Greatest American League
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Speaking of the '98 Yankees, they scorched the 2009 Yankees five games to one in their series. The '98 Yankees improved their record to 33-15, only trailing the 1928 Yankees by winning percentage, while the 2K9 Yankees dropped to 54-66.
Chad Curtis, of all people, had a major impact in the '98 Yankees winning Games One and Three. In Game One, Curtis went 3-4 with two doubles, a homerun, and four RBI in a 9-3 win. In Game Three, Curtis broke a 1-1 tie in the 8th with a solo blast for a 2-1 win. Tino Martinez had a homerun and five RBI in Game Two, an 11-5 win. Jorge Posada had a day for himself in Game Four a 13-7 slugfest. Posada hit three homeruns, including a 9th inning grand slam, and drove in EIGHT RBI. Alex Rodriguez hit a grand slam of his own in the bottom of the 9th for the 2K9 Yankees in a losing cause. The '98 Yankees blew a 7-1 lead in the 8th inning of Game Five as the 2K9 Yankees rallied for six runs to send the game into extra innings. It remained tied until the 15th inning when Chuck Knoblauch hit a two-out two-run double to give the '98 Yankees a 9-7 lead, and they held on for a 9-8 win. The 2K9 Yankees scored their only win in the final game 7-2; Johnny Damon hit two homeruns and drove in four RBI.
Jeter’s average “fell” to .355 for the '98 Yankees with a .999 OPS. He has 12 homeruns and 11 stolen bases. Williams hit .478 in the series to raise his average to .340 with 15 homeruns, 51 RBI, and a 1.065 OPS. David Wells picked up another win to run his record to 7-0 with a 2.17 ERA. El Duque Hernandez remains 5-0 with an ERA of 1.97.
Robinson Cano leads the 2K9 Yankees in hitting at .288 with 20 homeruns. Jeter is hitting .284 with 17 homeruns, 26 stolen bases, and 76 runs scored. Posada is hitting .270 with 24 homeruns and 92 RBI. A Rod is hitting .246 with 23 homeruns, 83 RBI, 87 runs scored and 12 stolen bases. C.C. Sabathia picked up their only win of the series to improve his record to 13-10 with a 3.55 ERA. The 2K9 Yankees will take on the 34-26 1978 Yankees in the next series.
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The 2009 Yankees defeated the 1978 Yankees four games to two in their six game series. The 2K9 Yankees improved their record to 58-68 while the '78 Yankees fell to 36-30.
The 2K9 Yankees won Game One 3-2. Melky Cabrera hit two RBI doubles including one in the 7th to give them the lead. The '78 Yankees won the next two games. Thurman Munson has a double and three RBI in a 6-4 win in Game Two. In Game Three, they trailed 4-1, 6-4, and 7-6 and came back to tie the game each time. Graig Nettles hit a grand slam in the 8th to give them the lead for good in a 13-9 win; the grand slam capped off a 5-5 performance by Nettles with five RBI. The 2K9 Yankees won the final three games of the series. In Game Five, Alex Rodriguez went 3-4 with three RBI and two runs scored in a 11-1 win. They clinched the series with a tight 3-2 win in the finale. All of their runs were scored on solo blasts by Derek Jeter, Nick Swisher, and Rodriguez.
Jeter retook the team lead in hitting at .288 with 19 homeruns, 83 runs scored, and 27 stolen bases. A Rod hit .346 in the series with three homeruns and nine RBI to raise his average to .252 with 26 homeruns, 92 RBI, 94 runs scored, and 13 stolen bases. Mark Teixeira has 18 homeruns and 76 RBI while hitting just .209. Mariano Rivera picked up his 25th save; he is 3-3 with a 2.63 ERA.
Reggie Jackson leads the '78 Yankees in hitting at .324 with 20 homeruns, 51 RBI, 51 runs scored and a 1.013 OPS. Mickey Rivers is hitting .311 with 17 stolen bases. Nettles is hitting .287 with 11 homeruns. Ron Guidry and Ed Figueroa have identical 2.50 ERAs; Guidry is 6-5 while Figueroa is 11-1. Goose Gossage has 22 saves with a 2.98 ERA. The '78 Yankees will face the 41-37 1951 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1978 Yankees went from a contender to a .500 team after being swept by the 1951 Yankees in their six game series. The '78 Yankees are now 36-36 while the '51 Yankees move up to 47-37.
The '51 Yankees jumped out to a 9-0 lead in Game One and held off a furious rally by the '78 Yankees for a 9-7 win. Yogi Berra hit two homeruns with four RBI in Game Two for a 7-1 win. Phil Rizzuto went 5-5 in Game Three and scored two runs for a 9-3 win. Game Four featured an epic meltdown by '78 Yankee closer Goose Gossage. After Roy White gave the '78 Yankees a 4-2 lead in the top of the 9th on a pinch hit two-run homer, Gossage committed an error to start the bottom of the 9th, gave up a single, and walked four of the next five batters; thus he walked in all three runs including the walk-off walk to Gene Woodling for a 5-4 win for the '51 Yankees. Jack Kramer scattered six hits for a shutout in a 1-0 win in Game Five. Mickey Mantle drove in three runs in a 4-2 Game Six win to complete the sweep.
