Greatest American League
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The 1932 Yankees swept the 1962 Yankees in their six game series. The '32 Yankees improved their overall record to 32-16 while the '62 Yankees plummeted to 49-65.
Despite the dominance, most of the games were close; four of the wins were by two or fewer runs. Lou Gehrig hit two homeruns and drove in three RBI in Game Two for a 4-2 win. Game Three turned out to be a crazy shootout as they jumped out to a 6-0 lead and barely held off the '62 Yankees for a 7-6 win. Elston Howard led the comeback in the 7th with the first of two two-run homeruns followed by taters by the next two batters, Clete Boyer and Johnny Blanchard to cut the lead to 6-4. Howard’s second two-run dinger came into the 9th as the comeback fell just short. They won a strange game in Game Five 3-1 in which they had more runs than hits (two).
Babe Ruth is hitting an insane .381 with 21 homeruns, 57 RBI, 52 runs scored, and a 1.285 OPS. Tony Lazzeri is hitting .358 with 51 runs scored and a 1.053 OPS. Gehrig is hitting .344 with a 1.002 OPS. Wilcy Moore picked up four saves in the series to give him 10 on the season with a 5.99 ERA.
Mantle’s average dropped three points to .281. He did not add to his homerun and RBI total, 33 and 75 respectively. Blanchard hit four homeruns in the series to give him 19 for the season. The '62 Yankees will face the 15-9 1923 Yankees in the next series.
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After winning the first two games of their series with the 1923 Yankees, the 1962 Yankees dropped the final four games to lose another series and fall to 51-69. The '23 Yankees improved their record to 19-11.
The '62 Yankees won the first two games 2-1 and 7-1. In Game Two, they scored all seven of their runs in the first inning, capped off by a Johnny Blanchard grand slam. The '23 Yankees came back with their pitching and key hits. They trailed 1-0 in Game Three when Babe Ruth tied the game with a solo homerun and Joe Dugan cracked a go-ahead two-out RBI double for a 2-1 comeback win. Waite Hoyt and Herb Pennock pitched shutouts in the next two games, leading to 2-0 and 4-0 wins. The two teams battled in a slugfest in the final game when The '62 Yankees took an early 5-0 lead. The '23 Yankees battled back and tied the game 8-8 in the 8th with four runs, capped off by a Ruth three-run homer. Joe Bush, who came into the game as a relief pitcher in the 9th, led off the 10th with a triple and scored on Wally Schang’s walk-off single for a 9-8 series-clinching win.
Ruth is carrying the offense for the '23 Yankees over the first 30 games, hitting .350 with 15 homeruns, 43 RB, 32 runs scored, and an absurd 1.460 OPS. Hoyt’s shutout improved his record to 4-0 with a 1.20 ERA while Pennock is now 4-2 with a 3.39 ERA.
While Mickey Mantle maintained his solid batting average at .283, he failed to add to his homerun and RBI total (33 and 75) for the second series in a row. Blanchard became the third player on the '62 Yankees to hit 20 homeruns. Ralph Terry and Whitey Ford have a combined record of 20-13. The rest of the pitching staff is 31-56. The '62 Yankees will take on the 19-11 2009 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1962 Yankees won three of their first four games with the 2009 Yankees but dropped the final two games to split the series. The '62 Yankees remain 18 games under .500 at 54-72 while the 2K9 Yankees stay eight games over at 22-14.
After losing the first game 3-1, the '62 Yankees won the next three games starting with a 15-1 blowout in Game Two; Moose Skowron hit a triple and a grand slam with six RBI while Johnny Blanchard went 3-4 with two homers and five RBI. The '62 Yankees had a chance to close out the series in Game 5 with a 4-2 lead in the 9th and two outs. But Johnny Damon blasted a solo homerun off Marshall Bridges, Melky Cabrera singled, and Nick Swisher hit a walk-off two run blast for a 5-4 come-from- behind victory. It was Bridges 10th loss. CC Sabathia pitched a complete game gem in the final game, a 7-1 win with 12 strikeouts.
Derek Jeter leads the 2K9 Yankees in hitting at .317 and homeruns with 10. Jorge Posada is hitting .267 and leads the team in RBI with 32. Sabathia has completed five of his nine starts; he is 6-3 with a 2.39 ERA.
Mickey Mantle finally got off the power slump; he hit his 34th homerun of the year and drove in five runs in the series to give him 80 for the season. He has scored 89 runs. Bridges picked up two saves in addition to the Game 5 meltdown to give him a 1-10 record with 34 saves and a 3.92 ERA. The '62 Yankees will battle the 12-6 1950 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1962 Yankees salvaged a six game split with the 1950 Yankees after losing three of the first four games of the series; the '62 Yankees remain 18 games under .500 at 57-75 while the '50 Yankees stay six games over .500 at 15-9.
