Baseball Historians

April 18, 1928 at Fenway Park
Yankees 10, Red Sox 7  (4-0)
Waite Hoyt gave up seven runs in his first start of the season but it was good enough for the win as the Yankees bested the Red Sox with an impressive offensive attack.  Hoyt gave up the seven runs on twelve hits and two walks […]

April 16, 1928 at Fenway Park
Yankees 7, Red Sox 2  (3-0)
George Pipgras threw a solid game and he went the distance as the Yankees opened up their series in Boston with a win.  He gave up just two runs on five hits and four walks with six strikeouts in the win.
Lou Gehrig belted his second […]

April 13, 1928 at Shibe Park
Yankees 8, Athletics 7  (2-0)
Lou Gehrig, Earle Combs and Bob Meusel all had solid games at the plate as the Yankees edged the Athletics 8-7.  Gehrig hit his first homer of the season in the win. He also tripled and scored twice.  Earle Combs went three for five with three […]

April 11, 1928 at Shibe Park
Yankees 8, Athletics 3  (1-0)
Babe Ruth didn’t need the long ball as he scored three runs with a walk and a triple as the Yankees took their season opener over the Athletics.  Ty Cobb began his season with a pair of singles and two walks but it wasn’t nearly enough […]

April 30, 1937 at Griffith Stadium
Senators 4, Yankees 1  (5-2)
The Yankees five gave winning streak came to end in a game that saw only five Yankee hits.  George Selkirk drove home Lou Gehrig in the sixth inning for the team’s only run of the game and Gehrig finished the game with two hits.
Kemp Wicker was […]

April 26, 1937 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 7, Athletics 1  (3-1)
The Yankees made it three straight wins with some more good hitting.  Tony Lazzeri remained hot and he had three hits and two RBIs while Lou Gehrig joined him with the same stat line.  Gehrig also scored two times in the game.
Johnny Broaca threw a nice […]

April 25, 1927 at Yankee Stadium
Senators 5, Yankees 4  (8-4)
The Yankees continued their dry spell with their fourth loss in six games.  Waite Hoyt lost his first game of the season and he gave up five runs on nine hits and five hits with five strikeouts.
Lou Gehrig doubled twice and he scored a run in […]

April 23, 1927 at Shibe Park
Athletics 4, Yankees 3  (7-3)
The Yankees lost for the third time in four games and lost their first series of the season at the hands of the A’s.  It wasn’t for lack of production from their big bats though.  Both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig hit homeruns.  The A’s won […]

April 21, 1927 at Shibe Park
Yankees 13, Athletics 6  (7-2)
The Yankees ran up the score again behind the bat of Lou Gehrig.  The Iron Horse went two for five with a homerun, three runs.  Tony Lazzeri went yard with a three run shot while both Earle Combs and Bob Muesel had three hits and three […]

April 20, 1927 at Shibe Park
Athletics 8, Yankees 5  (6-2)
Urban Shocker was hit hard and he took the loss against the A’s.  He and Wilcy Moore combined to give up eight runs on twelve hits to the A’s. 
On offense, the Yankees got a bunch of hits but they were mostly by four players.  Lou Gehrig […]

April 20, 1937 at Yankee Stadium
Senators 3, Yankees 2  (0-1)
The Yankees began their defense of the baseball world championship on a less then solid note as they could never get their bats going in a loss to the Senators.  Lou Gehrig had a nice day at the plate with three hits and an RBI while […]

April 19, 1927 at Yankee Stadium
Red Sox 6, Yankees 3  (6-1)
It had to happen eventually, even to the 1927 Yankees but they finally lost a game to end their six game winning streak.  Lou Gehrig provided most of the offense for the Yanks.  He went two for five with a double and two of the […]

April 18, 1927 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 3, Red Sox 0  (6-0)
The Yankees improved to a perfect 6-0 behind the arm of Dutch Reuther.  The hurler gave up only three hits and three walks with three strikeouts in nine shutout innings.
Lou Gehrig  singled twice and he scored a run and Bob Meusel singled twice.

In a lot of ways, 1937 was Lou Gehrig’s last hurrah.  1938 would be one of his worst seasons (although it was still very good by most standards) and of course 1939 was the season we saw Gehrig’s career cut short.   Man, did he come out in 1937 though.
While a lot was made about DiMaggio’s breakout […]

It must be nice to have a player on your team that finishes with a 221 OPS+ and doesn’t lead your team, but that’s what happened to the Yankees in 1927.  First baseman Lou Gehrig was only in his third season of his iron man streak but 1927 was probably his best season ever.  Whether it […]