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 * List of New York Yankees first-round draft picks
 * List of New York Yankees managers
 * List of New York Yankees no-hitters


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 * List of New York Yankees Opening Day starting pitchers


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 * Jack Chesbro
 * The Double (Seattle Mariners)
 * Curtis Granderson
 * Rickey Henderson
 * Derek Jeter


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 * Héctor López
 * Ramón Ramírez (Dominican pitcher)
 * Iván Rodríguez
 * Butch Wensloff


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 * Did you know? articles


 * Joe Abreu
 * David Adams (baseball)
 * Steve Adkins
 * Juan Bernhardt
 * Frenchy Bordagaray
 * Babe Borton
 * Roger Bresnahan
 * Jack Chesbro
 * Jim Cockman
 * Joe Connor
 * Edison Portland Cement Company
 * Sammy Ellis
 * Cecil Fielder
 * Barry Foote
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 * Chicken Hawks
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 * Oral Hildebrand
 * Shags Horan
 * Jeff Johnson (baseball)
 * Harry Kingman
 * Ron Klimkowski
 * Paul Krichell
 * Matt Lawton
 * Jack Lelivelt
 * List of New York Yankees managers
 * Héctor López
 * Danny McDevitt
 * Cliff Mapes `
 * John Mayberry
 * Larry McCall
 * Bob Meusel
 * Jeff Moronko
 * Ben Paschal
 * Roger Peckinpaugh
 * Michael Pineda
 * Justin Pope
 * Alfonso Pulido
 * Allie Reynolds
 * Arthur Richman
 * Dave Righetti
 * Jeff Robinson (relief pitcher)
 * Ellie Rodríguez
 * Josh Romanski
 * Saint Basil Academy (Garrison, New York)
 * Spec Shea
 * Walt Smallwood
 * Steve Souchock
 * Roy Staiger
 * Bill Stumpf (baseball)
 * Johnny Sturm
 * Johnny Sylvester
 * Frank Tepedino
 * Toolson v. New York Yankees
 * Arodys Vizcaíno
 * Jon Weber (baseball)
 * Butch Wensloff
 * Whiz Kids (baseball)
 * Jimmy Williams (second baseman)
 * Snake Wiltse
 * Dick Woodson
 * George Yeager
 * Bill Zuber


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 * 2009 World Series


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Higher pertinence to NYY

 * ... that Hall of Fame pitcher Jack Chesbro received his nickname "Happy Jack" while working in a psychiatric facility?
 * ... that the New York Yankees traded for Allie Reynolds on the advice of Joe DiMaggio?
 * ... that an injury to minor league baseball player David Adams prevented the New York Yankees from acquiring all-star pitcher Cliff Lee?
 * ... that Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin served five separate terms as manager of the New York Yankees?
 * ...that Héctor López was the first Panamanian-born Major League Baseball player to play in the World Series with the New York Yankees?
 * ... that Thomas Edison hoped to make furniture, refrigerators, and pianos using the concrete he developed but it was instead used to make the Yankee Stadium?
 * ... that Babe Ruth reportedly signed one of his most lucrative New York Yankees' contracts at Jacob Ruppert's Eagles' Rest estate in Garrison, New York, now Saint Basil Academy?
 * ...that in Toolson v. New York Yankees, the U.S. Supreme Court first considered a player's challenge to Major League Baseball's reserve clause?
 * ...that Dave Righetti was the first player in Major League Baseball history to pitch a no-hitter and lead the league in saves in a career?
 * ...that Cliff Mapes, a Major League outfielder who played only three full seasons, was the starting right fielder for the New York Yankees' first of five consecutive world championships, in 1949?
 * ...that Bob Meusel was best known as a member of the fabled "Murderer's Row" of the New York Yankees championship teams of the 1920s?
 * ... that the New York Giants and Cincinnati Reds raided Joe McGinnity, Joe Kelley, Cy Seymour, Dan McGann, Jack Cronin, and others from the Baltimore Orioles during the 1902 season?
 * ... that John Mayberry Jr. hit his first two career home runs against the New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays, the last two Major League Baseball teams for which his father John Mayberry played?
 * ... that Johnny Sylvester received a promise from baseball player Babe Ruth while suffering from a life-threatening illness that he would hit a home run for him during the 1926 World Series?
 * ... that baseball player Ben Paschal hit .360 as Babe Ruth's replacement while Ruth missed the first 40 games of the 1925 season with a stomach ailment?
 * ... that, in early 1941, Johnny Sturm broke into the New York Yankees lineup after two future Hall of Famers went into slumps?
 * ... that even though he didn't start pitching until 2007, D. J. Mitchell was the New York Yankees minor league Pitcher of the Year in 2011?

