The 1962 Yankees and the 1938 Yankees split their six game series; the '62 Yankees remain 22 games under .500 at 61-83 while the '38 Yankees stay 10 games over .500 at 20-10.
The series went back-and-forth with the '62 Yankees winning games 1,3, and 5 and the '38 Yankees winning games 2,4, and 6. Elston Howard drove in all five runs for the '62 Yankees 5-3 win in Game One with a first inning grand slam and another solo blast for good measure. The '38 Yankees evened the series in Game Two 4-2 thanks to a go-ahead two run homer by Lou Gehrig in the 7th. Ralph Terry starred for the '62 Yankees in Game Three’s 4-1 win on the mound and the plate in which he was 2-2 with two RBI. Joe Dimaggio helped even the series again in Game Four with a 2-2, homerun and four RBI performance in a 7-2 win. The '62 Yankees bombed five homeruns in Game Five, two by Clete Boyer, in a 13-9 slugfest. The '38 Yankees finished the pattern with a 9-4 win in the final game; Bill Dickey went 3-3 with two homeruns and four RBI.
Dickey hit .350 in the series which actually dropped his overall average to .361 to lead the team. He hit four homeruns and drove in nine runs to give him 13 homeruns, 36 RBI and a 1.228 OPS, also team highs. Dimaggio is hitting .317 with a 1.044 OPS. Starting pitching remains an early strength of this team as four of their top five starters sport ERAs under 3.20, led by Monte Pearson at 4-1 with a 1.85 ERA.
Mantle’s average dropped back down to .283; he went over the century mark in runs scored with 101. Roger Maris hit two more homeruns with five RBI in the series to give him 27 dingers and 97 RBI. Terry’s win improved his record to 14-11 with a 3.67 ERA. Marshall Bridges saved two more games to give him 39 for the season while reducing his ERA to 4.28. The '62 Yankees will play the 13-5 1928 Yankees in the next series.