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1983-Present
July 4, 1983 Dave Righetti pitches only the sixth regular-season
no-hitter in franchise history and the first since 1951, a 4-0 win
vs. the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium.
July 24, 1983 The Yankees and Kansas City play the infamous "Pine
Tar" game at Yankee Stadium as George Brett hits a two-out, ninth-inning
home run off Goose Gossage to give the Royals an apparent 5-4 lead.
The umpires nullify the homer because the pine tar on Brett's bat
is above the allowable 18 inches and Brett is called out for using
an illegal bat. The Yankees win 4-3 (see Aug 18, 1983).
Aug 18, 1983 Kansas City's protest is upheld and the "Pine Tar"
game concludes with the Royals winning 5-4. When play is resumed,
Yankee pitcher Ron Guidry is in center field for the final out of
the top of the ninth while lefthanded first baseman Don Mattingly
is at second. Royals' reliever Dan Quisenberry retires the Yankees
in order in the bottom of the ninth.
Apr 28, 1985 Billy Martin is named manager for the fourth time,
replacing Yogi Berra.
Oct 17, 1985 Lou Piniella is named manager, replacing Billy Martin.
Dec 14, 1985 Roger Maris dies at age 51 in Houston, Texas.
July 18, 1987 Don Mattingly homers off Texas' Jose Guzman to tie
Dale Long's Major-League record of hitting a home run in eight consecutive
games (Mattingly hits 10 home runs during the streak).
Sept 29, 1987 Don Mattingly hits a grand slam off Boston's Bruce
Hurst, setting a Major-League record with six grand slams in a season.
June 23, 1988 Billy Martin is replaced as manager of the Yankees
for the fifth and final time. Lou Piniella is named manager for
the second time.
Dec 9, 1988 The Yankees sign a 12-year television contract with
Madison Square Garden Network.
Aug 18, 1989 Bucky Dent replaces Dallas Green as Yankee manager.
Dec 25, 1989 Billy Martin dies in an automobile accident at age
61.
June 6, 1990 Stump Merrill replaces Bucky Dent as Yankee manager.
Aug 14, 1993 "Reggie Jackson Day," his uniform number (44) retired.
Sept 4, 1993 Jim Abbott pitches a 4-0, no-hit win over the Indians
at Yankee Stadium.
Aug 13, 1995 Mickey Mantle dies of cancer at age 63 in Dallas, Texas.
Sept 6, 1995 Lou Gehrig's Major League record of 2,130 consecutive
games played is broken when Baltimore's Cal Ripken, Jr. plays in
his 2,131st.
May 14, 1996 Dwight Gooden hurls only the eighth regular-season
no-hitter in Yankee history, a 2-0 blanking of the Seattle Mariners
at Yankee Stadium.
June 16, 1996 Mel Allen, the legendary "Voice of the Yankees" from
1939-64, dies at age 83 in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Aug 25, 1996 A monument in honor of Mickey Mantle is unveiled in
Yankee Stadium's Monument Park.
Jan 22, 1997 Don Mattingly officially announces his retirement at
a media conference at Yankee Stadium.
May 17, 1998 David Wells tosses only the 14th regular-season perfect
game in baseball history, the first ever by a Yankee.
Sept 25, 1998 The Yankees establish an American-League record with
their 112th win of the season (a 6-1 win vs. Tampa Bay at Yankee
Stadium), breaking the mark of 111 by the 1954 Cleveland Indians
(they complete the season with an AL record 114th victory on September
27 vs. Tampa Bay).
Oct 21, 1998 The Yankees complete an incredible season with a four-game
sweep of the San Diego Padres in the World Series to capture the
franchise's 24th World Championship.Their 3-0 win gives the club
a record of 125-50 (114-48 in the regular season, 11-2 in postseason).
Mar 8, 1999 Joe DiMaggio dies at age 84 in Hollywood, Florida.
Apr 25, 1999 A monument in honor of Joe DiMaggio is unveiled in
Yankee Stadium's Monument Park.
July 18, 1999 On "Yogi Berra Day," David Cone tosses only the 15th
regular-season perfect game in baseball history one season after
David Wells accomplishes the feat. Coincidentially, Don Larsen--who
tossed a perfect game in the 1956 World Series--throws out the ceremonial
first pitch.
Sept 9, 1999 Jim "Catfish" Hunter dies at age 53 in Hertford, North
Carolina.
Oct 27, 1999 The Yankees play Baseball's last game of the century
and complete a four-game sweep of the Atlanta Braves to capture
their 25th World Championship. The 4-1 win is also the club's 12th
straight in World-Series play, tying the record of the 1927, 1928
and 1932 Yankees.
Oct 26, 2000 Yankees win their 26th World Championship in 5 vs.
New York Mets. It was the first "Subway Series" since 1956.