Mid pertinence or low pertinence but interesting

 * ... that former baseball player Joe Abreu  became an enthusiast of magic after he saw former baseball  player, and professional magician Carl Zamloch put on a magic show at his high  school?
 * ... that the mustache that Frenchy Bordagaray grew in 1936 is likely to have been the only mustache worn in Major League Baseball between 1914 and 1972?
 * ... that Roger Peckinpaugh set a World Series record for errors?
 * ... that when Roger Bresnahan adopted the use of shin guards in Major League Baseball on Opening Day in 1907, angry fans threw snow onto the field?
 * ... that during production of the film The Natural, Robert Redford was coached by Major League Baseball pitcher Spec Shea on how to pitch in an old-time style?

Lower pertinence to NYY

 * ... that Josh Romanski mother was diagnosed with breast cancer the same day he was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team?
 * ... that Michael Pineda`s fastball averaged 94.7 mph in 2011, leading Major League Baseball rookies with at least 100 innings pitched?
 * ... that Jon Weber played on four consecutive minor league baseball championship teams?
 * ... that pitcher Justin Pope broke Roger Clemens' college baseball record of 35 consecutive scoreless innings?
 * ... that Hall of Fame baseball manager John McGraw signed Billy Gilbert to the Baltimore Orioles in 1902 and the New York Giants in 1903?
 * ... that Steve Adkins, on the day of his Major League debut, walked five consecutive batters, two short of the all time record of seven?
 * ... that the Whiz Kids, led by Robin Roberts, won the National League pennant in, but never won another with the same players?
 * ... that Lewis "Snake" Wiltse once pitched a shutout and collected four extra base hits in the same Major League Baseball game?
 * ... that professional baseball player Juan Bernhardt hit the first home run in Seattle Mariners franchise history?
 * ...that in 1990 Cecil Fielder became the first Detroit Tiger since Hank Greenberg (in 1938) to slug over 50 home runs in a season?
 * ... that first baseman Babe Borton bribed opponents so that his team could win the 1919 Pacific Coast League championship?
 * ... that in 1899, Major League Baseball rookie Jimmy Williams set a Pittsburgh Pirates team record with his 27-game hitting streak?
 * ...that Major League Baseball catcher Ellie Rodríguez caught the fourth of Nolan Ryan's seven career no-hitters?
 * ... that the College of Southern Nevada's baseball team was forced to forfeit 37 games in 2006 when Craig Heyer was ruled ineligible?

On this day

 * January
 * January 3, 1920: The Yankees purchase the contract of Babe Ruth from the Boston Red Sox for $125,000 and a $350,000 loan against the mortgage on Fenway Park.
 * January 3, 1973: A limited partnership, headed by George M. Steinbrenner III as its managing general partner, purchases the Yankees from CBS.
 * January 9, 1903: Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchase the defunct Baltimore franchise of the American League for $18,000 and then move the team to Manhattan.
 * January 11, 2005: The Yankees acquire Randy Johnson for Javier Vazquez, Brad Halsey and Dioner Navarro
 * January 14, 1954: Joe DiMaggio marries Marilyn Monroe.
 * January 22, 1997: Don Mattingly officially announces his retirement at a media conference at Yankee Stadium.
 * January 25, 1945: Dan Topping, Del Webb and Larry MacPhail purchase the Yankees for $2,800,000 from the estate of the late Col. Jacob Ruppert. MacPhail replaces Ed Barrow as President and General Manager.
 * January 29, 1915: Col. Jacob Ruppert and Col. Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston purchase the Yankees for $1.25 million.


 * February
 * February 4, 2011: Andy Pettitte becomes the first member of the Core Four to announce his retirement.
 * February 6, 1926: The St. Louis Browns acquire catcher Wally Schang from the NY Yankees.
 * February 6, 2003: The Yankees win the rights to Ramón Ramírez through the posting system.
 * February 15, 1916: The Yankees purchase Home Run Baker from the Philadelphia Athletics for $37,500
 * February 28, 1991: First baseman Don Mattingly is named team captain.


 * March
 * March 4, 1913: The Yankees train in Bermuda, becoming the first team to train outside the United States.
 * March 6, 1922: Babe Ruth signs 3 years contract valued at $52,000 per season.
 * March 8, 1999: Joe DiMaggio dies at age 84 in Hollywood, Florida.
 * March 12, 1903: The New York franchise is approved as a member of the American League. The team will play in a hastily constructed, all-wood park at 168th Street and Broadway. Because the site is one of the highest spots in Manhattan, the club will be known as the "Highlanders" and their home field "Hilltop Park."
 * March 16, 2012: Andy Pettitte comes out of retirement
 * March 23, 2004: YankeeNets dissolves


