Greatest American League
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The 1939 Yankees defeated the 1977 Yankees four games to two to improve their record to 7-5. The '77 Yankees continued to plummet, falling to 20-34.
The '39 Yankees took two of the first three games before winning a pivotal Game Four 11-8. The '77 Yankees trailed 7-4 in the 8th inning and scored four runs, three coming on a two-out three-run homer by Roy White to take an 8-7 lead. The '39 Yankees came back with four runs of their own in the bottom of the inning, three coming on a bases-clearing pinch hit double by George Selkirk to secure the victory. The '77 Yankees won the next game 4-2 by scoring all of their runs in the 9th inning, two coming on a Chris Chambliss two-run double. The '39 Yankees clinched the series with a 9-1 win in the final game.
Joe Dimaggio’s average LOWERED to .414 after this series for the '39 Yankees but drove in five more runs to give him 21 after 12 games with a 1.377 OPS. Charlie Keller hit .391 in the series to raise his average to .340 with a 1.096 OPS and scored 10 runs to give him 15 for the season. Lefty Gomez and Atley Donald have gotten off to good starts for the pitching staff; Gomez is 2-1 with a 2.63 while Donald is 2-0 with a 2.12 ERA.
Reggie Jackson and Thurman Munson continue to carry the '77 Yankee offense. Jackson is hitting .286 with 12 homeruns and 35 runs scored to lead the team. Munson is hitting .283 and leads the team in RBI with 32. Ron Guidry picked up his fourth win and at 3.62 owns the only ERA on the starting staff below 4.70. The '77 Yankees will challenge the 3-3 1938 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1938 Yankees flexed their offensive muscle against the 1977 Yankees, winning four of the six games to improve their record to 7-5. The '77 Yankees dropped to 22-38.
Game One featured 9th inning dramatics; the '38 Yankees trailed 4-2 in the 9th but scored two runs off closer Sparky Lyle, one on a Willie Randolph error, the other on a sacrifice fly. The '77 Yankees won in the bottom of the inning on a walk-off double by Chris Chambliss. The '38 Yankees abused '77 Yankee pitching in the next two games, winning 13-1 and 23-4. Every Yankee starter had at least one hit in Game Three. Several '38 Yankees starred in Game Four: Bill Dickey went 3-4 with a homer and five RBI. Joe Dimaggio was 3-5 with a triple, homer, and six RBI. George Selkirk was 2-4 with five runs scored. Roy White led the '77 Yankees to a 7-4 win in Game Four to even the series; White went 3-4 at the plate with a homerun, three runs scored, three RBI and two stolen bases. Lyle picked up his second blown save of the series in Game Five; Trailing 4-1 in the 9th, Dimaggio hit a two-run tater and Red Rolfe hit an RBI double to send the game into extras. Rolfe came back to hit a walk-off double in the 13th for a 5-4 win. Dickey went 5-5 at the plate in Game Six with a double, two HRs, and 3 RBI to clinch the series for the '38 Yankees with a 7-2 win.
Dickey hit .464 in the series with three homeruns and 10 RBI. He raised his average to .353 with four homers, 12 RBI and a 1.039 OPS. Dimaggio hit .483 with a couple of homers and 12 RBI in the series to boost his average to .327, three homeruns and a team high 13 RBI and 1.115 OPS. Tommy Henrich is hitting .327 and leads the team in runs scored with nine. Monte Pearson and Spud Chandler have both won their first two starts with ERAs of 2.25 and 3.07 respectively.
Thurman Munson has taken over the team lead for the '77 Yankees in hitting at .289 and leads the team in RBI with 37. Reggie Jackson is hitting .288 and leads the team in homeruns with 12. Roy White is hitting just .230 but leads the team in runs scored with 40. Lyle did pick up his 10th save in the series, but his two blown saves ballooned his ERA to 3.56. The '77 Yankees will take on the 18-18 1937 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1937 Yankees dominated the 1977 Yankees, winning five of their six games to up their record to 23-19. The '77 Yankees dug themselves further in the basement at 23-43.
