New York Yankee Team History (Part 6)

Events 501 - 600 of 824

• 1975-06-10 Yanks sponsor Army Day at temporary home, Shea Stadium during 21-gun salute, part of fence is blown away, & another part is set afire
• 1975-07-19 New York Yankees catcher Thurman Munson's 1st-inning single & RBI are nullified because tar on his bat handle exceeds 18" limit; Minnesota Twins win, 2-1

• 1976-04-10 Brewers' Don Money's grand slammer disallowed-Yanks win 9-7
• 1976-04-15 Yankee stadium reopens, Yanks beat Twins after trailing 4-0
• 1976-06-15 In a blockbuster MLB trade, NY Yankees send May, Martinez, Pagan, MacGregor & Demsey to Baltimore Orioles for Holtzman, Alexander, Grant Jackson, Elrod Henrick & Jim Freeman

• 1976-08-25 Yanks beat Twins 5-4 in 19 innings
• 1976-10-09 Yanks 1st AL Championship game, beat Royals 4-1
• 1976-10-14 Chris Chambliss' 9th inning lead off homer gives NY Yanks pennant #30
• 1976-10-14 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Kansas City Royals, 3 games to 2
• 1976-10-17 Coldest World Series game; Reds beat NY Yankees, 4-3 in Game 2 at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati; 39 degrees F (until 1997)

• 1976-11-18 Yanks sign free agent Don Gullett

• 1977-04-21 Billy Martin pulls Yankee line-up out of a hat, beats Blue Jays 8-6
• 1977-06-19 Red Sox set 3 game record of 16 HRs, all against Yanks
• 1977-06-30 Yankee DH Cliff Johnson hit 3 consecutive HRs in Toronto
• 1977-07-19 48th MLB All Star Game, Yankee Stadium, NYC, NY: NL wins, 7-5; MVP: Don Sutton, LA Dodgers, P
• 1977-08-16 Yanks blow 9-4 lead in 9th but beat Chicago 11-10 in bottom of 9th
• 1977-08-27 Toby Harrah and Bump Wills hit back-to-back inside-the-park-homers off Yankee Ken Clay at Yankee Stadium, Rangers won 8-2

• 1977-09-05 Cleveland Indians stage 1st "I hate the Yankee Hanky Night"

• 1977-09-10 Blue Jays beat Yankees 19-3 with 20 hits
• 1977-09-17 Dave Kingman hits his 1st Yankee homer, Reggie hits 2 more
• 1977-10-01 New York Yankees end MLB season with 100-62 record; win 2nd consecutive AL East title; go on the win World Series 4-2 v LA Dodgers
• 1977-10-06 Yankees win AL pennant by rallying for 3 runs in 9th to beat KC Royals 5-3 in 5th & deciding playoff game
• 1977-10-09 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Kansas City Royals, 3 games to 2
• 1977-10-09 Yanks rally for 3 in 9th & beat Royals 5-3 for pennant #31
• 1977-10-12 "Throwaway Game" Catfish Hunter loses WS 6-1 resting Yank pitchers
• 1977-10-18 Baseball World Series: Reggie Jackson hits 3 consecutive HRs tying Babe Ruth's WS record; NY Yankees beat LA Dodgers, 8-4 to clinch, 4-2 series win; MVP: Yankees outfielder Reggie Jackson
• 1977-10-18 NY Yankees win their 21st World Championship, 4 games
• 1977-10-18 Yanks beat Dodgers 8-4 for 21st world championship, 1st in 15 years
• 1977-12-12 Yanks purchase Andy Messersmith from Braves
• 1978-06-10 Yankees trade Ken Holzman for Ron Davis
• 1978-06-17 Ron Guidry sets Yankee record with 18 strike-outs
• 1978-07-02 MLB pitcher Ron Guidry beats Detroit 3-2 for a NY Yankee record 13-0 start to the season
• 1978-07-17 NY Yankee manager Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson fight in dug out after Jackson refuses to bunt, causing Martin to suspend him
• 1978-07-19 New York Yankees start historic 14 game comeback with 2-0 win over the Minnesota Twins at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, MN
• 1978-07-23 Mayence returns to helps Yankees win their 5th straight game
• 1978-07-24 Billy Martin resigns as Yankee manager after "one is a born liar the other a convicted one" comment about Steinbrenner and Jackson
• 1978-07-25 Robert Granville "Bob" Lemon replaces Billy Martin as Yankee manager
• 1978-07-27 Indians Duane Kuiper is 3rd to hit 2 bases-loaded triples (vs Yanks)
• 1978-07-28 At Old Timer's Game it's announced Martin will again manage Yankees
• 1978-07-29 On Old Timer's Day, NY Yankees announce that Billy Martin will return as NY Yankee manager in 1980 and Bob Lemon will become GM
• 1978-08-27 Yankee Catfish Hunter's 6-2 win gives him a perfect 6-0 in Aug 1978
• 1978-09-02 Yankees right fielder Reggie Jackson hits his 20th HR of the season in a 6-2 home win over Seattle; 19th MLB player to hit 20 HR in 11 straight years
• 1978-09-07 1st game of Boston Massacre, NY Yankees beat Red Sox, 15-3
• 1978-09-08 2nd game of Boston Massacre; NY Yankees beat Red Sox, 13-2
• 1978-09-09 3rd game of Boston Massacre; NY Yankees beat Red Sox, 7-0
• 1978-09-10 4th game of Boston Massacre; NY Yankees beat Red Sox, 7-4 to tie for AL East 1st place; Yanks out hit arch rivals, 67-21; score 42-9
• 1978-09-13 New York Yankees recover from 14 games behind to gain sole possession of AL East 1st place with 7-3 win over the Tigers in Detroit
• 1978-09-16 New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox, 3-2; at Yankee Stadium; Blue Bombers 6th win over arch rivals in 2 weeks
• 1978-09-17 After 6 losses to the New York Yankees in September, the Boston Red Sox finally score a 7-3 win over their arch rivals at Yankee Stadium
• 1978-10-02 NY Yankees win 3rd straight AL East title beating Boston Red Sox, 5-4 in a dramatic single playoff game; Ron Guidry wins #25 aided by Bucky Dent's 3-run homer

