Greatest American League
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The 1962 Yankees split their six game series with the 1977 Yankees, the first modern DH-era championship Yankee team. The '62 Yankees remained two games under .500 at 5-7.
The series featured mostly low scoring games. The '62 Yankees won the first two games 4-2 and 6-2. The '77 Yankees won the next three games. They won Game Four in dramatic fashion 3-1 in 12 innings with Graig Nettles hitting a two-run walkoff homer. The '62 Yankees evened the series in the final game 3-1 when Elston Howard hit the go-ahead two run double in the 9th inning.
Reggie Jackson led the '77 Yankees in hitting at .304 for the series with a .993 OPS. Nettles had six RBI in the series. Staff ace Ed Figuerora struggled in his two starts, going 0-2 with a 3.71 ERA. They got great pitching from Ron Guidry, Don Gullett, and Catfish Hunter in their starts. They combined for only three earned runs in 26 innings pitched.
Roger Maris was quieter in this series for the '62 Yankees; his average dropped to .256; he also has yet to hit a homerun. Mickey Mantle raised his average to .220 and has 10 runs scored in 12 games. Ralph Terry lost his first start but still has an ERA below 2 (1.90). Whitey Ford is undefeated (2-0) with a 2.82 ERA. The '62 Yankees will take on the 1978 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1978 Yankees won four of six games from the 1962 Yankees, dropping them to 7-11.
The '62 Yankees won the first game 2-1 when Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris hit back-to-back homeruns against Ron Guidry in the 7th. The '78 Yankees won the next two games 3-1 and 3-0 in 10 innings. Willie Randolph broke the tie in the 10th with a three-run bomb. After dropping Game Four 3-2, the offense for the '78 Yankees woke up as they won the last two games 9-7 and 9-3.
Randolph hit .375 for the '78 Yankees in the series with a .944 OPS. Reggie Jackson scored six runs in the series while Thurman Munson drove in six runs; both hit .250. Guidry struck out 16 batters in 16 innings pitched. Goose Gossage saved three games in three appearances.
Maris hit his first two homeruns of the play in season and upped his RBI total to 12. Whitey Ford got rocked in his last start, surrendering six runs in one inning to baloon his ERA to 5.32. Meanwhile, Ralph Terry and Bill Stafford continue to baffle hitters with ERAs at 1.99 and 1.84 respectively. The '62 Yankees will battle the 1996 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1996 Yankees won their first series four games to two over the 1962 Yankees who dropped to a dead last 9-15.
Two of the first three games went to extra innings. The '62 Yankees won Game One 2-1 in 11 innings on a walkoff solo homer by Mickey Mantle. They won again in extras again in Game Three 6-3 in 13 innings in a game that had more than one dramatic twist; Mariano Duncan hit a three-run homerun in the 8th to tie the game 3-3. Johnny Blanchard later won the game for the '62 Bombers with a pinch hit three run blast. The '96 Yankees won the final three games of the series. They wiped out a 3-1 deficit in the bottom of the 8th in Game Four with a three run rally, capped off by a two run single by Derrick Jeter, for a 4-3 win. Andy Pettite pitched a strange shutout in their 3-0 Game Six win: Pettite gave up nine hits, but left 10 on base and had two base runners thrown out at the plate.
Duncan and Jeter had big series for the '96 Yankees; Duncan hit .375, Jeter hit .348, and they both had 5 RBI to lead the team. Pettite surrendered only one earned run in 17 innings pitched in the series.
Elston Howard hit .320 in the series to raise his average to .274. Mantle hit .300 to move his average to .244 with 25 walks, 18 runs scored, and a .940 OPS. Jim Bouton is 0-4 in five starts with a 3.00 ERA. The '62 Yankees will take on the 1998 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1998 Yankees beat the 1962 Yankees four out of six games to drop them two more games under .500 at 11-19.