The '37 Yankees won the first five games of this series. In Game One, they scored three runs off Ron Guidry in the first inning and held on for a 3-1 win. They scored eight runs in the next two games and won 8-1 and 8-2 respectively. Bump Hadley had a big day in the '37 Yankees 7-2 win in Game Four; Hadley pitched a complete game and drove in two runs at the plate. The '77 Yankees salvaged a win in the final game 3-1 on the back of Reggie Jackson who accounted for all three runs with two homeruns.
Lou Gehrig hit .315 in the series, which actually dropped his overall average to .338; he leads the '37 Yankees in runs scored with 46 and OPS at 1.277. Joe Dimaggio is hitting .284 and leads the team in homeruns (18) and RBI (52). Their pitching was fantastic in this series, limiting the '77 Yankees to 11 runs in six games. Lefty Gomez is 5-1 with a 1.75 ERA. Red Ruffing is 5-2 with a 2.44 ERA.
Jackson’s two homeruns in the final game gave him 15 for the season to go with a team-leading .280 average, 39 RBI, and 41 runs scored (team best along with Roy White). Guidry surrendered only three earned runs in his two starts, lowering his ERA to 3.77 to go with a 5-5 record. Ed Figueroa now has double digit losses at 1-10 with a 5.08 ERA. The '77 Yankees will take on the 9-9 1936 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1936 Yankees won four of six games against the 1977 Yankees to move to 13-11 while the '77 Yankees continue to drop further below .500 at 25-47.
The '77 Yankees won the first and last game of the series, and the '36 Yankees won all four games in between. Thurman Munson went 3-5 with a double, homerun, and five RBI to lead the '77 Yankees to a 8-4 win in Game One. Lou Gehrig countered with two homeruns, three RBI, and three runs scored to lead the '36 Yankees to a 8-1 Game Two win. Tony Lazzeri went 3-4 with two doubles and four RBI in Game Six to help the '36 Yankees clinch the series in Game Five 6-2. Bucky Dent drove in four runs on 3-4 hitting with a homer to salvage a 9-4 win for the '77 Yankees in the final game.
Gehrig hit .368 in the series which actually brought his average down to .404; he hit four dingers and drove in 10 runs to give him 14 and 36 for the play in season. Bill Dickey is hitting .362 with 26 RBI and a 1.020 OPS. Joe Dimaggio is hitting .358 with a 1.111 OPS. The offense has had to carry a pitching staff that has had a subpar 5.16 Team ERA through the first 24 games.
Munson leads the '77 Yankees in hitting at .277 with 11 HRs and a team-leading 47 RBI. Reggie Jackson dropped to .275 with a team-best 16 HRs and 41 RBI. Ed Figueroa’s nightmarish season continued with another loss to drop his record to 1-11 with a 5.35 ERA. The '77 Yankees will play the 1923 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1923 Yankees beat the 1977 Yankees four out of six games to improve their overall record to 7-5. The '77 Yankees reached the halfway mark of the play in season at 27-51.
They got off to a good start in Game One by beating the '23 Yankees in Game One 6-5 in 10 innings. It was a game that either tied or had the lead change hands five times; Mickey Rivers won the game with a walk-off double in the 10th. The '23 Yankees won the next two games by a combined score of 14-1. Sam Jones pitched a five-hit shutout in Game Two for a 8-0 win. The '77 Yankees won 6-2 in Game Four to tie the series at 2-2. Game Five was full of late drama; Roy White tied the game 5-5 in the 9th with a solo homerun, but Babe Ruth countered with a two-run Babe Blast walk-off to win it 7-5. Joe Bush gave the '23 Yankees their second shutout of the series, a five-hitter, as they won the final game 7-0, led by Bob Meusel who went 3-4 with a homerun and four RBI.
Ruth hit .444 in the series with five homeruns (he homered in five of the six games) and 12 RBI; overall he is hitting .324 with eight homers , 21 RBI, and a 1.608 OPS. Meusel hit .375 with two homers and eight RBI to raise his average to .320 with 11 RBI and a .946 OPS. Jones’ shutout brought his ERA down to 1.80 in two winning starts. Waite Hoyt is also 2-0 with a 1.35 ERA.