Berra is hitting .287 with 17 home runs and 70 RBI. Rizzuto is hitting .276 with 16 stolen bases. Kramer’s shutout in his first start reduced his ERA to 3.05. Vic Raschi is 13-5 with a 2.20 ERA. Ed Lopat is 10-4 with a 2.69 ERA. Allie Reynolds is 6-3 with a 2.87 ERA.
Reggie Jackson hit .394 in the series to raise his average to .330 with 21 home runs, 53 RBI, 53 runs scored, and a 1.008 OPS. Mickey Rivers raised his average to .316 with 20 stolen bases. Graig Nettles raised his average to .289 with 13 home runs. Gossage’s ERA ballooned to 3.60; he is 0-4 with 22 saves. The '78 Yankees will battle with the 51-45 1923 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1978 Yankees defeated the 1923 Yankees in their six game series four games to two. The '78 Yankees climbed back over .500 at 40-38 while the '23 Yankees fell to 53-49.
The two teams split the first four games. The '78 Yankees won games One and Three 11-4 and 4-3. Reggie Jackson hit two of the teams five home runs in Game One and drove in five RBI. The '23 Yankees won games Two and Four 6-5 and 4-0. The '23 Yankees won Game Two despite a big game by Graig Nettles who was 4-4 at the plate with a triple, two home runs and four RBI. The game ended when Jackson hit into a game-ending double play with the bases loaded. Waite Hoyt pitched a two-hit shutout in Game Four while Aaron Ward went 3-4 at the plate with a double, two RBI, and two runs scored. The '78 Yankees retook the lead in the series in Game Five with a wild 7-6 win. They led 4-2 in the 7th when Bob Meusel hit a grand slam to give the '23 Yankees a 6-4 lead. The '78 Yankees came back with three in the 8th, including a two-run single by Mickey Rivers to give them back the lead for good. They clinched the series in the final game with a 4-3 win.
Jackson’s average dropped to .324 with 23 home runs, 59 RBI, 57 runs scored, and a 1.008 OPS. Rivers raised his average to .320 with 26 stolen bases. Nettles hit three home runs in the series to give him 16 for the season while raising his average to .290. Ed Figueroa picked up two wins in the series to improve his record to 11-3 with a 3.13 ERA. Goose Gossage bounced back in this series with three saves to give him 25 for the season while lowering his ERA to 3.18.
Babe Ruth leads the '23 Yankees in hitting at .393 with 32 home runs, 90 RBI, 96 runs scored and a 1.342 OPS. Hoyt’s shutout raised his record to 12-4 with a 2.48 ERA. The '23 Yankees will face the 41-31 1939 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1939 Yankees beat the 1923 Yankees four out of six games to improve their record to 45-33. The '23 Yankees fell to 55-53.
Joe Dimaggio got the '39 Yankees off to a roaring start in Game One with a first inning three run homer. They held on for a 4-3 win. No less than 10 home runs were hit in Game Two. The '39 Yankees hit an incredible seven solo home runs; the last four were hit in the 9th inning by Dimaggio, Bill Dickey, Joe Gordon, and Tommy Henrich, all back-to-back to turn a 7-6 deficit into a stunning 10-8 win. Game Three, of course, was a pitching duel with Atley Donald pitching a one-hit shutout for a 1-0 win for the '39 Yankees. It looked like the '39 Yankees would win four straight as they had a 5-1 lead in the 9th, but Bob Meusel hit a two-run triple and Everett Scott hit a grand slam to lead the '23 Yankees to a wild 7-5 victory. The '39 Yankees clinched the series in Game Five with a 7-4 win. The '23 Yankees salvaged the final game, a 9-4 win. Babe Ruth had a monster game, going 4-4 with two home runs and five RBI.
Charlie Keller leads the '39 Yankees in hitting at .344 with 11 home runs, 62 runs scored, and a .989 OPS. Dimaggio hit an amazing .600 (!) in the series, 15-25, with four homers and 11 RBI. He is now hitting .318 with 18 home runs, 65 RBI, 62 runs scored, and a 1.010 OPS. Red Rolfe is hitting .299 with 60 runs scored. Dickey is hitting .288 with 16 home runs, 72 RBI, and a .952 OPS. Donald’s shutout improved his record to 8-3 with a 2.33 ERA. Red Ruffing won his only start to up his record to 12-1 with a 2.03 ERA.
Ruth raised his average to .395 with 35 home runs, 98 RBI, 103 runs scored, and a 1.356 OPS. Joe Bush picked up his 10th win; he is 10-12 with a 2.94 ERA. The '23 Yankees will battle against the 38-28 1950 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1923 Yankees had a 3-1 lead in their six game series with the 1950 Yankees only to drop the final two games to settle for a split. The '50 Yankees remain 10 games over .500 at 41-31 while the '23 Yankees stay two games over at 58-56.