Shane Spencer got the '98 Yankees off to a dramatic start with a pinch-hit grand slam in the 8th to lead the to an 8-5 win in Game One. After losing Game Two 4-3, the '98 Yankees overcame a 5-1 deficit with a six run rally in the 6th inning on their way to a 10-8 win. Jorge Posada hit two homeruns including a walkoff solo blast in the 9th for a 6-5 win in Game Four. The '62 Yankees struck back in Game Five with late heroics when Roger Maris hit a solo bomb in the top of the 11th for a 4-3 win. The '98 Yankees clinched the series win in the final game with no drama; a 9-1 drubbing.
The '98 Yankees were unbelievable at the plate: .309, 12 homeruns, and 39 runs scored. Five of their starters hit over .300 in the series led by Scott Brosius at .481 with nine runs scored. Bernie Williams hit .370 with three homeruns and nine RBI. Starting pitching wasn’t sterling, but Mariano Rivera picked up two saves in three appearances in 3 2/3 scoreless innings.
Bobby Richardson hit .455 in the series for the '62 Yankees to raise his overall average to .319. Maris hit .294 with two homers and seven RBI to give him a team-leading 23 RBI for the season. Jim Bouton and Roland Sheldon are now a combined 0-7 on the mound; Bouton has had bad luck with a 2.84 ERA while Sheldon has been awful with a 6.19 ERA. The '62 Yankees will take on the 1999 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1962 Yankees won their first series as they beat the 1999 Yankees four games to two. Tom Tresh hit a two-run walkoff HR off Mariano Rivera in the 11th to give the '62 Yankees a 2-1 Game One win. There were two more extra inning games in this series. The '62 Yankees won 7-5 in 10 innings in Game Five to take a 4-1 series lead. The '99 Yankees won a wild 4-3 14 inning marathon that featured six homeruns, including a walkoff bomb by Jim Leyritz.
The '62 Yankees improved their record to 15-21. Bobby Richardson leads the team in hitting at .314. Mickey Mantle leads the team in runs scored with 27 while hitting .258 with eight homeruns. Roger Maris drove in five more runs to give him a team-leading 28 on the season. In his seven starts, Ralph Terry is 4-1 with a 2.03 ERA. Jim Bouton remains winless at 0-5 with a 2.92 ERA. Marshall Bridges reduced his ERA to 3.38 while picking up his 9th save. The '99 Yankees will take on the 2000 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1999 Yankees defeated the 2000 Yankees four games to two to even their record to 6-6.
After dropping Game One 8-2, the '99 Yankees ripped off the next four games in a row. Game Two, a 9-8 slugfest, was wild. '99 starter Andy Pettite put his team in a hole early by walking home THREE consecutive runs. After rallying to tie the game, '99 closer Mariano Rivera gave up a go-ahead RBI double by Scott Brosius. '00 Rivera fared even worse when he gave up a two-run walkoff homer by Bernie Williams. They won Game Four by an identical 9-8 score in 12 innings thanks to go-ahead Ricky Ledee RBI single. In their final win, a 3-2 nailbiter, '00 starter Denny Neagle walked eight batters in six innings, including four in a row in the fifth to give the '99 Yankees the go-ahead run.
Derek Jeter leads the '99 Yankees in hitting after 12 games at .302. Williams leads the club in runs scored (10), homeruns (3) and RBI (8). Roger Clemens and Orlando Hernandez have combined for a 3-0 record and a 1.31 ERA in their five starts. Allen Watson has pitched 10 1/3 scoreless innings in relief.
Luis Polonia and Tino Martinez hit over .300 in the series (.316 for Polonia and .304 for Martinez). Williams had a .410 On base percentage despite hitting only .190. He scored seven runs to lead the team. Paul O’Neil made his .214 average count with a team-leading seven RBI. Clemens won both of his starts with a 3.38 ERA and struck out 14 batters in 16 innings. The 2000 Yankees will take on the final Yankee championship team from 2009 in the next series.
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The 2000 Yankees and the 2009 Yankees split their six game series, keeping the 2000 Yankees two games under .500 at 5-7.
