The 1941 Yankees and 1958 Yankees split their six game series. The '41 Yankees stay at .500 at 42-42 while the '58 Yankees remain two games under .500 at 44-46.
Whitey Ford picked up two wins for the '58 Yankees in this series. He pitched a two-hit shutout in a 6-0 Game One win. He won the final game of the series, a 15-5 blowout featuring an insane performance by Norm Siebern; he went 5-6 with 3 HRs and 8 RBI!. The '41 Yankees won games three, four, and five. Joe Gordon carried the offense in Game Three, a 4-3 win. Gordon drove in all four runs with a double and a homerun. In their 6-2 Game Four win, Joe Dimaggio hit a two-run homer and threw a runner out at the plate. In Game Five, Tommy Henrich broke a 3-3 tie in the 8th inning with a grand slam, on their way to a 7-5 win.
Dimaggio leads the '41 Yankees in hitting at .328 with 29 homeruns, 77 RBI, and a 1.070 OPS. Charlie Keller is hitting .268 with 21 homeruns, 63 RBI, and a .947 OPS. Johnny Murphy picked up three saves to give him 19 for the season with a 3.71 ERA.
Elston Howard continues to lead the '58 Yankees in hitting at .354 with a .976 OPS. Mickey Mantle took over the team lead in homeruns with 18 and 60 runs scored. Andy Carey still leads the team in RBI with 59 while hitting .249 with 17 homeruns. Ford’s two wins improved his record to 8-4 with a 2.60 ERA. The '58 Yankees will face off with the 49-35 1937 Yankees in the next series.