Lee just his 3rd loss in 25 decisions in a 5-4 win to clinch an AL playoff spot. The Boston win eliminates the Yankees from making the AL postseason for the 1st time since 1993, not counting the 1994 AL season, when the MLB Postseason was cancelled by the MLB baseball strike, but during which the Yankees posted the best record in the AL.

2009-The Yankees would edge the Angels by the score of 3-2 as Bronx Starter A. J. Burnett picks up his 12 win of the season, with relief help from the Yankees bullpen. Mario Rivera picks up his 42 save of the season. A crowd of 35,760 fans had attended the game played at Angels Stadium.

2017-At Rogers Center in Toronto, a crowd of 46,949 fans would watch the Yankees beat the Blue Jays by the of 5-1. Yankees Sonny Gray picks up his 10th victory of the season. The Yankees bullpen trio of Chad Green, Don Robertson and Closer Chapman hold the Blue Jays scoreless to close out the game. Greg Bird hits a 3-run HR for his 6th HR of the season. Todd Frazier would hit his 27th HR of the season.

2022-At Yankee Stadium, a crowd of 47,346 fans watched the Yankees edge the Red Sox by the score of 5-4. Bronx Starter Geritt Cole goes 6 innings, giving up all 4 Boston runs, with 4 strikeouts and 2 walks, he gets a no decision. The Yankees bullpen would hold off the Red Sox, Reliever Loaisiga pitching 2 scoreless inning, picking up the victory. Yankees OF Aaron Hicks hits his 8th HR of the season.

September 24th

1910-Former Yankees Reserve OF Dixie Walker (1931,1933-1936) was born. (1910-1982).
In 1931, Dixie Walker had started his MLB playing career with the Yankees, but he couldn’t break into their Yankees starting outfield. On May 1,1936, he was sold by the Yankees to the White Sox. As a Yankees player, Dixie had appeared in 131 games, while hitting .268 with 16 HRs and 58 RBIs. In 1933, he had appeared in 98 games for the Yankees, while hitting .274 with 15 HRs and 51 RBIs. The team had sold him to make MLB roster room for Rookie OF Joe DiMaggio, who was joining the team in 2 days. After playing for the White Sox and Tigers in the AL, he would become an MLB star playing for the 1940’s Dodgers. He was the brother of MLB batting star Harry “The Hat” Walker. Overall, in 18 seasons as an MLB player, Walker had played in 1,925 games, while hitting .306 with 105 HRs and 1,023 RBIs. Later, he would become a Minor League Manager.

1910-Yankees 1B Hal “Prince” Chase is named Manager of the Yankees following the resignation of Manager George Stallings in the day before. The Yankees would finish in 2nd place at 88-63. Hal would lead the Yankees to a 6th place finish in 1911 by going 76-76. As Player-Manager, he would stay with the Yankees until June 1,1913, when he was traded to the White Sox for 1B Babe Borton and 2B Rollie Zeider.

1919-Red Sox Starter Waite Hoyt pitches 9 perfect innings against the Yankees, but they come in between the 4th and the 13th innings in which he gives up hits. He loses the game by a score of 2-1 in the 13th inning. In the game, Boston Slugger Babe Ruth hits his 28th HR of the 1919 AL season, breaking the single-season record. His HR shot clears the Polo Grounds RF roof.

1920-In the 1st game of a twin bill, Yankees Slugger Babe Ruth hits his 50th HR in the 1st inning off of the Senators Pitcher Jose Acosta. Then he adds HR# 51 in a 4-for-4 performance in the 2nd game, a 2-1 win, to give the Yankees, a sweep of the Nats. The other 3 hits came off of loser Jim Shaw are by Yankees 2B Del Pratt.

1923-Tigers Starter Ray Francis with a 3-0 lead over the Yankees, issues a bases loaded walk to Babe Ruth, but he hangs on for the victory.

1924-Former Yankees Pitcher Wally Hood (1949) was born. (1924-2001)
On June 28,1948, Wally Hood was signed as an MLB Amateur Free Agent by the Yankees. The 22-year-old right-hander was assigned to the AA Newark Bears (IL). Wally would chalk up a 6-5 record with a 4.19 ERA, while pitching 86 innings in his 1st season in pro baseball. Hood, who would never pitch below AA ball during his 7-season run in the Minors, was with the AA Newark Bears (IL) and the Kansas City Blues (AA) in 1949, his 2nd season in the Minors. He put together an 8-8 record with a 4.92 ERA, while pitching 161 innings. Wally would receive a call from the Yankees in late September of 1949. The Californian made his MLB Pitching debut on September 23,1949. In his 2 Bronx appearances, he would allow no hits and no runs, but he never would appear in another MLB game again. Hood would spend 5 more seasons in baseball, but all in the Minors. The right-hander would go from a 7-16 and a 5.42 ERA record with the 1950 Kansas City Blues to a 11-9 record in a split season in 1951 with the AA teams: San Francisco Seals and the Hollywood Stars (PCL). The Yankees would send Hood to the Dodgers during the 1952 AL season in a presently unknown transaction. Hood would report to the Fort Worth Cats, Wally had the best numbers of his career, by going 5-2 with a 2.66 ERA in the final months of the 1952 Minor League season. Wally would hold on through 1954 season, when he went 4-5 with a 5.43 ERA for the Dodgers AAA team, the Montreal Royals (IL). He would call it quits at the age of 28 with a 7-season pitching career record of 52-62 with a 4.61 ERA in 951 innings

1927-The Yankees would win their 106th game of the 1927 AL season, a 6-0 victory over the Tigers for a new AL season record high. They will win 110 games, an AL record held until the 1954, when Indians would win 111 games.

1929-The Yankees veteran Starter Tom Zachary wins his 12th game without a loss by the score of 5-3 over the Red Sox. His 12-0 season record will not be equaled.

1931-The round-robin playoff among New York City's 3 MLB teams, to raise money for the unemployed, concludes with Dodgers losing to both the Giants and the Yankees at the Polo Grounds. Again, a near capacity crowd turns out and adds $48,000 to bring the fund to $108,000. In field events held between games, Babe Ruth, normally a left-handed hitter, bats right-handed and wins the fungo hitting contest. He breaks the old distance record held by Big Ed Walsh. Babe Ruth's drive lands in deep center field, 421 FT away. The old record, that was set 20 years earlier, was 419 1/2 FT.

1932-In a battle of former Boston collegians, Harvard beats Boston College. Charlie Devens, former Harvard hurler, makes his MLB Pitching debut for the Yankees; as he beats the Red Sox by the score of 8-2. The loss goes to Eddie Gallagher, former Boston College pitcher, who exits in the 5th inning. Yankees Slugger Babe Ruth swats his 41st HR of the 1932 AL season in the 9th inning, meanwhile his Bronx teammate Lou Gehrig belts his 34th HR in the 5th inning.

1934-At Yankee Stadium, the Idle Tigers would win the 1934 AL pennant, as the Red Sox beat the Yankees by the score of 5-0 in the season's finale. Babe Ruth walks in the 1st inning, limps to 1B and then he leaves for a Pinch-Runner in his last home game was a Yankees player. A crowd of only 2,500 fans sees the final home game for the 1934 AL season. The Yankees will finish the 1934 season in 2nd place in the AL with a 94-60 record.

1946-Disappointing on the field, the Yankees (87-67, 3rd Place) nevertheless would finish their 1946 AL season home season with a 2,309,029 attendance. The best previous draw was the 1929 Cubs at 1,485,166. Total MLB attendance was 18.5 million, 80 percent more than 1945 with more players returning from their wartime service.

1948-Former Yankees DH/INF Eric Soderholm (1980) was born.
On November 14,1979, INF Eric Soderholm was traded by the Rangers to the Yankees for Players to be Named Later and Cash. Eric had originally come up to the MLB with the Twins. The Yankees would send 2 Minor League Players: 3B Amos Lewis and P Ricky Burdette on December 13,1979 to the Rangers to complete the trade. Eric was playing with bad knees from an off-season job injury as a construction worker. He. would hit .287 with 11 HRs and 35 RBIs in 95 games as a 3B/DH for the 1980 Yankees. In the 1980 ALCS, Eric had appeared in 2 games for the team, hitting just .167. A serious illness made him miss the entire 1981 AL season. On October 13,1981, Eric was released by the Yankees.

1949-Red Sox Starter Ellis Kinder (15-1 at Fenway Park) pitches a 6-hitter, as Boston Slugger Ted Williams hits his 42nd HR of the 1949 AL season to beat the Yankees by the score of 2-0, pulling the Red Sox 1 game behind the Yankees.

1950-In the 2nd game of a key series with the Red Sox, 66,924 fans are on hand for “Johnny Mize Day” at Yankee Stadium, as the Bronx Bombers would top the fading Red Sox by the score of 9-5, to go 4 games up on Boston and 2 1/2 games ahead of the Tigers. Yankees Shortstop Phil Rizzuto contributes with a single, double and a HR, while Yogi Berra, adds 4 hits including a triple. Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak reaches 15 games. The 1950 Yankees will win 5 of their next 7 games, meanwhile the Tigers will manage to go 4-3.

1954-New York ties an MLB record, when 3 consecutive Yankees Pinch-Hitters strike out in 1-inning. The 9th inning Yankee victims of A’s hurler Arnold Portocarrero were Lou Berbert, Gus Triandos and Frank Leja. The Yankees would strike out 11 times in the game, which they lost by a score of 5-1 to the A’s.

1957-The Yankees would clinch their 23rd AL pennant and 8th under Manager Casey Stengel, as the A’s tips the White Sox by the score of 6-5.

1958-The Red Sox would close out their 1958 AL home schedule with a 7-5 loss to the Yankees. Bronx Bomber slugger Mickey Mantle would crack his 42nd HR of the 1958 AL season to put him 3 HRs, ahead of Indians Slugger Rocky Colavito, who will finish the 1958 AL season at 42 HRs.

1960-At Fenway Park, Yankees Slugger Mickey Mantle's 11th inning HR off of Boston hurler Ted Wilks gives the Bronx Bombers, a 6-5 victory over the Red Sox. Mantle had driven in the games 1st run with a drag bunt in the 1st inning. The Yankees win their 8th straight game.

1967-The Twins would crunch the Yankees by the score of 9-2 as AL All-Star Starter Dean Chance, who scatters 9 Yankee hits for his 20th victory of the 1967 AL season.

1972-In the nightcap of a twin-bill sweep over the Indians, Yankees Closer Sparky Lyle sets an AL record, tying the MLB mark by saving his 35th game. The Yankees would win the game by the score of 8-3, after gaining a 5-4 win in the opener, when they had score 2 unearned runs on 5 Indian errors in the 11th inning. Thurman Munson steals 2B by kicking the ball out of Frank Duffy's glove and going to 3B on the error. Duffy then boots a grounder and throws wildly for 2 more errors. Tribe Catcher Gerry Moses then picks up a squibber and fires over 1B and RF Del Unser’s throw to the plate is over Moses' head for error #5.

1973-The Yankees had acquired veteran C/1B/DH Duke Simms on waivers from the Tigers. He had appeared in 4 games for the team, while hitting .333. Duke would make Yankee Stadium history by hitting the last Yankees HR at the old Yankee Stadium. On May 7,1974, the Yankees would trade him to the Rangers for hurler Larry Gura and Cash.