The 2000 Yankees won Game One 2-1 thanks to Derek Jeter’s two-run go-ahead homer in the 5th. The '09 Yankees won Game Two 9-2 as Alex Rodriguez went 2-3 with a triple, homerun and five RBI. Both teams went back and forth from there.
A Rod hit .364 in the series for the '09 Yankees with seven runs scored, five RBI, and a 1.143 OPS. Jorge Posada hit .333 with six RBI and a 1.051 OPS. CC Sabathia lost both of his starts despite a 2.12 ERA.
Jose Canseco is hitting .357 in his four starts with a 1.366 OPS. Luis Polonia (.269) is the only regular hitting above .250. Andy Pettite won both of his starts for a 2-0 record and 2.57 ERA. David Cone, Denny Neagle, and Orlando Hernandez have been tattooed to ERAs of 6.35, 6.97, and 10.80.
Every Yankee team has now played at least one series. The 1951 and 1953 Yankees both have 5-1 records. The 2000 Yankees will take on the 1962 Yankees in the next series.
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The 2000 Yankees won four out of six games with the 1962 Yankees to even their overall record to 9-9. The '62 Yankees dropped to 17-25, last among all the Yankee teams.
This was a fun series with big offensive and pitching performances. The 2K Yankees won a wild Game One 10-9 in 11 innings, a game that featured five homeruns, two by David Justice, and five lead changes. Every player on both teams except Elston Howard either scored or drove in a run. Derek Jeter won the slugfest with a walkoff double. Game Two was almost as wild; the '62 Yankees won 12-11 despite four more homers by the 2K Bombers, two by Bernie Williams. Mickey Mantle drove in five RBI in the game. The baseballs remained juiced in Game Three as the ‘62 Yankees won 6-5 thanks to Roger Maris’ second tater of the game, a solo shot off 2K closer Mariano Rivera in the 9th. Five total homers were hit in this game. Roger Clemens had enough of the fireworks and shut down the '62 Yankees in Game Four with a complete game and 12 strikeouts in a 5-1 win. The 2K Yankees won the final two games 8-2 and 5-2 in 10 innings.
Jose Canseco, platooning as the DH, is hitting .421 with a 1.605 OPS in 22 plate appearances. Williams is hitting .257 and leads the club in homeruns (4), runs scored (15) and RBI (14) along with Paul O’Neill and Tino Martinez. Clemens and Andy Pettitte are a combined 6-1 with a 2.60 ERA. The other three starters, Orlando Hernandez, Denny Neagle, and David Cone are a combined 1-5 with a 8.81 ERA.
Mantle hit .417 in the series for the '62 Yankees with three homers and 12 RBI to raise his average to .284 with a team leading 11 homeruns and 32 runs scored. Maris still leads the team in RBI with 34 while hitting .245 with nine homers. Ralph Terry continues to be reliable on the mound with a 4-1 record and 2.52 ERA in nine starts. Jim Bouton and Roland Sheldon continue to be winless at 0-6 and 0-4 with ERAs of 3.42 and 6.46 respectively. Marshall Bridges has 11 saves but also three losses with a 4.74 ERA. The 1962 Yankees will play the 1949 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1962 Yankees won five of six games in their series with the 1949 Yankees to boost their record to 22-26. The 1949 Yankees dropped to 11-19, last place in the standings.
The '62 Yankees scored 47 runs in the series, nearly eight runs a game. They started with a bang in Game 1 with three homeruns and five runs in the first inning on their way to a 7-3 win. Elston Howard banged two homers. They hit four more homers in a 15-7 win in Game Two. The '49 Yankees got their only win in Game 3, 19-7, a game with 18 hits and 13 walks! Jerry Coleman and Gene Woodling scored five runs apiece in the game. Mickey Mantle did a little of everything in the '62 Yankees 2-1 win in Game 5; Mantle drove in both runs and threw out '49 Yankees pinch runner George Stirnweiss at the plate to end the game.