Offense was plentiful in this series; the winning team in each game scored six or more runs. The '23 Yankees walloped the '50 Yankees in Game One 12-4; Bob Meusel led the way with a double, triple, home run and four RBI. The '50 Yankees pounded back in Game Two with a 17-1 slaughter. Every player either scored or drove in a run, led by Yogi Berra who went 3-6 with a home run and five RBI. The '23 Yankees delivered the next haymakers in Game Three with five home runs, leading to an 18-5 win. Babe Ruth hit two of the home runs as part of a four hit day with four RBI and four runs scored. After winning Game Four 6-2, the '23 Yankees had a 3-1 edge in the series. Joe Dimaggio led the '50 Yankees back in Game Five with a 3-3 day with two home runs, three RBI and three runs scored in a 8-6 win. Pitching looked like it wanted a say in the final game as Vic Raschi staked a 3-0 lead for the '50 Yankees in the 8th inning. That’s when the '23 Yankees rallied to score four runs in the 8th, then add a fifth on Wally Schang’s solo home run in the 9th to take a 5-3 lead. Thanks to an Aaron Ward error, the '50 Yankees came back to score two in the 9th, capped off by a two-out RBI single by Hank Bauer. Jerry Coleman hit a walk-off homer in the 10th to complete a wild 6-5 win to split the series.
Johnny Hopp leads the '50 Yankees in hitting at .353 with 51 runs scored and a .942 OPS. Dimaggio is hitting .335 with 16 home runs, 75 RBI, 61 runs scored, and a .995 OPS. Yogi Berra is hitting .297 with 65 RBI and 51 runs scored. Phil Rizzuto his hitting .294 with 56 runs scored. Ed Lopat picked up his 10th win; he is 10-2 with a 3.36 ERA.
After hitting .500 in the series (11/22 with four homers and seven RBI), Ruth is now hitting .401 with 42 games left to play. He also has 39 home runs, 105 RBI, 115 runs scored, 10 triples, 10 stolen bases, 111 walks, and a 1.383 OPS. Other than that, he is slacking. Meusel hit .444 in the series with 13 RBI to bring his average up to .313 with 84 RBI. Whitey Witt is hitting .278 with 80 runs scored. The '23 Yankees will take on the 57-39 1937 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1937 Yankees dominated their six game series with the 1923 Yankees, winning five of six. The '37 Yankees improved their record to 62-40, eighth best by winning percentage. The '23 Yankees fell below .500 at 59-61.
The '37 Yankees won the first five games. In Game One, Joe Dimaggio demolished two home runs, including a grand slam, with five RBI for a 9-2 win. They trailed 5-0 in the first inning of Game Three but chipped away with a run in the 4th, two in the 5th, and two in the 6th to tie the game. Tommy Henrich completed the comeback with a three-run homer in the 8th to give them an 8-5 win. Henrich was the star again in Game Four, a 12-7 slugfest. Henrich hit a double, triple and home run with four RBI. In Game Five, Tony Lazzeri hit a three-run home run in the 4th to give them a 4-1 lead. The '23 Yankees trimmed the deficit to 4-3 in the 8th after a Bob Meusel solo mash. In the 9th, Lou Gehrig hit a pinch-hit double for the '23 Yankees, but got thrown out at the plate by George Selkirk after a two-out single by Babe Ruth to preserve a 4-3 win for the '37 Yankees. The '23 Yankees avoided the sweep with a 9-6 win in the final game. Ruth hit his 40th home run, and Aaron Ward went 3-5 with a double and three RBI.
Gehrig leads the '37 Yankees in hitting at .354 with 25 home runs, 82 RBI, 104 runs scored, 101 walks, and a 1.162 OPS. Dimaggio is hitting .311 with 41 home runs, 129 RBI, 87 runs scored, and a 1.045 OPS. Bill Dickey is hitting .251 with 17 home runs and 81 runs scored. Lefty Gomez and Red Ruffing continue to provide stellar pitching; Gomez is now 12-3 with a 2.28 ERA while Ruffing is 13-3 with a 2.58 ERA.
Ruth hit .458 in the series with six RBI to raise his average to .406 with 111 RBI to go with the 40 home runs, 120 runs scored, and a 1.389 OPS. Meusel raised his average to .317 and drove in seven runs in the series to give him 91 on the season. Whitey Witt hit .385 in the series to raise his average to .284 with 86 runs scored. Ward is hitting .259 with 75 RBI. Waite Hoyt picked up the only win in the series to improve his record to 13-7 with a 2.96 ERA. The '23 Yankees will face the 44-28 1938 Yankees in the next series.
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After winning the first two games, the 1923 Yankees had to settle for a six game split with the 1938 Yankees. The '23 Yankees stayed two games under .500 at 62-64 while the '38 Yankees stay 16 games over .500 at 47-31.