1976-The Yankees would win the 1976 AL East Division Title by defeating the Tigers by the score of 8-0.

1977-Former Yankees Reserve Catcher Sherman Lollar (1947-1948) had passed away. (1923-1977)
In 1946, Catcher Sherman Lollar had first appeared in the MLB with the Indians. On December 6,1946, Lollar was traded to the Yankees, when the Indians would send him and veteran 2B Ray Mack in a trade that the Tribe had received OF Hal Peck, Pitcher Al Gettel and Minor League P Gene Bearden. He had played in 33 games as a Reserve Catcher to Yogi Berra. He would appear in the 1947 World Series with the Yankees, playing in 2 games, while hitting .750 (3 for 4). After the 1948 AL season, Sherman would be traded to the St. Louis Browns as part of the Fred Sanford trade. He would later become a 7-time AL All-Star Catcher for the White Sox during the 1950’s. Sherman won a Golden Glove for AL Catchers in 1957-1959. He was the starting catcher for the 1959 AL Champions White Sox. He would appear in his 2nd World Series against the Dodgers, playing in 6 games, while hitting .227 with 1 HR and 5 RBIs. Sherman would finish his MLB playing career with the 1963 White Sox, hitting .264 with 155 HRs and 808 RBIs in 1,752 games.

1977-Graig Nettles’ 9th inning 2-run HR puts Yankees fans’ fears to rest as the Bronx Bombers rebound from a 2-game sweep in Boston by defeating the Blue Jays 5-3, behind the 5-hit pitching performance of veteran Starter Don Gullet.

1978-Yankees Starter Ron Guidry (23-3) gains his 3rd 2-hit shutout of September, with a 4-0 win over the Indians. The 2 Tribe hits allowed were by Duane Kuiper, the 2nd time this season that he has recorded the only hits in a game. The Yankees Ace, also threw a 2-hit against the Red Sox on September 9th (7-0) and 15th (4-0). It is Guidry's 9th shut out of the 1978 AL season, a Yankees record and just 1 short of the AL record for southpaws set by Red Sox Lefty Babe Ruth in 1916. The Red Sox would stay 1 game in back of Yankees by topping the Blue Jays by the score of 7-6.

1980-At Yankee Stadium, the Yankees would beat the Indians by the score of 7-3 behind the pitching of Starter Luis Tiant and Reliever Tommy Underwood. Tiant gets his 8th win, while Tommy Underwood picks up his 2nd save of the 1980 AL season. The Bronx Bombers hitting attack is led by veteran 1B Bob Watson, who goes 3 for 5 with 3 RBI’s.

1980-Former Yankees Pitcher Ernie Shore (1919-1920) had passed away. (1891-1980)
In August of 1912, Pitcher Ernie Shore was traded by the Yankees along with Cash to AA Indianapolis for Ted Goulait. On December 18,1918, Shore was traded by the Red Sox along with P Dutch Leonard and OF Duffy Lewis to the Yankees for 2 Pitchers: Ray Caldwell, Slim Love, OF Frank Gilhooley, Catcher Roxy Walters and $15,000 Cash. For the 1919-1920 Yankees, Ernie had posted a 7-10 record with a 4.39 ERA in 34 games. On January 28,1921, the Yankees would send C/1B Truck Hannah, OF Ham Hyatt, Pitchers Bob McGraw and Ernie Shore to AA Vernon Tigers (PCL) to complete an earlier deal made in September, 1920. In September of 1920, the Yankees would sent Players to be Named Later and OF Howie Camp to AA Vernon Tigers (PCL) for Shortstop Johnny Mitchell.

1982-Former Yankees Pitcher Jeff Karstens (2006-2007) was born.
Jeff Karstens was selected by the Yankees in the 19th round of the 2003 MLB Amateur Player Draft. He would make his pro debut that summer. Jeff had appeared in 15 games for the 2006-2007 Yankees, while posting a 3-5 record with a 5.65 ERA. On July 26, 2008, Jeff was traded by the Yankees along with Pitchers Daniel McCutchen, Ross Ohlendorf and Minor League OF Prospect Jose Tabata to the Pirates for MLB Reliever Damaso Marte and OF Xavier Nady. He would pitch for the Bucs from 2008 to 2012.

1983-Former Yankees Reserve 1B/OF Travis Ishikawa (2013) was born.
On July 7, 2013, 1B Travis Ishikawa was selected off waivers by the Yankees from the Orioles. After appearing in 1 game for the Yankees, he was granted MLB Free Agency by the team. He would be picked up by the Pirates.

1996-Former Yankees Pitcher Red Embree (1948) had passed away (1917-1996)
On December 11,1947, Pitcher Red Embree was traded by the Indians to the Yankees for OF Allie Clark. For the 1948 Yankees, Red had posted a 5-3 record with a 3.76 ERA in 20 games. On December 13,1948, Red was traded by the Yankees along with Reserve Catcher Sherman Lollar, 1B Richard Starr and $100,000 Cash to St. Louis Browns for Reserve Catcher Roy Partee and Starter Fred Sanford.

1998-The Yankees win by the score of 5-2 over the Devil Rays and post their 111th win of the 1998 AL season, surpassing the club record of 110, set by the 1927 World Championship team. They now tie the AL record of 111 victories held by the 1954 Indians. Yankees Rookie OF Shane Spencer pounds a Grand Slam HR, his 8th HR in 57 at bats.

2002-Thanks to Jason Giambi's 2-HRs in the Yankees 6-0 whitewash of the Devil Rays, the Giambi brothers (Jason 40, Jeremy 20) pass the DiMaggio siblings for the highest single-season total for HRs with 60. The DiMaggio’s (Joe 46, Vince 13) went yard 59 times in 1937.

2005-Averaging more than 50,000 fans per game, the Yankees become the 3rd franchise in MLB history and the 1st since the 1994 MLB strike to pass the 4-million attendance mark. The 1993 Rockies and the 1991-1993 Blue Jays are the other MLB teams, which have reached the attendance milestone.

2008-Former Yankees MLB Coach (1982), MLB Player and Manager Mickey Veron had passed away. (1918-2008)
Mickey Veron had played in the MLB mostly with the Senators. Also, he would play for the Indians (twice), Red Sox, Braves and briefly was with the 1960 Pirates. Veron had won 2 AL batting titles (1946 and 1953). He was named to the AL All-Star team 7 times. Mickey would appear in 2,409 games (1939-1960) finishing with a .286 BA with 172 HRs and 1,311 RBIs. He was the 1st Manager of the 1961 AL Expansion team, the new Washington Senators (1961-1963). The he would manage several Minor League teams: the 1966-1968 AAA Vancouver Mounties (PCL), 1969-1970 AAA Richmond Braves (IL). He was a Minor League Batting Instructor for the 1973-1974 Royals and the 1975-1976 Dodgers. He would return to the MLB as a Coach for the 1977-1978 Expos and the 1982 Yankees. Also, he was an MLB Coach for several other teams, including the 1960, and the 1964 Pirates and the 1965 Cardinals.

2012-The Yankees would defeat the Twins by the score of 6-3 behind the pitching of veteran Starter Andy Pettitte to move to 1 1/2 games in front of the Birds. Yankees CF Curtis Granderson hits his 40th HR, becoming the 5th Yankee player to hit 40 dingers in back-to-back AL seasons.

September 25th

1902-Former Yankees Pitcher Pat Malone (1935-1937) was born. (1902-1943)
On March 25,1935, the Yankees had purchased veteran Starter Pat Malone from the Cubs for $15,000 Cash. He had been a 20-game winner for the 1929-1930 Cubs. As a Yankees hurler, Pat Malone would post a 19-13 record with a 4.67 ERA in 92 games. He was unable to crack the Yankees Starting rotation; so, Pat would become a swingman for the team. The 1936 AL season was his best as a Yankees Pitcher, posting a 12-4 mark with a 3.81 ERA in 35 games. Pat had appeared in 3 World Series with the 1929, 1932 Cubs and the 1936 Yankees. His World Series pitching record was 0-3 with a 3.05 ERA in 6 games.

1912-At Fenway Park, Boston Starter Smoky Joe Wood fires a 2-hitter at New York, winning the game by the score of 6-0. The Boston Ace strikes out 10 Yankee batters in winning his 33rd game of the 1912 AL season.

1917-Former Yankees HOF Shortstop and long-time Broadcaster Phil “Scooter” Rizzuto (1941-1942,1946-1956) was born. (1917-2007)
In 1937, the Yankees had signed Phil Rizzuto as an MLB Amateur Free Agent. He won the 1940 Minor League player of the Year Award, while playing for the AA Kansas City Blues (AA). In 1941, he played his 1st season as a Yankee regular appearing in 133 games, while hitting .307. Phil would miss the 1943-1945 MLB seasons, while serving with the Navy during WWII. He was named to the AL All-Star squad 5 times. He led the AL shortstops in fielding in 1949-1950. In 1950, Phil had his best Yankee career season, as he won the AL MVP Award, while hitting .325 in 155 games with 200 hits, while scoring 100 runs. Also, in 1950, he won the MLB Best Player Award. In 1951, Phil won the Babe Ruth Award for hitting .320 against the Giants in the 1951 World Series. During the 1955-1956 AL seasons, Phil was slowed down by injuries; he was no longer the Yankees starting shortstop. On August 25,1956, Phil was released by the Yankees to clear an MLB roster spot for the re-acquired veteran OF Enos Slaughter from the Kansas City A’s. His Yankees lifetime BA was .279 with 38 HRs and 563 RBIs in 1,661 games. He played in 9 World Series for the team, while hitting .246 with 2 HRs and 8 RBIs. In 1957, Phil would start his long-time broadcasting career with the Yankees joining Mel Allen and Red Barber in the broadcasting booth, replacing veteran Jim Woods. In 1994, the Veteran’s Committee voted Phil into Baseball’s Hall of Fame. Former long Red Sox rival Ted Williams pushed for his election into the Hall. He was telling baseball people that Phil could beat you with his glove or bat. Also, if he had been with his Red Sox teams, they would have beaten the Yankees for the AL pennant

1917-Former Yankees Pitcher (1951-1955) and MLB Pitching Coach (1961-1963) Johnny Sain was born. (1917-2007)
On August 29, 1951, Veteranhurler Johnny Sain was obtained from the Boston Braves for Yankees Rookie hurler Lou Burdette and $50,000 Cash. He had won 100 games for the 1942,1946-1951 Braves, including a 24-14 season in 1948. In the 1948 World Series, John went 1-1 in 2 starts for the Braves against the Indians. For the Yankees, John had a 20-20 record, along with 67 saves coming out of their bullpen and making occasional starts for the team. His best Yankees season was 1953, when he had posted a 14-7 record with a 3.00 ERA with 19 saves in 40 games. He would lead the AL in saves in 22 in 1954, while going 6-6 with a 3.16 ERA in 35 games. Sain would appear as a Reliever in 3 World Series with the 1951-1953 Yankees, he had posted a 1-1 record in 4 games. On May 11,1955, Sain was traded to the Kansas City A’s along with veteran OF Enos Slaughter for hurler Sonny Dixon. After the 1955 AL season was over, he would retire as an active player. Overall, Johnny had posted a 139-116 record with a 3.49 ERA in 910 games. Sain would later become a very successful MLB Pitching Coach starting with the 1959 A’s, then the 1961-1963 Yankees, 1965-1966 Twins, 1967-1969 Tigers, 1971-1975 White Sox and the 1977,1981-1986 Braves. In October of 1960, he would become the new Yankees MLB Pitching Coach for new Manager Ralph Houk replacing his former Yankees teammate Eddie Lopat, who was Casey Stengel’s 1960 MLB Pitching Coach. During Johnny Sain’s 1st season as Yankees MLB Pitching Coach, Veteran Starter Whitey Ford would win 25 games, while pitching on a 4-day rotation schedule. After the 1963 World Series loss to the Dodgers, Johnny would leave the Yankees organization over a salary dispute with the Yankees Front Office. Then he would join the Twins for the 1965-1966 AL seasons. During the 1960s, Sain coached the pitchers of 5 of the AL's 10 pennant-winning teams. His attitude towards MLB pitching, made him a pitcher’s favorite coach, but he did draw criticism from team’s Managers and their front offices.