Thurman Munson and Reggie Jackson continue to carry the offense, both hitting .280. Munson has 11 HRs and 49 RBI while Jackson has 16 HRs and 43 RBI. Catfish Hunter became the second starter to lose double digit games (3-10 with a 6.00 ERA). The '77 Yankees will battle with the 1943 Yankees in the next series.
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After nine straight series that they either lost or split, the 1977 Yankees finally won a series, defeating the 1943 Yankees in four out of six games to improve their record to 31-53. The '43 Yankees dropped to 5-7.
The '77 Yankees broke out their offense in this series in a big way. They started out with a 14-0 blowout. They hit four triples and three homeruns in the game, led by Reggie Jackson who went 3-5 at the plate, a single away from hitting the cycle, and five RBI. Ed Figueroa, who won both of his starts pitched a three-hit shutout. The '43 Yankees tied the series in Game Two 4-3 when Billy Johnson hit a go-ahead triple in the 9th inning off Sparky Lyle. After winning Game Three 8-1, the '77 Yankees embarrassed the '43 Yankees in Game Four 20-1. They scored 15 of their runs in the second inning alone, NINE BEFORE RECORDING THEIR FIRST OUT!. Every player had a run scored AND an RBI, led by Roy White who had five RBI in the game. The '43 Yankees won Game Five 8-5 despite two more homers by Jackson. The '77 Yankees clinched the series with a 6-2 win in the final game.
Jackson had an enormous series, hitting .407 with six dingers and 14 RBI to raise his average to .293 with 22 homeruns and 57 RBI. Thurman Munson hit .482 in the series with nine RBI to shoot his average up to .296 with 12 homeruns and 58 RBI. Figueroa lowered his ERA to 4.59 and improved his record to 3-12. Ron Guidry went over .500 in his start at 7-6 and lowered his ERA to 3.50.
Bill Dickey leads the '43 Yankees in hitting at .310 with a .453 OBP. Bud Matheny is hitting .250 and leads the team in homeruns (4), RBI (10) and runs scored (7). Tiny Bonham has an enormous ERA (12.66) in his two starts. Johnny Murphy as three saves in four appearances with four scoreless innings pitched. The '43 Yankees will battle the 1949 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1943 Yankees evened their record at 9-9 by beating the 1949 Yankees four out of six games. The '49 Yankees dropped to 28-44.
The '43 Yankees won the first two games 7-2 and 3-2. Nick Etten went 3-4 with four RBI in Game One and Joe Gordon won Game Two with a walk-off triple. Tommy Byrne struck out 10 for the '49 Yankees in defeat. The '49 Yankees won a wild Game Three 9-5 in 13 innings. Trailing 4-1 in the 8th inning, the '43 Yankees tied the game on a two-run homer by Bud Metheny. The teams traded runs in the 11th. Joe Dimaggio’s three-run blast capped a four run 13th inning that game the '49 Yankees the win. The '43 Yankees pitching took over the next two games as Spud Chandler and Butch Wensloff pitched back-to-back shutouts in wins of 3-0 and 6-0. The '49 Yankees won the final game 6-3.
Bill Dickey is hitting .324 to lead the '43 Yankees. Metheny’s average dropped to .216 but he leads the team in homers (5) and RBI along with Etten (13). Joe Gordon is hitting .234 but leads the team in runs scored with 11. Chandler’s three-hitter bettered his record to 2-2 and lowered his ERA to 3.41. Wensloff’s three-hitter dropped his ERA to 4.80 with a 2-3 record.
Dimaggio leads the '49 Yankees in hitting at .320, homeruns with 21, runs scored with 61, and OPS at 1.128. Tommy Henrich’s average dropped to .260 with 18 homeruns and a team-leading 63 RBI. Vic Raschi is 8-2 despite a higher than average 4.31 ERA, best on the team. The '49 Yankees will take on the 9-9 1932 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1932 Yankees defeated the 1949 Yankees four games to two in their six game series to improve their record to 13-11. The '49 Yankees dropped to 30-48.
