A Pinstriped Day in Baseball History

April 22nd is chock full of Yankee history. Take a look at this photo of Masahiro Tanaka. I'll bet the first thing you notice are the pinstripes. And it was on this date in 1915, that the Yankees donned their signature pinstripes for the first time.


  • And while they weren't quite the Yankees, New York's newly minted American League team played its first game on April 22nd, 1903. Jack Chesbro started for the Highlanders, while fellow future Hall of Famer Wee Willie Keeler walked in the 1st inning  and moments later, scored the very first run in club history. The Yankees lost to the Washington Senators 3-1.
  • April 22nd, 1956: Don Larsen, who that October would pitch the only perfect game in World Series history, grabbed the headlines by hitting a grand slam in a 13-6 victory over the Red Sox.
  • April 22nd, 1959: Whitey Ford pitched all 14 innings and struck out 15, as the Yanks blanked the Senators 1-0 in Washington. Moose Skowron homered in the top of the 14th for the game's only run. It's the longest 1-0 victory in American League history.
  • April 22nd, 1962: Jim Bouton made his major league debut. The New Jersey native pitched three scoreless innings of relief in a 7-5 loss to the Indians.

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