Greatest American League
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The 1958 Yankees cruised past the 1996 Yankees winning five of their six games to improve their record to 35-37. The '96 Yankees fell below .500 at 17-19.
The '58 Yankees won the first three games of the series by an astonishing 48-4 combined score. They won Game One 16-3; every player scored or drove in a run, led by Elston Howard who went 5-6 with two RBI and two runs scored. Whitey Ford pitched a two-hit shutout in a 6-0 win in Game Two. They won Game Three 26-1 on the strength of 25 hits. 15 of their runs were scored in the 9th inning alone. Mickey Mantle went 3-5 with five RBI. Yogi Berra went 3-6 with six RBI. The '96 Yankees got some revenge in Game Four, winning 12-0. Andy Pettitte pitched a four=hit shutout while the offense scored in seven out of nine innings. Paul O’Neill went 4-5 with a homerun and four RBI. The '58 Yankees won the final two games 8-3 and 5-2. Norm Siebern led the offense in Game Five with a 4-5, two double, homerun, three RBI performance.
Howard hit .367 with two homeruns and nine RBI in the series to raise his average to .335. Mantle hit .423 to raise his average to .254 with 46 runs scored to lead the team. Andy Carey leads the team in homers (16) and RBI (52) while hitting .248. Ford’s shutout improved his record to 5-4 and lowered his ERA to 2.67.
Mariano Duncan raised his average 10 points to .305 to lead the '96 Yankees along with 25 RBI. Bernie Williams hit his 10th homerun, but his average plummeted 35 points to .232. Pettitte is now 5-0 with a 1.67 ERA. The '96 Yankees will take on the 24-24 1947 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1947 Yankees beat the 1996 Yankees four out of six games to move their record two games over .500 at 28-26. The '96 Yankees fell to 19-23.
The '47 Yankees won the first three games of this series mainly because of pitching. Allie Reynolds and Spec Shea pitched back-to-back four hit shutouts in identical 4-0 wins. It took 11 innings for the ‘96 Yankees to win their first game of the series in Game Four. Bernie Williams’ RBI single in the 11th led them to a 4-3 win. Mike Aldrete broke open a close game in Game Five with a pinch-hit grand slam in the 8th for a 7-1 win. The final game was full of drama. George McQuinn hit a three-run homer off Mariano Rivera in the 8th to give the '47 Yankees a 4-3 lead. Tino Martinez answered with a solo homerun in the 9th off closer Joe Page, his second homer of the game, to send the game into extras. Tommy Henrich singled in Joe Dimaggio in the 11th for a walk-off 5-4 win.
Dimaggio leads the '47 Yankees in batting average at .296 and RBI with 35. McQuinn is hitting .293 and leads the team in homeruns (6) and runs scored (40). Reynolds leads the staff with a 7-2 record and a 2.12 ERA. Shea’s shutout reduced his ERA to 5.26.
Mariano Duncan’s average fell to .300, still best on the ‘96 Yankees; he also leads in RBI with 26. Bernie Williams’ average continued to fall to .213 with a team high in runs scored (30) and homers (10). Andy Pettitte picked up his first loss, but he is still 5-1 with a 2.16 ERA. Rivera’s ERA ballooned to 4.79. The '96 Yankees will battle the 25-23 2000 Yankees in the next series.
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The 2000 Yankees won four of their six games with the 1996 Yankees to improve their record to 29-25. The '96 Yankees dropped to 21-27.
The 2K Yankees won the first four games of this series that featured three grand slams and a no-hitter. In Game One, Derek Jeter was 2-4 with a Granny, six RBI, and three runs scored while leading the 2K Yankees to a 14-9 win. Chuck Knoblauch added a 5-6 performance at the plate with a double and three RBI. Mariano Duncan had six RBI in a losing cause while going 3-4 with three doubles. Andy Pettitte no-hit the '96 Yankees in Game Two for a 2-0 win. Knoblauch hit the second grand slam of the series in Game Four to cap off a six run fourth inning for a 7-4 win. The '96 Yankees won the final two games of the series. Wade Boggs went 5-5 with a double and and four RBI for a 8-2 win. Cecil Fielder blasted the third grand slam of the series in the final game, turning a 3-1 deficit in the 7th inning to a 5-3 lead on the way to a 6-4 win.