 * April
 * April 3-4, 2009: The Yankees play their first exhibition games in the current Yankee Stadium, defeating the Chicago Cubs, 7-4 and 10-1, respectively. Chien-Ming Wang tosses the first pitch in the April 3 contest.
 * April 6, 1974: The Yankees begin the first of two seasons at Shea Stadium, playing the first home game outside Yankee Stadium since 1922 (go 90-69 there in 1974-75).
 * April 6, 2010: Jeter, along with Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera, became the first teammates in any of the four major league sports in North America (MLB, NFL, NBA, or NHL) to play in at least 16 seasons on the same team as teammates.
 * April 9, 1965: The Houston Astros host the New York Yankees in exhibition baseball in the Astrodome, the first event in the new domed stadium.
 * April 11, 1912: The Yankees wear pinstripes for the first time
 * April 11, 2004: Mike Mussina records his 200th victory.
 * April 14, 2004: Kevin Brown records his 200th victory.
 * April 15, 1976: Remodeled Yankee Stadium opens with an 11-4 win over Minnesota Twins. The Twins' Dan Ford hits the first home run.
 * April 16, 1929: The Yankees become the first team to make numbers a permanent part of the uniform (numbers would become standard for all teams by 1932).
 * April 16, 2009: The Yankees play the first regular season game in Yankee Stadium history, falling to Cleveland, 10-2, and snapping their all-time record 11-game home-opener winning streak. CC Sabathia tosses the Stadium's first official pitch, Johnny Damon records the first hit (first-inning single off Cliff Lee) and Jorge Posada hits the first home run (fifth-inning off Lee).
 * April 17, 1951: Mickey Mantle makes his Major-League debut, going 1-for-4 in a 4-0 win vs. Boston at Yankee Stadium.
 * April 17, 1953: Exactly two years after his Yankee debut, Mickey Mantle hits what is recognized as the game's first "tape-measure" home run, a 565-foot clout off the Senators' Chuck Stobbs at Washington's Griffith Stadium.
 * April 18, 1923: Yankee Stadium opens with a 4-1 win over the Boston Red Sox before a reported crowd of 74,200. Babe Ruth hits the Stadium's first home run.
 * April 19, 1976: Thurman Munson is named team captain
 * April 20, 1928: The Yankees' sixth season at Yankee Stadium opens with the left-field stands enlarged to three decks.
 * April 20, 1937: The Yankees' 15th season at Yankee Stadium opens with the right-field stands enlarged to three decks. The wooden bleachers are replaced by a concrete structure with the distance to center field dropping from 490 to 461 feet.
 * April 22, 1903: The Highlanders play their first game, a 3-1 loss at Washington.
 * April 23, 1903: The Highlanders record the first win in franchise history, a 7-2 decision at Washington. Harry Howell recorded the win.
 * April 24, 1917: George Mogridge becomes the first Yankee to throw a no-hitter in a 2-1 win at Fenway Park.
 * April 25, 1999: A monument in honor of Joe DiMaggio is unveiled in Yankee Stadium's Monument Park.
 * April 26, 1901: First game in franchise history, a win over the Boston Americans
 * April 26, 1982: Gene Michael becomes manager for second time, replacing Bob Lemon.
 * April 27, 1947: "Babe Ruth Day" is celebrated throughout Major League Baseball.
 * April 28, 1985: Billy Martin is named manager for the fourth time, replacing Yogi Berra.
 * April 30, 1903: The Highlanders notch a 6-2 win vs. Washington in their inaugural home opener at Hilltop Park.
 * April 30, 1946: Cleveland Indians pitcher Bob Feller throws a no-hitter against the Yankees at Yankee Stadium.
 * April x, 1913: The Highlanders are officially renamed the "Yankees" after moving to the Polo Grounds, home of the National League's New York Giants.


 * May
 * May 2, 1939: Lou Gehrig's playing streak of 2,130 consecutive games ends when he does not appear in a 22-2 Yankees' win at Detroit. Babe Dahlgren plays first base for the Yankees and contributes a double and a home run.
 * May 5, 1922: Construction begins on Yankee Stadium (I).
 * May 14, 1967: Yankees player Mickey Mantle hits his 500th career home run.
 * May 14, 1996: Dwight Gooden hurls only the eighth regular-season no-hitter in Yankee history, a 2-0 blanking of the Seattle Mariners at Yankee Stadium.
 * May 15, 1941: Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak begins with a single off Edgar Smith in a 13-1 loss vs. Chicago at Yankee Stadium.
 * May 17, 1998: David Wells tosses only the 14th regular-season perfect game in baseball history, the first ever by a Yankee.
 * May 17, 2002: Jason Giambi hits a 14th-inning walk-off grand slam to lift the Yankees to a 13-12 win over the Minnesota Twins, joining Babe Ruth as the only Yankees in history to hit a walk-off grand slam with New York down by three runs.
 * May 21, 1922: Col. Ruppert buys out Col. Huston for $1.5 million.
 * May 22, 1963: Mickey Mantle hits a home run off of Bill Fischer that hits the top of the facade on the right field roof, the closest verifiable instance of a home run ball nearly exiting the Stadium.
 * May 25, 2011: Mariano Rivera became the 15th pitcher in major league history to make 1,000 appearances, and the only to do it with one franchise
 * May 26, 2006: Derek Jeter records his 2,000th career hit with an infield single off Kansas City Royals pitcher Scott Elarton, becoming the eighth Yankee to reach the milestone.
 * May 28, 1946: The first night game is played at Yankee Stadium and the Yankees suffer a 2-1 loss vs. Washington before 49,917 fans.
 * May 28, 2011: Derek Jeter steals his 327th base, breaking Rickey Henderson's franchise record for stolen bases
 * May 30, 1932: The Yankees dedicate a monument in center field to Miller Huggins. It is the beginning of the Stadium's Monument Park.
 * May 30, 1938: A franchise-record crowd of 81,841 attends a doubleheader sweep of the Boston Red Sox.


