13 Yankee home runs in one day: June 28, 1939.

Through 1968:

Wednesday, June 28, 1939

Most Yankee home runs in a game:

Date	HR
1939-06-28 (1)	8
1961-05-30	7
1932-06-03	7

Most Yankee home runs in a day:

theDate	HR
Wednesday, June 28, 1939	13
Thursday, May 22, 1930	9
Tuesday, July 25, 1961	8
Thursday, July 4, 1940	8

Wednesday, June 28, 1939

Venue: Shibe Park

Game Duration: 2:27

Day Game, on grass

First game of doubleheader

Yankees 23, Athletics 2

Wednesday, June 28, 1939

Attendance: 21,612

Venue: Shibe Park

Game Duration: 1:40

Day Game, on grass

Second game of doubleheader

Yankees 10, Athletics 0

After the sweep the Yankees were 48-13. Here are the 13 Yankee home runs in Philadelphia June 28, 1939:

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Yr#	DHG	Batter	Pitcher	Score	Inn	RoB	Out	RBI
44	1	Bill Dickey	Lynn Nelson	tied 0-0	t2	---	0	1
45	1	Joe DiMaggio	Lynn Nelson	tied 1-1	t3	---	2	1
46	1	George Selkirk	Lynn Nelson	ahead 1-2	t3	1--	2	2
47	1	Babe Dahlgren	Lynn Nelson	ahead 1-4	t3	-2-	2	2
48	1	Joe DiMaggio	Bill Beckmann	ahead 2-7	t4	1--	0	2
49	1	Joe Gordon	Bill Beckmann	ahead 2-9	t4	-2-	1	2
50	1	Tommy Henrich	Bob Joyce	ahead 2-15	t6	---	0	1
51	1	Babe Dahlgren	Bob Joyce	ahead 2-20	t7	12-	1	3
52	2	Frankie Crosetti	George Caster	tied 0-0	t1	---	0	1
53	2	Joe Gordon	George Caster	ahead 0-2	t1	12-	2	3
54	2	Joe DiMaggio	George Caster	ahead 0-5	t5	---	0	1
55	2	Joe Gordon	George Caster	ahead 0-6	t5	---	2	1
56	2	Babe Dahlgren	Chubby Dean	ahead 0-8	t9	-2-	0	2

After the Yankees had hit 8 home runs in game one, Crosetti led off game two with a home run.

Even after hitting three home runs in that doubleheader Joe DiMaggio had only six for the 1939 season. He had no home runs between his first April 21 and June 8, 1939. DiMaggio played no games between April 29 and May 27, 1939. He finished 1939 with 30 home runs.

Yankee pitchers in the doubleheader:

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	BF	GSc	IR	IS	WPA	aLI	RE24
Monte Pearson, W (7-1)	9	7	2	2	4	2	0	3.87	38	63			-0.002	0.45	3.1

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	BF	GSc	IR	IS	WPA	aLI	RE24
Lefty Gomez, W (6-2)	9	3	0	0	1	2	0	2.74	31	82			0.175	0.34	5.1

The Yankees won their fourth consecutive World Series in 1939. That has been matched or exceeded by only the five consecutive World Series championships won by the Yankees 1949-1953. Joe DiMaggio was a member of the 1949, 1950, 1951 Yankee teams.