Mantle had another monster series for the ‘62 Yankees. Mantle hit .500 with four homers and eight RBI to bring his overall average up to .310. He leads the team in homeruns with 15, runs scored with 41 and OPS at 1.096. Roger Maris’ average dropped to .238 but hit his 10th homer and leads the team in RBI with 36. Ralph Terry picked up his fifth win as his ERA dropped to 2.36.
Tommy Henrich is raking for the '49 Yankees; he leads the team in hitting at .316, homeruns with 10, runs scored with 29 and RBI with 37 in 30 games with a 1.156 OPS. Joe Dimaggio missed a couple of games due to injury but is hitting .290 with a 1.032 OPS. Pitching has been horrific; after 30 games, they have a 5.86 team ERA. Fred Sanford and Tommy Byrne are both 0-5 with ERAs of 9.52 and 9.59 respectively. The '49 Yankees will take on the 1947 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1956 Yankees won four of six games from the 1949 Yankees in a series that featured three games ending in walk-off hits. The '56 Yankees evened their record to 9-9 while the '49 Yankees dropped further below .500 at 15-27.
The '49 Yankees took Game One 5-4 on a walk-off single by Tommy Henrich that scored Joe Dimaggio who had hit a two-out triple. The '56 Yankees won the next four games. In Game Three, they won 11-0; Tom Sturdivant pitched a three-hit shutout while every player either scored or drove in a run. They won Game Four 4-3 in 11 innings on a Hank Bauer walk-off triple. They trailed Game Five in the bottom of the 9th 3-2 with two outs when Bob Cerv hit a pinch-hit homerun to tie the game; Gil McDougald singled and Enos Slaughter walked, leading to a walk-off single by Mickey Mantle for a 5-4 come-from-behind win. The '49 Yankees won the final game 9-1 in which every player either scored or drove in a run.
The 1956 Yankees have three players hitting .300 or better: McDougald .306 with 13 runs scored, Yogi Berra .303 with 19 RBI, and Mantle .300 with 13 runs scored and a .910 OPS. Whitey Ford is off to a great start with a 3-0 record in four starts and a 2.12 ERA.
Dimaggio cooled a little in this series but is still hitting over .300 at .303 with a team-leading 14 homeruns, 36 runs scored, and a 1.068 OPS. Henrich slumped in this series as he dropped to .276 while he still leads the club in RBI with 43. Vic Raschi won both of his starts to boost his record to 5-1 with a 4.61 ERA. The '49 Yankees will take on the 1936 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1936 Yankees won four of six games from the 1949 Yankees to even their record to 9-9. The 1949 Yankees dropped further behind in the standings with a record of 17-31.
The '36 Yankees pounded the '49 Yankees pitching to the tune of 55 run in the six games. They came out of Game One with a bang; Lou Gehrig and Bill Dickey each drove in five runs, Gehrig with two homers and Dickey with two triples in a 16-6 win. After dropping Game Two 7-2, the '49 Yankees came from behind in Game Three 8-7; the '49 Yankees trailed 7-5 in the 9th when Yogi Berra tied the game with a two-run single and Mickie Witek won it with a walk-off single. The '36 Yankees pounded the '49 Yankees in Game Four 12-0. Red Ruffing pitched a four-hit shutout and went 2-3 at the plate with three RBI. The '49 Yankees won Game Five 7-4 thanks to another late rally. Trailing 4-3 in the
8th, Berra hit a three-run homer to give them the lead. The '36 Yankees won the final game 9-3 in a game in which they hit nine extra base hits (seven doubles and two homers).Gehrig, Dickey, and Joe Dimaggio are triple mashing it for the '36 Yankees. Gehrig came into the series hitting .457 with a 1.500 OPS and “dropped” to .414 with 10 homeruns, 26 RBI, 27 runs scored and a 1.466 OPS in 18 games. Dimaggio is hitting .383 with six homers and a 1.266 OPS. Dickey is hitting .362 with a 1.003 OPS. Johnny Broacca is 3-1 in five appearances, three starts, with a 2.62 ERA to lead the pitching staff.
