5/10 in Yankee History

1965: At Fenway‚ the 9th place Yankees lose again‚ 3-2‚ when Carl Yastrzemski outhits
a hobbling Mickey Mantle. Yaz collects a pair of homers and a sacrifice
fly‚ while the Mick is 3-for-4 with a homer. After Mantle doubles with
two outs in the 9th‚ starter Jim Lonborg is lifted and Dick Radatz gets
the final out. It is Lonborg’s first major league win. Before the game
the Yankees trade infielder Pedro Gonzalez to Cleveland in exchange for
first baseman Ray  Barker. Barker will help fill in for the injured
Roger Maris.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1965/B05100BOS1965.htm

1959:
The Yanks sweep two from the Senators at the Stadium‚ winning 6-3 and
3-2 in 10 innings. Mickey Mantle’s homer in the 3rd inning of the opener
starts the Yanks scoring as they beat Chuck Stobbs. Mantle singles and
scores the winning run in the 10th of the nitecap. Yogi Berra has a HR
in the nitecap and sets a new ML record for consecutive errorless games
by a catcher with 148.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1959/B05101NYA1959.htm

1953:
Vic Raschi makes his 1st relief appearance in 2 years‚ limiting the Red
Sox to 3 hits in 4 innings‚ as the Yankees win‚ 7-4. Billy Goodman
sustains a freak rib accident‚ which will keep him out of action for 3
weeks‚ when Jimmy Piersall picks him up and lugs him from the field to
break up Goody’s argument with umpire Jim Duffy. Del Wilber of the Sox
hits his 2nd consecutive pinch homer in the 8th; his first came on May
6th. 

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1953/B05100BOS1953.htm

1952:
Hank Bauer goes 5-for-6 in an 18-3 Yankee romp over Boston. The Bombers
score 11 runs in the 7th inning. The BoSox come away with a
record-tying 10 assists in the 5th inning as they rack up 18 for the
game. The 10 in one inning was last done on August 17, 1921 by the New
York Giants.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1952/B05100NYA1952.htm

1946:
Before a Friday Ladies’ Day crowd at Yankee Stadium of 64‚183‚ the
first-place Red Sox take their 15th straight game‚ a 5-4 win over the
Yankees. Earl Johnson gets the win with 4 innings of scoreless relief. A
Joe DiMaggio grand slam accounts for all the Bombers’ scoring. 

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1946/B05100NYA1946.htm

1937:
Monte Pearson pitches a one hitter in stopping the White Sox at
Comiskey‚ 6-0. Joe DiMaggio hits his first 2 homers of the year and
George Selkirk his 5th for the Yankees. Chicago’s only hit is a one-out
first inning single by Larry Rosenthal‚ who was erased on a DP. 

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1937/B05100CHA1937.htm

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1926/B05100NYA1926.htm

1913:
The Yankees commit a club record 8 errors‚ but still end up beating the
Tigers 10-9 in 10 innings. Yankee shortstop Claud Derrick commits three
of the miscues. He will field just .872 for the year. In a deal that
might be related to Derrick’s poor performance, the Yankees deal for
sure-gloved SS Roger Peckinpaugh ten days later.

1868: Ed Barrow is born 

After
leading the Red Sox to World Series wins in 1915 and 1918 as manager
(where he was also credited with the momentous decision to make Babe
Ruth an everyday position player), Barrow moved to New York, and served
as General Manager of the Yankees from 1921 to 1944, during which the
team emerged as the powerhouse of Major League Baseball. Barrow was
active in establishing one of the strongest farm systems in baseball
during this period.

On
April 15, 1954, the Yankees dedicated a plaque to Barrow, which first
hung on the center field wall at Yankee Stadium, near the flagpole and
the monuments to Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Miller Huggins, and later in
the Stadium’s Monument Park. The plaque called him ‘Moulder of a
tradition of victory.’