Nov 4, 2001 In one of the most exciting editions of the World Series,
the Diamondbacks beat the Yankees in seven games. Luis Gonzalez
lined a Series-winning single off Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning
of Game 7.
Dec 13, 2001 Jason Giambi, the runner-up in the AL MVP balloting,
signs a seven-year contract with the Yankees. Giambi's deal includes
a club option for an eighth year.
1969-1982
June 8, 1969 "Mickey Mantle Day" is celebrated at Yankee Stadium
and his uniform number (7) is retired.
Aug 8, 1972 The Yankees sign a 30-year lease to play in a remodeled
Yankee Stadium to be completed in 1976.
Jan 3, 1973 A limited partnership, headed by George M. Steinbrenner
III as its managing general partner, purchases the Yankees from
CBS.
Sept 30, 1973 Ralph Houk resigns as manager.
Apr 6, 1974 The Yankees begin the first of two seasons at Shea Stadium,
playing the first home game outside Yankee Stadium since 1922 (go
90-69 there in 1974-75).
Dec 31, 1974 Free agent Catfish Hunter signs a then-record five-year
contract.
Aug 1, 1975 Billy Martin replaces Bill Virdon for his first of five
stints as manager.
Apr 15, 1976 Remodeled Yankee Stadium opens with an 11-4 win over
Minnesota Twins. The Twins' Dan Ford hits the first home run.
Oct 14, 1976 Chris Chambliss’ ninth-inning home run off Mark Littell
in Game Five of the ALCS vs. Kansas City gives the Yankees their
30th pennant.
Nov 29, 1976 Free agent Reggie Jackson signs a five-year contract.
Oct 18, 1977 Reggie Jackson hits three home runs in Game Six of
the World Series vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers at Yankee Stadium.
June 16, 1978 Ron Guidry establishes a franchise record by striking
out 18 batters in the Yankees' 4-0 win vs. California at Yankee
Stadium.
July 24, 1978 Billy Martin resigns as manager.
July 25, 1978 Bob Lemon is named manager, replacing Billy Martin.
July 29, 1978 On Old Timer's Day, theYankees announce that Billy
Martin will return as Yankee manager in 1980 and Bob Lemon will
become general manager.
Oct 2, 1978 The Yankees, 14 games behind Boston at one point, defeat
the Red Sox, 5-4, at Fenway Park in only the second playoff game
in AL history. Bucky Dent's homer over the Green Monster completed
the comeback, clinching the pennant for the Pinstripes.
June 18, 1979 Billy Martin returns as Yankee manager, replacing
Bob Lemon.
Aug 2, 1979 Yankees Captain Thurman Munson dies in a plane crash
in Canton, Ohio, at age 32 (his number "15" is immediatly retired).
Dec 15, 1980 Free agent Dave Winfield signs a then-record 10-year
contract.
Sept 6, 1981 Bob Lemon is named manager for second time, replacing
Gene Michael.
Apr 26, 1982 Gene Michael becomes manager for second time, replacing
Bob Lemon.
Aug 3, 1982 Clyde King is named Yankee manager, replacing Gene Michael.
1941-1964
May 15, 1941 Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak begins with a
single off Edgar Smith in a 13-1 loss vs. Chicago at Yankee Stadium.
June 2, 1941 Lou Gehrig dies of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis at
the age of 37.
July 17, 1941 Joe DiMaggio’s consecutive-game hitting streak ends
at 56 when he goes 0-for-3 in a 4-3 Yankees' win at Cleveland. Indians'
third baseman Ken Keltner twice robs DiMaggio of hits with great
fielding plays. DiMaggio then hits in the next 16 straight games
to give him hits in 72 of 73 games.
Jan 25, 1945 Dan Topping, Del Webb and Larry MacPhail purchase theYankees
for $2,800,000 from the estate of the late Col. Jacob Ruppert. MacPhail
replaces Ed Barrow as President and General Manager.
May 28, 1946 The first night game is played at Yankee Stadium and
the Yankees suffer a 2-1 loss vs. Washington before 49,917 fans.
Apr 27, 1947 "Babe Ruth Day" is celebrated throughout Major League
Baseball.
June 13, 1948 Babe Ruth’s uniform number (3) is retired at Yankee
Stadium's 25th Anniversary celebration. The Babe makes his final
Stadium appearance.
Aug 16, 1948 Babe Ruth dies in New York of throat cancer at age
53.
Oct 12, 1948 The Yankees announce that Casey Stengel will replace
Bucky Harris as manager.
Apr 17, 1951 Mickey Mantle makes his Major-League debut, going 1-for-4
in a 4-0 win vs. Boston at Yankee Stadium.
Sept 28, 1951 In Game One of doubleheader vs. Boston at Yankee Stadium,
Allie Reynolds tosses his second no-hitter of the season (he had
previously no-hit the Indians at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland
on July 12).