'49 Dimaggio missed two games due to injury; he dropped to .299 with 14 homeruns and a 1.050 OPS. Tommy Henrich dropped to .264 but added three RBI to give him a team-leading 46 for the season. He also leads the team in runs scored with 39. Vic Raschi picked up his 6th win; his 4.66 ERA is the lowest on the entire pitching staff except for closer Joe Page (2.82). The '49 Yankees will take on the 1958 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1949 Yankees and the 1958 Yankees split their six game series. The '49 Yankees remain in last at 20-34 while the '58 Yankees stay two games under .500 at 11-13.
Don Larsen who pitched a perfect game in the 1956 World Series, no-hit the '49 Yankees in a 3-0 win. Offense took over the next two games; the '49 Yankees won Game Two 10-3. The '58 Yankees won a wild Game Three 17-8. They jumped out to a 5-0 first inning lead only to see the '49 Yankees take a 7-5 lead in the third. The '58 Yankees scored nine runs in the last two innings to seal the win. After the '49 Yankees won the next two games, the '58 Yankees earned a split with a 7-6 win in 11 innings. Andy Carey tied the game 6-6 with a solo homerun in the 8th and Norm Siebern hit a walkoff double in the 11th to win it.
Hank Bauer leads the '58 Yankees in hitting after 24 games at .316. Mickey Mantle is hitting .274 with a .989 OPS and leads the team in runs scored with 19. Carey leads the team in homers and RBI with 6 and 16 respectively. Despite the no-hitter, Larsen has struggled on the mound at 2-2 with a 5.36 ERA. Whitey Ford has been their most effective starter at 2-2 with a 3.08 ERA.
Dimaggio hit his 15th homerun in the series while raising his average to .303 with a 1.048 OPS. Tommy Henrich hit .333 with two homeruns and 10 RBI in the series to raise his overall average to .272 with 14 homeruns, 56 RBI, 45 runs scored and a .949 OPS. Vic Raschi picked up his 7th win and dropped his ERA to 4.41. Joe Page collected his 11th save in the series while reducing his ERA to 2.55. The '49 Yankees will take on the 1927 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1927 Yankees beat the stew out of the 1949 Yankees in a six game sweep in which they battered the '49 Yankees pitching staff to the tune of 93 runs. The '27 Yankees improved to 12-6 while the '49 Yankees fell further at 18-36.
Despite the awful pitching, the '49 Yankees were competitive in some of the games. In Game One, they came back from a 9-3 deficit with five runs in the seventh inning and took a 10-9 lead on a two-run Tommy Henrich homer in the eighth. The homer capped off a huge game for Henrich who went 5-6 with five RBI. The '27 Yankees tied the game in the ninth on a two-out RBI single by Joe Dugan. They scored five runs in the 10th and held on for a 15-12 win. Game Two was a 26-0 bloodletting. They scored 11 of their runs in the 4th inning alone. Dutch Ruether not only pitched a three-hit shutout but went 4-6 at the plate with a homerun and five RBI at the plate. Tony Lazzeri went 3-4 with a homerun and five RBI. Mark Koenig had SIX hits and five RBI. Lou Gehrig went 2-6 with a homerun and six runs scored. Game Three was another comeback win. They overcame a 7-4 deficit with four runs in the 8th, capped by a three-run homer by Lazzeri for a 8-7 win. Game Four was another blowout. in their 17-4 win, Earle Combs was 5-6 with four runs scored. Bob Meusel was 3-4 with two doubles and seven RBI. Lazzeri was 3-6 with a homerun and five RBI. Game Five was another thriller. The '49 Yankees got off to a quick start with four runs in the first, including a two-run blast by Johnny Mize. The '27 Yankees scored the next seven runs to take a 7-4 lead. The '49 Yankees retaliated with seven runs in the 6th thanks to a pinch hit bases loaded triple by Mikey Witek and a three-run dinger by Joe Dimaggio. The '27 Yankees came right back with three in the 7th and took the lead with a two-run homer by Gehrig in th 8th as they held on for a 12-11 victoryT. The '27 Yankees put their final stamp on this series with a 15-4 smackdown led by Gehrig who went 4-5 with a double, homerun, and seven RBI.