The '50 Yankees overcame a 3-0 deficit in Game One with a five-run rally in the 7th inning to win 5-3. Yogi Berra tied the game with a three-run jack and Johnny Mize followed with a two-run blast. The '50 Yankees won Game Two 7-5. Roger Maris and Moose Skowron powered the '62 Yankees to their first win of the series in Game Three 9-3; Maris went 2-5 with a double, triple and four RBI while Skowron was 3-5 with a double and three RBI. The '50 Yankees took a 3-1 lead in the series in Game Four with an 8-4 win despite two homeruns and four RBI by Mickey Mantle; Johnny Hopp led the '50 Yankees at the plate, going 3-5 with two doubles and four RBI. Maris struck again in Game Five, a 9-6 win for the '62 Yankees, as he went 4-5 with two homers and five RBI. The '62 Yankees earned the split with a 7-4 win in the final game.
Mize is hitting .322 and leads the team in homeruns (10) and RBI (25). Ed Lopat is undefeated in his four starts at 4-0 with a 2.62 ERA.
Mantle’s average remains consistent at .285 and added two homers and six RBI in the series to give him 36 and 86 for the season. He also has scored 96 runs. Maris hit .375 in the series with two homeruns and 12 RBI. He raised his average to .232 with 24 homeruns and 88 RBI. Ralph Terry picked up his 13th win, against nine losses, with a 3.59 ERA. The '62 Yankees will take on the 16-8 1927 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1927 Yankees dominated their series with the 1962 Yankees, winning five of six games to boost their record to 21-9. The '62 Yankees fell to 58-80.
The '27 Yankees won the only pitching duel of the series, 2-1, in Game One. Babe Ruth was responsible for both runs, one on a solo homerun that tied the game in the sixth, the other on a sac fly for the go-ahead run in the 8th. They scored seven runs in the next three games, all wins. The '27 Yankees came from 5-2 down in the 9th to send it to extra innings on a pinch-hit bases clearing double by Ben Paschal. They scored two in the 10th to win 7-5. Ruth blasted two homeruns in Game Four with four RBI for a 7-4 win. The '62 Yankees won their only game in Game Five 4-3. The '27 Yankees put their final stamp on the series in the final game with a 12-6 blowout; winning pitcher Myles Thomas struck out 10 in eight innings and every player got a hit and scored a run.
Six '27 Yankee starters are hitting over .300, led by Ruth who is hitting .400 with 17 homeruns, 46 RBI, 45 runs scored and a 1.496 OPS. Lou Gehrig is hitting .374 with a 1.266 OPS. Earle Combs is hitting .338 with 34 runs scored. Bob Meusel is hitting .328 with 34 RBI. Mark Koenig is hitting .319 and Tony Lazzeri is hitting .304 with 33 RBI and a .937 OPS. Truly a murderer’s row. Meanwhile, in seven starts, Waite Hoyt is 6-0 with a 0.90 ERA. Wilcy doubled his save total from three to six and has a 1.15 ERA.
Mickey Mantle raised his average to .289. No homers or RBI, but he scored three more times to give him 99 for the season. He also has 134 walks and a 1.011 OPS. Despite hitting just .231, Roger Maris has taken over the RBI lead with 92 to go with 25 homeruns. Marshall Bridges picked up another loss and a save in this series. He is now 1-11 with 37 saves and a 4.43 ERA. The '62 Yankees will battle the 17-7 1938 Yankees in the next series.
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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.
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The 1928 Yankees beat the 1962 Yankees five out of six games in their series to boost their record to 18-6. The '62 Yankees plummeted to 62-88.
The '28 Yankees won the first five games of this series; however, three of the wins were by one run. The '28 Yankees won Game Two 2-1; Babe Ruth drove in both runs with a single and a solo homerun. They won Game Five 3-2 on a walk-off pinch hit triple by Ben Paschal. The only win for the '62 Yankees was in the last game, a 12-1 blowout. They hit five homeruns, two from Johnny Blanchard.
Ruth is hitting .361 with 12 homeruns, 26 RBI, 26 runs scored and a 1.343 OPS. Tony Lazzeri is hitting .351 with a 1.033 OPS. Earle Combs is hitting .330 with 21 runs scored. George Pipgras won two games in this series; he is now 6-0 with a 1.47 ERA. Waite Hoyt also remains undefeated at 3-0 with a 1.77 ERA.
Mickey Mantle is hitting .280 with 38 homeruns, 91 RBI, and 104 runs scored. Tom Tresh became the fifth player with 20 homeruns in this series, joining Mantle, Roger Maris (27), Elston Howard (26), and Blanchard (26). Ralph Terry picked up his 15th win in this series. The '62 Yankees will play their final series against the 5-1 1953 Yankees.