 * June
 * June 1, 1925: Lou Gehrig begins his streak of 2,130 consecutive games played, pinch-hitting for Pee Wee Wanninger.
 * June 1, 2009: The Yankees set an all-time Major League mark with 18 consecutive errorless games, safely handling 660 chances over the stretch.
 * June 2, 1941: Lou Gehrig dies of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis at the age of 37.
 * June 3, 1932: Lou Gehrig becomes the first player to hit four home runs in a single game in the Yankees' 20-13 win at Philadelphia. He remains the only Yankee to hit four home runs in one game.
 * June 4, 2003: Derek Jeter is appointed team captain
 * June 6, 1990: Stump Merrill replaces Bucky Dent as Yankee manager.
 * June 8, 1969: "Mickey Mantle Day" is celebrated at Yankee Stadium and his uniform number (7) is retired. Mantle is presented with a plaque by Joe DiMaggio to hang on the center field fence, and Mantle presents DiMaggio with his plaque. These are the last plaques to be placed in play prior to the stadium's renovation.
 * June 9, 2005: Alex Rodriguez bashes two home runs against the Brewers in Milwaukee, becoming the youngest player in Major League history to reach the 400-homer plateau.
 * June 12, 2010: Derek Jeter records his 3,000th hit (including the postseason) with a solo home run in the first inning against the Houston Astros. The hit also tied him with Rickey Henderson as the all-time Yankees leader in leadoff home runs.
 * June 13, 1948: Babe Ruth's uniform number (3) is retired at Yankee Stadium's 25th Anniversary celebration. The Babe makes his final Stadium appearance.
 * June 13, 2003: Roger Clemens joins the 300 win club, the first pitcher to do so since Nolan Ryan in 1990. He also recorded his 4,000th strikeout, trailing only Ryan (5,714) and Steve Carlton (4,136).
 * June 17, 1978: Ron Guidry establishes a franchise record by striking out 18 batters in the Yankees' 4-0 win vs. California at Yankee Stadium.
 * June 16, 1996: Mel Allen, the legendary "Voice of the Yankees" from 1939-64, dies at age 83 in Greenwich, Connecticut.
 * June 18, 1979: Billy Martin returns as Yankee manager, replacing Bob Lemon.
 * June 23, 1987: Billy Martin is replaced as manager of the Yankees for the fifth and final time. Lou Piniella is named manager for the second time.
 * June 24, 1962: Jack Reed's two-run, 22nd-inning home run ends the longest game in Yankee history, a 9-7 win at Detroit.
 * June 27, 2008: Jeter hit his 400th double.
 * June 28, 1919: Carl Mays pitches two complete games in a doubleheader against the Yankees
 * June 28, 1939: The Yankees set a franchise record with eight home runs against the Philadelphia Athletics