Offense ruled the first four games. The '32 Yankees won the first two games 10-3 and 11-2. In Game One, Red Ruffing pitched a complete game and went 3-5 at the plate with a double, HR, and two RBI. Babe Ruth hit two homers and a triple in a 4-5 performance with five RBI. Frankie Crosetti led the attack in Game Two, going 2-5 with a double, HR and five RBI. The '49 Yankees won the next two games 12-5 and 9-2. Hank Bauer was a perfect 5-5 at the plate in Game Four with three runs scored while Joe Dimaggio was 3-4 with a double, HR and five RBI. The '32 Yankees won the last two games 2-1 and 3-2 with better pitching. Earle Combs hit a walk-off single to win the final game.
Ruth hit .478 in the series with three homers and seven RBI to raise his average to .371 with 13 HRs, 29 RBI and a 1.356 OPS. Tony Lazzeri is hitting .358 and leads the team in runs scored, along with Ruth with 23. Lou Gehrig is hitting a mere .253 and is homerless in his first 24 games. George Pipgras continued his hot start, raising his record to 4-1 with a 2.73 ERA.
Dimaggio drove in eight runs in the series to give him 68 for the play-in season to go with a .312 average and 23 homeruns. Tommy Henrich leads the team in RBI with 70 to go with a .255 average and 18 homers. The '49 Yankees will play the 13-11 2000 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1949 Yankees and the 2000 Yankees split their six game series in one that had wild swings. The '49 Yankees remained 18 games under .500 at 33-51. The 2K Yankees remained two games over .500 at 16-14.
The 2K Yankees won the first two games 2-1 and 9-4. Joe Dimaggio got injured in Game Two and missed the next two games; ironically, the '49 Yankees won the next two games 2-1 and 9-3. They took the series lead by pounding the 2K Yankees in Game Five 12-3. Gene Woodling was a single away from hitting the cycle and drove in five RBI. The 2K Yankees won the final game of the series 7-3 in a game partially gifted by the '49 Yankees; they committed three errors which led to four unearned runs.
Paul O’Neill leads the 2K Yankees in hitting at .269 and RBI, along with Bernie Williams, with 22. WIlliams is hitting just .233 but leads the team in homers with seven. Derek Jeter leads the team in runs scored with 27, despite just hitting .223. Mariano Rivera picked up his ninth save in 13 appearances and reduced his ERA to 2.57.
Dimaggio’s average dropped to .301 but went over 70 RBI with 71 to go along with his 23 homeruns. Tommy Henrich hit his 19th homerun and matched Dimaggio in RBI with 71. Vic Raschi picked up his ninth win, vs. two losses, and a 4.02 ERA. The '49 Yankees will battle the 1937 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1937 Yankees beat the 1949 Yankees four out of six games to raise their record to 27-21. The 1949 Yankees dropped further below .500 at 35-55.
The '49 Yankees won the first and last games of the series. Eddie Lopat pitched a three-hit shutout in Game One and delivered a RBI double in their 4-0 win. The '37 Yankees won games 2-5. Spud Chandler pitched a two-hit shutout in a 1-0 win in Game Two. They won Game Three 2-1 in 11 innings on a Frankie Crosetti go-ahead triple in the 11th. Red Ruffing pitched his team to a 7-4 win in Game Four and hit a two-run homer in the process. Game Six was the wildest game of the series; The '49 Yankees overcame a 4-0 deficit with six runs in the fourth inning, capped off by a three-run homer by Lopat. The '37 Yankees came back with four runs in the bottom of the inning to take a 8-6 lead. Trailing 9-6, the '49 Yankees scored three runs in the 7th to tie the game 9-9. Yogi Berra hit a go-ahead homerun in the 9th to give the '49 Yankees a 10-9 win.
Lou Gehrig leads the '37 Yankees in hitting at .341, runs scored with 52 and OPS at 1.272. Joe Dimaggio is hitting .278; he shares the team lead in homers with Gehrig at 18, and leads the team in RBI with 56 in just 48 games. Ruffing’s homerun was his second; he is 6-2 on the mound with a 2.59 ERA. Lefty Gomez is 5-1 with a miniscule 1.69 ERA in nine starts.