• 1978-10-07 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Kansas City Royals, 3 games to 1
• 1978-10-08 Yanks win 3rd straight AL Championship, all against Kansas City
• 1978-10-13 Graig Nettles at 3rd makes many spectacular plays in WS game 3 as Guidry beats Dodgers, after trailing 2 games to 0 Yanks win next 4
• 1978-10-14 NY outfielder Reggie Jackson causes World Series controversy; interferes with a throw to 1st, deflects ball away during Yankees, 4-3 Game 4 win over LA Dodgers at Yankee Stadium
• 1978-10-17 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees repeat as champions; beat LA, 7-2 at Dodger Stadium for 4-2 series victory; MVP: NY shortstop Bucky Dent
• 1978-10-17 Yanks win 22nd World Championship capping their great comeback year
• 1978-11-10 NY Yankees trade Lyle, Rajsich, McCall, Heath and Ramos to Texas for Righetti, Mirabella, Beniquez, Jemison and Griffin
• 1979-06-18 Billy Martin becomes Yankee manager (2nd time), replacing Bob Lemon
• 1979-06-19 In NYC 36,211 show up to witness return of Billy Martin as manager of the New York Yankees

• 1979-09-16 Catfish Hunter Day at Yankee Stadium
• 1979-10-28 Dick Howser (best Yank manager win-lost pct .636) returns to New York, replacing Billy Martin
• 1979-10-29 Billy Martin fired as Yankee manager (2nd time)
• 1980-05-14 Bucky Dent hits an inside park HR, Royals walk 14 Yanks including 5 with bases loaded, Yanks win 16-3
• 1980-07-03 Biggest MLB crowd in 7 years, 73,096 watch Indians beat NY Yankees, 7-0 at Cleveland Stadium
• 1980-08-11 Yanks Reggie Jackson hits his 400th HR off Chicago's Britt Burns
• 1980-08-20 NY Yankee Bob Watson hits Seattle Kingdome speaker, 2nd straight day
• 1980-09-20 Bronze plaque dedicated to memory of catcher Thurman Munson unveiled at Yankee Stadium: Munson died in plane crash in 1979
• 1980-10-10 MLB American League Championship: Kansas City Royals beat New York Yankees, 3 games to 0
• 1980-10-10 Yanks lose 4-2 & are swept by Royals in AL Championship series
• 1980-11-21 Gene Michael named 25th New York Yankees manager, replacing Dick Howser, who resigns

• 1981-05-04 Yankee Ron Davis strikes out 8 consecutive Angels, ran record of 13 strikeouts of last 14 faced, also saved Gene Nelsons 1st win, 4-2
• 1981-05-05 16th and final MLB pre-season Mayor's Trophy Game prior to inter-league play; NY Mets beat NY Yankees, 4-1 to hold 8-7-1 edge
• 1981-09-06 Robert Granville "Bob" Lemon named NY Yankee manager for 2nd time
• 1981-09-12 Red Sox rookie Bob Ojeda no-hits Yanks for 8 innings before Rick Cerone & Dave Winfield lead off 9th with back-to-back doubles
• 1981-10-07 In 1st Eastern Division championship Yanks beat Brewers 5-3
• 1981-10-11 Yanks beat Brewers 7-3 & win only Eastern Championship Series
• 1981-10-14 Yank Graig Nettles is 1st to get 2 hits in same inning of an ALSC game
• 1981-10-15 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Oakland Athletics, 3 games to 0
• 1981-10-28 Baseball World Series: LA Dodgers beat NY Yankees, 9-2 at Yankee Stadium to clinch series, 4 games to 2; first co-MVP's: LA's Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero, Steve Yeager

• 1982-04-25 Yanks fire manager Bob Lemon & replaces him with Gene Michael
• 1982-04-26 Gene Michael becomes NY Yankee manager for 2nd time
• 1982-08-03 Pitching coach Clyde King becomes NY Yankees 3rd manager of the season replacing Gene Michaels after Yanks swept at home by Chicago White Sox
• 1982-11-26 Clyde King named New York Yankee manager
• 1983-01-10 NY Supreme Court issues a preliminary injunction barring NY Yankees from playing season-opening series against Tigers in Denver
• 1983-01-11 Billy Martin named NY Yankee manager for 3rd time

• 1983-06-20 New York Yankees 5-time MLB All Star outfielder Bobby Murcer retires
• 1983-07-04 NY Yankee pitcher Dave Righetti no-hits the Boston Red Sox, 4-0 at Yankee Stadium

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