The 1951 Yankees salvaged a split in their six game series with the 1999 Yankees after losing three of the first four games. Here are the updated standings. Everyone is playing a 156 game season with each team playing each other six games. The number of games are not equal because I play the same team in consecutive series until they win one.
Team Record Pct.
1928 42-18 .700
1936 44-22 .667
1932 44-22 .667
1927 43-23 .652
1937 62-40 .608
1953 47-31 .603
1938 50-34 .595
1950 46-32 .590
1998 46-32 .590
1939 48-36 .571
1956 50-40 .556
1951 52-44 .542
1999 52-44 .542
1978 47-43 .522
1947 68-64 .515
1941 67-65 .508
1923 72-78 .480
1961 74-82 .474
1952 65-73 .471
2009 58-68 .460
1958 70-86 .449
2000 70-86 .449
1996 67-89 .429
1962 64-92 .410
1977 63-93 .404
1943 62-94 .397
1949 57-99 .365
After the '51 Yankees won Game One 4-1, the '99 Yankees won the next three games while averaging eight runs per game. Paul O’Neill and Scott Brosius combined for seven RBI in a 10-2 win in Game Three. In Game Four, Chuck Knoblauch went 3-4 with a double, two steals and four RBI to stake the '99 Yankees to a 8-2 lead after three innings and held on for a 8-7 win. The '51 Yankees bounced back from being down 4-0 in the 1st. in Game Five to win 7-5. Joe Dimaggio hit a three-run home run to cap off a six run 5th inning in the final game to win 9-2 and earn the six game split.
Bernie Williams leads the '99 Yankees in hitting at .323 with 25 home runs, 88 RBI, 65 runs scored, and a .997 OPS. Derek Jeter is hitting .322 with 13 home runs, 58 RBI, 69 runs scored, and a .917 OPS. O’Neill is hitting .316 with 13 home runs, and 70 RBI, Knoblauch is hitting .245 with 15 home runs, 16 steals, and 77 runs scored. Tino Martinez is making the most of his paltry .199 average with 13 homers and 52 RBI. Mariano Rivera picked up a couple of saves to give him 23 for the season with a 2.57 ERA.
Yogi Berra hit .440 in the series to raise his average to .291 with 18 home runs and 78 RBI. Phil Rizzuto is hitting .269 with 20 stolen bases and 54 runs scored. Jerry Coleman is hitting .263 with 52 RBI. Dimaggio is hitting .249 with 10 home runs, 51 RBI, and 50 runs scored. Vic Raschi won both of his starts to improve his record to 15-6 with a 2.07 ERA. The '51 Yankees will take on the 48-36 1939 Yankees in the next series.