Dimaggio leads the '49 Yankees in all major categories right now: Average (.299), homeruns (24), RBI (75), runs scored (70), and OPS (1.057). Tommy Henrich is slumping as his average dropped to .244. Lopat had a poor start mixed in with his shutout which brings his record to 6-9 with a 3.90 ERA. The '49 Yankees will take on the 7-5 2009 Yankees in the next series.
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The 2009 Yankees beat the 1949 Yankees four out of six games to raise their record to 11-7. The '49 Yankees sunk deeper below .500 at 37-59.
The 2K9 Yankees scored runs in bunches in first two games of the series, winning 13-6 and 11-0. Jorge Posada drove in five runs in Game One, while going 2-5 with a homerun; nine of the runs in Game One were unearned thanks to three '49 Yankee errors. Andy Pettitte pitched a six-hit shutout in Game Two while Melky Cabrera hit a grand slam and drove in five RBI. The '49 Yankees rebounded to win Game Three 8-5 before getting shutout again in game Four, this time by Sergio Mitre, in a 5-0 loss. Tommy Byrne shut out the 2K9 Yankees in Game Five 3-0 on six hits and struck out seven, but the 2K9 Yankees won the series in the final game 4-3 in 10 innings thanks to a walk-off single by Mark Teixeira.
Alex Rodriguez hit .409 with three homeruns in the series. He raised his average to .338 with a team-leading 20 runs scored and a 1.128 OPS. Posada is hitting .333 with a 1.036 OPS. Cabrera is off to a hot start at the bottom of the order; he is hitting .299 with team leads in homeruns (six) and RBI (20). In three starts, Mitre is 3-0 with a 0.89 ERA. Mariano Rivera has a win and three saves in four appearances with a 1.66 ERA.
Joe Dimaggio’s average dropped over 10 points to .287. He has 24 homeruns, 77 RBI, 73 runs scored, and a 1.017 OPS to lead the team. Tommy Henrich hit his 20th homerun in this series; he is batting .242 with 76 RBI and 70 runs scored. Byrne’s shutout gave him just his third win, against eight losses, with a 4.65 ERA. He also picked up a save in the series. The '49 Yankees will battle with the 7-5 1939 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1939 Yankees took five of six games from the 1949 Yankees to move to 12-6. The 1949 Yankees fell to 38-64 with only nine more series left to play.
The '39 Yankees won Game One 9-5 thanks to Bill Dickey who went 3-3 with a triple away from the cycle and four RBI. Game Two went extra innings and Charlie Keller’s RBI single in the 11th gave them a 3-2 win. Joe Dimaggio missed the next two games for the '49 Yankees with an injury, and they dropped the next two games 6-2 and 12-2. Game Five was a back-and-forth affair; The '49 Yankees scored four runs in the sixth inning to take a 5-4 lead. The '39 Yankees tied the game in the bottom of the sixth and went ahead for good the next inning 6-5 on a solo homerun by Babe Dahlgren. In the final game, the '49 Yankees scored four runs in the first inning on the strength of three homeruns and held on to win 6-5 to avoid a six game streak.
Dimaggio is hitting .400 for the '39 Yankees to lead the team. He also leads the team in homeruns (7), RBI (27), and OPS (1.271). Two other players have an OPS over 1: Charlie Keller, hitting .394 with a team best 22 runs scored and a 1.140 OPS and Dickey hitting .318 with 18 RBI and a 1.016 OPS. Lefty Gomez, Atley Donald, and Bump Hadley are a combined 6-1 with a 2.46 in their combined nine starts.
Dimaggio continued to cool down for the '49 Yankees as his OPS dropped below 1 at .999 while hitting .284 with 24 homeruns, 78 RBI and 75 runs scored. Tommy Henrich is hitting just .239 now but took the team RBI lead with 80 and hit his 22nd homerun. Joe Page picked up his 16th save in the lone win of the series. The '49 Yankees next showdown will be against the 7-5 1938 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1938 Yankees took five of six games from the 1949 Yankees to raise their record to 12-6. The '49 Yankees plummeted to last place at 39-69.
