Greatest American League
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The 1938 Yankees and the 2000 Yankees split their six game series, keeping the '38 Yankees 10 games over .500 at 23-13. The 2K Yankees stayed eight games under at 59-67.
Two of the games went into extra innings. The '38 Yankees won Game One 4-3 in 10 innings in a game that was scoreless for seven innings. Lou Gehrig hit a two-run homer in the 8th inning to give them a 2-0 lead, but the 2K Yankees countered with three runs of their own in the bottom of the inning, punctuated by a two-run double by David Justice. Tommy Henrich tied the game in the 9th off Mariano Rivera with a RBI triple. Myril Hoag gave the '38 Yankees the lead for good in the 10th with a RBI single. The 2K Yankees evened the series in Game Two with a 3-2 win. Bill Dickey and Scott Brosius exchanged two-run homers in the 5th, and Jorge Posada followed with a solo dinger in the 6th to give them the win. Bernie Williams blasted two homeruns with four RBI in Game Three to give the 2K Yankees an 8-5 win. The '38 Yankees tied the series in Game Four with an emphatic 11-1 win; Dickey and Joe Dimaggio had three RBI apiece. The 2K Yankees needed 12 innings to put away Game Five for a 4-3 win; Derek Jeter put them ahead for good with a two-out solo homerun in the 12th. The '38 Yankees earned a split with a leisurely 5-1 win in the final game.
Dickey leads the '38 Yankees in hitting at .340 with 15 homeruns, 43 RBI, and a 1.172 OPS. Dimaggio is hitting .315 with 11 homeruns, 37 RBI, and a 1.033 OPS. The '38 Yankees have three pitchers, Lefty Gomez (4-3, 2.61 ERA), Red Ruffing (3-4, 2.72 ERA), and Spud Chandler (5-1, 2.78 ERA) all have ERAs under 3.
Williams’ average dropped to .266 with 27 homeruns, 78 RBI, and 10 stolen bases. Derek Jeter scored six times in the series to give him 104 runs scored for the season. Posada has 23 homeruns and 70 RBO while hitting .246 with a .409 OBP. Justice had seven RBI in the series to give him 103 for the season with 38 homeruns. Roger Clemens continued his fall from grace as his record dropped to 12-8 with a 3.98 ERA. Rivera now has 33 saves and a 1.48 ERA. The 2K Yankees will play the 32-16 1932 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1932 Yankees beat the 2000 Yankees four games to two in their six game series. The '32 Yankees improved their record to 36-18 while the 2K Yankees fell to 61-71.
The 2K Yankees silenced the '32 Yankee bats in Game One as Andy Pettite pitched a four hit shutout in a 3-0 lead. The '32 Yankees won the next three games; they scored a total of 32 runs in those games. In Game Three they trailed 4-1 through six innings and 6-3 after eight innings. They rallied to score five runs off closer Mariano Rivera in the 9th, all of them with TWO OUTS! It started with an Earle Combs double, followed by a Tony Lazzeri triple, a Babe Ruth walk, a Lou Gehrig three-run homerun, and finally another homerun by Ben Chapman. They held on to win 8-7. In Game Four, the 2K Yankees jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the 1st., but the '32 Yankees responded with 13 unanswered run on their way to a 13-4 win. Gehrig went 3-5 with a pair of homeruns and five RBI. After losing Game Five 7-6, the '32 Yankees clinched the series with a 5-1 win. Combs drove in four of the runs, three on a homerun that opened up a slim 2-1 lead.
Ruth leads the '32 Yankees in hitting at .363 with 22 homeruns, 60 RBI, 57 runs scored and a 1.233 OPS. Lazzeri is hitting .355 with 55 runs scored and a 1.042 OPS. Combs is hitting .347 with 52 runs scored. Gehrig is hitting .346 with 53 RBI and a 1.065 OPS. Bill Dickey is hitting .294 with 12 homeruns and 60 RBI. Lefty Gomez won both of his starts to even his record to 4-4 with a 2.28 ERA.
Bernie Williams’ average dipped to .262 with 29 homeruns, 83 RBI, and 85 runs scored. Derek Jeter has 107 runs scored to go with a .257 average and 15 homeruns. Jorge Posada hit his 25th homerun in this series. Roger Clemens finally picked up a win to improve to 13-8 while his ERA jumped up to 4.12. Rivera’s disastrous outing jacked his ERA up nearly an entire run up to 2.43, but he did pick up his 34th save. The 2K Yankees will take on the 17-7 1953 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1953 Yankees lost the first game of their six game series with the 2000 Yankees. They won the rest of them to move to first place by winning percentage at 22-8. The 2K Yankees fell further below .500 at 62-76.
