The 1927 Yankees and the 1958 Yankees split their six game series. The '27 Yankees stayed 20 games over .500 at 43-23 while the '58 Yankees remain 10 games under .500 at 61-71.
The '27 Yankees got their offense rolling early, scoring nine runs in each of the first two games in 9-7 and 9-3 wins. In Game Two, Babe Ruth put his stamp on the team’s five run first inning with a three-run homerun. The '58 Yankees got their first win in Game Three in a back-and-forth affair. The '27 Yankees scored four runs in the 7th to take a 5-3 lead. The '58 Yankees tied the game with two runs in the 8th and won it 6-5 on a walk-off solo homerun by Andy Carey. The '58 Yankees evened the series in Game Four with a 5-3 win; Mickey Mantle belted two solo homeruns in the game. Speaking of homers, the '27 Yankees blasted four from Earle Combs, Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Tony Lazzeri in a, you guessed it, 9-3 win. Bobby Shantz shut out that prolific offense with a five-hitter in a 3-0 to even the series for the '58 Yankees.
Combs leads the '27 Yankees in hitting at .363 with 11 stolen bases and 62 runs scored. Ruth is hitting .355 with 31 homeruns, 84 RBI, 82 runs scored, and a 1.327 OPS. Gehrig is hitting .351 with 20 homeruns, 75 RBI, 73 runs scored, and a 1.174 OPS. Bob Meusel is hitting .313 with 60 RBI and 51 runs scored. Lazzeri is hitting .306 with 12 homeruns, 56 RBI and 10 stolen bases. Waite Hoyt went 1-1 in his two starts to improve his record to 11-3 with a 2.65 ERA.
Norm Siebern raised his average to .305; he hit his 10th homerun and has 93 runs scored. Mantle has 35 homeruns and 85 RBI while hitting .274 with 14 stolen bases, 89 runs scored, and a .968 OPS. Carey hit his 30th homerun in this series and has 91 RBI despite hitting .235. Whitey Ford won his start to improve his record to 11-8 with a 2.53 ERA. The '58 Yankees will take on the 30-24 1978 Yankees in the next series.