The only win for the '49 Yankees came in dramatic fashion in Game Two; trailing 4-3, Yogi Berra hit a grand slam in the 8th inning to give his team a 7-4 win. It looked like they might win two in a row as they took a 4-2 lead in the 9th inning of Game Three. Bill Knickerbocker’s two-run pinch hit homerun tied the game for the '38 Yankees. They exploded for six runs in the 12th inning that included back-to-back-to-back homeruns by Joe Dimaggio (a three-run blast), Joe Gordon, and Red Rolfe on their way to a 10-4 win. They scored 10 runs again in Game Five, winning 10-2 on the strength of Tommy Henrich who was 3-3 with two homeruns and four RBI.
Bill Dickey hit .500 in the series with a couple of homers and five RBI to raise his overall average to .400 with six homeruns, 17 RBI and a 1.198 OPS. Dimaggio is hitting .297, tied with Joe Gordon for the team lead in RBI with 19 and has a 1.060 OPS. Lou Gehrig is in an unbelievable slump in his first 18 games, hitting just .100 with zero homeruns! In his three starts, Monte Pearson is 3-0 with a 1.96 ERA.
Dimaggio hit .350 for the '49 Yankees to raise his average to .288. He hit his 25th homerun and drove in his 80th RBI. Henrich leads the team in RBI with 83, but is still hitting only .232. Ralph Buxton now has double digit losses out of the bullpen; he is 2-10 with a 7.20 ERA. The '49 Yankees will take on the 7-5 1923 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1923 Yankees took five of six games from the 1949 Yankees to jump up the standings to 12-6. The '49 Yankees fell further below .500 at 40-74.
The '23 Yankees dominated this series with a combination of great pitching and timely hitting. They won Game Two 11-3 on the strength of 17 hits. They only needed Fred Hoffman’s solo homerun to break up a no-hitter attempt by Tommy Byrne in the seventh inning of Game Three to win 1-0 on a five-hit shutout by Waite Hoyt. The '49 Yankees won their lone game in Game Four 11-4 as Yogi Berra went 3-5 with a double, homerun and six RBI. Game Five featured an exchange of dramatic homeruns; Joe Dimaggio hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning, but Babe Ruth countered with a three-run blast in the bottom of the inning to give the '23 Yankees a 3-2 win.
Ruth hit .455 in the series with three homeruns and 10 RBI. He is now hitting .371, with 11 homeruns, 31 RBI, 23 runs scored and a 1.621 OPS, all team bests. With the shutout, Hoyt is now 3-0 in his three starts with a 0.93 ERA. Sam Jones has pitched quality innings both starting and in relief; Jones is 3-0 with three saves and a 2.58 ERA.
Dimaggio leads the '49 Yankees in hitting at .286 with 27 homeruns, 83 RBI, and 81 runs scored. Tommy Henrich’s average dropped to .226 but hit his 24th homer and leads the team in RBI with 85. Vic Raschi picked up his 11th win of the season. The '49 Yankees will battle the 1998 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1998 Yankees defeated the 1949 Yankees four games to two in their series to improve their record to 8-4. The '49 Yankees dropped even further in the basement at 42-78.
The '98 Yankees scored eight runs in the first two games, both wins. In Game One, a 8-4 win, Bernie Williams went 3-5 with a triple, homerun, and four RBI. Derek Jeter had the best offensive performance of ANY Yankee so far in their 8-1 Game Two win; Jeter went 4-5 with a double, two homeruns (including a grand slam) and seven RBI. Orlando Hernandez provided some pitching in Game Four with a three-hit shutout in a 1-0 win.
Jeter is hitting .365 to lead the ‘98 Yankees; he and Williams share the team lead in homers with four. Williams leads the team in RBI with 16 in 12 games while hitting .327. Scott Brosius’ .362 average is full of empty calories; he has zero homeruns or RBI. Hernandez’s shutout lowered his ERA to 1.59 in two starts. Mariano Rivera has three saves in four appearances with four scoreless innings.
