Timeline - 1990s
June 6, 1990: Stump Merrill replaces Bucky Dent as Yankee manager.
Aug. 14, 1993: "Reggie Jackson Day," his uniform number (44) is retired.
Sept. 4, 1993: Jim Abbott pitches a 4-0, no-hit win over the Indians at Yankee Stadium.
Aug. 13, 1995: Mickey Mantle dies of cancer at age 63 in Dallas, Texas.
Sept. 6, 1995: Lou Gehrig's Major League record of 2,130 consecutive games played is broken when Baltimore's Cal Ripken, Jr. plays in his 2,131st.
May 14, 1996: Dwight Gooden hurls only the eighth regular-season no-hitter in Yankee history, a 2-0 blanking of the Seattle Mariners at Yankee Stadium.
June 16, 1996: Mel Allen, the legendary "Voice of the Yankees" from 1939-64, dies at age 83 in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Aug. 25, 1996: A monument in honor of Mickey Mantle is unveiled in Yankee Stadium's Monument Park.
Oct. 26, 1996: The championship trophy returned to the Bronx after the Yanks defeat Greg Maddux and the Braves in Game 6 of the World Series. It was their 23rd title and the beginning of a dynasty.
Jan. 22, 1997: Don Mattingly officially announces his retirement at a media conference at Yankee Stadium.
May 17, 1998: David Wells tosses only the 14th regular-season perfect game in baseball history, the first ever by a Yankee.
Sept. 25, 1998: The Yankees establish an American-League record with their 112th win of the season (a 6-1 win vs. Tampa Bay at Yankee Stadium), breaking the mark of 111 by the 1954 Cleveland Indians (they complete the season with an AL record 114th victory on September 27 vs. Tampa Bay).
Oct. 21, 1998: The Yankees complete an incredible season with a four-game sweep of the San Diego Padres in the World Series to capture the franchise's 24th World Championship.Their 3-0 win gives the club a record of 125-50 (114-48 in the regular season, 11-2 in postseason).
Mar. 8, 1999: Joe DiMaggio dies at age 84 in Hollywood, Florida.
Apr. 25, 1999: A monument in honor of Joe DiMaggio is unveiled in Yankee Stadium's Monument Park.
July 18, 1999: On "Yogi Berra Day," David Cone tosses only the 15th regular-season perfect game in baseball history one season after David Wells accomplishes the feat. Coincidentially, Don Larsen--who tossed a perfect game in the 1956 World Series--throws out the ceremonial first pitch.
Sept. 9, 1999: Jim "Catfish" Hunter dies at age 53 in Hertford, North Carolina.
Oct. 27, 1999: The Yankees play Baseball's last game of the century and complete a four-game sweep of the Atlanta Braves to capture their 25th World Championship. The 4-1 win is also the club's 12th straight in World-Series play, tying the record of the 1927, 1928 and 1932 Yankees.