1921-At the Polo Grounds, the Yankees thrash the 2nd place Indians by the score of 21-7 to move a full game ahead of the Tribe. The Yankees would knock out Tribe Starter Ray Caldwell in the 2nd inning and dust Tribe Reliever Duster Mails for 10 runs in his 2 innings. Yankees Starter Carl Mays goes the distance for the win.

1925-Former Yankee Minor League 1B/PH Tom Hamilton was born. (1925-1973)
On March 9,1950, 1B Tom Hamilton was signed by the Philadelphia A’s as an MLB Amateur Free Agent. In 1952, he appears with team for 12 games, while hitting just .200. In 1953, he would play in 58 games for the team, while hitting just .196. On December 16,1953, Tom was traded by the A’s along with Starter Harry Byrd, 1B Eddie Robinson, INF Babe Loren and OF Carmen Mauro to the Yankees for Minor League All-Star OF/1B Vic Power, INF Don Bollweg, 3B Jim Finigan, P Johnny Gray, OF Bill Renna and Catcher Jim Robertson to the Philadelphia A’s. Tom never appears with the Yankees at the MLB level. He was sent by the team to their AAA Club, the Kansas City Blues (AA) for the 1954 season. Tom would continue to play in the Yankees Minor League system from 1954 to 1960.

1926-The Yankees would take 2 games from St. Louis Browns to nail down the 1926 AL flag, winning the opener by the score of 10-2 behind veteran Starter Herb Pennock. Yankees Slugger Babe Ruth's Grand Slam HR is the big blow. In the nightcap, Lou Gehrig HRs in the 3rd inning, off of Brown’s Milt Gaston, while Babe Ruth matches him with a 2-run HR in the 6th inning off of Reliever Win Ballou. Then Babe Ruth adds a solo HR in the 9th inning, his 46th HR off of Reliever Joe Giard to seal the Waite Hoyt’s 10-4 victory. Despite the score, the game is played in a new AL record of 55 minutes. The NL record is 51 minutes, played on September 28,1919.

1929-At Fenway Park in Boston, the Yankees-Red Sox game is halted during in the 5th inning as the Umpires called time-out and have players from the both teams to gather at home plate. Bill McGowan, a respected AL Umpire, informs the team’s players that Bronx Bomber Manager Miller Huggins has just died from blood poisoning at New York City’s St. Vincent Hospital. Then he asks the Fenway Park crowd to stand for 1 minute of silence as the American flag in Center Field is lowered to half-staff. Three days before, Miller had turn over the team to Yankees MLB Coach Art Fletcher. He was only 49 years-old, he had managed the Yankees from 1918 to 1929. On the day of his funeral in Cincinnati, Ohio, the American League will cancel all games. "Hug”, who had won 6 pennants and 3 World Series in his 12 years as Skipper of the Bronx Bombers. In 1964, Manager Miller Huggins will be elected to the Hall of Fame.

1931-Nats OF Sam Rice drops a fly ball and the Yankees rally for 5 runs in the 8th inning to beat the Senators by the score of 8-3. Yankees Slugger Babe Ruth has 2-solo HRs to help in the win. The 3rd place Yankees; now trail the Senators by a 1/2 game.

1934-Yankees 1B Lou Gehrig plays his 1,500th consecutive MLB game. His 48th HR of the 1934 AL season is an MLB career high.

1949-Despite 71 injuries that kept players out of games, Casey Stengel and his 1949 Yankees have been in 1st place in the AL all season. But today the Red Sox move into a tie for 1st place with a 4-1 victory over Bronx Starter Allie Reynolds. Red Sox Slugger Ted Williams hits his 43rd HR, as Boston Starter Mel Parnell wins his 25th game of the 1949 AL season. The lefty Red Sox hurler is 16-3 at Fenway Park this season. Yankees CF Joe DiMaggio listens to the game on the radio from a hospital, bedridden with pneumonia. When the Yankees would return to New York City, a huge crowd of fans greets them at Grand Central Station, including Mrs. Babe Ruth, who predicts, "Whoever wins tomorrow should go all the way."

1951-Former Yankees Reserve INF Nolen Richardson (1935) had passed away. (1903-1951)
In September of 1935, the Yankees had brought up veteran INF Nolen Richardson from their AA club, the Newark Bears (IL). He had previously played for the Tigers in 1929 and 1931-1932 AL seasons. That September, he had appeared in 12 games for the Yankees, while hitting .217 with No HRs and 5 RBIs. He had spent the bulk of the 1935 baseball season with the Yankees AA Club, the Newark Bears (IL) playing in 137 games, while hitting .282 with 6 HRs. In 1936, he would return to AA Bears again, hitting .286 with 2 HRs and 55 RBIs in 153 games. On November 5,1937, he was purchased by AA Baltimore Orioles (IL) from the Yankees. In July of 1938, Nolan was purchased by the Reds from the AA Orioles, he would play in 35 games for the team.

1959-At Yankee Stadium, lefty Ace Whitey Ford defeats the Orioles by the score of 5-2 with a complete game, allowing just 8 hits, 2 runs with 4-strikeouts. Yankees hitters Hector Lopez (2), Yogi Berra (1) and Norm Siebern (1) drive in runs. It would be the last Yankees victory of the 1959 AL season, as they would drop the last 2 games of the season to the Orioles. The Yankees would finish in 3rd place in the AL with a 79-75-1 record behind the Indians (2nd Place) and 1959 AL Champions, the White Sox.

1960-Yankees Starter Ralph Terry clinches the Yankees' 25th AL pennant with a 4-3 win over the Red Sox. Reliever Luis Arroyo saves the win. It is Casey Stengel's 10th AL pennant in 12 years at New York. The Yankees are in the middle of a 15-game winning streak, picking up victory #9 to end to the 1960 AL season.

1962-Yankees Ace lefty Starter Whitey Ford beats the Senators by the score of 8-3, as the Yankees clinch their 26th AL pennant. Yankees Manager Ralph Houk becomes the 5th manager in MLB history to capture league pennants in each of his 1st 2 MLB Manager seasons.

1967-In an afternoon game, the Angels top the leading Twins by the score of 9-2 in Minnesota to move the idle Red Sox into a 1st-place tie. Detroit loses their game by the score of 2-0 to Yankees lefty Starter Al Downing.

1968-In Mickey Mantle's last appearance at Yankee Stadium, he slices a 2-out 1st inning single off of Tribe Starter Luis Tiant for the only hit for the Yankees. Tiant tosses his 9th shutout of the 1968 AL season, tops in the AL to win the game by a score of 3-0. El Tiante's ERA drops to 1.60, the previous low for an Indians Pitcher was HOF hurler Stan Coveleski's 1.87 ERA in 1917.

1969-Former Yankees Reserve INF/OF Tony Womack (2005) was born.
On December 20, 2004, veteran INF Tony Womack was signed as an MLB Free Agent with the Yankees. For the 2006 Yankees, he had appeared in 108 games, while hitting a disappointing .249 with 1 HR and 15 RBIs. On December 8, 2005, Tony was traded by the Yankees along with Cash to the Reds for 2 Minor League Players: Kevin Howard and Benjamin Hines.

1968-Former Yankees Pitcher Ken Holloway (1930) had passed away. (1897-1968)
On June 30,1930, veteran hurler Ken Holloway was purchased by the Yankees from the Indians. He had previously pitched for the Tigers and the Tribe, while posting a 64-52 record. He had been 1-1 with an 8.40 ERA and 1 save in 12 games for the 1930 Indians. Ken would appear in 16 games for the 1930 Yankees with no decisions along with a 5.24 ERA and 1 save. It would be his last active MLB season. On November 28,1930, he was traded by the Yankees along with Minor League P John Hopkins and Cash to the AA Baltimore Orioles (IL) for 2 Minor League Players: C Tom Padden and P Jim Weaver.

1969-Former Yankees Pitcher Dave Weathers (1996-1997) was born.
On July 31,1996, P Dave Weathers was obtained from Marlins for P Mark Hutton. In 1996, he went 0-2 with a 9.35 ERA, but he was more successful in the AL Post season, winning a game in both the Division and ALCS. In 1997, he would start off with a 0-1 with 10.00 ERA, which cause the team to send him down to the AAA Columbus Clippers (IL). Overall, Weathers went 0-3 with a 9.57 ERA in 21 games, as a Yankees hurler. On June 9,1997, he was traded to the Indians for OF Chad Curtis.

1971-With Detroit Rookie Catcher Tim Hosley hitting 2 HRs and driving in 5 runs, the Tigers would trip the Yankees by the score of 10-7. Les Cain pitches 6 innings for the win. He finishes with a 10-9 record with 145 innings, but he contends that Tiger’s Manager Billy Martin forces him to pitch; while he has a sore pitching arm. Later, Cain claims that it did permanent damage to his pitching arm, so he sues the Tigers. In a landmark decision, the Michigan Bureau of Workman's Compensation will order the Tigers to pay Cain $111 a month for the rest of his life. A lump sum payment was later agreed upon between the 2 parties.

1977-Yankees Slugger Yankees Cliff Johnson continues his personal assault on the Blue Jays pitching by slamming 2 HRs in the 2nd game of doubleheader to lead the Yankees to a 2-0 win. Yankees Starter Ron Guidry won the opener by the score of 15-0, as the Yankees boosted their lead over the Red Sox to 3 games. The double shut out win was the 1st by the Yankees since July 21, 1972. Cliff Johnson hit 6 of his 12 HRs off of the Blue Jays Pitching and batted .381 against them, compared to .296 against the rest of the AL.

1977-Former Yankees Reserve Catcher Wil Nieves (2005-2007) was born.
On March 29, 2005, Catcher Wil Nieves was traded by the Angels to the Yankees for P Bret Prinz. Wil had appeared in 35 games as a Reserve Catcher for the Yankees, while hitting just .164.

1985-Yankees LF Rickey Henderson steals his 75th base of the 1985 AL season in the Yankees 10- 2 win over the Tigers breaking the Yankees club record of 74 set by Fritz Maisel in 1914.

