On June 22, 1930, Lou Gehrig hits three home runs in the second game of a doubleheader to lead the New York Yankees to a 20-13 win over the Philadelphia Athletics ....
Roger Maris collected four hits, including a home run and two doubles, in an 8-3 win over the Athletics during his 61-homer chase. The home run was his 20th in a 30-day...
Mickey Mantle drove in six runs with two home runs and a triple to power the Yankees to a 13-6 rout of the Kansas City Athletics. It was one of his biggest...
On June 21, 1989, the New York Yankees trade disgruntled superstar Rickey Henderson, hitting only .247 at the time, to the Oakland A’s for outfielder Luis Polonia and pitchers Greg Cadaret and...
On June 21, 1989, Carlton Fisk of the Chicago White Sox sets a record for most home runs by a catcher. Fisk hits his 307th home run as a receiver, breaking the...
On June 21, 1988 At Tiger Stadium, Detroit scores six times in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat a stunned Yankees team, 7-6. Allen Trammell ends the game dramatically, hitting...
On June 21, 1950 Joe DiMaggio gets his 2,000th hit, a 7th-inning single off the Indians’ Marino Pieretti, as the Yanks win, 8 – 2. DiMaggio joins Luke Appling and Wally Moses...
On June 21, 1939 The New York Yankees announce Lou Gehrig’s retirement, based on the report that he has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The 36-year-old star will remain with the team as captain....
Joe DiMaggio singled off the Indians' Marino Pieretti in the seventh inning for the 2,000th hit of his career in an 8-2 Yankees win. He was one of only a handful of...
Two days after the Mayo Clinic revealed his ALS diagnosis, the Yankees announced Lou Gehrig's retirement and proclaimed July 4, 1939 "Lou Gehrig Day." That day Gehrig delivered his famous "luckiest man"...