5/16 in Yankee History

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2006: The Yankees
bounce back from a 9-0 deficit to defeat the Rangers, 14-13. The comeback
matches the biggest in Yankees history. Jorge Posada hits the walkoff homer with Johnny Damon aboard, and Mariano Rivera registers his first win of the year.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2006/B05160NYA2006.htm

 

1985: Former Yankee
pitcher Johnny Broaca dies at age 75.

                     The 1936 Yankees – Broaca is in the top row, third from the left

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Broaca

1984: Dave Winfield delivers the first of the two
walkoff homers that he will hit in a Yankee uniform. In the bottom of the 10th, with Don Mattingly aboard, Winfield blasts one into the left field seats off the A’s Bill Caudill for a 7-6 win.

 

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1976: The Yankees
send pitcher Larry Gura to Kansas City for catcher Fran Healy. Healy’s best moment will
come as a mediator between Reggie Jackson and Billy Martin, and later in the radio booth‚ while Gura will help KC to the 1978 playoffs with a
16-4 record.

 

1964: At the Stadium‚ Mickey Mantle hits his 13th homer of the year‚ off Joe Grzenda‚ and New York
pounds the A’s‚ 10-6.

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1957: The Yankees top
Kansas City 3-0 behind Bob Turley’s four-hit shutout. Mickey Mantle has a single‚ two
walks‚ and a homer to back Bob Turley’s 4-hit 3-0 shutout over the A’s. Turley
helps his cause by starting a triple play. The Yanks now trail the White Sox by
a half game.

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1956: On a blustery
day in Cleveland‚ the Yankees beat the Indians 4-1. Mickey Mantle hits a homer off
Bud Daley‚ while his pal Billy Martin is benched for the first time. Bobby
Richardson takes his place at second.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1956/B05160CLE1956.htm 

1954: The Orioles
draw a record Memorial Stadium crowd of 46‚796 for a doubleheader with the
Yankees. Allie Reynolds wins the opener for New York‚ 2-0‚ on a 3-hitter‚ before
Don Larsen stops the Yankees 6-2 in the nitecap.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1954/B05161BAL1954.htm 

1953: At Yankee
Stadium‚ White Sox lefty pitcher Tommy Byrne pinch-hits for slugger Vern
Stephens and hits a grand slam off Yankees reliever Ewell Blackwell to climax a
5-run 9th inning and give Chicago the 5-3 win. Stephens has 10 career grand
slams: Byrne now has two.

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1951: At the Stadium, Mickey Mantle drives in four runs and scores three as New York rout the
Indians‚ 11-3. Mantle connects for the first of his 206 homers at the Stadium‚
the blast coming off Dick Rozek.

1941: The Yankees
bench Phil Rizzuto and Jerry Priddy‚ putting back Joe Gordon and Frank Crosetti. New York
then rally in the 9th to beat the White Sox‚ 5-4. Joe DiMaggio contributes a triple and a solo homer.

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1932: The Yankees
record their 4th straight shutout to equal the record set by Cleveland and
Boston in 1903 and 1906. Johnny Allen‚ George Pipgras‚ Red Ruffing‚ and Lefty
Gomez are the hurlers. Lefty stops Cleveland on 5 hits to win‚ 8-0‚ New York’s
5th shutout in 7 games.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1932/B05160NYA1932.htm

 

1928: Billy Martin is
born.

http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Billy_Martin_1928

1927: Yankee left fielder Bob
Meusel swipes second, third and home in the 3rd inning as New York top Detroit‚ 6-2.
Lou Gehrig contributes a homer and 2 doubles to back Dutch Ruether’s pitching.

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1921: Jacob Ruppert and T.L. Huston‚ the two owners of the Yankees‚
make their final payment for $500‚ 000 to complete the purchase of the
Bronx property for the new Yankee Stadium. The sale was made by the
William Waldorf Astor estate‚ owners of the property.

 

1907: The Highlanders swap pitcher Walter Clarkson and outfielder Frank
Delahanty – both siblings of future Hall of Famers – to Cleveland for pitcher Earl
Moore. New York are hoping that Moore will return to the form he showed before
a Highlander line drive injured his foot in August 1905. But after making just
six appearances this season‚ New York will waive him to the Phillies where he
will regain his form in 1909. New York lose to Detroit today‚ 1-0.