The 1939 Yankees and the 1952 Yankees split their six game series. The '39 Yankees remained four games over .500 at 20-16 while the '52 Yankees stayed 14 games under .500 at 38-52.
The teams traded wins the entire series; the '39 Yankees won games 1, 3 and 5 while the '52 Yankees won games 2, 4, and 6. Lefty Gomez pitched a three-hit shutout in a 7-0 Game One win while Bill Dickey went 2-4 with a double and five RBI at the plate. In Game Three, Monte Pearson pitched a complete game with two RBI at the plate in a 8-2 win. Dickey had another five RBI outing in Game Five, a 10-2 blowout in which eight of the team’s runs were scored in the 7th and 8th innings. The '52 Yankees won Game Two 4-2 in a game that went back-and-forth. They won Game Four 6-2 by scoring a run in every inning from the 3rd to the 8th. They earned the split in Game Six with a 3-2 win thanks to a two-out walk-off double by Phil Rizzuto.
Hank Bauer leads the '52 Yankees in hitting at .294. Joe Collins is hitting .272 at leads the team in homeruns (19) and RBI (77). Yogi Berra is hitting .242 with 11 homeruns, 43 RBI, and a team-leading 63 runs scored. Allie Reynolds picked up a win and his first save in this series. He is now an amazing 14-3 with one save and a 2.69 ERA.
Dickey hit .333 in the series with three homeruns and 15 (!) RBI. He raised his average to .273, is now tied for the team lead in homeruns with Joe Dimaggio at nine, and leads the team in RBI with 36. Dimaggio is hitting .315 with a 1.018 OPS. Red Rolfe is hitting .282 and he leads the team in runs scored with 32. The shutout by Gomez helped reduce his ERA to 2.45 with a 3-4 record. The '39 Yankees will take on the 35-37 1958 Yankees in the next series.