Knoblauch hit .478 in the series with seven RBI; he raised his overall average to .254. Jeter hit .320 to raise his team leading average to .290 along with 52 runs scored. David Justice leads the team in homeruns (14) and RBI (41) despite hitting just .210. Pettitte’s no no improved his record to 6-2 with a 2.70 ERA. Mariano Rivera picked up a couple of more saves to give him 15 for the season with a 1.88 ERA.
Duncan continues to lead the '96 Yankees in hitting at .293 and his seven RBI in the series gives him a team best 33 for the season. Bernie Williams leads the team in homeruns (10) and runs scored (34), despite hitting just .208. '96 Pettitte is not doing shabby either; he is now 5-2 with a 2.14 ERA. Dwight Gooden evened his record to 3-3 with a 2.36 ERA. The '96 Yankees will take on the 16-14 1932 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1932 Yankees won five of their six games against the 1996 Yankees to improve their record to 21-15. The '96 Yankees continued to drop further below .500 at 22-32.
The '32 Yankees won the first five games before dropping the finale 6-4. Game One went to extra innings; Frankie Crosetti’s RBI single in the 12th broke a 3-3 tie for a 4-3 win. They scored double figure run in three of the next four games, winning 14-4, 11-1, 5-2. and 14-6. Lou Gehrig had a monster Game Two, going 5-6 with three doubles, a triple, five RBI and three runs scored. In Game Three, Earle Combs went 4-5 with a double, triple, three RBI and two runs scored. In Game Five, Tony Lazzeri hit the cycle in five ABs with three runs scored and two RBI. Bill Dickey added a 2-4 performance with a HR and five RBI. The '96 won their only game when Bernie Williams hit a two-out two-run double to break a 4-4 tie in the 9th for a 6-4 win.
Tony Lazzeri hit .484 in the series to raise his team leading average to .380 with a 1.067 OPS. Ruth hit .462 with a couple more homeruns and eight RBI. He is now hitting .377 overall with 18 homeruns, 43 RBI, and a 1.311 OPS. Gehrig still only has one homerun on the season, but like Ruth, he hit .462 in the series to raise his average to .321 and netted 10 RBI to give him 26 overall. Red Ruffing picked up his fifth win and a save in the series. George Pipgras improved his record to 6-1 with a 3.06 ERA.
Mariano Duncan continues to stay steady at the plate for the '96 Yankees at .293 with 35 RBI. Andy Pettitte picked up the team’s only win of the series to move him to 6-2 with a 2.25 ERA. The '96 Yankees will face off with the 26-22 1999 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1996 Yankees rebounded from their terrible series with the 1932 Yankees by taking five out of six from the 1999 Yankees to improve their record to 27-33. The '99 Yankees dropped back to .500 at 27-27.
The '96 Yankees got their offense cranking early as they scored 12 runs in two of the first three games. They won Game One 12-3 on the strength of Bernie Williams who went 3-5 with two homeruns, three RBI and four runs scored and Mariano Duncan who went 4-5 with a double, homer, four RBI and three runs scored. After Jimmy Key pitched a five-hit shutout in a 4-0 win in Game Two, the '96 Yankees won their third straight 12-10 in 10 innings in a game that was wild beyond belief. The '96 Yankees led 10-0 after two innings. The '99 Yankees came all the way back with one run in the fourth inning, five in the eighth, and four in the ninth. '99 Williams capped off the four run rally with a three run dinger to send it to extras. '96 Williams, who was 4-5 in the contest hit a walk-off two run blast, giving him five RBI and end the game in the 10th. The '99 Yankees picked up their only win of the series in Game Five 4-3 in 11 innings on a walk-off single by Derek Jeter.
'96 Williams hit .393 in the series with three homeruns and nine RBI to raise his overall average to .228 with a team leading 14 homeruns 35 RBI, and a team leading 41 runs scored. Duncan hit .414 in the series with two homeruns and nine RBI to raise his team leading average to .306 with a team high 43 RBI. To show how poorly Key’s season has gone, his shutout improved his record to 4-6 with a 7.36 ERA. John Wetteland now has 11 saves with a 2.36 ERA.
