This Week in Yankees History May (5/3-5/9)

This Week in Yankees History May 3rd - May 9thMay 3rd1894 - Former Yankees P Cliff Markle (1915-1916, 1924) was born. Cliff posted a 6-6 record in 21 games for the Yankees.1904 - Former Yankees HOF P Charles “Red” Ruffing (1930-42, 1945-46) was born. Red would lead the Yankee pitchers in career wins with 231 wins, until Whitey Ford passed the club record in 1967, who finished with 236 wins as a Yankee. Also he was a pretty good pitching pitcher for the Yankees with a 15 season BA of .270 in 631 games, hitting 31 HRs with 213 RBIs. Ruffing will win 273 games during a 22-year career with the Red Sox, Yankees and White Sox. He will gain election to the HOF in 1967.1912 - Leading by the score of 18-5 after 8-innings, A’s pitchers gave up a record 9-inning outburst of 10 runs to the Yankees before Eddie Plank stopped them at 18-15.1916 - Former Yankees C Ken “Hawk” Silvestri (1941, 1946-1947) was born. On December 31, 1940, Ken was traded by the White Sox to the Yankees for INF Bill Knic...