 * July
 * July 1, 1990: Andy Hawkins allows no hits in a 4-0 loss to the Chicago White Sox, though the game does not count as a no-hitter as it did not last nine innings.
 * July 1, 2004: Derek Jeter makes a spectacular catch against the Boston Red Sox, diving into the stands. John Flaherty wins the game with an RBI single in the 13th inning, leading New York to a three-game sweep in one of the more memorable regular-season games in the Bronx in years.
 * July 4, 1939: "Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day" is held at Yankee Stadium. His uniform number (4) is the first to be retired in Major League Baseball and Gehrig makes his famous "Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth" speech.
 * July 4, 1983: Dave Righetti pitches only the sixth regular-season no-hitter in franchise history and the first since 1951, a 4-0 win vs. the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium.
 * July x, 1902: John McGraw bolts to the Giants
 * July 9, 2011: Jeter became the 28th member of the 3,000 hit club when he homered off David Price of the Tampa Bay Rays in the third inning at Yankee Stadium. He is also the first player in Yankees history to achieve the feat.
 * June 11, 2003: six pitchers from the Houston Astros combine to no-hit the Yankees. It is the first time that the Yankees had been no-hit at Yankee Stadium since 1952. It also establishes a Major League record for the most pitchers combining to no-hit an opponent.
 * July 11, 2010: Bob Sheppard, public address announcer for the New York Yankees from 1951–2007, dies
 * July 12, 1951: Allie Reynolds throws a no-hitter
 * July 12, 2008: Jeter hit his 200th home run.
 * July 13, 2010: George Steinbrenner dies
 * July 14, 1934: Babe Ruth hits the 700th home run of his career off Tommy Bridges in the second inning of a 4-2 Yankees' win at Detroit's Navin Field.
 * July 14, 2011: Jeter and Posada played their 1,660th game together, breaking the previous franchise record of 1,659 by Gehrig and Tony Lazzeri.
 * July 15, 2008: Yankee Stadium hosts the 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. The game is the longest All-Star Game in history, lasting 4 hours and 50 minutes, while the 15 innings tied the previous All-Star Game record.
 * July 17, 1941: Joe DiMaggio's consecutive-game hitting streak ends at 56 when he goes 0-for-3 in a 4-3 Yankees' win at Cleveland. Indians' third baseman Ken Keltner twice robs DiMaggio of hits with great fielding plays. DiMaggio then hits in the next 16 straight games to give him hits in 72 of 73 games.
 * July 17, 1902: Giants and Reds raid the Orioles
 * July 18, 1987: Don Mattingly homers off Texas' Jose Guzman to tie Dale Long's Major-League record of hitting a home run in eight consecutive games (Mattingly hits 10 home runs during the streak).
 * July 18, 1999: On "Yogi Berra Day," David Cone throws the 15th regular-season perfect game in baseball history. Coincidentially, Don Larsen--who tossed a perfect game in the 1956 World Series--throws out the ceremonial first pitch.
 * July 19, 1977: Yankee Stadium hosts the 1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
 * July 24, 1978: Billy Martin resigns as manager.
 * July 24, 1983: The Yankees and Kansas City play the infamous "Pine Tar" game at Yankee Stadium as George Brett hits a two-out, ninth-inning home run off Goose Gossage to give the Royals an apparent 5-4 lead. The umpires nullify the homer because the pine tar on Brett's bat is above the allowable 18 inches and Brett is called out for using an illegal bat. The Yankees win 4-3 (see Aug 18, 1983).
 * July 25, 1978: Bob Lemon is named manager, replacing Billy Martin.
 * July 29, 1978: On Old Timer's Day, the Yankees announce that Billy Martin will return as Yankee manager in 1980 and Bob Lemon will become general manager.
 * July 31, 2007: The Yankees tie a franchise record with eight home runs against the Chicago White Sox


 * August
 * August 1, 1975: Billy Martin replaces Bill Virdon for his first of five stints as manager.
 * August 2, 1979: Yankees Captain Thurman Munson dies in a plane crash in Canton, Ohio, at age 32 (his number "15" is immediately retired).
 * August 2, 2009: Jeter played in his 2,084th game, tying Babe Ruth for fourth in Yankees history.
 * August 3, 1982: Clyde King is named Yankee manager, replacing Gene Michael.
 * August 4, 2010: Alex Rodriguez becomes the youngest player with 600 home runs
 * August 6, 1979: in a nationally televised game, the Yankees defeat the Baltimore Orioles 5–4. The game was the same day as the funeral for departed Yankees captain Thurman Munson. The team attended the funeral in Canton, Ohio earlier in the day and flew to New York for an emotional game. Bobby Murcer drove in all five runs for the Yankees, including a "walk-off" two-run single.
 * August 8, 1972: The Yankees sign a 30-year lease to play in a remodeled Yankee Stadium to be completed in 1976.
 * August 13, 1964: CBS buys the Yankees from Dan Topping and Del Webb
 * August 13, 1995: Mickey Mantle dies of cancer at age 63 in Dallas, Texas.
 * August 14, 1993: "Reggie Jackson Day," his uniform number (44) is retired.
 * August 16, 1948: Babe Ruth dies in New York of throat cancer at age 53.
 * August 16, 2009: Jeter recorded his 2,673rd and 2,674th hits, tying and passing Luis Aparicio for most hits by a shortstop in Major League history.
 * August 17-18, 1948: Babe Ruth lies in repose at Yankee Stadium.
 * August 18, 1983: Kansas City's protest is upheld and the "Pine Tar" game concludes with the Royals winning 5-4. When play is resumed, Yankee pitcher Ron Guidry is in center field for the final out of the top of the ninth while first baseman Don Mattingly plays second base. Royals' reliever Dan Quisenberry retires the Yankees in order in the bottom of the ninth.
 * August 18, 1989: Bucky Dent replaces Dallas Green as Yankee manager.
 * August 25, 1952: Detroit Tigers pitcher Virgil Trucks throws a no-hitter against the Yankees at Yankee Stadium.
 * August 25, 1996: A monument in honor of Mickey Mantle is unveiled in Yankee Stadium's Monument Park.
 * August 25, 2011: The Yankees hit three grand slam home runs in one game, the first time in MLB history this has happened. The grand slams were hit by Robinson Cano, Russell Martin, and Curtis Granderson.
 * August 27, 1938: Monte Pearson pitches a no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians, which is the first no-hitter in Yankee Stadium (I) history.
 * August 29, 2011: Jeter played his 2,402nd game with the Yankees, breaking Mickey Mantle's record for most games played as a Yankee.
 * August 30, 2005: A-Rod hits his 40th homer of the season, becoming the first Yankees right-handed hitter since Joe DiMaggio in 1937 to reach that mark. A-Rod went on to hit 48 homers and drive in 130 runs, earning his second career AL MVP award.