Jeter leads the '99 Yankees in hitting at .316. Williams leads the team in homeruns (16) and RBI (50) while hitting .286. El Duque, Orlando Hernandez lost both of his starts to drop his record to 7-4 with a 2.75 ERA. The '99 Yankees will take on the 27-21 1937 Yankees in the next series.
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After dropping three of the first four games, the 1999 Yankees rallied to a six game split with the 1937 Yankees by winning the final two games. The '99 Yankees remain even at 30-30 while the '37 Yankees stay four games over .500 at 30-24.
The '37 Yankees cruised to a 8-2 win in Game One; they earned 10 walks, two of them forcing in runs. The '99 Yankees evened the series in Game Two in dramatic fashion. Bernie Williams hit a two-out three-run walk-off homerun off closer Johnny Murphy for a come-from-behind 4-2 win. The '37 Yankees won the next two games 4-0 and 10-4. Bump Hadley pitched a four-hit shutout in Game Three. The '99 Yankees won the final two games 9-5 and 11-6. Paul O’Neill hit the cycle in the final game while going 4-5 with four RBI.
Lou Gehrig leads the '37 Yankees in hitting at .349 and runs scored with 57 while adding 18 homeruns and 45 RBI. Joe Dimaggio is hitting .274 and leads the team in homers (19) and RBI (61). Hadley’s shutout improved his record to 5-3 with a 3.11 ERA.
O’Neill hit .520 in the series with nine RBI to increase his team-leading average to .336. Williams raised his average to .291 with 18 homeruns and 57 RBI, both team highs. El Duque bettered his record to 8-4 with 2.91 ERA. The '99 Yankees will battle with the 17-13 1961 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1999 Yankees beat the 1961 Yankees four out of six games in their series to go back over .500 at 34-32. The '61 Yankees fell to 19-17.
This series went back-and-forth. After the '61 Yankees won the first game 6-4, the '99 Yankees blasted their way to a 18-3 win in Game Two. They massed 20 hits, including four homeruns. Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams, and Paul O’Neill all drove in four RBIs. Game Three was an epic back-and-forth affair. The '99 Yankees took and early 2-0 lead on a Tino Martinez homer. He would hit another homer after the '61 Yankees tied the game to build a 5-2 lead. Mickey Mantle tied the game on a three-run homer. The '61 Yankees took an 8-6 lead going into the 8th. The '99 Yankees came back to win 9-8 on a walk-off two run single by Ricky Ledee in the 9th. The '61 Yankees evened the series in Game Four 7-5 after trailing 5-0. The '99 Yankees took Game Five 6-4. David Cone struck out 10 batters in seven innings. The '99 Yankees clinched the series in the final game 2-1 in 10 innings, a game where all the runs were scored on homeruns. Yogi Berra gave the '61 Yankees a 1-0 lead. WIlliams tied the game with a tater of his own. Scott Brosius hit the go-ahead homerun in the 10th for the win.
O’Neill hit .375 with five RBI in the series. He leads the team in hitting at .338. Chuck Knoblauch leads the team in runs scored with 52 despite hitting only .210. Williams hit .391 in the series with two homeruns and five RBI. He raised his average to .300 and leads the team in homeruns with 20 and RBI with 62. Mariano Rivera picked up a couple of saves to give him 16 for the season with a 2.40 ERA.
Elston Howard leads the '61 Yankees in hitting at .361. Mantle is hitting .318 while leading the team in homeruns (16), runs scored (35) and RBI (35). Whitey Ford is 4-2 with a 2.95 ERA. The '61 Yankees will take on the 27-33 1996 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1996 Yankees beat the 1961 Yankees four out of six games in their series to improve their overall record to 31-35. The '61 Yankees dropped back to .500 at 21-21.
The '96 Yankees took the first three games on the road. They brought out the bats in Game One, winning a 10-6 slugfest. Mariano Duncan went 3-5 with a double and five RBI while Darryl Strawberry hit two homeruns. Strawberry and Tino Martinez hit solo homeruns in Game Three which turned out to be all they needed in a 2-1 win. The '61 Yankees won the next two games in which they scored 10 runs each time. In their 10-4 Game Five win, Bill Skowron hit two homeruns, including a first inning grand slam and drove in five RBI. The '96 Yankees clinched the series with a 8-1 blowout.
