| << Yesterday | This Day in Yankees History |
Tomorrow>> |
5 Fact(s) Found
| 1931 |
At Washington's Griffith Stadium, Lou Gehrig smashes an apparent home run over the fence, but when the ball bounces back to center fielder Harry Rice, baserunner Lyn Lary, who thinks the fly ball is the third out, returns to the dugout without crossing home plate. The Yankee first baseman, trotting around the bases with his head down in his usual modest manner, is ruled out for passing a runner and credited only with a triple.
(Ed. Note: Our thanks to frequent contributor J. Feehan, who corrected this entry and pointed out the lost home run/two RBIs occurred in the season when Gehrig tied Babe Ruth for the AL's lead with 46 round-trippers and established the still-standing mark of 184 RBIs in the Junior Circuit. -LP) |
| 1961 | In the eleventh game of the season, Roger Maris hits his first homer of the campaign in the Yankees' 13-11 victory over Detroit at Tiger Stadium. The fifth-inning blast off Paul Foytack begins the New York's right fielder's historic quest for the single-season home run record. |
| 1982 | Gene Michael, taking over for the manager who replaced him last season, becomes the Yankee skipper for the second time in two years. Previously, 'Stick' compiled a 48-34 record with the Bronx Bombers but was fired before the end of the strike-shortened 1981 season in favor of Bob Lemon. |
| 1990 |
Ken Griffey Jr. sticks his right spike into the padded wall at Yankee Stadium, elevating to rob Jesse Barfield's 200th career homer, reminiscent of a play his dad made playing for the Bronx Bombers five seasons ago. The 20-year-old Seattle sophomore centerfielder's grab, an achievement that introduces baseball fans to an exuberant budding superstar, marks the first of many home run thefts he will accomplish during his Hall of Fame career with the Mariners and Reds.
|
| 2005 |
With three homers during his first three trips to the plate, Alex Rodriguez becomes only the 11th major league player to bat in ten or more runs in a game. The highest-paid player in baseball history is one RBI shy of the American League record of 11 set by fellow Yankee Tony Lazzeri in 1936 and two short of the major league mark of 12 shared by Jim Bottomley (1924) and Mark Whiten (1993) of the Cardinals.
|
5 Fact(s) Found