The '27 Yankees offense was absolutely stupid. Six starters are hitting over .320. Babe Ruth hit .600 in the series with four homeruns and 14 RBI. Overall he is hitting .456 with nine homeruns, 28 RBI, 29 runs scored and a 1.583 OPS. Bob Meusel hit .519 in the series with 18 RBI. He is hitting .375 overall with 30 RBI with a 1.202 OPS. Gehrig hit .480 in the series with four homeruns and 14 RBI. Overall, he is hitting .362 with seven homeruns, 26 RBI, 28 runs scored and a 1.297 OPS. Lazzeri hit .482 with five homeruns and 19 RBI! Overall, he is hitting .329 with six homeruns, 25 RBI and a 1.029 OPS. Waite Hoyt picked up his fourth straight win with just a 1.03 ERA in four starts.
Dimaggio and Henrich continue to carry the offense for the '49 Yankees. Dimaggio continues to be consistent, hitting .307 with 14 homeruns, 48 runs scored and a 1.087 OPS. Henrich heated up again, hitting .444 with 12 RBI. He is back up to .295 overall with 16 homers, 64 RBI, 49 runs scored and a .993 OPS. Through 54 games, the pitching staff has a 6.69 team ERA. Every pitcher except closer Joe Page has an ERA of 4.80 or higher. The '49 Yankees will try to get it together in their next series against the 1999 Yankees.
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The 1949 Yankees ended their losing skid by defeating the 1999 Yankees four games to two in their series. The '49 Yankees remain in last place at 22-38 while the '99 Yankees dropped to 8-10.
The '49 Yankees won the first four games of this series thanks to the return of…PITCHING! Vic Raschi pitched a two-out shutout in a 4-0 win in Game Two. Raschi was effectively wild in this game; he walked eight and struck out 13. Eddie Lopat pitched a four-hit shutout in Game Four in a 3-0 win. The '99 Yankees salvaged the last two games including a 16-7 offensive explosion. Chuck Knoblach hit two homeruns, and every '99 Yankee starter either scored or drove in a run. Johnny Mize hit two dingers in a losing cause for the '49 Yankees.
Joe Dimaggio continues to be steady and productive for the '49 Yankees, leading the team in hitting at .308 with 15 homeruns, 42 RBI, 53 runs scored and a 1.088 OPS. Tommy Henrich hit two homeruns in Game One, including a solo shot in the 8th inning that broke a 3-3 tie as the '49 Yankees won 5-4. Henrich dropped to .284 overall but leads the team in homers (18), RBI (67), and runs scored (55). Raschi improved his record to 7-1 and dropped his ERA to 4.46. Lopat’s shutout boosted his record to 3-7 and lowered his ERA to 4.32.
Paul O’Neill leads the '99 Yankees in hitting at .321, but he is homerless in 18 games. Derek Jeter leads the team in runs scored with 14 while hitting .320 but he only has one homer and three RBI despite batting third! Bernie Williams is hitting .290 and leads the team in homeruns (4), RBI (14) and OPS (.944). Orlando Hernandez is off to a great start on the mound at 2-0 with a 1.62 ERA in his first four starts. David Cone and Andy Pettitte, on the other hand, have ERAs over 7. The 1999 Yankees will take on the 1947 Yankees in the next series.
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After dropping three of the first four games, the 1999 Yankees salvaged a split in their six game series with the 1947 Yankees by winning the final two games. The 1999 Yankees remain two games under .500 at 11-13 while the '47 Yankees also remain two under at 8-10.