The '23 Yankees won Game One 9-1; Herb Pennock pitched a complete game without giving up an earned run. They scored four runs in the second inning of Game Two, two on a Wally Pipp triple, and made it stand up for a 4-2 win. The '38 Yankees picked up their first win in Game Three, a 9-0 whitewash. Monte Pearson pitched a four-hit shutout while Tommy Henrich and Red Rolfe each hit a home run and combined for six RBI. They evened the series in Game Three with a wild 6-4 win in 10 innings. The score was tied 2-2 in the 9th when Everett Scott gave the '23 Yankees a 4-2 lead with a home run. Lou Gehrig tied the game in the bottom of the 9th with a two-out two-run homer of his own. In the 10th, Joe Gordon walked it off with, of course, a two-run homer. The '23 Yankees took the lead back in the series in Game Five with a 5-4 win. Bob Muesel hit a three-run masher to cap off a four run 7th inning that broke a 1-1 tie. It looked like the '23 Yankees would win this series after jumping out to a 7-0 lead after three innings. Nahhh. All the '38 Yankees did after that was score 15 unanswered runs and 25 (!) runs overall between the 3rd and 7th innings for a 25-11 win. The '38 Yankees hit EIGHT home runs; two of them were by Bill Dickey who was 4-5 with six RBI and four runs scored.
Joe Dimaggio leads the '38 Yankees in hitting at .324 with 18 home runs, 68 RBI, 59 runs scored, and a .993 OPS. Dickey is hitting .314 with 22 home runs, 79 RBI, 60 runs scored, and a 1.010 OPS. Henrich is hitting .284 with 11 home runs and 55 runs scored. Rolfe is hitting .279 with 50 RBI. Gehrig is hitting .264 with 14 home runs, 53 RBI, and 70 runs scored. Pearson’s shut out reduced his ERA to 2.64 while improving his record to 9-5.
Babe Ruth’s average dropped below .400 at .397 with 40 home runs, 114 RBI, 122 runs scored, and a 1.354 OPS. Meusel is hitting .317 with 10 home runs, 99 RBI, 10 triples, and 11 stolen bases. Whitey Witt raised his average to .290 with 91 runs scored. Aaron Ward has 81 RBI while his average dipped slightly to .255. Pennock’s complete game win improved his record to 12-5 with a 3.52 ERA. The '23 Yankees will play the 41-25 1953 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1923 Yankees split another series, this one with the 1953 Yankees. The '53 Yankees stayed 16 games over .500 at 44-28 while the '23 Yankees remained two games under at 65-67.
The two teams split the first two games with the '23 Yankees winning Game One 5-2 and the '53 Yankees winning Game Two 2-0 behind a three-hit shutout by Vic Raschi. They took the lead in the series with a 7-1 win in Game Three; Joe Collins and Phil Rizzuto each drove in three RBI. The ‘23 Yankees evened the series again in Game Four with a 4-2 win; Aaron Ward was 4-5 with two doubles, two RBI, and two runs scored. They won 4-2 again in Game Five, this time on the strength of a Babe Ruth three-run homer in the 1st. inning. Both teams’ offenses exploded in the final game with the '53 Yankees winning by a ridiculous score of 24-14. They had 28 hits, including seven home runs. They scored nine runs in the first inning alone. Mickey Mantle went 4-6 with three home runs, including a grand slam, and eight RBI.
Gene Woodling leads the '53 Yankees in hitting at .344 with 54 RBI, 59 runs scored, and a .972 OPS. Mantle is hitting .328 with 24 home runs, 69 RBI, 67 runs scored, and a 1.036 OPS. Hank Bauer is hitting .311 with 62 runs scored. Yogi Berra is hitting .252 with 12 home runs and 62 RBI. Raschi’s shutout improved his record to 8-4 with a 2.73 ERA. Ed Lopat picked up another win to go to 9-1 with a 2.90 ERA.
Ruth continues to hang around .400 at .394 with 42 home runs, 122 RBI, 127 runs scored, 12 triples, 11 steals, and a 1.347 OPS. Bob Meusel cracked the 100 RBI mark with 102 while hitting .316 with 10 triples and 11 steals. Whitey Witt stayed at .290 with 97 runs scored. Ward raised his average to .260 with 86 RBI. Waite Hoyt picked up his 15th win; he is 15-7 with a 2.91 ERA. The '23 Yankees will battle the 39-21 1936 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1936 Yankees dominated their six game series with the 1923 Yankees by taking five out of six. The '36 Yankees moved to third place with a 44-22 record while the '23 Yankees dropped further below .500 with three series left at 66-72.
The '36 Yankees jumped out to an 11-0 lead in Game One and held on for an 11-7 win. Babe Ruth led a furious comeback by the '23 Yankees with two home runs and five RBI. Red Ruffing picked up the win and slashed four hits at the plate. They needed a late rally to win Game Two 7-4. The game was tied 2-2 in the 7th when Whitey Witt gave the '23 Yankees a 4-2 lead with a two-run homer. The '36 Yankees rallied for five runs in the 8th, capped by a George Selkirk grand slam to take the lead for good. The '36 Yankees jumped out to an 8-2 lead after five innings in Game Three. The '23 Yankees chipped away with four runs in the 6th, three on a pinch hit homer by Lou Gehrig. They tied the game 8-8 in the 8th on a Ruth single. The game went into extras briefly when the '36 Yankees exploded for six runs for a 14-8 win. Selkirk and Jake Powell hit the last of the team’s six homeruns in the 10th. Bill Dickey hit two home runs with three RBI and three runs scored. The '23 Yankees won their only game in the series in Game Four by a score of 7-1; the '36 Yankees committed four errors, two by Joe Dimaggio of all people, which led to four unearned runs. Herb Pennock pitched a complete game and had two hits and two RBI at the plate. The '36 Yankees clinched the series in Game Five with a 6-2 win. Red Rolfe’s three-run homer capped a four run third inning. Dickey went 4-4 with a triple and three RBI in the final game for a 6-5 win.
