On This Day: July 19

1959
At Yankee Stadium, the Yankees win a pair from the visiting White Sox, winning the nitecap, 6 – 4, on Mickey Mantle’s homer. In game 1, Yankees veteran Enos Slaughter belts a pair of homers; at age 43, he is the oldest player this century to accomplish the feat. Carlton Fisk, a few months older, will top him in 1991.