Joe Dimaggio continues to lead the '49 Yankees in hitting which dropped to .278. He leads the team in homeruns (27), runs scored (84) and OPS (.969). Tommy Henrich leads the team in RBI with 88 while hitting .231 with 26 homeruns. Vic Raschi picked up his 12th win in this series. Ed Lopat (6-13) is the only starter with an ERA below 4 at 3.94. The '49 Yankees will take on the 4-2 1996 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1996 Yankees won four of six games from the 1949 Yankees to improve to 8-4. With 30 games left to play, the '49 Yankees are firmly at the bottom at 44-82.
The '49 Yankees won a thriller in Game One; they overcame a 5-0 deficit and took the lead in the 7th on a three-run homerun by Yogi Berra and hung on for a 8-7 win. Joe Dimaggio hit triples in the game with three RBI. Bernie Williams was 3-5, two homeruns, three RBI and three runs scored in a losing cause. The '96 won four of the final games to take the series.
Mariano Duncan leads the '96 Yankees in hitting after 12 games at .360. Williams (.300) leads the team in homeruns (6), RBI (10), and runs scored (12). In three starts, Andy Pettite is 2-0 with a 0.69 ERA.
Dimaggio’s average held steady at .279; his triples in Game One gave him 10 for the season along with 92 RBI and 89 runs scored. Tommy Henrich raised his average to .236 and now has 93 RBI to lead the team along with 27 homeruns and 88 runs scored, Despite hitting just .206 has delivered 18 homeruns and 87 RBI. Vic Raschi picked up his 13th win and reduced his ERA to 4.59. The '49 Yankees will battle the 4-2 1978 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1978 Yankees defeated the 1949 Yankees four games to two in their series to improve their record to 8-4. The '49 Yankees fell further below .500 at 46-86.
The '49 Yankees won two of the first three games; the winning team scored more than 10 runs in each of those games. The '78 Yankees won Game One 11-1 despite losing Thurman Munson to an injury; his replacement, Cliff Johnson went 2-3 with a double, homerun and four RBI off the bench. The '49 Yankees scored 13 runs in the next two games, winning 13-4 and 13-5. In Game Three, every player either scored or drove in a run. The '78 Yankees won the final three games of the series with Goose Gossage picking up saves in all three.
Willie Randolph leads the '78 Yankees in hitting after 12 games at .370 and seven stolen bases. Reggie Jackson is hitting .326 and leads the team in homeruns with four, RBI with 11, runs scored with 11 and OPS at 1.074. Ed Figueroa is undefeated in his three starts at 3-0 with a 1.17 ERA. Gossage’s three saves gives him six in six appearances with a 3.00 ERA.
Joe Dimaggio’s average continues to hover around .280 at .279 with 29 homeruns and 97 RBI and 94 runs scored. Tommy Henrich (.230) tied Dimaggio for the team lead in homeruns and cracked 100 RBI. Vic Raschi picked up his 14th win versus eight losses and a 4.45 ERA. The '49 Yankees will battle the 1941 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1941 Yankees and 1949 Yankees split their six game series. The '41 Yankees remain two games over .500 at 7-5 while the '49 Yankees stay 40 games under .500 at 49-89.
Game One was a thriller; the '49 Yankees jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning. The '41 Yankees scored the next six runs, but the '49 Yankees tied the game 6-6 in the 8th on a two-run single by Joe Dimaggio. The hit capped off an amazing game for Dimaggio who went 5-5, hit the cycle, and drove in four RBI. The game went to extra innings , and Joe Gordon gave the '41 Yankees the lead for good on a solo homerun to win the game 7-6. The '49 Yankees won Game Two in a 12-4 blowout in which every player scored or drove in a run. Pitching dominated Game Three; Despite Tommy Byrne’s 14 strikeouts, the '41 Yankees won 2-0 on a three-hit shutout pitched by Spud Chandler. '41 Dimaggio provided the only runs on a two-run homer. The '49 Yankees won two close games 6-4 and 4-2 to come within a game of finally winning another series. However, the '41 Yankees quickly ruined that plan with a 16-4 beating in the final game. Red Ruffing got the win and went 2-5 at the plate with a homerun and three RBI.