Dickey hit .652 (!) (15-23) in the series with eight RBI and the two homers to raise his average to .355 with 13 home runs, 65 RBI, and a .992 OPS. Gehrig is hitting .347 with 32 home runs, 82 RBI, 79 runs scored, and a 1.263 OPS. Dimaggio is hitting .332 with 16 homers, 50 RBI, 64 runs scored, and a 1.009 OPS. Selkirk is hitting .299 with 10 home runs and 53 runs scored. Red Ruffing is 11-2 with a 4.07 ERA.
Ruth hit .478 with two home runs and nine RBI in the series to bring his average back up to .398 with 44 home runs, 131 RBI, 133 runs scored, 12 triples, and a 1.346 OPS. Witt went over the 100 run mark at 104 while hitting .292. Pennock improved his record to 14-5 with a 3.34 ERA. The '23 Yankees will face the 40-20 1932 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1932 Yankees beat the 1923 Yankees four games to two in their six game series to move into a tie for third place at 44-22. The '23 Yankees slumped to 68-76 with two more series left to play.
The '32 Yankees opened the series with an 18-4 pounding of the hapless '23 Yankees pitching. Normally hitting the cycle is a difficult feat; Tony Lazzeri and Ben Chapman did it in the same game! Lazzeri went 4-5 with five runs scored and four RBI while Chapman went 5-6 with two triples and seven RBI. His two three-baggers were part of five the team had in this game. After an offensive display like that, it made sense that they were shut out by Waite Hoyt in Game Two 1-0. Hoyt pitched a two-hitter and scored the only run in the game. Offense was back on display in Game Three was the '32 Yankees won a wild 12-10 slugfest in 11 innings. After trailing 4-0 after two innings, they came back with five unanswered runs, including a couple by Babe Ruth. The '23 Yankees responded with four runs in the bottom of the 7th to take an 8-5 lead. Joe Sewell homered in the 8th to trim the deficit to 8-6 and Earle Combs tied the game in the 9th with a two-run single. The two teams exchanged runs in the 10th. Sewell hit his second home run of the day, a three run blast to put the '32 Yankees ahead for good. The homerun capped off a 5-5 day for Sewell who had four RBI. The '32 Yankees won another high scoring affair in Game Four, this one 9-8. Ruth went 5-5 for the '32 Yankees with a home run and five RBI. The game ended when Bill Dickey threw out Joe Dugan trying to steal second. The clinched the series in Game Five with a 14-4 win; Dickey led the way going 3-5 with a triple and a home run and six RBI.
Ruth leads the '32 Yankees in hitting at .369 with 25 home runs, 71 RBI, 69 runs scored, and a 1.209 OPS. Lou Gehrig is hitting .356 with 11 home runs, 68 RBI, 63 runs scored, and a 1.088 OPS. Combs is hitting .353 with 62 runs scored and a .909 OPS. Lazzeri is hitting .350 with 14 triples, 57 RBI, 68 runs scored and a 1.047 OPS. Dickey is hitting .320 with 14 home runs, 73 RBI, and a .922 OPS. Chapman is hitting .302 with 50 RBI and 21 stolen bases. So six of their starters are hitting .300 or better and four of them are hitting at least .350. WOW! Ironically Lefty Gomez has the team’s best ERA at 2.57 but only has a 6-5 record to show for it. Red Ruffing, George Pipgras, and Johnny Allen are a combined 24-5.
Ruth’s average for the '23 Yankees slipped back to .395 with 45 home runs, 133 RBI, 139 runs scored, and a 1.339 OPS. Bob Muesel is hitting .319 with 12 homers, 107 RBI, 75 runs scored, 10 triples, and 12 stolen bases. Aaron Ward cracked the 100 RBI mark while hitting .269. Hoyt’s shutout improved his record to 16-7 with a 2.95 ERA. The '32 Yankees will battle the 33-15 1998 Yankees in the next series.
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After losing or splitting the last eight series, the 1923 Yankees finally won a series, beating the 1998 Yankees four games to two. The '23 Yankees improved their record to 72-78 with one series left to play, while the '98 Yankees fell to 35-19, 5th best by winning percentage.