1989-Red Sox 3B Wade Boggs extends his own modern MLB record, when he collects his 200th hit for the 7th MLB consecutive season. The Boston 3B goes 4-for-5 as the Red Sox beat the Yankees by the score of 7-4.

1990-The Yankees would tie an MLB record when their 1st 8-batters all hit safely in a 15-3 rout of the Orioles. Birds Starter Anthony Telford allows the 1st 6 Yankee batters to get hits to take the loss. The Yankees would hit 6 HRs in the game.

1995-The Yankees would purchase veteran left-hander hurler Rick Honeycutt from the Oakland A’s. The Yankees to make room on their MLB roster, they would DFA Pitcher Jeff Patterson (0-0 in 3 games). Honeycutt went 0-0 in 3 games with the 1995 Yankees. On December 21,1995, Rick was purchased by the Cardinals from the Yankees.

1996-The Yankees had clinched the AL East title by pounding out 20 hits in a 19-2 win over the Brewers in the opening game of a doubleheader. The Yankees would score 10 runs in the 2nd inning, after plating 4 in the opening frame. Yankees 1B Tino Martinez leads the Bombers hitting attack with 5 RBIs. Yankees Starter David Cone (7-2) is the easy winner. Also, the Yankees would win the nightcap by a score of 6-2 with Bronx Starter Kenny Rogers picking up his 12th win of the season. Daryl Strawberry’s 2-run HR leads the Yankees hitting attack in the game.

1997-Former Yankees Reserve Catcher Ben Rortvedt (2022-2023) was born.
Early in the 2021 season, Catcher Ben Rortvedt made his MLB player debut with the Twins and went on to play in 38 games, hitting .169 with 3 HRs and 7 RBIs. He would served as the back-up to Ryan Jeffers and Mitch Garver, who got the bulk of the playing time for the MLB team that season. He had been originally drafted by the Twins in the 2nd round of the 2016 MLB Amateur Player Draft, out of a high school in Wisconsin. On March 13, 2022, he was traded to the Yankees as part of a blockbuster 5-player trade, which came 1 day after Garver, one of the men he had backed up in his rookie season, had been traded to the Rangers in return for Shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa. This turned to actually set the stage for the next day's deal, as Rortvedt, Kiner-Falefa and former AL MVP 3B Josh Donaldson were sent to the Bronx Bombers in return for C Gary Sanchez and 3B Gio Urshela. However, he was injured by the end of spring training, forcing the Yankees to make another deal to acquire a catcher, in this case Jose Trevino, while Rortvedt never got to play with the Yankees that season, spending time in AAA with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders and on rehab assignments with the Class A Tampa Tarpons and the AA Hudson Valley Renegades. In 48 games, he had hit .218 with 7 HRs and 21 RBIs. In 2023, he would missed time at the start of the season, then going to Class A Tampa and to the AA Somerset Patriots before making it back to AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He finally made it to the MLB team on May 20th, going 2 for 4 with a double against the Reds in his 1st game. He stayed in the Bronx for another week, but he barely played, going 0 for 3 in 4 games before heading back to AAA. He was called back on July 21st when Trevino went on the IL likely for the remainder of the season, with a wrist injury. As a Yankee, Ben would appear in 32 games, hitting .146 with 2 HRs and 4 RBIs. On March 27, 2024, Ben was traded by the Yankees to the Rays in a 3-team deal between the Yankees, Marlins and the Rays. With the Yankees, Ben was out of club options.

1998-With a 6-1 victory over Tampa Bay, the Bronx Bombers would set an AL record with their 112th win. Yankees Starter Orlando Hernandez improves his 1998 AL season record to 12-4. The 1906 Cubs, who went 116-36, are the only team with more victories than the 1998 Yankees.

2002-At Yankee Stadium, the Yankees would defeat the Rays by the score of 4-3. Yankees Starter Roger Clements goes 5 innings leaving the game with a 3-3 tie. Reliever Jeff Weaver picks up the win for his 11th victory of the 2002 AL season with Closer Mo Rivera getting his 28th save. The losing pitcher for the Devil Rays was future Yankee hurler Tanyon Sturtze, who was now at 4-18 mark.

2011-Boston CF Jacoby Ellsbury hits a 2-out, 3-run HR off of Bronx Reliever Scott Proctor in the 14th inning to give Boston, a 7-4 win over the Yankees in the 2nd game of a doubleheader at New Yankee Stadium, halting a 4-game losing skid. They had lost the 1st game by score of 6-2 to the Yankees, meanwhile the Rays won their game by the score of 5-2 over the Blue Jays.

2014-In his last-ever home game at Yankee Stadium, Captain Derek Jeter provides a storybook ending with an opposite-field, game-ending single in the bottom of the 9th that gives the Yankees a 6-5 win over the Orioles. His hit off of Birds Reliever Evan Meek sends Pinch-Runner Antoan Richardson racing home from 2nd base, after Yankees Closer David Robertson had given up 3 Orioles runs in the top of the inning to tie the score, making Captain Clutch's final heroic moment possible.

2017-By hitting 2 HRs in an 11-3 win over the Royals, the Yankees' Rookie OF Aaron Judge reaches the 50 HR mark for the 2017 AL season, breaking the AL Rookie record of 49 set by A’s Mark McGwire in 1987.

2020-The Marlins cap off their incredible season by clinching a postseason slot for the 1st time since winning the 2003 World Series with a 4-3 win over the Yankees at New Yankee Stadium. They take the lead with a run in the top of the 10th, then load the bases with 1 out in the bottom of the frame. Yankees batter D.J. LeMahieu, one of the hottest hitters in the MLB all season is at the plate against Marlins Closer Brandon Kintzler, but he bounces into a game-ending double play to trigger a celebration in the empty ballpark.

2023-The Yankees have placed veteran Reliever Tommy Kahnle on the 15-day IL with shoulder inflammation, ending his 2023 season. The oft-injured reliever missed the 1st 2 months of the season with biceps tendinitis, but he pitched well from June to September, posting a 2.66 ERA and 3.68 SIERA in 42 games. He is under contract through 2024, and barring a setback, there is no reason to believe he won’t be back on the mound next spring. To replace Kahnle on the active roster, the Yankees have recalled Matt Bowman from AAA Scranton. This will be the righty’s 2nd stint with the MLB team, after a brief call-up earlier this month. Following his selection in the 2012 draft, Bowman has spent time in the MLB with the Mets, Cardinals and the Reds before signing a minor league deal with the Yankees after the 2020 MLB season. He would miss the next 2 years, while recovering from Tommy John surgery, but he did re-sign with the Yankees this past winter. He has a 3.99 ERA in 49 games at AAA Scranton this season.

September 26th

1907-After Cleveland's Addie Joss had fired a 1-hitter against the Yankees yesterday, his Tribe pitching teammate Heinie Berger matches him today, also against hapless New York team. This is the 2nd time this century that teammates have thrown back-to-back 1-hitters.

1921-At the Polo Grounds, Bronx Slugger Babe Ruth hits HRs # 57 and # 58, plus he has a double and a walk to beat the Indians by the score of 8-7; as the Yankees take a 2-game lead in the AL pennant race. On the losing side, Tribe 1B George Burns has a triple and 3 singles. The Indians would load the bases in the 9th inning, but Tribe Catcher Steve Neill strikes out on a Carl Mays fastball in the dirt to end it.

1921-Former Yankees Baseball Executive John Johnson (1947-1969) was born. (1921-1988)
in 1947, John Johnson joined the Yankees organization, serving as a Secretary to GM George Weiss. He would rise through a series of front office posts, becoming the team's Farm Director and ultimately Vice President of Minor League Operations during the 1960’s. When Bowie Kuhn was elected MLB Commissioner in 1969, Johnson would leave the Yankees organization to join his staff. After serving there for 9 years, he became President of the National Association in 1978. He was credited with stabilizing the Minor Leagues and steering them through a period of growth.

1924-With the Yankees beating the A's, Boston tightens the race by edging the Senators, 2 - 1. September call-up Wade Lefler drives in Nemo Leibold in the 8th with a pinch double for the Nats' only run. Washington now leads by a game. For the Senators, the loss stops Walter Johnson's 13-game win streak and Sam Rice's 31-game hitting streak.

1925-Former Yankees Pitcher Bobby Shantz (1957-1960) was born.
Before the start of 1948 AL Season, Pitcher Bobby Shantz was signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an MLB amateur free agent. He had originally come up with the 1949 Philadelphia A’s, after pitching only 1 season in the Minor Leagues. In 1951, he would win 18 games for the lowly A’s. His best season with the team was in 1952, when he posted a 24-7 record with a 2.48 ERA in 30 games; while winning the 1952 AL MVP Award and The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award. On February 19,1957, Bobby Shantz was traded by the Kansas City Athletics with players to be named later, INF Wayne Belardi, P Art Ditmar and Jack McMahan to the Yankees for a player to be named later, P Rip Coleman, INF Milt Graff, INF Billy Hunter, P Mickey McDermott, P Tom Morgan and MLB OF Irv Noren. On April 5,1957, the Yankees would send Minor League P Jack Urban to the A’s to complete the trade. On April 4,1957, Kansas City Athletics had send MLB INF Curt Roberts. On June 4, 1957, Bonus Baby INF Clete Boyer to the Bronx to complete the trade. He was originally a starter, who had injured his pitching arm, later he would become a very successful relief pitcher. Then he injured his pitching arm, Bobby would become a reliever for the A’s. As a Yankees swingman, Bobby had posted a 30-18 record with a 2.73 ERA and 19 saves in 138 games. In 1957, he was the 1st Yankees player to win an AL Golden Glove Award. Bobby would win the award for AL Pitchers during the 1958-1960 AL seasons. He would continue his Golden Glove Award streak in the NL, winning it from 1961-1964, giving him an MLB pitching career total of 8. Also, in 1957, Bobby would lead the AL pitchers in ERA with a 2.45 mark. Shantz had appeared in the 1957 and 1960 World Series for the Yankees, while posting a 0-1 record with a 4.56 ERA and 1 save in 6 games. In 1960, his brother Billy Shantz, a veteran MLB catcher appeared with the Yankees for 1-game, the A’s had orginally signed him in 1948. Bobby would appear in 3 MLB All-Star games 1951-1952 (A’s) and the 1957 (Yankees). The Yankees would lose Bobby in the 1960 AL Expansion Team Player Draft with him being selected by the new Washington Senators, as their #1 Draft pick; then they would trade him to the Pirates for 3 players (INF Harry Bright, 1B R.C. Stevens and P Bernie Daniels). In the fall of 1961, he was drafted again by the new Houston Colt 45’s. team from the Pirates in the NL Expansion Player Draft. On April 10,1962, Shantz started for the Houston Colt .45s in the 1st game in their franchise history. He would pitch and won an 11-2 complete game victory over the Cubs. It was the only game that he ever won for the Colt .45s. As an MLB Pitcher, Bobby had posted a 119-99 record with a 3.38 ERA and 48 saves in 537 games. He had pitched for the A’s, Yankees, Pirates, Colt 45’s., Cardinals, Cubs and finishing up his career with the Phillies in 1964.The Phillies had asked him to return for the 1965 NL season, but he had decided to retire from the MLB instead.