The '41 Yankees have three players with an OPS over 1 after 12 games: Red Rolfe is hitting .441 with nine RBI and a 1.075 OPS. Dimaggio is hitting .429 with seven homeruns, 15 RBI, and a 1.418 OPS. Charlie Keller is hitting .319 with four homers, 12 RBI, and a 1.067 OPS. Chandler’s shutout was his second win in as many starts and lowered his ERA to 1.13.
'49 Dimaggio hit .375 in the series with three homeruns and 10 RBI. His average rose to .284 with 32 homeruns, 107 RBI, and 101 runs scored. Tommy Henrich continues to match Dimaggio in power numbers with 32 homeruns and 108 RBI despite hitting just .229. Vic Raschi picked up his 15th win and Joe Page picked up his 21st save to go with a 1.96 ERA. The '49 Yankees next series will be against the 4-2 1961 Yankees.
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After losing or splitting 12 straight series, the 1949 Yankees finally won a series. They beat the 1961 Yankees four games to two to improve their record to 53-91 while the '61 Yankees dropped back to .500 at 6-6.
The '49 Yankees won the first three games of the series. In Game One, Eddie Lopat allowed only two runs and scored and drove in a run to lead his team to a 3-2 win. Yogi Berra went 4-4 in Game Two with two triples, a homer, and seven RBI in an 8-3 win. Joe Dimaggio drove in six runs in Game Three on a 2-4 day at the plate with a double and homerun for an 11-6 win. The '61 Yankees won the next two games. In game Four, Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris each hit two homeruns and drove in five RBI apiece for a 12-7 win. Game Five was a thriller; The '61 Yankees led 3-1 and 7-3 thanks to two homeruns by Elston Howard, but the '49 Yankees came back to tie the game each time. Hector Lopez hit a solo homer in the bottom of the 8th to give the '61 Yankees an 8-7 win. Game Six was the Dimaggio show as he hit two two-run homers to lead the '49 Yankees to a 4-2 series win.
Dimaggio had a monster series: .455, four homeruns, 15 RBI to raise his overall average to .291, 36 HR, 122 RBI, 111 runs scored and a 1.016 OPS. Tommy Henrich raised his average to .230 with 33 homeruns and 113 RBI. Yogi Berra raised his average to .218 with 23 homeruns and 105 RBI. Joe Page struck out the side to save Game Six to give him 23 for the season with a 1.87 ERA.
Mantle is hitting .457 after 12 games with seven homers, 13 RBI, 15 runs scored and a 1.502 OPS. Howard is hitting .327 with four homers and 10 RBI. Maris has matched Mantle with homeruns and leads the team in RBI with 15. Whitey Ford is 1-1 in three starts with a 2.45 ERA. The '61 Yankees will take on the 31-53 1977 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1961 Yankees and 1977 Yankees split their six game series that went back and forth. The '61 Yankees remained at .500 at 9-9 while the '77 Yankees remained 22 games under .500 at 34-56.
The '77 Yankees won Game One 7-2 thanks to a five run rally in the 9th; three of the runs were plated by a bases-loaded triple by Bucky Dent. The '61 Yankees won the next two games 9-1 and 12-9. They scored seven of their nine runs in game Three in the third inning. The '77 Yankees tied the series in Game Four 6-5 on a walk-off homerun by Graig Nettles. The '77 Yankees got another walk-off win in Game Five 3-2 to take a 3-2 lead in the series. Chris Chambliss provided the dramatics with a two-run double in the bottom of the 9th after trailing 2-1. The '61 Yankees earned the split by smashing the '77 Yankees 17-3 in the final game.
Reggie Jackson leads the '77 Yankees in hitting at .299, homeruns with 23, and runs scored with 59. Jackson and Thurman Munson both have 59 RBI to lead the team. Ron Guidry (7-7) is the only starting pitcher with an ERA under 4 at 3.84.
After 18 games, Mickey Mantle is still hitting over .400 for the '61 Yankees at .407, and he leads the team in runs scored with 20. Roger Maris raised his average to .262 and leads the team in homers and RBI with 9 and 20 respectively. Starting pitching has been on the mediocre side so far; ace Whitey Ford is 1-1 in four starts with a 3.86 ERA. The 1961 Yankees will compete with the 19-29 1952 Yankees in the next series.