 * September
 * September 4, 1923: Sad Sam Jones throws a no-hitter against the Philadelphia Athletics
 * September 4, 1993: Jim Abbott pitches a 4-0, no-hit win over the Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium (I).
 * September 6, 1981: Bob Lemon is named manager for second time, replacing Gene Michael.
 * September 6, 1995: Lou Gehrig's Major League record of 2,130 consecutive games played is broken when Cal Ripken Jr. plays in his 2,131st.
 * September 9, 1999: Catfish Hunter dies at age 53 in Hertford, North Carolina.
 * September 11, 2009: Derek Jeter became the Yankees' all-time hits leader, surpassing Lou Gehrig with his 2,722nd hit, a single to right field off of Baltimore Orioles pitcher Chris Tillman in the third inning.
 * September 13, 2011: Mariano Rivera becomes the second player in history to attain 600 saves.
 * September 14, 2008: Derek Jeter tied Lou Gehrig for most hits at Yankee Stadium.
 * September 16, 2008: Derek Jeter passes Gehrig for most hits at Yankee Stadium
 * September 19, 2011: Mariano Rivera brakes Trevor Hoffman's all-time save record with his 602nd career save.
 * September 21, 2002: The Yankees defeat the Detroit Tigers 3-2 at Comerica Park to clinch their fifth straight AL East title. It is New York's sixth title in seven seasons under manager Joe Torre, their 41st overall.
 * September 21, 2008: Final game at the original Yankee Stadium.
 * September 25, 1929: Manager Miller Huggins, who guided the Yankees to their first six A.L. pennants and three World Championships, dies of blood poisoning.
 * September 25, 1998: The Yankees set an American-League record with their 112th win of the season (a 6-1 win vs. Tampa Bay at Yankee Stadium), breaking the mark of 111 by the 1954 Cleveland Indians (they complete the season with an AL record 114th victory on September 27 vs. Tampa Bay).
 * September 28, 1951: In Game One of doubleheader vs. Boston at Yankee Stadium, Allie Reynolds tosses his second no-hitter of the season (he had previously no-hit the Indians at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland on July 12).
 * September 29, 1987: Don Mattingly hits a grand slam off Boston's Bruce Hurst, setting a Major-League record with six grand slams in a season.
 * September 30, 1927: Babe Ruth breaks his own Major-League record with his 60th home run on the season's final day.
 * September 30, 1973: Ralph Houk resigns as manager.
 * September 30, 2004: Bernie Williams launches a walk-off home run against the Twins at Yankee Stadium, clinching the Yankees' seventh consecutive American League East crown, as New York advanced to the playoffs for a 10th consecutive season.
 * September xx, 1921: The Yankees clinch their first AL pennant.