1926-The St. Louis Browns would sweep the Yankees twice in a doubleheader by the scores of 6-1 and 6-2 in a total playing time of 2 Hours, 7 Minutes, an MLB record for a twin bill. The 2nd game is the fastest in AL history: 55 minutes. The Yankees had total 19 hits, while the Browns collect 26 hits in the 2 games. Babe Ruth has 1 at bat, then he sits, as he misses Reliever George Sisler, who tosses 2 scoreless innings to finish for the Browns in Game 2. Then when the Browns would score 4 runs in the 8th inning, picks up the victory. Ruth, who has 47 HRs twice the runner-up, also he leads the AL with 139 runs, 155 RBIs and 144 bases on balls. Babe Ruth is batting .372, 2nd to Detroit's Heinie Manush, who will go 6-for-9 on the last day to end the season at .378. Browns Coach Jimmie Austin, 46-years old, participates in the Nightcap as he contributes to the win by knocking in a run with a double and then stealing home. He is not the oldest to steal a base (Arlie Latham, 50 in 1909), but he is the oldest to steal home. The Yankees would use veteran INF Fred Merkle in his MLB final game. The veteran 1B Fred Merkle would replaces Lou Gehrig at 1B in the 6th inning.

1949-Before a crowd of 67,434 fans at Yankee Stadium, the Red Sox survive a rhubarb-filled 7-6 victory, when Boston base runner Johnny Pesky scores on a disputed squeeze play. Leading by 1 game, the Red Sox move on to Washington for a 3-game series with the Senators before playing the last 2 games of the 1949 AL season with the Yankees.

1952-At Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia, the Yankees would clinch their 4th AL straight pennant, an 11-inning 5-2 win by beating the Mackmen behind the pitching of veteran Starter Eddie Lopat and Reliever Johnny Sain.

1954-Future Yankees Pitcher Art Ditmar currently with the 1954 Philadelphia A’s defeats the Yankees by the score of 8-6 in the last game the A’s franchise will play at Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia, before moving to Kansas City for the 1955 AL season. Yankees All-Star Catcher Yogi Berra plays his only game at 3B in his MLB playing career. Mickey Mantle plays Shortstop again in Yankees Manager Casey Stengel's "power line-up."

1955-The Red Sox would beat the Yankees by the score of 8-1 as Red Sox hitter Ted Williams goes 1-for-2. Williams would finish the 1955 AL season at .356, well ahead of Tigers Al Kaline’s .340, but he does not have enough at bats to win the 1955 AL Batting title. A rule change will be made to recognize plate appearances, not times at bat, to determine the batting champion.

1956-Orioles Rookie Starter Charlie Beamon throws a 1-0 shutout against the Yankees in his 1st MLB start.

1960-The Bronx Bombers current winning streak reaches the 10-game mark, when they defeat the Senators by the score of 4-2 by scoring 2 runs in the 9th inning. Yankees Rookie Starter Bill Stafford goes 8-innings, while veteran Reliever Duke Maas picks up the win, going to 3-1 for the 1960 AL season. Yankees Reserve 1B Dale Long hits a 2-run HR off of veteran Nats Starter Pedro Ramos, who goes to a 11-17 record with the loss.

1961-In New York's 159th game of the 1961 AL season, Yankees RF Roger Maris rips a Jack Fisher fastball into the RF seats at Yankee Stadium for his 60th HR of the season. Bronx Bombers beat the Orioles by a score of 3-2. Yankees OF Roger Maris ties Babe Ruth's 34-year-old single season AL HR record. There are fewer than 8,000 fans on hand at Yankee Stadium to view this historic MLB HR event.

1964-Behind Rookie Starter Mel Stottlemyre's 2-hitter, the Yankees roll over the Senators by the score of 7-0 for their 11th win in a row. Stottlemyre leads the offense with an MLB-record-tying 5 hits, the last pitcher to collect that many and just the 8th pitcher this century to do so (Jim Callahan of the White Sox did it twice). With a single in his last at bat in his last game, he's had 6 hits in a row.

1967-Detroit Starter Mickey Lolich blanks the Yankees by the score of 1-0 as the Tigers to tighten the 1967 AL pennant race. The Twins (91-68) lead with the White Sox (89-68) and the idle Red Sox (90-69) are a game back, with the Tigers (89-69) 1 1/2 games back.

1973-In front of a Milwaukee home crowd of 4,804 fans, Brewers Starter Jim Colburn wins his 20th game for the team, by defeating the Yankees by the score of 5-2. Brewers’ Slugger George Scott chips in with 2 RBIs, giving him 100 RBIs for the 1973 AL season. Colborn is the Brewers' 1st 20-game winner and the 1st in Milwaukee since Tony Cloninger did it for the 1965 Braves.

1978-Yankees Starter Ed Figueroa earns his 19th victory of the 1978 AL season; while Closer Rich Gossage picks up his 28th save as the Yankees beat the Blue Jays by the score of 4-1. Mickey Rivers’ 2-out, 2-run double in the 2nd inning opens an early lead for the Yankees. Bronx Bombers have 1 game lead over the Red Sox in the AL Eastern Division race.

1980-At Detroit, Bronx Starter Ron Guidry gives up 5 runs in 6-innings, but he still wins his 16th victory with Reliever Ron Davis getting his 7th save as the Yankees win the game by a score of 7-5. The Bomber’s hitting attack is led by Eric Soderholm’s 3-run HR and a solo HR by Willie Randolph.

1980-Former Yankees Pitcher Andy O’Connor (1908) passed away. (1884-1980)
For the 1908 Yankees, hurler Andy O’Connor had appeared in 1 game, while posting a 0-1 record. On December 27,1909, Andy was purchased by AA Rochester (IL) from the Yankees. After retiring as an active player, Andy would become an MLB Scout for the Red Sox.

1982-Former Yankees Minor League P Daniel McCutchen was born.
The Yankees in the13th round of the 2006 MLB Amateur Player Draft had selected P Daniel McCutchen. The right-hander would split his pro debut between the Class A Staten Island Yankees (1-0,1.13 ERA) and the Class A Charleston RiverDogs (SAL) posting a 1-0 record with a 2.14 ERA and 1 Save. He was suspended for 50 games for using a performance-enhancing substance. McCutchen said that it was a medication for Attention Deficit Disorder (ADT). In 2007, the former Oklahoma hurler impressed the Yankees front office with his performance with the Class A Tampa Yankees (FSL) posting a 11-2 record with a 2.50 ERA and the AA Trenton Thunder (EL) going 3-2. Baseball America had rated him as having the best control in the Florida State League. He would make the FSL All-Star team, 1 of 6 pitchers selected. In 2008, McCutchen would open the Minor League season with the AA Trenton Thunder (EL), where he was 4-3 with a 2.55 ERA with 52 strikeouts in 53 innings. Then Daniel was promoted to the AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees (IL), where he went 4-6 with a 3.58 ERA. McCutchen was then traded along with Minor League OF Prospect José Tabata, Pitchers Ross Ohlendorf and Jeff Karstens to the Pirates in return for MLB OF/INF Xavier Nady and P Damaso Marte. He would finish out the 2008 season with the AAA Indianapolis Indians (IL), by going 3-3 with a 4.69 ERA in 8 starts.

1992-Former Yankees Minor League INF Dante Bichette Jr. was born.
Dante Bichette, Jr. was a 1st-round pick by the Yankees in 2011 MLB Amateur Player Draft. His father was former MLB player Dante Bichette, who had won the NL HR title in 1995. Bichette played in the 2005 Little League World Series, where his team was coached by former Yankees C Mike Stanley. He hit 10 HRs in 86 at-bats as a HS Sr. The Yankees took him as the 51st pick of the MLB Amateur Player Draft: it was New York's 1st pick that year. The choice was compensation for the loss of Starter Javier Vázquez to MLB Free Agency. Bichette was a Shortstop in HS, but he was projected as a 3B-OF. He had a Univ. of Georgia commitment. He signed instead with the Yankees, with a bonus of $750,000. Bichette made his pro debut with GCL Yankees. In his 1st 13 games, he showed good walk ability (15 BB) and defense (no errors), but he was making little contact his BA was .159. Dante would spend the 2016 Minor League baseball season with the AA Trenton Thunder (EL), while appearing in 114 games, playing 1B for the Thunder, while hitting .243 with 9 HRs and RBIs. In 2017, he would play for the AA Trenton again, appearing in 72 games, while hitting .262 with 4 HRs and 33 RBIs. After the 2017 Minor League season had ended, Dante was granted MLB Free Agency by the Yankees. In 2018, he had played for the Independent League St. Paul Saints (AA), while appearing in 99 games, hitting .310 with 9 HRs and 52 RBIs.

1996-Former Yankees Pitcher Albert Abreu (2020-2021, 2022-2023) was born.
in 2014, Pitcher Albert Abreu was originally signed by the Astros. On November 17,2016, Catcher Brian McCann was traded by the Yankees along with Cash to the Astros for 2 Minor League Pitchers: Albert Abreu and Jorge Guzman. In 2019, he would pitch for the AA Trenton Thunder (EL), while posting a 5-8 record with a 4.28 ERA in 23 games. He would receive an invitation to the Yankees 2020 MLB Spring Training Camp. He had appeared in 2 games for the 2020 Yankees, while posting a 0-1 record with a 20.65 ERA before being sent back to the Yankees Alternate Training Site at Scranton. He had started the 2021 season with AAA Scranton, but he was called up to the Yankees, when their pitching staff suffered injuries working as a reliever out of their bullpen. He would finish the 2021 season with the team, by posting a 2-0 record with a 5.15 ERA and 1 save in 28 games. On April 2, 2022, Abreu was traded by the Yankees along with Minor League P Robby Ahlstrom for MLB Catcher Jose Trevino. Abreu was out of Minor League options, so the Yankees had decided to traded him to the Rangers. He would finish Yankees pitching career with a record of 2-1 with a 5.68 ERA and 1 save in 30 games. The Rangers will add him to their 2022 Bullpen staff. Then the Rangers would waive him, so he was claimed by the Royals. When the Royals had waived him, he was re-claimed by the Yankees. In 2022, Albert was out with pitching shoulder problems. For the 2022 season in the Bronx, he would finish¬¬ with an 2-2 record with a 3.16 ERA in 22 games. For the current 2023 season, he has a 2-2 record with a 4.73 ERA in 45 games.

1997-Four Yankees Pitchers combine to 1-hit the Tigers, winning the game by a score of 8-2. Andy Pettitte starts the game; he allows a 2-run single to Travis Fryman in the 3rd inning giving Detroit a 2-1 lead. Pettitte leaves after pitching 4 innings, he is succeeded by Brian Boehringer (3 innings), Mariano Rivera (1 inning) and Jeff Nelson (1 inning). Mo Rivera receives credit for the win, when Yankees offense explodes for 6 runs in the 9th inning.

1998-The Yankees would defeat the Devil Rays by the score of 3-1 for David Cone's 20th win of the 1998 AL season. Cone sets a record for the most years (10) between 20-win seasons, having won 20 for the 1988 Mets. Jim Kaat held the previous record at 9 seasons. Yankees Rookie OF Shane Spencer homers, his 6th HR in 9 days and his 7th HR in the month of September, a Yankees Rookie record.