The lone 2K Yankees win in Game One had some late fireworks; Mickey Mantle tied the game 3-3 with a two-run triple in the top of the 8th, but Jorge Posada answered with a two-run homer in the bottom of the inning for a 5-3 win. Mantle led the '53 Yankees to a 7-6 win in Game Two despite two homeruns by Tino Martinez; Mantle went 3-5 with another triple and four RBI. Jim McDonald pitched a 3-hit shutout in Game 5 for a 6-0 win. All of the runs were scored on homeruns by Joe Collins and Gil McDougald in the 1st. and Yogi Berra in the 8th. Berra homered early in Game Six and finished the game with a walk-off single for a 4-3 win.
Gene Woodling leads the '53 Yankees in hitting at .339 with a .969 OPS. Hank Bauer is hitting .321 with a .978 OPS. Mantle is hitting .308 with 33 RBI, 27 runs scored, and a .976 OPS. McDonald, Johnny Sain, and Ed Lopat have not lost in any of their 14 combined starts; they are collectively 11-0. Allie Reynolds has pitched 10 1/3 scoreless innings in his 11 appearances for one win and nine saves.
Bernie Williams leads the 2K Yankees in hitting at .260 with 30 homeruns, 86 RBI, and 88 runs scored. Derek Jeter increased his run total to 109. Jorge Posada hit his 26th homerun and has 80 runs scored and RBI. David Justice is one homerun away from 40 for the season; he also has 105 RBI. Mariano Rivera picked up his 35th save while reducing his ERA to 2.34. The 2K Yankees will battle the 13-5 1998 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1998 Yankees beat the 2000 Yankees four games to two to improve their record to 17-7. The 2000 Yankees slipped to 64-80 with just two series left to play.
The 2K Yankees won a wild Game One 8-7 after trailing early 5-1; they scored five runs in the third inning to take the lead and never looked back. The '98 Yankees won the next four games to take the series. David Wells pitched a two-hit shutout in Game Three, a 9-0 win. They won Game Four 5-1 thanks to Tino Martinez who drove in three of the runs with a double and a homerun. They clinched the series with an 8-2 win in Game Five; Jorge Posada drove in half of the runs with a double and a homerun. The 2K Yankees salvaged a win in the final game 4-1 when David Justice and Bernie Williams provided three runs in the 8th on back-to-back homeruns to break a 1-1 tie.
Derek Jeter leads the '98 Yankees in hitting at .356 with seven homeruns, 22 RBI, 20 runs scored and a 1.014 OPS. Williams is hitting .301 with seven homeruns, 29 RBI, and a .917 OPS. The shutout for Wells improved his record to 4-0 with a 1.74 ERA. Orlando Hernandez is also undefeated at 3-0 with a 2.43 ERA. Mariano Rivera has six saves in seven appearances with 7 2/3 scoreless innings.
Williams raised his average for the 2K Yankees to .261 with 31 homeruns, 89 RBI and 90 runs scored. Jeter is hitting .255 with 15 homeruns and 111 runs scored. Posada is hitting .252 with 27 homeruns, 81 RBI, and 82 runs scored. David Justice hit two more homeruns in this series to give him 41 for the season with 109 RBI. Andy Pettitte has been by far their most consistent starting pitcher at 12-10 with a 2.94 ERA. The 2K Yankees will take on the 26-10 1928 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1928 Yankees and the 2000 Yankees split their six game series. The '28 Yankees stayed 16 games over .500 at 29-13. The 2K Yankees remained 16 games under .500 at 67-83.
After trailing 1-0 through five innings of Game One, the '28 Yankees scored two in the 6th, seven in the 8th, and three in the 9th for a 12-1 blowout win. Of their 16 hit attack, they hit four doubles and three triples. They hit three more triples in Game Two but lost 3-2 in 10 innings. Babe Ruth hit a two-out two-run homer in the 8th to give them a 2-1 lead, but Jorge Posada’s RBI double in the bottom of the inning tied the game. Derek Jeter won the game for the 2K Yankees with a walkoff double in the 10th. The 2K Yankees won a wild Game Three 10-8. They trailed 6-0 in the first two innings, thanks to two Ruth homeruns. The 2K Yankees scored eight unanswered runs including five in the 4th inning thanks to homeruns by Tino Martinez and Posada to take an 8-6 lead. The '28 Yankees scored two in the 7th to tie the game, but Posada struck again with his second homerun of the game, a two-run shot, to give them back the lead for good. The '28 Yankees won Game Four with a comeback of their own. The 2K Yankees jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning on the strength of a David Justice three-run homerun. The '28 Yankees chipped away and tied the game 5-5 in the 7th on a Tony Lazzeri two-run homerun. Cedric Durst, playing for an injured Ruth, hit a solo homerun in the bottom of the 8th for a 6-5 win. The teams traded wins in the last two games. The '28 Yankees earned the series split in the last game 5-4. George Pipgras got the win on the mound and drove in two runs with a double at the plate.