 * October
 * October 1, 1932: In Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, Babe Ruth allegedly calls his shot.
 * October 1, 1961: Roger Maris hits his 61st home run in the season's final game to establish a Major-League record.
 * October 1, 2005: In the 161st game of the season, the Yankees defeat the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park to clinch their eighth consecutive AL East crown.
 * October 2, 1963: in Game 1 of the 1963 World Series, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax records a then-record 15 strikeouts against the Yankees.
 * October 2, 1978: The Yankees, 14 games behind Boston at one point, defeat the Boston Red Sox, 5-4, at Fenway Park in the 1978 American League East tie-breaker game. Bucky Dent's home run over the Green Monster completed the comeback, clinching the pennant for the Pinstripes.
 * October 4, 1955: the Brooklyn Dodgers defeat the Yankees 2–0 to win the 1955 World Series, four games to three, the only championship won by the Dodgers while they were in Brooklyn.
 * October 4, 2009: Alex Rodriguez hits a three-run home run and a grand slam in the sixth-inning of the season finale at Tampa Bay, setting an all-time AL mark with 7 RBI in an inning.
 * October 5, 1953: The Yankees defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers 4–3 to win the 1953 World Series, a record fifth consecutive World Championship.
 * October 5, 2002: The Yankees drop a 9-6 decision to the eventual World Champion Anaheim Angels in Game 4 of the ALDS to lose the series, marking New York's earliest postseason exit since 1980.
 * October 6, 1926: Babe Ruth upholds a promise to Johnny Sylvester by hitting three home runs in Game 4 of the 1926 World Series.
 * October 6, 1947: the Yankees defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers 5–2 to win the 1947 World Series, four games to three.
 * October 7, 1950: the Yankees defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 5–2 to win the 1950 World Series, four games to none.
 * October 8, 1926: the St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Yankees 3–2 to win the 1926 World Series, four games to three.
 * October 8, 1927: the Yankees defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4–3 to sweep the 1927 World Series.
 * October 8, 1956: Don Larsen hurls the only perfect game in World Series history, a 2-0 win over Brooklyn in Game Five at Yankee Stadium.
 * October 9, 1938: the Yankees defeat the Chicago Cubs 8–3 to win the 1938 World Series, four games to none.
 * October 9, 1996: in Game 1 of the 1996 American League Championship Series between the Yankees and Baltimore Orioles, Derek Jeter hits a controversial home run. Jeter hit a fly ball to right field towards Orioles outfielder Tony Tarasco, but a fan named Jeffrey Maier reached over the outfield fence to catch the ball, interfering with Tarasco's ability to catch it. The umpires ruled it to be a home run, which tied the game. Bernie Williams would later hit a "walk-off" home run in the eleventh inning to win the game for the Yankees, 5–4.
 * October 10, 1923: The Yankees and San Francisco Giants meet in the 1923 World Series, marking the first time two teams play each other in three consecutive World Series'.
 * October 10, 1951: the Yankees defeat the New York Giants to win the 1951 World Series, four games to two.
 * October 10, 1957: the Milwaukee Braves defeat the Yankees 5–0 to win the 1957 World Series, four games to three.
 * October 12, 1948: The Yankees announce that Casey Stengel will replace Bucky Harris as manager.
 * October 13, 2001: Jeter's flip play in the 2001 ALDS
 * October 14, 1976: Chris Chambliss' ninth-inning home run off Mark Littell in Game Five of the 1976 ALCS against the Kansas City Royals gives the Yankees their 30th pennant.
 * October 15, 1923: The Yankees win their first World Series championship, defeating the New York Giants 4 games to 2.
 * October 16, 2003: Aaron Boone, who didn't start the game, led off the bottom of the 11th inning with a home run to left field off Boston knuckleballer Tim Wakefield, delivering the Yankees' 39th American League pennant in Game 7 of the ALCS, propelling the Yanks to the World Series against the Marlins.
 * October 17, 1985: Lou Piniella is named manager, replacing Billy Martin.
 * October 18, 1977: Reggie Jackson hits three home runs in Game Six of the World Series vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers at Yankee Stadium as the Yankees win the series.
 * October 19, 1947: Larry MacPhail is forced out of the Yankees' ownership group by Dan Topping and Del Webb following his behavior after the 1947 World Series
 * October 20, 2004: After defeating the Twins in a four-game ALDS and taking a 3-0 lead over the Boston Red Sox in the ALCS, the Yankees drop their fourth consecutive game, becoming the first team in baseball history to lose a best-of-seven series after winning the first three games.
 * October 21, 1976: the Cincinnati Reds defeat the Yankees 7–2 to win the 1976 World Series, four games to none.
 * October 21, 1998: The Yankees sweep the San Diego Padres in the 1998 World Series. They finish the season with a record of 125-50 (114-48 in the regular season, 11-2 in postseason).
 * October 25, 2003: The Florida Marlins defeat the Yankees in Game 6 of the 2003 World Series, marking the first time since 1981 that New York has been eliminated from the postseason at Yankee Stadium.
 * October 26, 1996: The Yankees defeat the Atlanta Braves in the 1996 World Series
 * October 26, 2000: The Yankees defeat the New York Mets 4 games to 1 in the 2000 World Series in the first Subway Series since 1956
 * October 27, 1999: The Yankees sweep the Atlanta Braves in the 1999 World Series. The Game 4 win is also the club's 12th straight in World-Series play, tying the record of the 1927, 1928 and 1932 Yankees.
 * October 28, 1981: the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Yankees 9–2 to win the 1981 World Series, four games to two
 * October 29, 1920: Ed Barrow is appointed GM of NY Yankees
 * October 30, 2001: Before Game 3 of the 2001 World Series, President George W. Bush threw out the ceremonial first pitch. He is the first President since Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956 to throw out a ceremonial first pitch at the World Series
 * October 31, 2001: in Game 4 of the 2001 World Series, Tino Martinez hits a game-tying home run off Arizona Diamondbacks closer Byung-Hyun Kim with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning. Derek Jeter hits the winning walk-off home run in the tenth inning to win the game 4–3


 * November
 * November 1, 2001: Game 5 of the 2001 World Series is the first World Series game to begin in November. In an ending similar to the previous game, Scott Brosius of the Yankees hits a game-tying home run off Byung-Hyun Kim with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning. Alfonso Soriano hits a game-winning single in the twelfth inning to win the game for the Yankees, 3–2.
 * November 2, 1964: CBS purchases 80% of Yankees for $11,200,000. The network later buys the remaining 20%.
 * November 4, 2001: The Arizona Diamondbacks defeat the Yankees in Game 7 of the 2001 World Series, as Luis Gonzalez hits a walk-off single off Mariano Rivera
 * November 4, 2009: The Yankees win their 27th World Championship, defeating Philadelphia in Game 6 of the World Series, 7-3. Hideki Matsui ties Bobby Richardson's all-time World Series mark (1960 Game 3 vs. Pittsburgh) with 6RBI. Andy Pettitte records the win, becoming the first pitcher to start and record the win in the clinching game in all three rounds of a single postseason. Manager Joe Girardi joins Billy Martin and Ralph Houk as the only individuals in franchise history to win a World Series with the Yankees as a player and as a manger.
 * November 17, 2006: The Yankees win the rights to Kei Igawa through the posting system
 * November 21, 1934: The Yankees purchase Joe DiMaggio from the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League for $50,000.
 * November 29, 1976: Yankees sign Reggie Jackson to a five-year contract
 * November 22, 2008: Hal Steinbrenner succeeds his father as chairman
 * November 28, 2011: The Yankees win the bidding for Hiroyuki Nakajima in the posting system, though they fail to come to terms with him
 * November 30, 1981: Dave Righetti was named the American League Rookie of the Year, earning 91% of the vote