2008-On a rainy night at Fenway Park, the Yankees would crush the Red Sox by the score of 17-8. Back-up Bronx Shortstop Cody Ransom hits 2 HRs, while 2B Robinson Cano drives in 5 runs and LF Brett Gardner has 4 more in the Bombers rout. Boston's loss means that Tampa Bay officially clinches the 2008 AL East Division title. It is the 1st time since the 1997 AL season that neither Boston nor New York have won the AL Eastern Division race. Tampa Bay had never won 70 games in an AL season before this season.

2009-Yankees Starter CC Sabathia wins his 19th game of the 2009 AL season, giving up 1 Boston hit in 7th innings in a 3-0 Yankees victory over the Red Sox. Newly-appointed Supreme Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor, a lifelong Yankees fan better known in baseball circles for her ruling that ended the 1994 MLB players strike, throws the ceremonial 1st pitch to Yankees Catcher Jose Molina.

2011-The Rays would defeat the Yankees by the score of 5-2 behind Starter James Shields' 16th win of the 2011 AL season and catch the Red Sox in the 2011 AL Wild Card race.

2012-Yankees Starter CC Sabathia strikes out 10 Twins batters over 8 innings to lead the Yankees over the Twins by the score of 8-2. But the Yankees can't put any additional distance between themselves and the 2nd-place Orioles, who remain 1 1/2 games behind them, as the Birds would hit 7 HRs, while routing the Blue Jays by score of 12-2.

2013-At New Yankee Stadium, the Rays would shut out the Yankees by the score of 4-0 as retiring Yankees Closer Mariano Rivera tosses 1 1/3 inning of work in his last-ever appearance at home.

2021-Boston Massacre Redux? The Yankees would complete a 3-game sweep of the Red Sox at Fenway Park to take 1st place in the tight AL WC race, 1 game ahead of Boston and 2 ahead of Toronto, with Mariners still in the mix, with 1 week left to play. Like the infamous series in September of 1978 when they won 4 straight games in Boston in dominating fashion, the Bronx Bombers flaunt their power, with Giancarlo Stanton hitting huge HRs high above the Green Monster on consecutive nights, today's keying a 6-3 win in a nationally TV game. Stanton's 8th-inning HR blast off former Bronx teammate Reliever Adam Ottavino follows a 2-run double by Aaron Judge and proves to be the knockout punch.
2023-Yankees Rookie Catcher Austin Wells hit a 2-run HR in the 9th inning as the Bronx Bombers would beat the Blue Jays by score of 2-0. Yankees Starter Michael King and 2 relievers combined on a 3-hitter to help the Yankees improve to an MLB-best 18-9 record since Aug. 28th.Two Yankee Relievers; Jhony Brito (9-7) pitched 2 innings for the victory, meanwhile Closer Clay Holmes finished for his 23rd save in 26 chances.

September 27th

1914-Tribe 2B Nap Lajoie collects his 3,000th MLB career hit as his Indians team defeats the Yankees by the score of 3-2.

1919-Yankees Starter Bob Shawkey strikes out 15 batters in a 9-inning game with against his former teammates, the Philadelphia A’s. Bob Shawkey’s club record of 15K’s would stand until 1978 AL season, when Yankees Ace starter Ron Guidry strikes out 18 Angels’ batters.

1920-Yankees Starter Carl Mays beats Philadelphia by the score of 3-0, as he allows just 4 A’s hits. It is his 3rd straight shutout over the A’s, his 10th straight win against them. Yankees Slugger Babe Ruth drives in all the runs on a pair of HRs over the RF fence off of A’s hurler Ed Rommel, for his 52nd and 53rd HRs of the 1920 AL campaign. He hit 2 other liners to left and centerfield that were close to the wall.

1921-St. Louis Browns' Starter Urban Shocker stops the Yankees by the score of 2-0, racking up his 5th win in 9 decisions against his former Yankees teammates this season. It is his 27th win of the 1921 AL season.

1923-Columbia Univ. Baseball Star 1B/Pitcher Lou Gehrig, who was signed by the Yankees in June for a $1,500 bonus; he was recently brought up from Hartford (EL), Gehrig hits the 1st of his 493 MLB career HRs. The 1st MLB HR comes off of Red Sox veteran hurler Bill Piercy at Fenway Park during a Yankee 8-3 win.

1924-At Shibe Park in Philadelphia, the A's would beat the Yankees by the score of 4-3 to give the Senators a 2-game lead in the 1924 AL Pennant race with 2 games left to play.

1927-Yankees Slugger Babe Ruth connects for a Grand Slam HR off of A’s Starter Lefty Grove; while his Bronx teammate, 1B Lou Gehrig hits HR # 46 in a 7-4 win over Philadelphia. Babe Ruth has 57 HRs with 3 games left to play. One of the HRs is a Grand Slam HR, the Babe's 2nd one in 3 days.

1930-Lou Gehrig plays the last of 885 consecutive games at 1B. In the next game, the 1930 AL season's finale, he will take Babe Ruth's LF position. The experiment of using Lou in the outfield, will not work out; he will return to 1B.

1930-At Yankee Stadium, Josh Gibson of the Homestead Grays hits what his biographer John Holway will call "perhaps the longest home run ever hit in the House that Ruth Built," and Gibson himself describes as hit "on a line into the bullpen in deep left field." The Pittsburgh Courier's guess-estimate is 430 feet while the Amsterdam News says 460. The bullpen in question extends quite a long way, and could easily accommodate anything from a 415-footer to a 500-plus-foot blast.

1931-Lou Gehrig hits HR to tie Babe Ruth at 46, while the Yankees would pound A’s Starter Lefty Grove by the score of 13-1. They deny him his 32nd victory of the 1931 AL season. Grove throws just 3 innings in the warm-up start for the 1931 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. Lou Gehrig drives in 2 runs as he (184) and Babe Ruth (163) combine to drive in 347 runs for the season, the most productive duo in MLB history. Catcher Bill Dickey has 4 hits and ends the 1931 AL season with no passed balls behind the plate; the only AL Catcher and the Yankees are the only AL team to ever accomplish the feat.

1942-Red Sox Starter Tex Hughson wins his 22nd game to tie Cardinals Starter Mort Cooper for the MLB lead, as the Red Sox would edge the Yankees. A Fenway Park crowd of 26,166 fans-including 4,293 youngsters, who gained free admission by bringing in 29,000 pounds of scrap metal for the war effort--watches Hughson scatter 11 Yankee hits.

1950-Against the Philadelphia A's, Yankees Rookie hurler Whitey Ford relieves and loses his 1st MLB game, after 9 straight wins as a starter. The Yankees would lose the game to Philadelphia by a score of 8-7.

1960-Former Yankees Pitcher Frank “Lefty” Barnes (1930) had passed away. (1900-1967)
Lefty Frank Barnes had appeared in 2 games with the 1930 Yankees, while posting a 0-1 record with an 8.03 ERA. The Yankees had obtained him from the AA Toronto Maple Leafs (IL). Frank had previously pitched in the MLB with the 1929 Tigers. He had posted a 0-1 record with a 7.20 ERA in 4 games. Later, he would pitch in the Minor Leagues from 1931 to 1934.

1960-Against the Senators, Yankees win their 11th straight game by a score of 5-1. Three Yankee Pitchers, Starter Ryne Duren, Eli Grba and Bob Turley hold the Nats to 3 hits and 1-run. In a rare start, Ryne Duren only goes 4 innings, but he doesn’t get the win; Eli Grba does pick up his 6th win of the 1960 AL season, meanwhile veteran hurler Bob Turley picks up his 4th save of the season. Bronx Bombers 1B Bill Skowron hits his 28th HR, as Johnny “Super Sub” Blanchard hits a triple, 3B Clete Boyer and Reserve 1B Dale Long, each hit doubles for the Yankees.

1962-Former Yankees Pitcher Don Schulze (1989) was born.
In November of 1988, the Yankees had signed P Don Schultze as an MLB Free Agent. He had appeared in only 2 games for the 1989 Yankees, while posting a 1-1 mark. On July 22,1989, Don was traded by the Yankees along with 3B Mike Pagliarulo to the Padres for a Player to be Named Later and P Walt Terrell. The Padres would send former Yankees Prospect P Freddie Toliver on September 27,1989 to the Bronx to complete the trade.

1963-Former Yankees Pitcher Andy Coakley (1911) had passed away. (1882-1963)
Veteran hurler Andy Coakley appeared in 1 game for the 1911 Yankees, going 0-1 to finish out his MLB Pitching career. He had pitched for the A’s, Reds, Cubs before joining the 1911 Yankees. He had made 1 start for the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1905 World Series, losing his only decision. Andy would finish his MLB pitching career with a 58-59 record with a 2.35 ERA and 3 saves in 150 games.

1972-Trailing by the score of 5-1, the Tigers would score 3-runs in the 8th inning and 2-runs in the 9th inning to beat the Yankees Closer Sparky Lyle by the score of 6-5.

1978-At Yankee Stadium, the Yankees maintain their AL East lead by beating the Blue Jays by the score of 5-1. Bronx Starter Catfish Hunter wins his 9th decision in 10 games. He gives up only 6 Blue Jays hits, while allowing only 1-run. Graig Nettles and Reggie Jackson hit HRs for the Yankees.

1986-Tigers Starter Jack Morris shuts out the Yankees by the score of 1-0 in 10 innings; raising his pitching record for the 1986 AL season to 20-8. Morris snaps Yankees All-Star 1B Don Mattingly's hitting streak at 24 consecutive games.

1987-Former Yankees Pitcher David Hale (2018-2020) was born.
David Hale was originally signed by the Braves. He had pitched College Baseball at Princeton Univ. In winter of 2017, the Yankees would sign him to a Minor League contract. David had appeared in 3 games for the team with no record along with a 2.53 ERA. Hale was released by the team 3 times. He had a brief stay with the Twins before being DFA. When the Yankees released him for the 3rd time, he elected MLB Free Agency. He was signed by the Hanwha Eagles (KBO) for the rest of the 2018 season. In December of 2018, the Yankees resigned David. For the 2019 Yankees, he went 3-0 with 2.89 ERA and 2 saves in 19 games, before getting injured. On August 22, 2020, the Yankees traded Reliever David Hale to the Phillies for Minor League Class AA Reliever Addison Russ. Hale had been DFA by the team earlier in the week. Hale had pitched for the 2018-2020 Yankees, posting a 3-0 record with a 2.98 ERA and 3 saves in 28 games. For the 2020 AL season with the Yankees, he had appeared in 5 games with a 0-0 record and 1 save.

1991-The Indians lose their 100th game of the 1991 AL season as the Yankees beat Tribe Starter Greg Swindell by the score of 3-0. With 8 innings of work, Yankees Starter Pascual Perez (2-4) earns his last MLB pitching decision win.

1992-At Yankee Stadium, Toronto veteran Starter Jack Morris wins his 20th game of the 1992 AL season, by going 6-innings in a 12-2 blowout game over the 4th place Yankees. The Blue Jays scores 9 runs off of Yankees Starter Scott Sanderson, who leaves the game in the 2nd inning.

