After dropping their first two games, the 1923 Yankees took out the 1999 Yankees by winning the final four games in a row. The '23 Yankees improved their record to 51-45 while the '99 Yankees fell to 45-39.
The '23 Yankees put on a dominant pitching performance in this series, giving up only 11 runs in regulation. 10 of those runs were scored in Game Two in a 10-6 win by the '99 Yankees Tino Martinez hit a homerun and drove in four RBI. They won Game One 5-0 in 11 innings, but all of those runs were scored in the 11th; Martinez hit a two-run dinger after Derek Jeter opened the floodgates with a three run shot. After they scored their only run in the 5th inning of Game Three, a 2-1 loss, the '99 Yankees did not score another run for the remaining 31 innings of the series. Waite Hoyt got the win and scored the go-ahead run on a Babe Ruth double. Herb Pennock, Bob Shawkey, and Joe Bush pitched shutouts in wins of 4-0, 4-0, and 3-0 in the final three games. For Bush, it marked his 27th straight scoreless inning covering his last three starts.
Ruth hit .474 in the series to raise his average to .393 with 32 homeruns, 89 RBI, 88 runs scored, and a 1.363 OPS. Bob Meusel maintained his .295 average and drove in six RBI to give him 57 for the season. Bush reduced his ERA to 2.87 while improving his record to 8-11. Shawkey and Pennock picked up their 10th wins with their shutouts; Shawkey’s ERA dropped to 3.92 and Pennock’s fell to 3.44.
Jeter leads the '99 Yankees in hitting at .330 with 12 homeruns, 52 RBI, 63 runs scored, and a .945 OPS. Paul O’Neill is hitting .315 with 54 RBI. Bernie Williams is hitting .309 with 21 homeruns, 74 RBI, 52 runs scored, and a .962 OPS. Chuck Knoblauch is hitting just .226 but has 12 homeruns, 13 stolen bases, and 69 runs scored. El Duque Hernandez had two quality hard-luck starts with no run support to leave him with a 11-6 record and a 2.84 ERA. The '99 Yankees will face the 53-49 1941 Yankees in the next series.