Bernie Williams hit two two-run homers in Game One to lead the '98 Yankees to a 6-4 win. The '23 Yankees evened the series with a 4-2 win in Game Two. Whitey Witt had an odd stat line: 0-1. 3 walks, 3 runs scored. They won the next three games to clinch the win in this series. Game Four was their chance to put a whipping on the other team’s pitching instead of the other way around. They cranked out 30 hits, including five homeruns, for a 25-3 win. Aaron Ward hit the cycle while batting a perfect 6-6 with six RBI and four runs scored. Bob Meusel hit two home runs and had seven RBI and Wally Schange was 3-6 with a home run and seven RBI. The '98 Yankees won the final game 14-3; Tino Martinez hit two home runs, including a grand slam, and has seven RBI.
Babe Ruth’s average dropped a couple of more points to .393 with 47 homeruns, 138 RBI, 148 walks, and a 1.341 OPS. Meusel raised his average to .323 with 14 home runs, 117 RBI, and 81 runs scored. White Witt is hitting .288 with 116 runs scored. Aaron Ward is hitting .278 with 110 RBI.
Derek Jeter leads the '98 Yankees in hitting at .364 with 13 homers, 51 runs scored, and a 1.018 OPS. Williams is hitting .351 with 17 home runs, 57 RBI, 10 steals, and a 1.084 OPS. Mariano Rivera picked up his 15th save to go with a 1.45 ERA. The '98 Yankees will face the 62-70 1952 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1998 Yankees split their six game series with the 1952 Yankees to stay in 5th place in 38-22. The '52 Yankees remain eight games under .500 at 65-73.
The '98 Yankees overcame a 4-3 deficit in Game One with a six run 8th inning, capped by a three-run homer by Derek Jeter for a 9-4 win. Hank Bauer carried the '52 Yankees to a 5-1 win in Game Two; Bauer drove in all five runs with two homers, including a grand slam. The '52 Yankees won Game Three 5-2, but the '98 Yankees evened the series again in Game Four in a 12-8 shootout. Paul O’Neill went 2-4 with a double and four RBI. The '98 Yankees blew a 10-4 lead in the 9th inning of Game Five when the '52 Yankees rallied for six runs, including a two-out, two-run homer by Yogi Berra off Mariano Rivera to send the game into extra innings. The '98 Yankees took an 11-10 lead in the 11th thanks to a two-out RBI single by Bernie Williams. The game ended when Mickey Mantle grounded out into a double play with the bases loaded. Mantle redeemed himself in the final game; he went 3-5 with a triple, three RBI, and two runs scored as the '52 Yankees won 10-3 for a series split.
Mantle leads the '52 Yankees in hitting at .312 with 19 home runs, 15 triples, 105 RBI, 103 runs scored, and a .930 OPS. Bauer is hitting .300 with 21 home runs and 88 RBI. Gene Woodling is hitting .298 with 101 walks, 106 runs scored, and 75 RBI. Joe Collins is hitting .277 with 32 home runs, 11 triples, 122 RBI, and 87 runs scored. Berra is hitting just .237 but has 27 home runs, 92 RBI, and 102 runs scored. Allie Reynolds is one win away from 20 wins as he improved his record to 19-8 with a 2.47 ERA.
Williams raised his average to .359 with 18 home runs, 63 RBI, 51 runs scored, 11 stolen bases, and a 1.089 OPS. Jeter’s average dropped to .347 with 15 home runs, 55 runs scored, 11 stolen bases, and a .994 OPS. The '98 Yankees will play the 63-63 1941 Yankees in the next series.
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These have been interesting to read. One little question: are you consistent with the home venues? I mean, did the Giants have any games at the Polo Grounds? Did the Tigers play in different stadia? Did the Red Sox play at Huntington Grounds?
Just curious.
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Honestly, the authentic home parks didn’t occur to me at all. APBA Go community, is this a thing? If so, I will keep that in mind when I finally have the World Series between the Greatest National League team versus the Greatest American League team. However, that will be several years away!
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The 1941 Yankees climbed back over .500 by beating the 1998 Yankees four games to two, improving their record to 67-65. The '98 Yankees fell to 40-26.
Charlie Keller’s 1st. inning three-run homer was all the '41 Yankees needed in Game One as they won going away 10-1. Marv Breuer had a magnificent outing as he pitched a complete game and struck out 13 batters. The '98 Yankees gifted the '41 Yankees Game Two with four errors that led to five unearned runs in a 7-5 loss in 13 innings. Paul O’Neill had two errors himself that enabled the '41 Yankees to eventually turn a 3-1 deficit to a 4-3 lead. Bernie Williams briefly gave them a chance to win with an 8th inning two-run homer to retake the lead 5-4. However, Williams made an outfield blunder of his own in the 9th that led to Mariano Rivera “blowing” the save and sending the game into extras. Last and worst, Derek Jeter committed an error to lead off the 13th which led to two runs for the win for the '41 Yanks. Keller hit another three-run homer in Game Three along with Joe Gordon as the '41 Yankees won their third straight by a score of 10-4. The '98 Yankees finally broke through with a win in a big way in Game Four with a 13-4 blow out. Jeter and Williams both had three hits and combined for two doubles, a triple, a home run, seven runs scored, and five RBI. The '41 Yankees clinched the series in Game Five with a 6-4 win. The '98 Yankees won the final game 6-0 thanks to a brilliant three-hit shutout by David Wells.