Lazzeri leads the '28 Yankees in hitting at .382 with 38 runs scored and a 1.088 OPS. Ruth is hitting .326 with 19 homeruns, 43 RBI, 45 runs scored, and a 1.261 OPS. Earle Combs is hitting .313 with 39 runs scored. Pipgras is 10-0 with a 2.21 ERA. Waite Hoyt is 6-0 with a 1.66 ERA.
Jeter took over the 2K Yankees leader in average at .260 with 15 homeruns and 118 runs scored. Posada now has 29 homeruns with 89 RBI to go with a .256 average. Bernie Williams is also hitting .256 with 31 homeruns, 89 RBI, and 94 runs scored. Justice now has 43 homeruns and 114 RBI while hitting .222. Mariano Rivera now has 39 saves along with a 2.10 ERA. The 2K Yankees will play their final series against the 26-10 1927 Yankees.
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The 1927 Yankees split their six game series with the 2000 Yankees. The '27 Bronx Bombers remained 29-13, fourth place by winning percentage. The 2000 Yankees finished their play in season with a 70-86 record.
The 2K Yankees won the first two games of the series. In Game One, Luis Polonia drove in two runs including a walk-off double in the 9th for a 3-2 win. Game Two was a 10-2 blowout led by Jorge Posada who went 4-5 with a homerun and four RBI. The '27 Yankees crushed the 2K Yankees in Game Three 20-3. Pat Collins went 4-6 with a grand slam and five RBI. Tony Lazzeri was also 4-6 with a homerun and five RBI, and Bob Meusel drove in seven runs and stole two bases. Game Four was crazy. The 2K Yankees jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the 3rd, capped off by a bases-clearing double by Paul O’Neill. The '27 Yankees came back with two runs in the 5th and tied the game in the 6th on a three-run tater by Lou Gehrig. The 2K Yankees went back out in front 6-5 in the 8th on a two-out single by Scott Brosius. The '27 Yankees countered in the bottom of the inning with another Weaver homerun, this one by Lazzeri for a 8-6 win to tie the series. The 2K Yankees won Game Five 4-1, but the '27 Yankees earned the split by winning a 12-7 slugfest; Gehrig hit two more homeruns and drove in three RBI, and Earle Combs went 4-5 with a triple, three RBI, and three runs scored.
Gehrig and Babe Ruth lead the '27 Yankees in hitting at .369. Ruth has 21 homeruns, 63 RBI, 58 runs scored, and a 1.391 OPS. Gehrig has 13 homeruns, 48 RBI, 54 runs scored, and a 1.271 OPS. Combs is hitting .359 with 49 runs scored and 10 stolen bases. Lazzeri is hitting .313 with 10 homeruns, 46 RBI, and a .935 OPS. Meusel is hitting .312 with 50 RBI and a .908 OPS. They are good at hitting. Waite Hoyt picked up his first loss, but won his other start; he is now 8-1 with a 2.01 ERA. So far, 1927 and 1928 Hoyt is a combined 14-1 on the mound. Wilcy Moore has eight saves in 10 non-starting appearances with a 0.98 ERA.
The 2000 Yankees finished the season with a team batting average of .222, currently worst among the 27 Yankee teams. They scored 690 runs for an average of 4.42 a game and hit 180 homeruns. Here are the final stats of their hitters:
1B: Tino Martinez: .191, 16 homeruns, 78 RBI
2B: Chuck Knoblauch: .208, 22 stolen bases, 60 runs scored
3B: Scott Brosius: .167, 11 homeruns, 54 RBI
SS: Derek Jeter: .261, 122 runs scored, 15 homeruns, 22 stolen bases.
LF: David Justice: .226, 44 homeruns, 118 RBI.
CF: Bernie Williams: .256, 32 homeruns, 91 RBI, 96 runs scored, 11 stolen bases.
