The 1938 Yankees won five of six games in their series with the 1996 Yankees. The '38 Yankees improved their record to 28-14 while the '96 Yankees fell to 52-74.
The '38 Yankees won the first four games of the series. Tommy Henrich went 4-5 with two doubles and four RBI in a 8-1 Game One win. They scored eight runs again in Game Two, but it took them 13 innings to do it. They scored five runs in the 13th to break a 3-3 tie for an 8-3 win. Four of the five runs scored were unearned thanks to a two-out error by Paul O’Neill. Defense let the '96 Yankees down again in Game Three. Despite both teams having 11 hits, the '38 Yankees won 10-2. Six of the seven runs given up by '96 starter Kenny Rogers were unearned thanks to an error by Wade Boggs. Meanwhile, the '96 Yankees left 12 men on base. The '38 Yankees won another extra inning game in Game Four; this one was 3-2 in 10 innings. Bill Knickerbocker hit a pinch hit walk-off double for the win. The '96 Yankees won their lone game in Game Five 12-8; Mariano Duncan went 4-6 with three doubles and five RBI. The '38 Yankees won their third extra inning game to finish the series. The '96 Yankees erased a 6-2 deficit in the eighth inning with a four run rally, capped off by a three-run homerun by Derek Jeter. Darryl Strawberry then gave them a 7-6 lead in the 10th with a solo homerun, but Joe Gordon countered with a walk-off two run dinger to give the '38 Yankees an 8-7 win.
Bill Dickey leads the '38 Yankees in hitting at .320 with 15 homeruns, 48 RBI and a 1.084 OPS. Joe Dimaggio is hitting .309 with 11 homeruns and a .970 OPS. Lefty Gomez, Red Ruffing, Spud Chandler, and Monte Pearson have combined to start 32 games. Their combined ERA is 2.63.
Jeter took over the team lead in hitting for the '96 Yankees at .293. Duncan is hitting .292 with 42 doubles and 91 RBI. Andy Pettitte is 14-6 with a 2.99 ERA; he remains the only starter with an ERA under 4. The '96 Yankees will battle the 23-13 1923 Yankees in the next series.