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After winning the first two games of their final series against the 1953 Yankees, the 1962 Yankees dropped the last four games to finish their play-in season with a record of 64-92, currently fourth worst out of the 27 championship Yankee teams. The '53 Yankees are 9-3, tied for first (by winning percentage) with the 1928 Yankees.
The '62 Yankees won a bizarre Game One 3-1, a game in which '53 starting pitcher Whitey Ford was ejected in the third inning. Mickey Mantle powered the '62 Yankees to their final win, 7-2, in Game Two with two homeruns and five RBI. The '53 Yankees took over the rest of the series by scoring 31 runs in the final four games. In Game Three, Moose Skowron hit two homeruns to stake the '62 Yankees to a 3-0 lead. Mantle led the '53 Yankees comeback with two homeruns and five RBI of his own to give them a 7-3 win. Mantle continued to do damage for the '53 Yankees in Game Four, going 4-4 with two doubles, a homerun, and five RBI in a 11-3 win. They won the final two games 7-2 and 6-4.
The 1962 Yankees hit .232 as a team, scored 657 runs (4.2 a game), and hit 203 homeruns. Here are the final numbers of their starting eight:
1B: Bill Skowron: .180, 18 HRs, 71 RBI, 104 strikeouts
2B: Bobby Richardson: .271, 63 runs scored, 53 doubles
3B: Clete Boyer: .181, 15 HRs, 51 runs scored, 110 strikeouts
SS: Tom Tresh: .248, 20 HRs, 88 runs scored
LF: Johnny Blanchard: .225, 28 HRs, 61 RBI
Hector Lopez: .267, 47 runs scoredCF: Mickey Mantle: .280, 43 HRs, 101 RBI, 109 runs scored, 137 walks, .423 OBP
RF: Roger Maris: .226, 28 HRs, 98 RBI
C: Elston Howard: .255, 27 HRs, 80 RBI
The '62 Yankees had a team ERA of 4.31 with 10 complete games and 42 saves. They gave up 166 homeruns as a staff. Here are the final numbers of their starters and closer:
Ralph Terry: 16-14, 3.63 ERA, five complete games, 168 strikeouts
Whitey Ford: 13-17, 3.71 ERA, 30 homeruns given up.
Bill Stafford: 11-11, 4.71 ERA
Jim Bouton: 2-9, 4.70 ERA
Roland Sheldon: 1-6, 6.47 ERA .342 OBA
Marshall Bridges: 1-11, 40 saves, 4.21 ERA, 9.32 K per 9 innings.
Mantle hit .429 for the '53 Yankees in the series with four homers and 14 RBI. He is now hitting .362 with five homeruns, 17 RBI, 17 runs scored and a 1.284 OPS. Hank Bauer is hitting .349 with a 1.106 OPS and 12 runs scored. Yogi Berra is hitting just .229 but has 14 RBI. In two starts, Johnny Sain is 2-0 with a 2.12 ERA. The '53 Yankees will take on the 53-91 1949 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1953 Yankees defeated the 1949 Yankees in their six game series 4-2 to improve their record to 13-5, tied for second in the standings with the 1978 and 1998 Yankees. The 1949 Yankees dropped to 55-95.
The '49 Yankees won the first game 3-1; Joe Dimaggio broke a 1-1 tie with a two-run homer in the 6th. The '53 Yankees won the next four games, scoring 37 runs in the process. Game Three was a back-and-forth battle with the '53 Yankees holding on for a 7-5 victory; the '49 Yankees trailed 2-0 early but took a 3-2 lead on a Tommy Henrich two-run homer, followed by a Johnny Mize solo blast. Gene Woodling walked with the bases loaded for the '53 Yankees in the 7th to tie the game, and they scored four more in the 8th to get the win. Woodling and Mickey Mantle each had four RBI in Game Five’s series-clinching 14-5 win. The '49 Yankees won the final game 10-4 on 13 hits and nine walks.
Hank Bauer leads the '53 Yankees in hitting at .353 with seven homeruns and a 1.158 OPS. Mantle cooled off as his average fell to .292. He hit three more homeruns to give him seven for the season and drove in five RBI to give him 22. Johnny Sain and Ed Lopat are a combined 5-0 on the mound. Sain’s ERA is 2.63 while Lopat’s is 3.68.
Dimaggio is hitting .291 to lead the '49 Yankees with 38 homeruns, 129 RBI, 119 runs scored, and a 1.029 OPS. Henrich is hitting .228 with 35 homeruns, 118 RBI, and 103 runs scored. Yogi Berra is hitting .219 with 24 homeruns and 112 RBI. Vic Raschi picked up his 16th win in this series. The '49 Yankees will play their final series against the 18-6 1928 Yankees.