The '99 Yankees won Game One 8-2 despite committing five errors; Bernie Williams blasted two homeruns in the game. The '47 Yankees won the next three games 7-5, 3-1, and 4-1. Game Four featured a triple play executed by Chuck Knoblauch, not known for his defense. The '99 Yankees won the final two games 4-1 and 11-8.
Joe Dimaggio leads the '47 Yankees in hitting at .268 and runs scored with 13. Billy Johnson leads the team in RBI with 15, despite hitting just .235. Allie Reynolds has a 2.98 ERA in four starts but with a 2-3 record to show for it. Bob Newsom has fared better at 3-1 with a 3.06 ERA. Joe Page picked up three saves in the series to give him seven for seven with a 2.25 ERA.
Derek Jeter raised his average slightly to .323 to lead the team but with not as many empty calories; Jeter hit two homers and drove in seven to give him 3 and 10 respectively for the season. Paul O’Neill dropped to .294 but hit his first homerun of the season. Williams hit three dingers in the series to give him seven for the season along with 21 RBI while hitting .281 with a .993 OPS. Orlando Hernandez lost his first decision but still has a stellar 2.23 ERA. David Cone and Andy Pettitte pitched better, lowering their ERAs to 5.81 and 5.32 respectively. The '99 Yankees will face the 1952 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1999 Yankees won five of their six games over the 1952 Yankees to move back over .500 at 16-14. The 1952 Yankees fell to 9-15.
The '99 Yankees won Game One 3-1 thanks to a bizarre moment; Derek Jeter got ejected in the 5th inning arguing balls and strikes while batting with the bases loaded. Alfonso Siriano took his place and hit a bases clearing double to give the '99 Yankees all the runs they would need in that game. Jeter helped the '99 Yankees to a walkoff 4-3 win by legging out a fielder’s choice that foiled an attempted double play, resulting in the winning run. After bashing the '52 Yankees 12-3 in Game Three, the '99 Yankees won their fourth straight game 3-2. Darrell Strawberry hit a two-out, two-run pinch hit double in the 7th to take the lead. The '52 Yankees won their only game 7-3 in Game Five before losing the last game of the series 4-3.
Ricky Ledee became the new team leader in batting for the '99 Yankees at .298 after Jeter slumped in this series to drop to .297. Chuck Knoblauch leads the team in runs scored with 30 while hitting .271. Bernie Williams continues to blast dingers with three more in this series to give him 10 on the season and nine RBI to give him 30 for the season. Orlando Hernandez won his lone start to boost his record to 3-1 and lowered his ERA to 2.00. Mariano Rivera blew a save but saved several others to give him nine in 14 appearances with a 2.21 ERA.
Mickey Mantle and Hank Bauer continue to rip it at the plate, hitting .366 and .352 respectively. Mantle and Gene Woodling lead the team in runs scored with 20. Joe Collins leads the team in homers (6) and RBI (26) while hitting .281. Allie Reynolds has been stellar in his five starts at 4-0 with a 2.97 ERA. The rest of the starting five has struggled: Eddie Lopat 5.44 ERA, Vic Raschi 5.81 ERA, Bill Miller 7.00, Johnny Sain 7.82 ERA. The '52 Yankees will take on the 1947 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1947 Yankees nearly swept the 1952 Yankees in their six game series. They won the first five games before losing the finale 2-1; the '47 Yankees raised their record to 13-11 while the '52 Yankees dropped to 10-20, last place by percentage points.
Game one was a marathon that went 16 innings before the '47 Yankees prevailed 6-3. 29 men from both teams combined were left on base. Spud Chandler pitched a 1-hit shutout in Game Two for a 7-0 win. Game Two was the only game won by more than three runs.
Joe Dimaggio is the lone '47 Yankee hitting over .300 at .310, but with a .797 OPS, he is not hitting a lot of extra bases. Dimaggio leads the team in runs scored with 17 and RBI with 18. Joe Page picked up his 10th save in 11 appearances with a 1.46 ERA.