1998-The 1998 Yankees win their 7th straight game to finish the AL season with a .704 winning percentage. The Bronx Bombers (114-48) become the 1st team MLB since the 1954 Indians (111-43) to play over .700 baseball for the entire MLB season.

2009-The Yankees are assured of the best record in the AL after a 4-2 victory over the Red Sox. Yankees Starter Andy Pettitte picks up the win and, as usual Closer Mariano Rivera gets the save in New York's 100th win of the 2009 AL season. The Yankees would finished 9-9 against their bitter rivals, after dropping the 1st 8 contests between the 2 teams.

2011-The Rays would stay tied with the Red Sox by beating the Yankees by the score of 5-3, thanks to HRs by Matt Joyce and Ben Zobrist, which account for all of their scoring. The Rays also pull a triple play in the 6th inning in the game.

2018-The Yankees' Starter CC Sabathia is ejected in the 6th inning of his team's 12-1 win over Tampa Bay for throwing at Jesus Sucre in apparent retaliation for Rays hurler Andrew Kittredge throwing a pitch near Catcher Austin Romine's head in the top of the inning. The ejection is literally costly, as it leaves CC 2 innings short of 155 on the year, a total which would have netted him a bonus of $500,000 had he reached it. The gesture will also result in a 5-game suspension for Sabathia, to be served at the start of the 2019 AL season. In December, the Yankees front office will decide to pay him the bonus money anyway

2020-Former Yankees DH/OF Jay Johnstone (1978) had passed away. (1945-2020)
On June 14,1978, OF Jay Johnstone was traded by the Phillies along with Minor League OF Bobby Brown to the Yankees for MLB P Rawly Eastwick. Jay would hit .262 in 32 games for the 1978 Yankees. On June 15,1979, Jay was traded by the Yankees to the Padres for P Dave Wehrmeister. He had only played in 23 games for the team in 1979, while just hitting .208 for the team. Overall, for the 1978-1979 Yankees, Jay had appeared in 59 games, while hitting .239 with 2 HRs and 13 RBIs. He would passed away on September 26, 2020 at age 74, a victim of COVID-19; he had been suffering from dementia for several years.

2022-At Toronto, the Yankees would clinch the AL East Division Title with a 5-2 victory over the Blue Jays. Bronx Bomber 2B Gleyber Torres would drive in 3 runs as Starter Jameson Taillon pitched effectively into the 8th inning, precisely the type of cohesive formula they may need to enjoy postseason success. New York’s 95th victory secured a 1st-round bye and home-field advantage in the AL Division Series, with the Yankees’ upcoming opponent still to be determined. They have clinched their 58th playoff appearance in franchise history and their 6th consecutive playoff berth (since 2017) on Thursday, as well as their 24th trip to the postseason in the last 28 years (since 1995).

2023-Yankees Ace Gerrit Cole would pitch a 2-hitter to near his 2nd AL ERA title, meanwhile Bronx Bomber Slugger Aaron Judge homered twice (#36th and #37th of the season), as the Yankees would beat the Blue Jays, by the score of 6-0 to ensure they won’t finish the 2023 AL season with a losing record. Cole (15-4) had faced 2 batters over minimum, allowing a single and double to Jays hitter Brandon Belt.

September 28th

1885-Former Yankees Pitcher Wilbur “Lefty” Good (1905) was born. (1885-1963)
Wilburn “Lefty” Good was 0-2 in 5 games for the 1905 Yankees, but he did .375 for the team. In 1908, he was traded to the Indians, where he was converted to being an Outfielder. Later, he became a long-time Minor League Manager from 1922 to 1949.

1892-Former Yankees Reserve 1B Jack Fournier (1918) was born. (1892-1973)
For the 1918 Yankees. Veteran MLB Reserve 1B Jack Fournier hit .350 with No HRs and 12 RBIs in 27 games. The team had acquired him from the AA Los Angeles Angels (PCL). After the 1918 AL season had ended, the Yankees would send Jack back to the AA Angels. He was a good hitter, but a poor defender at 1B. Later, he became a College Baseball Coach at UCLA. Then he was a Minor League Manager. Also, he was MLB Scout for several MLB organizations.

1895-Former Yankees OF Lawton “Whitey” Witt (1922-1925) was born. (1895-1988)
On April 17,1922, veteran OF Whitey Witt was obtained from Philadelphia A’s for $16,000 Cash. He was a good hitter and solid outfielder. Whitey was the leadoff man for the Yankees in both 1922-1923 World Series against the Giants. He would led the AL in walks in 1922, getting 5 more than his Bronx teammate Slugger Babe Ruth, who was suspended for part of the 1922 AL season. In a crucial game played on September 16th on the road against the St. Louis Browns; he was hit on the forehead by an empty pop bottle thrown by a fan, while trying to catch a ball in Centerfield. He was knocked unconscious and the incident almost caused a riot; but he came back to hit the game-winning single in the 9th inning that virtually clinched the AL pennant for the Yankees 2 days later. He had appeared in 2 World Series with the Yankees, hitting .233 in 11 games. As a Yankees player, Witt would hit .300 with 11 HRs and 130 RBIs in 464 games. On July 4,1925, Whitey was released by the Yankees. Witt had only hit .200 in 31 games for the 1925 team. In December of 1925, he would be signed as an MLB Free Agent by the Dodgers. After playing the 1926 NL season with the Dodgers, he would retire from the MLB. He was only 31 years old.

1911-The Yankees would beat the St. Louis Browns by the score of 18-12. They collect 29 hits in the game, that features 20 walks, 12 errors and 15 stolen bases. The game has been called “the worst game ever played.”

1921-The St. Louis Browns' Urban Shocker stops the Yankees with a 2-0 shutout, racking up his 5th win in 9 decisions against his former team this season. It is his 27th win of the year.

1923-The Yankees overwhelm the Red Sox by the score of 24-4; among the battered Boston Pitchers was Howard Ehmke, who straggler through 6 innings, while allowing 17 Yankee runs with 21 hits. Yankees hitters Babe Ruth and Aaron Ward hit HRs in Fenway Park that day. The Bronx Bombers pound out a total of 30 hits in the game, the most in team’s history in a 9-inning game.

1928-The Yankees would clinch their 6th AL pennant by defeating the Tigers by the score of 11-6, behind Starting Pitcher George Pipgras.

1930-Lou Gehrig’s 885 consecutive game errorless streak at 1B ends during a Yankees’ 9-3 win against the Red Sox. This game also featured a rare starting pitching performance by Bronx Slugger Babe Ruth, who hurled an 11-hit complete game win.

1931-Yankees 1b Lou Gehrig hits a HR to tie Babe Ruth at 46 while the Yankees pound Lefty Grove by the score of 13-1, to deny him his 32nd victory of the season. Grove throws just 3 innings in the warmup for the 1931 World Series. Gehrig drives in 2 runs as he (184) and Ruth (163) combine to drive in 347 runs for the season, the most productive duo in MLB history. Bill Dickey has 4 hits and ends the season with no passed balls, the only AL catcher to do so, while the Yankees are the only AL team to ever accomplish the feat.

1942-Former Yankees Reliever Grant Jackson (1976) was born. (1942-2021)
On June 15,1976, Veteran Reliever Grant Jackson was obtained from the Orioles in the Doyle Alexander trade. For the 1976 Yankees, he would post a 6-0 record with a 1.69 ERA and 1 save in 21 games. In the fall of 1976, the Yankees would lose him to the Seattle Mariners in the 1976 AL Expansion Team Player Draft. The Yankees had decided to not protect him, because of his age. After the player draft, Seattle would trade him to the Pirates for 2 young prospects.

1949-Former Yankees Minor League INF Mario Guerrero was born. (1949-2023)
In 1968, the Yankees had signed INF Mario Guerrero, as an MLB Amateur Free Agent. Mario never appeared with the Yankees at the MLB level. On June 30,1972, Mario was sent by the team to the Red Sox to complete an earlier deal made on March 22,1972. The Yankees sent a Player to be Named Later and 1B Danny Cater to the Red Sox for P Sparky Lyle. On June 30,1972, the Yankees would send Minor League INF Mario Guerrero, who was playing at AAA Syracuse (IL) to Boston to complete the trade.

1951-Former Yankees Pitcher Dave Rajsich (1978) was born.
In 1974, the Yankees had signed Pitcher Dave Rajsich as an MLB Free Agent. He had appeared in 4 games with the 1978 Yankees having no decisions. During the winter of 1978, he was traded by the Yankees to the Rangers in the Sparky Lyle-Dave Righetti trade. His brother Gary, also played in the MLB.

1951-Yankees veteran Starter Allie Reynolds pitched his 2nd No-hitter of the 1951 AL season as the Yankees defeat the Red Sox by the score of 8-0 in the Opener of a doubleheader. He becomes the 1st AL Pitcher to throw 2 No-Hitters in an MLB season. The game is best remembered for Catcher Yogi Berra’s muff of a pop foul by Boston Slugger Ted Williams, always a though out and the last Red Sox batter in the 9th inning. Fortunately, Reynolds induced Williams to hit the same foul pop and this time Yankees Catcher Yogi Berra caught the ball. The Yankees clinched the 1951 AL pennant with an 11-3 victory in the nightcap, behind the pitching of Yankees veteran Starter Vic Raschi.

1955-At Yankee Stadium in the 1st Game of the 1955 World Series, Yankees Ace Whitey Ford beats the Dodgers veteran Starter Don Newcombe by the score of 6-5. Bronx Reliever Bob Grim gets the save. In a controversial play, Dodgers base runner Jackie Robinson steals home in the 8th inning. A crowd of 63,869 fans attend the 1955 Opening game played in the Bronx. Yankee hitters Elston Howard and Joe Collins hit HRs for the Bombers. Collins hits 2 HR 2-run in the game. While Dodgers Sluggers Carl Furillo and Duke Snider each go deep for Brooklyn.

1958-The Yankees would finish the 1958 AL season with a doubleheader sweep of the Orioles at Yankee Stadium. They would end the 1958 AL season with a 92-61-1 record leading the AL by 10 games. In the 1st game, the Yankees 7-0 win as Starter Don Larsen picks up his 9th victory. A Rookie 1B Marv Throneberry solo HR and LF Norm Siebern hit 2-HRs for the Yankees. In the 2nd game, Yankees win by a score of 6-3. As Yankees Starter Tom Sturdivant picks up his 3rd victory with relief help from Bronx Relievers Bobby Shantz and Zack Monroe, who also picks-up his 3rd, save of the 1958 AL season. On this last day of the season in the 2nd game, Orioles Catcher Gus Triandos steals his 1st and only base of his 13-year MLB career, swiping the bag off of Yankees Rookie Reliever Zach Monroe and 3rd-string catcher Darrell Johnson, who are playing to give the Yankees regular battery a day off before the upcoming 1958 Fall Classic against the Braves. The 28-year-old Orioles backstop will play a record 1,206 games consecutive games without ever being caught stealing a base.

