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Several Yankees hold AL and MLB records. Ruth has MLB single-season records for extra-base hits and total bases, and holds four other AL single-season records. Outfielder Joe DiMaggio had a 56-game hitting streak in the 1941 season, which remains an MLB record. Jack Chesbro holds three AL records that he set in 1904: games won, games started ...
ALCS. 2005 →. The 2004 American League Championship Series was the Major League Baseball playoff series deciding the 2004 season American League champion earning the privilege to play in the 2004 World Series. A rematch of the 2003 American League Championship Series, it was played between the Boston Red Sox, who had won the AL wild card and ...
The infield developed a "rock-hard" surface throughout the Forbes Field's history. During the final game of the 1960 World Series, Yankees shortstop Tony Kubek was struck in the neck with a ball that bounced off the hard dirt surface. This broke up a potentially rally-killing double play and caused Kubek to exit the game during the eighth inning.
Two days later, on August 30, the Yankees had a surprising victory of their own, as they came back from 7-2 down in the final inning to win the game 8-7 in extra innings. The Yankees were given a 1 in 500 chance of coming back in that game, and a walk off single by third baseman Gio Urshela in extra innings helped the Yankees finish the comeback.
The 1964 World Series, and the season leading up to it, later became the subject for the David Halberstam New York Times bestseller October 1964.The Series is seen as a bellwether point in baseball history as it was the last hurrah for the 1950s Yankee Dynasty of Mantle, Maris, Ford and Berra, among others, and it demonstrated that the National League's growing enthusiasm to sign black and ...
The 25-year-old rookie got the Yankees off to the ideal start when he launched a huge solo home run to right field at the bottom of the first inning. “What a game and obviously in the midst of ...
German's perfect game represented the second largest margin of victory in a Yankees no-hitter, as the Yankees defeated the Athletics 11–0 in the 24th perfect game in MLB history. Andy Hawkins lost a game on July 1, 1990, while on the road against the Chicago White Sox by the score of 4–0 without allowing a hit. [6]
Aug 10, 2024; Bronx, New York, USA; New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells (28) hits a two RBI double against the Texas Rangers during the third inning at Yankee Stadium.