Mickey Mantle and Hank Bauer cooled off a little in this series. Mantle’s average dropped to .348 but still has a robust OPS of 1.033. Bauer dropped to .327 with a .935 OPS. Gene Woodling leads the team in runs scored with 23 while hitting .264. Joe Collins is hitting .282 and leads the team in homers (6) and RBI (28). Pitching continues to be horrific with four of the five starters with ERAs of 5 or more. The '52 Yankees will take on the 1962 Yankees in the next series.
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After losing two of the first three games, the 1962 Yankees won their final three games against the 1952 Yankees to win the series 4-2.
The '52 Yankees won the first game of the series 4-3 thanks to a late comeback. Gene Woodling tied the game in the 9th with a two-out RBI triple. Yogi Berra followed with a walk-off double. Elston Howard’s 9th inning go-ahead homerun helped the '62 Yankees tie the series with a 5-4 win. Games 4-6 was the Tom Tresh show for the '62 Yankees. Tresh hit a two-out walk-off triple in a 7-6 10 inning win in Game Four. In Game 5, Tresh hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the 8th for a 4-2 win. Tresh concluded his heroics with a walk-off homer in the 9th for a 3-2 win.
1962 Mickey Mantle leads the team in hitting at .290 with 16 homeruns and 44 runs scored. Roger Maris leads the team in RBI with 41 while hitting .244 with 11 homeruns. Ralph Terry and Whitey Ford picked up their sixth win; Terry’s ERA is at 2.35 while Ford’s dropped to 4.94. Marshall Bridges had a rocky series but picked up his 14th save with a 3.65 ERA.
1952 Mickey Mantle raised his average to .377 and his OPS to 1.119. He and Woodling are tied with the most runs scored with 27. Joe Collins, hitting .273, leads the team in homers (8) and RBI (33). Allie Reynolds picked up his fifth win to go with a 3.06 ERA. The '52 Yankees will play the '58 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1952 Yankees and the 1958 Yankees split their six game series in which the two teams alternately won every game of the series. The 1958 Yankees remained two games under .500 at 14-16 while the 1952 Yankees stayed 12 games under at 15-27.
The series followed the pattern of the '52 Yankees winning the odd numbered games and the '58 Yankees winning the even numbered games. The key contest was Game Four. The '52 Yankees took a one run lead in the bottom of the 9th, 10th, and 11th innings, only for the '58 Yankees to tie the game each time. Yogi Berra tied the game 3-3 in the 9th on a sac fly. Norm Siebern hit a two-out RBI single in the 10th to tie the game 4-4 after Billy Martin’s error kept the game alive. Tony Kubek tied the game 5-5 with a two-out RBI single. Kubek closed out his hero role with a walk-off single in the 13th to give the '58 Yankees a 6-5 win. Pitching dominated the final two games. Allie Reynolds pitched a no-hitter in Game Five to lead the '52 Yankees to a 1-0 win; Johnny Kucks countered in the final game with a four-hit shutout to lead the '58 Yankees to a 3-0 win.
Hank Bauer is the '58 Yankees top hitter at .276. Mickey Mantle is hitting just .242 but has a .440 OBP, thanks to his 35 walks in 30 games. He also leads the team in runs scored with 20. Andy Carey is hitting .257 and leads the team in homers (8) and RBI (18). Kuck’s shutout was his first complete game and evened his record to 2-2 and lowered his ERA to 4.46. Ryne Duran has six saves in 11 appearances with a 1.02 ERA.
'52 Yankees Mantle’s average dropped to .364 with a 1.065 OPS. He and Gene Woodling lead the team in runs scored with 31. Jeff Collins (.268) continued to lead the team in homers (10) and RBI (39). The no-hitter raised Reynolds record to 6-1 with a 2.69 ERA. The '52 Yankees will take on the 1977 Yankees in the next series.