Joe Dimaggio leads the '41 Yankees in hitting at .365 with 42 home runs, 124 RBI, 121 runs scored, 11 triples, and a 1.150 OPS. Keller is hitting .277 with 30 home runs, 15 triples, 118 RBI, 92 runs scored, 10 stolen bases, and a .950 OPS. Phil Rizzuto is hitting .263 with 10 triples and 25 stolen bases. Bill Dickey is hitting .263 with 80 runs scored. Gordon is hitting .256 with 20 home runs, 89 RBI, and 79 runs scored. Tommy henrich is hitting .250 with 29 home runs, 97 RBI, and 115 runs scored. Johnny Murphy picked up two saves to give him 31 for the season with a 3.87 ERA.
Williams is now hitting .357 with 20 home runs, 71 RBI, 59 runs scored, 11 stolen bases, and a 1.059 OPS. Jeter’s average dropped more to .334 with 16 homers, 53 RBI, 60 runs scored, 12 stolen bases, and a .959 OPS. O’Neill is hitting .276 with 13 home runs, 53 RBI, and 51 runs scored. Tino Martinez is hitting .244 with 19 home runs and 55 RBI. The shutout by Wells improved his record to 8-2 with a 2.83 ERA. The '98 Yankees will take on the 40-38 1978 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1978 Yankees won the first two games of the their six game series with the 1998 Yankees and the last two to win the series four games to two and improve their record to 44-40. The '98 Yankees fell to 42-30.
Five of the six games were decided by three runs or less. The '78 Yankees scored five runs in the first two innings and held on for a 5-2 win. In Game Two, Mickey Rivers broke a 2-2 tie in the 9th with a two-out RBI single against Mariano Rivera for a 3-2 win. The '98 Yankees evened the series with a 6-3 win in Game Three and a 3-2, 12 inning victory in Game Four. Chad Curtis hit a two-out RBI single in the 12th for the win, spoiling Jim Beattie’s 10 strikeout outing for the '78 Yankees. It appeared the '98 Yankees would win their third straight game in Game Five, but Graig Nettles hit a walk-off two-run homer off Rivera for a dramatic come-from-behind 4-3 win for the '78 Yankees. They won the final game by the largest margin of the series, 5-1. Ron Guidry pitched a complete game and struck out nine.
Reggie Jackson leads the '78 Yankees in hitting at .328 with 25 home runs, 61 RBI, 62 runs scored, and a 1.011 OPS. Rivers is hitting .326 with 27 stolen bases. Nettles is hitting .277 with 17 home runs and 50 RBI. Guidry moved over .500 at 8-7 with a 2.45 ERA. Goose Gossage picked up a couple of more saves to give him 27 on the season with a 2.93 ERA.
Bernie Williams had his average drop to .349 with 22 home runs, 75 RBI, 61 runs scored, and a 1.072 OPS. Derek Jeter’s average dropped to .324 with 18 homers, 57 RBI, 62 runs scored, 13 stolen bases, and a .937 OPS. Paul O’Neill raised his average to .289. Tino Martinez hit his 20th home run. It was a rocky series for Rivera who picked up two saves but also two losses, including the blown save in Game Five; he is now 2-3 with 17 saves and a 2.52 ERA. The '98 Yankees will battle with the 49-41 1947 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1998 Yankees cruised to a series win over the 1947 Yankees by winning the first four games while the '47 Yankees won the final two. The '98 Yankees improved their record to 46-32 while the '47 Yankees dropped to 51-45.
The '98 Yankees averaged NINE runs a game in their four wins. Paul O’Neill went 4-5 with two home runs and six RBI in a 10-7 win in Game One. In Game Two, Tino Martinez hit a grand slam, and Jorge Posada went 4-4 with three doubles and three RBI in an 8-2 win. They broke double digits again in Game Three with an 11-6 win, and they triumphed 7-3 in Game Four; Bernie Williams blasted a three-run homer in the 9th inning to break open a slimmer 4-3 lead. The '47 Yankees took out their frustrations in Game Five with a 20-5 walloping. They hit seven home runs in the game; Tommy Henrich and Billy Johnson hit two dingers apiece and drove in five RBI. Even starting pitcher Vic Raschi got into the act with a home run. They won the final game 5-2.
Williams saw his average drop another 18 points to .331 with 23 home runs, 80 RBI, 63 runs scored, 11 steals, and a 1.024 OPS. Derek Jeter’s average slid slightly to .322 with 19 home runs, 62 RBI, 69 runs scored. O’Neill hit .500 in the series with two homers and seven RBI to raise his average to .304 with 15 home runs, 61 RBI, and 61 runs scored. Martinez is hitting .252 with 21 home runs, and 62 RBI. El Duque Hernandez split his two starts for a 6-3 record and a 2.97 ERA.