RF: Paul O’Neill: .225, 12 homeruns, 67 RBI.
C: Jorge Posada: .260, 32 homeruns, 96 RBI. 90 runs scored, 127 walks, .911 OPS.
DH: Luis Polonia: .231, 28 runs scored, 25 RBI.
DH: Jose Canseco: .248, 8 homeruns, .512 slugging.The 2000 Yankees had a team ERA of 4.97. Here are the final stats for the top 5 starters and closer:
Roger Clemens: 14-10, 4.08 ERA, 104 walks and 172 strikeouts in 229 innings.
Andy Pettite: 13-11, 3.30 ERA. 9 complete games.
Orlando Hernandez: 4-17, 6.15 ERA, 32 homeruns given up
David Cone: 10-13, 7.16 ERA,
Denny Neagle: 4-7, 5.34 ERA
Mariano Rivera: 4-3, 40 saves, 2.02 ERA.
The '27 Yankees will continue their season against the 41-55 1952 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1927 Yankees and the 1952 Yankees split their six game series. The '27 Yankees are in 6th place by winning percentage at 32-16. The '52 Yankees stay 14 games under .500 at 44-58.
Vic Raschi won both of his starts for the '52 Yankees in Games 1 (6-2) and 6 (9-3). The '27 Yankees won Games 2 and 3 to take a 2-1 lead in the series. Babe Ruth hit two homeruns in Game 2 and drove in all three runs in a 3-2 win. The '52 Yankees evened the series in Game 4 with a wild 10-9 win in which they nearly blew a 10-2 lead. Tom Morgan got the win and hit a three-run homerun. The '27 Yankees got their third win of the series in Game 5 in a bizarre 10-4 win. Thanks to 20 hits, including a 5-5 performance by Lou Gehrig that included a double and a homerun and four RBI, the '27 Yankees scored double figures despite hitting into SEVEN double plays! Winning pitcher Waite Hoyt pitched a complete game and struck out 11.
Mickey Mantle leads the '52 Yankees in hitting at .297 with a .509 slugging. Gene Woodling is hitting .295 with 74 runs scored. Joe Collins has 23 homeruns and 91 RBI to go with a .273 average. Raschi’s two wins improved his record to 8-10 with a 4.45 ERA.
Ruth raised his average to .371 in this series with 25 homeruns, 69 RBI, 65 runs scored and a 1.400 OPS. Gehrig is hitting .366 with 15 homeruns, 55 RBI, and a 1.241 OPS. Bob Meusel is hitting .317 with 53 RBI and a .928 OPS. Hoyt improved his record to 9-1. His 60 strikeouts are more than twice as much as any '27 Yankee starting pitcher. The '27 Yankees will take on the 50-58 1961 Yankees in the next series. 60 homerun season Ruth vs. 61 homerun season Roger Maris!
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In the battle of '27 Ruth vs. '61 Maris, the 1961 Yankees came out on top winning their six game series with the 1927 Yankees four games to two. The '61 Yankees improved their record to 54-60 while the '27 Yankees dropped to 34-20.
Ruth hit a two-run homer in his first at bat in Game One, a 3-2 win. That would be his only impact in the entire series as he hit a paltry .095 in the six games. Maris was marginally better at .217, but he hit three homeruns and drove in six RBI. He had two homers and four RBI in Game Four, a 7-4 win. The '61 Yankees pitching kept the '27 Yankees offense under wraps for most of the series. They held the '27 Yankees to less than four runs in four of the six games. Bill Stafford pitched a three-hit shutout in Game Three for a 4-0 win. The one time the offense clicked was a wild Game Five that they won 10-9 in a game that went back-and forth with the '27 Yankees leading 6-0 early, the '61 Yankees scoring five unanswered runs, and both teams scoring four runs in the 8th inning. Mickey Mantle also threw out a baserunner at the plate on two consecutive at bats.
Elston Howard leads the '61 Yankees in hitting at .333 with 29 homeruns, 76 RBI, 81 runs scored, and a .951 OPS. Mantle is hitting .319 with 44 homeruns, 91 RBI, 104 runs scored, and a 1.131 OPS. Maris is hitting .243 with 48 homeruns, 103 RBI, 85 runs scored, and a .977 OPS. Bill Skowron is also hitting .243 with 23 homeruns and 80 RBI. Stafford’s shutout improved his record to 11-5 with a 3.50 ERA.