Dec 12, 1951 Joe DiMaggio officially announces his retirement.
Apr 17, 1953 Exactly two years after his Yankee debut, Mickey Mantle
hits what is recognized as the game's first "tape-measure" home
run, a 565-foot clout off the Senators' Chuck Stobbs at Washington's
Griffith Stadium.
Oct 5, 1953 The Yankees win a record fifth consecutive World Championship.
Oct 8, 1956 Don Larsen hurls the only perfect game in World Series
history, a 2-0 win over Brooklyn in Game Five at Yankee Stadium.
Oct 1, 1961 Roger Maris hits his 61st home run in the season's final
game to establish a Major-League record.
June 24, 1962 Jack Reed’s two-run, 22nd-inning home run ends the
longest game in Yankee history, a 9-7 win at Detroit.
Nov 2, 1964 CBS purchases 80% of Yankees for $11,200,000. The network
later buys the remaining 20%.
1923-1939
Apr 18, 1923 Yankee Stadium opens with a 4-1 win over the Boston
Red Sox before a reported crowd of 74,200. Babe Ruth hits the Stadium's
first home run.
June 1, 1925 Lou Gehrig begins his streak of 2,130 consecutive games
played, pinch-hitting for Pee Wee Wanniger.
Sept 30, 1927 Babe Ruth breaks his own Major-League record with
his 60th home run on the season's final day.
Apr 20, 1928 The Yankees' sixth season at Yankee Stadium opens with
the left-field stands enlarged to three decks.
Apr 16, 1929 The Yankees become the first team to make numbers a
permanent part of the uniform (numbers would become standard for
all teams by 1932).
Sept 25, 1929 Manager Miller Huggins, who guided the Yankees to
their first six A.L. pennants and three World Championships, dies
of blood poisoning.
June 3, 1932 Lou Gehrig becomes the first player to hit four home
runs in a single game in the Yankees' 20-13 win at Philadelphia.
He remains the only Yankee to hit four home runs in one game.
July 14, 1934 Babe Ruth hits the 700th home run of his career off
Tommy Bridges in the second inning of a 4-2 Yankees' win at Detroit's
Navin Field.
Nov 21, 1934 The Yankees purchase Joe DiMaggio from the San Francisco
Seals of the Pacific Coast League for $50,000.
Apr 20, 1937 The Yankees' 15th season at Yankee Stadium opens with
the right-field stands enlarged to three decks. The wooden bleachers
are replaced by a concrete structure with the distance to center
field dropping from 490 to 461 feet.
May 30, 1938 A franchise-record crowd of 81,841 attends a doubleheader
sweep of the Boston Red Sox.
May 2, 1939 Lou Gehrig’s playing streak of 2,130 consecutive games
ends when he does not make an appearance in a 22-2 Yankees' win
at Detroit. Babe Dahlgren plays first base for the Yankees and contributes
a double and a home run.
July 4, 1939 "Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day" is held at Yankee Stadium.
His uniform number (4) is the first to be retired in Major League
Baseball and Gehrig makes his famous "Today I consider myself the
luckiest man on the face of the earth" speech.
1903-1922
Jan 9, 1903 Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchase the defunct Baltimore
franchise of the American League for $18,000 and then move the team
to Manhattan.
Mar 12, 1903 The New York franchise is approved as a member of the
American League. The team will play in a hastily constructed, all-wood
park at 168th Street and Broadway. Because the site is one of the
highest spots in Manhattan, the club will be known as the "Highlanders"
and their home field "Hilltop Park."
Apr 22, 1903 The Highlanders play their first game, a 3-1 loss at
Washington.
Apr 23, 1903 The Highlanders record the first win in franchise history,
a 7-2 decision at Washington. Harry Howell recorded the win.
Apr 30, 1903 The Highlanders notch a 6-2 win vs. Washington in their
inaugural home opener at Hilltop Park.
Apr 11, 1912 Pinstripes first appear on Highlanders' uniforms, creating
a look that would become the most famous uniform design in sports.
Apr, 1913 The Highlanders are officially renamed the "Yankees" after
moving to the Polo Grounds, home of the National League's New York
Giants.
Jan 11, 1915 Col. Jacob Ruppert and Col. Tillinghast L´Hommedieu
Huston purchase the Yankees for $460,000.
Apr 24, 1917 George Mogridge becomes the first Yankee to throw a
no-hitter in a 2-1 win at Fenway Park.
Jan 3, 1920 The Yankees purchase the contract of Babe Ruth from
the Boston Red Sox for $125,000 and a $350,000 loan against the
mortgage on Fenway Park.
Sept, 1921 The Yankees clinch the first of their 37 A.L. pennants.
May 5, 1922 Construction begins on Yankee Stadium.
May 21, 1922 Col. Ruppert buys out Col. Huston for $1,500,000.
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