1958-Former Yankees Pitcher Pete Filson (1987) was born.
The Yankees in the 9th round of the 1979 MLB Amateur Player Draft had selected P Pete Filson. On May 12,1982, Pete was traded by the Yankees along with INF Larry Milbourne, P John Pacella and Cash to the Twins for Catcher Butch Wynegar and P Roger Erickson. On January 5,1987, he was traded by the White Sox along with INF Randy Velarde to the Yankees for P Scott Nielsen and Mike Soper (Minors). Pete would post a 1-0 record with a 3.27 ERA in 7 games for the 1987 Yankees. He would spend the 1988 baseball season with AAA Columbus Clippers (IL).

1959-Former MLB Player and Yankees MLB Coach (1947-1948) Red Corriden had passed away. (1887-1959)
Red Corriden had played parts of 5 seasons in the MLB, while appearing in 223 games, while hitting .205 with 6 HRs and 47 RBIs. He was the regular shortstop for the 1914 Cubs. He came up to the MLB with the 1910 St. Louis Browns. At the end of that season, he was a key player in the fixing of the 1910 AL Batting Title going to Indians Napoleon Lajoie. Playing 3B for the Browns against Lajoie's Cleveland Naps in a doubleheader on October 9th, Manager Jack O'Connor ordered Red to play insanely far back every time Nap made a plate appearance. This allowed Lajoie to rack up a triple and 7 bunt hits in an 8-for-8 day and pass Tigers Ty Cobb for the AL Batting crown. With a brand-new Chalmers automobile on the line for the winner, O'Connor's disdain for "The Georgia Peach" led him to scheme and keep it away from him (fat lot of good it did; in the ensuing controversy, both men were given cars). AL President Ban Johnson stuck his nose in the muck. He had cleared Corriden of any wrongdoing, declared Cobb to be the rightful 1910 AL Batting champ from phantom hits that he discovered, Johnson blackballed O'Connor from organized baseball. Interestingly, he would be Cobb's teammate in 1912. After his MLB playing days ended with the 1915 Cubs, he played for several Minor League clubs. He was a Minor League Manager, after that and a Coach for the 1925-1927 AA Minneapolis Millers and the 1928-1929 AA Indianapolis Indians (AA). After scouting for the Cubs in 1931, Red was a Cubs MLB Coach from 1932 to 1940. He was a member of the Dodgers MLB Coaching staff from 1941 to 1946. Then he was on the 1947-1948 Yankees MLB Coaching staff, working for Manager Bucky Harris. In 1950, he would join the White Sox as an MLB Coach. Red had replaced fired manager Jack Onslow in mid-season of 1950, until he was replaced by Paul Richards. Finally, he would be an MLB scout for the Dodgers from 1951 to 1958.

1960-The Yankees would win their 12th straight game beating the Senators by a score of 6-3, as veteran Starter Whitey Ford finishes the 1960 AL season with a 12-9 record with a 3.08 ERA in 33 games. The Bronx Bombers hitting attack is paced by Mickey Mantle’s hitting 2-HRs for 3 runs and a solo HR shot by 3B Clete Boyer. Yankees Starter Whitey Ford only goes 5 innings before getting relief help from Bronx hurlers Jim Coates and Louis Arroyo, who gets his 7th save of the 1960 AL season. Mickey Mantle’s 2 HRs off of Senators hurler Chuck Stobbs, gives him the 1960 AL HR title over his Yankees teammate Roger Maris with 40 HRs.

1968-At Fenway, facing Red Sox Starter Jim Lonborg, Yankees slugger Mickey Mantle playing his final game of his MLB career #2,401, flies out in his final MLB plate appearance before being replaced by Andy Kosco. A HR hit by Kosco ties the game in the 8th inning for the Yankees. A Joe Pepitone HR blast in the 9th inning gives the Yankees, a 4-3 win.

1969-Former Yankees Reserve OF Norm McMillan (1922) had passed away. (1895-1973)
On Opening Day 1922, Rookie OF Norm McMillan made his MLB Player debut batting cleanup on for the defending AL Champion Yankees. He was replacing Babe Ruth, who had been suspended by MLB Commissioner Judge Landis for barnstorming after the 1921 World Series. Norm will appear in 33 games for the 1922 Yankees, while hitting .256 with No HRs and 11 RBIs. He appeared in 1 game of the 1922 World Series with no hits. On January 30,1923, McMillian was traded by the Yankees along with P George Murray, OF Camp Skinner and $50,000 Cash to the Red Sox for veteran lefty Starter Herb Pennock.

1970-Former Yankees Minor League P Mike DeJean was born.
In 1992, the Yankees in the 24th round of the MLB Amateur Player Draft had selected P Mike DeJean. He never pitched for the Yankees at the MLB level. On November 20,1995, Mike was traded by the Yankees along with Minor League P Steve Shoemaker to the Rockies for Catcher Joe Girardi. He had posted a 5-5 record with 20 saves in 59 games with the 1995 AA Norwich Navigators (EL).

1978-Bronx Starter Ron Guidry wins his 24th game of the 1978 AL season with a 4-hit, 3-1 win over the Blue Jays. Yankees OF Roy White has a great game driving in the Yankees 1st run and robbing former Yankees teammate Otto Velez of a late inning HR that would have tie the game. Their lead in the AL East remains at 1 game.

1978-Former Yankees Minor League P Todd Noel was born.
On February 1,1999, the Yankees had obtained Minor League P Todd Noel and 2 other Minor League hurlers in the Mike Lowell trade with the Marlins. Todd never appears with the Yankees at the MLB Level.

1986-Jack Morris shuts out the Yankees by the score of 1-0 in 10 innings, raising his record to 20-8 and snapping Don Mattingly's hitting streak at 24 games.

1990-Former Yankees Reserve OF Zachary “Slade” Heathcott (2015) was born.
The Yankees in the 1st round of the 2009 MLB Amateur Player Draft with the 29th overall pick selected OF Slade Heathcott. Slade began his pro career that summer. In the 2013 Minor League season, he was with the AA Trenton Thunder (EL) appearing in 103 games with a .261 BA with 8 HRs and 49 RBIs. It took Slade a while to make his way to the MLB, in spite of his draft status, as he only got the call to the Show in May of 2015. He joined the team in the midst of its worst slump in 2 decades, as they lost 10 of 11 games during a stretch in late May, with his MLB Player debut coming on May 20th. They snapped the streak with a 14-1 win over the Royals on May 25th during which he hit his 1st MLB HR, a 2-run shot against Royals hurler Greg Holland in the 7th inning. However, a mere 10 days into his MLB playing career, he was placed on the DL with a right quadriceps strain. He only made his return to the Bronx in mid-September, after spending more time in the Minor Leagues after he was healed. In his 1st game back on September 14th, he hit a dramatic 9th-inning HR against Rays Pitcher Brad Boxberger; the Yankees had just tied the game, 1-1, on a 2-out double by Alex Rodriguez, and the Rays issued an intentional pass to Brian McCann to face the Rookie Slade, but he made them pay by hammering a pitch into the stands for a 3-run HR. It was actually his 1st at-bat in the MLB since May, as he had just come into the game an inning earlier to take over in RF in place of Pinch-Runner Rico Noel. Slade would finish his 2015 Yankees season, hitting .400 with 2 HRs and 8 RBIs in while appearing in 17 MLB games.
He would start out the 2016 season with AAA Scranton appearing in 23 games, while hitting .230 with No HRs and 7 RBIs. On May 26, 2016, Heathcott was given his released by the Yankees. On June 14, 2016, the White Sox had signed Slade as an MLB Free Agent. He would finish the 2016 season playing for their AAA team, the Charlotte Knights (IL), while appearing in 34 games, hitting .258 with 2 HRs and 7 RBIs. In 2017, he would play in the Giants organization, appearing at AA and AA levels. In 2018, he was signed and released by Oakland. Then he would be signed by the Independent League Sugarland Skeeters (AL) to finish the 2018 baseball season. In January of 2019, Slade would retire from pro baseball to become a professional airplane pilot.

1991-The Indians would lose their 100th game as the Yankees beat Greg Swindell by the score of 3-0. With 8 innings of work, Yankees Starter Pascual Perez (2-4) earns his last MLB decision.

1992-At Yankee Stadium, Jack Morris wins his 20th of the year, going 6 innings in a 12-2 blowout over the 4th place Yankees. Toronto scores 9 runs off of Yankees Starter Scott Sanderson, who leaves in the 2nd inning. Blue Jays Slugger Joe Carter paces the 19-hit attack with 4 hits. The Jays would maintain a 2 1/2 game lead in the AL East over Milwaukee.

1999-At Camden Yards, the Yankees would defeat the Orioles by a score of 9-5. The Birds would chase Yankees Starter Ed Yarnall for 7-hits, 5 runs, but Bronx Relievers Ramiro Mendoza and Mo Rivera hold the Birds bats, so the Yankees can come back for the 9-5 victory. Bronx 1B Tino Martinez hits a HR for the Yankees.

2001-At Yankee Stadium, Bronx Starter Mike Messina throws a complete game 3-hitter; a 7-0 shutout victory against his former Orioles teammates. The Bomber’s hitting attack is led by a Bernie Williams HR and Tino Martinez’s 2 extra base hits, a double and triple.

2005-Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez hits his 47th HR of the 2005 AL season in the Yankees 2-1 victory over the Orioles. His HR shot broke Joe DiMaggio’s-season club record for HRs by a right-handed batter set in 1937.

2007-The Red Sox would clinch the AL East title, bringing to an end a streak of 9 consecutive division titles by the Yankees, dating back to 1998. The Yankees will not miss the 2007 AL Postseason however, having clinched the AL Wild Card play-off berth.

2008-Veteran Yankees Starter Mike Mussina, who has won 18 or 19 games 5 times in his MLB Pitching career, finally becomes a 20-game winner at age 39. The Yankees hurler tops the Red Sox by the score of 6-2, as Boston Starter Daisuke Matsuzaka falls to 18-3 mark on the 2008 AL season. After the 2008 AL season ends, Mike Mussina will announce his retirement from baseball.

2011-The Rays complete just as remarkable a comeback to earn the WC slot in the AL. In a microcosm of their 2011 AL season, they are down 7-0 to the Yankees after 5 innings, but rally for 6 runs in the 8th inning off of Yankees Relievers Boone Logan and Luis Ayala. Then they tie the game with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th inning, when Dan Johnson hits a 2-strike Pinch-Hit HR off of Reliever Cory Wade. Rays 3B Evan Longoria clinches a 2011 AL Postseason berth with his 2nd HR of the game off of Reliever Scott Proctor, the Yankees' 11th pitcher of the night in the 12th inning.

2014-Yankees Captain Derek Jeter plays his last game of his MLB playing career at Boston’s Fenway Park. He is the Yankees DH in the starting line-up, as he goes 1 for 2 with 1 RBI in the game as the Yankees down the Red Sox by the score of 9-5. A crowd of 36,879 fans had attended the game.

2022-At Rogers Centre in Toronto, Bronx Bomber slugger Aaron Judge would equaled Roger Maris’ single-season AL HR record of 61 with a 2-run HR blast off of Jays Reliever Tim Mayza on Wednesday night, a tiebreaking 7th-inning rocket that helped propel the Yankees to an 8-3 victory over the Blue Jays.

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