Joe Dimaggio leads the '47 Yankees in hitting at .293 with 15 home runs, 76 RBI, and 68 runs scored. Phil Rizzuto is hitting .290 with 16 stolen bases. George McQuinn is hitting .286 with 70 runs scored. Henrich is hitting .270 with 10 homers, and 70 RBI. Johnson is hitting .261 with 54 RBI. Snuffy Stirnweiss is hitting .260 with 61 runs scored. Allie Reynolds split his two starts, bringing his record to 17-6 with a 2.82 ERA. Joe Page picked up his 26th save; his ERA is 1.74. The '47 Yankees will play the 44-40 1978 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1947 Yankees and the 1978 Yankees split their six game series. The '47 Yankees stayed six games over .500 at 54-48 while the '78 Yankees stayed four games over at 47-43.
The two teams took turns winning games, with the '47 Yankees winning games 1,3, and 5 and the '78 Yankees winning games 2, 4, and 6. The series was also bookended with 1-0 games between Spec Shea and Ron Guidry. Shea pitched six no hit innings in Game One and won 1-0 thanks to a Joe Dimaggio walk-off double off Guidry in the 9th. Guidry pitched a three-hitter of his own in the final game and added nine strikeouts in a 1-0 win for his team. The other two '47 Yankee wins came in dramatic fashion. In Game Three, The lead changed hands five times. Graig Nettles hit a 1st. inning 2-run homer to give the ’78 Yankees a 2-0 lead. The ’47 Yankees countered with three runs in bottom of the inning, capped by a Dimaggio 2-run homer. The ’47 Yankees tied the game in the 3rd on a two-out infield hit by Chris Chambliss. Aaron Robinson put ’the 47 Yankees back ahead 4-3 with a solo HR. Later, the ’78 Yankees scored three in the 7th on a Lou Pinella RBI double followed by a Reggie Jackson 2-run homer to take a 6-4 lead. The ’47 Yankees scored one in 8th and one in the 9th off Goose Gossage on a George McQuinn RBI single to send it to extras. McQuinn then hit a walk-off triple in the 10th for a 7-6 win. They won game Five by an identical 7-6 score and again in 10 innings. The '47 Yankees had a 6-2 lead going into the bottom of the 6th when Gary Thomassen capped a four-run rally with a three-run homer to tie the game. McQuinn was a late hero again, this time with a RBI double in the 10th to give them the lead. Mickey Rivers was thrown out trying to steal third base in the bottom of the inning. The '78 Yankees won a comeback game of their own in Game Four when Mickey Rivers helped them overcome a 4-1 deficit with a two-run blast in the 6th for a 5-4 win.
Jackson leads the '78 Yankees in hitting at .334 with 26 home runs, 65 RBI, 65 runs scored, and a 1.016 OPS. Rivers is hitting .331 with 32 stolen bases and 52 RBI. Nettles is hitting .279 with 18 home runs and 55 RBI. Guidry gave up one run in 17 innings in this series to reduce his ERA to 2.26 to go with a 9-8 record. Ed Figueroa picked up another win to go to 13-3 with a 3.09 ERA.
Dimaggio hit .417 in the series with two homers and eight RBI to raise his overall average to .300 with 18 home runs and 84 RBI. Phil Rizzuto’s average dropped to .283 with 17 stolen bases. Shea is now 9-8 with a 4.45 ERA after his two stellar starts. The '47 Yankees will face the 41-31 1950 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1950 Yankees dominated their six game series with the 1947 Yankees, winning five of six games. The '50 Yankees are now tied for 8th with a 46-32 record while the '47 Yankees fell to 55-53.
The '50 Yankees won the first four games of the series, averaging over nine runs a game. Yogi Berra had a four hit game in Game Two with a double, home run, three RBI, and two runs scored in a 14-2 blowout. Joe Dimaggio followed with a four hit game of his own in Game Three with a double and five RBI in a 12-9 shootout. Game Four was a tight 1-1 contest until Berra hit a two-run homer in the 8th to break the tie in a 4-1 win. The '47 Yankees won their only game in the series in Game Five as Spec Shea pitched a three-hit shutout in a 6-0 win. The '50 Yankees closed out the series with a thrilling 9-8 win that featured four lead changes. Hank Bauer hit a two-run double in the 7th as part of a five-run rally to give them a 9-5 lead.
Dimaggio leads the '50 Yankees in hitting at .343 with 16 home runs, 84 RBI, 66 runs scored, and a 1.002 OPS. Johnny Hopp is hitting .341 with 56 runs scored and a .916 OPS. Berra is hitting .310 with 11 home runs, 72 RBI, and 57 runs scored. Phil Rizzuto is hitting .308 with 64 runs scored. Vic Raschi picked up his 10th win in this series; he is 10-6 with a 4.76 ERA.
Dimaggio raised his average for the '47 Yankees to .305 with 20 home runs, 89 RBI and 76 runs scored. George McQuinn is hitting .283 with 77 runs scored. Shea pitched his second shutout in three starts, improving his record to 10-8 with a 4.17 ERA. The '47 Yankees will battle the 45-33 1939 Yankees in the next series.