Duncan had 11 RBI in the series for the '96 Yankees to give him 54 for the season while hitting .305. Strawberry now has 10 homeruns, second only to Bernie Williams who has 15. Andy Pettitte won his two starts to improve his record to 8-2 with a 2.44 ERA.
Skowron hit .333 in the series with four dingers and eight RBI to raise his overall average to .299 with 13 homeruns and 35 RBI. Ralph Terry got bombed in both of his starts to fall to 2-6 with a 4.77 ERA. The '61 Yankees will face off with the 32-34 1962 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1962 Yankees bested their neighbor, the 1961 Yankees four games to two in their series, evening their record to 36-36. The '61 Yankees dropped to two games under .500 at 23-25.
The '61 Yankees won two of the first three games. In Game Three, Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris each hit two-run homers in a 5-2 win. Game Four was a wild matchup. In a game with six homeruns combined by both teams the game was either tied or the lead changed hands seven times. The '62 Yankees trailed 5-2 early in the game, but Mantle’s two-run HR in the 6th cut the deficit to 5-4. Jack Reed followed with a pinch hit two-run blast in the same inning to give them a 6-5 lead. The '61 Yankees came back in the 7th inning with four runs to take a 9-6 lead only to have Bobby Richardson tie the game in the bottom of the inning with a bases-clearing double. The '62 Yankees scored two more in the 8th to take an 11-9 lead and held on in the 9th after a Maris solo homerun to win an 11-10 nailbiter. The '62 Yankees won Game Five 7-4 despite two more homeruns for ('61) Maris. Johnny Blanchard hit two taters for the '62 Yankees. The '62 Yankees overcame deficits of 3-0 and and 5-3 in the final game to win 6-5. Clete Boyer hit a solo homerun to tie the game 3-3 and a two-out RBI double in the 8th for the go-ahead run.
Richardson leads the '62 Yankees in hitting at .299. Mantle leads the team in homeruns (20) and runs scored (56) while hitting .285 with a 1.044 OPS. Boyer hit .350 in the series with three homeruns and six RBI. Pitching was optional for both teams in this series. Marshall Bridges picked up his 20th save to go along with a 1-5 record and a 3.44 ERA in his up-and-down season.
Maris mashed in this series for the '61 Yankees; he was 6-18 (.333) in this series, and ALL of the hits were homeruns. He raised his average to .226 and now has 19 homeruns. He drove in 13 RBI in the series to give him 39 overall, second only to Mantle and Bill Skowron who have 40. Mantle hit .368 in the series to raise his average to .317 to lead the team along with 46 runs scored. Rollie Sheldon is the only starting pitcher with an ERA below 3 at 2.97 to go with a 4-3 record. The '61 Yankees will battle with the 28-26 1947 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1947 Yankees beat the 1961 Yankees four out of six games to improve their record to 32-28. The '61 Yankees fell to 25-29.
Game 1 was a walk in the park for the '47 Yankees as they picked up 10 walks on their way to a 9-3 win. They followed that with a 7-4 win in Game 2. Whitey Ford led the '61 Yankees to a 4-2 win in Game 3. Ford pitched eight no-hit innings until he gave up a two-run homer to George McQuinn in the 9th. The two teams traded wins in the next two games. The '47 Yankees clinched the series in the final game 12-7. Joe Dimaggio went 2-5 with a double, homerun, and four RBI.
Dimaggio leads the '47 Yankees in hitting at .296 and RBI with 40. McQuinn is hitting .295 and leads the team in homeruns (7) and runs scored (46). Allie Reynolds won both of his starts to improve his record to 9-3 with a 2.41 ERA. Joe Page picked up a couple of more saves to give him 19 to go along with a 2-0 record and a 1.99 ERA.
Elston Howard leads the '61 Yankees in hitting at .338. Roger Maris hit his 20th homerun and leads the team in RBI with Bill Skowron with 44. Ford improved his record to 5-2 with a 3.90 ERA. The '61 Yankees will take on the 29-25 2000 Yankees in the next series.