 * December
 * December 9, 1987: The Yankees sign a 12-year television contract with Madison Square Garden Network.
 * December 12, 1951: Joe DiMaggio officially announces his retirement
 * December 13, 2001: Jason Giambi, the runner-up in the AL MVP balloting, signs a seven-year contract with the Yankees. Giambi's deal includes a club option for an eighth year.
 * December 14, 1985: Roger Maris dies at age 51 in Houston, Texas.
 * December 15, 1953: Ed Barrow dies
 * December 15, 1980: Free agent Dave Winfield signs a then-record 10-year contract.
 * December 18, 1956: Phil Rizzuto signs as NY Yankee radio-TV announcer
 * December 23, 2005: The Yankees sign center fielder Johnny Damon to a four-year, $52 million contract -- the same contract they gave to Hideki Matsui just a month earlier.
 * December 25, 1989: Billy Martin dies in an automobile accident at age 61.
 * December 31, 1974: Free agent Catfish Hunter signs a then-record five-year contract.

http://www.todayinsport.com/baseball/mlb-teams/ny-yankees through 1926 i think

Other managerial and GM hirings and firings

XXX 2006: The Yankees win their ninth consecutive AL East title 2007: The Yankees secured the American League Wild Card with a record of 94-68, running their playoff streak to 13 consecutive seasons, 12 under manager Joe Torre. October 2007 - the midge game

July xx, 2011: Robinson Cano wins the 2011 Home Run Derby.

1904: Jack Chesbro's 41st win

From List of New York Yankees team records:
 * May 24, 1936 runs scored
 * September 28, 1923 hits
 * April 12, 1988 and June 5, 2003 doubles
 * May 1, 1934 triples
 * September 5, 1927 runners lob
 * September 10, 1999 strikeouts (the bad kind)
 * September 28, 1911 stolen bases
 * September 29, 1928 hits allowed
 * July 29, 1928 runs allowed
 * July 4, 2003 home runs allowed

HoF elections

MVPs 1923 - Babe Ruth 1927 - Lou Gehrig 1936 - Lou Gehrig (2) 1939 - Joe DiMaggio 1941 - Joe DiMaggio (2) 1942 - Joe Gordon 1943 - Spud Chandler 1947 - Joe DiMaggio (3) 1950 - Phil Rizzuto 1951 - Yogi Berra 1954 - Yogi Berra (2) 1955 - Yogi Berra (3) 1956 - Mickey Mantle 1957 - Mickey Mantle (2) 1960 - Roger Maris 1961 - Roger Maris (2) 1962 - Mickey Mantle (3) 1963 - Elston Howard 1976 - Thurman Munson 1985 - Don Mattingly 2005 - Alex Rodriguez (2) 2007 - Alex Rodriguez (3)

Cy Youngs 1958 - Bob Turley (MLB) 1961 - Whitey Ford (MLB) 1977 - Sparky Lyle (AL) 1978 - Ron Guidry (AL) 2001 - Roger Clemens (AL)

RoYs 1951 - Gil McDougald 1954 - Bob Grim 1957 - Tony Kubek 1962 - Tom Tresh 1968 - Stan Bahnsen 1970 - Thurman Munson 1981 - Dave Righetti 1996 - Derek Jeter

Manager of the Year Joe Torre [2] (1996, tied with Johnny Oates, Texas; 1998) Buck Showalter (1994)

Gold Gloves

Silver Sluggers

Comeback Player of the Year 2005 - Jason Giambi

MLB All-Century Team (1999) Pitcher:  Roger Clemens Catcher Yogi Berra First Base Lou Gehrig Outfield Joe DiMaggio Mickey Mantle Babe Ruth

Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year Award Derek Jeter, 1994

Hickok Belt 1950 – Phil Rizzuto 1951 – Allie Reynolds 1958 – Bob Turley 1961 – Roger Maris

Other team captains (already added Jeter and Munson's days of captaincy) Other milestones (3000 k's, 300 wins)


 * Add...
 * All WS championships
 * Stadiums opening/closing, first games/final games
 * Records (Maris' 61st, Ruth's 60th, Jeter's 3000th and other milestones), award winners, no-hitters
 * People buying the team
 * Lou Gehrig's death