Yankee Stadium I,,New York,NY,US Ball Park First Game Date – 04/18/1923 (1) Starting Pitchers – vs. Red Sox: 04/18/1923 Final Score 4-1 (NYA) Attendance – 74,200 Starting Pitchers Bob Shawkey (NYA); Howard Ehmke (BOS) First Batter – Chick Fewster (BOS) Result – Grounded Out First Hits – George Burns (BOS),Singled First Run – Bob Shawkey…
On April 15, 1976, the New York Yankees defeat the Minnesota Twins, 11-4, in the first game at the newly renovated Yankee Stadium. Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, and the widows of Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth take part in pre-game ceremonies at the Stadium, which had been closed for the 1974 and ’75…
1968 – On Old Timers’ Day at Yankee Stadium, the Twins stop the Yankees, 3 – 2. New York’s only scores are two solo shots by Mickey Mantle off Jim Merritt. It is the Mick’s 46th two-homer game.
Joe Pepitone of the New York Yankees hits two home runs in the nine-run 8th-inning of the Yankees’ 13 – 7 triumph over the Kansas City Athletics.
1939 – The New York Yankees clinch their fourth successive pennant with a win over Detroit.
Tuesday, May 3, 1938 at Yankee Stadium Lou Gehrig scores on an inside-the-park home run in the 1st inning against the St. Louis Browns as Yankee Myril Hoag (#9) watches the play next to the umpire.
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