Lou Gehrig now leads the '27 Yankees in hitting at .351 with 16 homeruns, 60 RBI, 62 runs scored, and a 1.191 OPS. Ruth dropped to .342 with 26 homeruns, 71 RBI, 70 runs scored and a 1.305 OPS. Waite Hoyt picked up his second loss; he is 9-2 with a 2.66 ERA. The '27 Yankees will face the 45-51 1996 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1927 Yankees ended their mini slump with authority by sweeping the 1996 Yankees in their six game series. The '27 Yankees bounced back to 40-20 while the '96 Yankees fell to 45-57.
George Pipgras hurt the '96 Yankees from both ends in a 10-0 Game Two victory; he pitched a five-hit shutout and went 2-4 at the plate with a triple and three RBI. They won 2-1 in Game Three thanks to a Mark Koenig two-out RBI triple in the 8th off Mariano Rivera. Babe Ruth hit two homers in Game Four and drove in four runs in a 15-6 slugfest. They finished the sweep in the final game with a come-from-behind 3-2 win. They trailed 2-1 in the 8th inning when Lou Gehrig homered off Rivera to tie the game. Pat Collins put the '27 Yankees ahead in the 9th with a RBI single off John Wetteland.
Ruth hit .455 in the series to bring his average back up to .353 with 28 homeruns, 77 RBI, 75 runs scored, and a 1.324 OPS. Gehrig’s average dropped to .339 with 18 homeruns, 68 RBI and a 1.144 OPS. Waite Hoyt picked up his 10th win; he is 10-2 with a 2.54 ERA. Pipgras’s shutout improved his record to 2-4 with a 5.62 ERA.
Mariano Duncan leads the '96 Yankees in hitting at .295 with 73 RBI. Andy Pettite leads the staff with a 12-5 record and a 2.90 ERA. The '96 Yankees will take on the 29-19 1936 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1936 Yankees won five of six games against the 1996 Yankees. The '36 Yankees improved their record to 34-20. The '96 Yankees have now lost 11 of their last 12 games to fall to 46-62.
The only win for the '96 Yankees came in the first game, a football-like score of 25-12. There were 43 combined hits by both teams, 26 by the '96 Yankees. They scored eight runs in the 4th inning and 13 runs in the 6th. Wade Boggs went 5-7 at the plate with a double, homerun, five RBI, and four runs scored. Tino Martinez went 3-5 with a homerun, six RBI, and three runs scored. The '36 Yankees took over the rest of the series with a relentless offense; including Game One, they scored 60 runs in the series. They scored 14 runs in both Games Two and Three for wins of 14-4 and 14-2. Jake Powell went 3-4 with a double and five RBI in Game Three as the '36 Yankees scored seven runs in the 5th inning and five runs in the 9th. Lou Gehrig hit two homeruns in Game Four and drove in three RBI in an 8-2 win. Gehrig, Tony Lazzeri, and Red Rolfe homered in Game Five and accounted for six of their runs for a 7-3 win. In the final game, they overcame a 3-0 deficit to tie the game. In the 7th inning, George Selkirk and Joe Dimaggio hit solo homeruns to give them a 5-3 win.
Gehrig leads the '36 Yankees in hitting at .346 with 30 homeruns, 78 RBI, 69 runs scored, and a 1.318 OPS. Bill Dickey is hitting .333 with 10 homeruns, 51 RBI, and a .945 OPS. Dimaggio is hitting .329 with 13 homeruns and a .988 OPS. Closer Pat Malone won his first start; he is 2-1 with 11 saves and a 2.28 ERA.
Mariano Duncan remains the '96 Yankees leader in hitting at .292 with 80 RBI. The '96 Yankees will face the 22-14 2009 Yankees in the next series.
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The 2009 Yankees beat the 1996 Yankees four out of six games to improve their record to 26-16. The '96 Yankees fell to 48-66.
The 2K9 Yankees offense dominated in the first game; they had their first seven batters reach safely in a six run second inning and scored another eight runs in the 9th inning en route to a 16-4 win. Derek Jeter went 2-5 with a double, four RBI, and two runs scored. After a 5-2 win in Game Two, they won their third straight with another run-scoring outburst, 13-6 on the strength of 17 hits. The '96 Yankees won Game Four 7-6 despite a grand slam and five RBI by Jerry Hairston. Cecil Fielder was 1-2 with a homerun, two walks, three RBI, and three runs scored. After losing 6-4 in Game Five, the '96 Yankees salvaged a second win in the last game 8-4. Jeter hit a grand slam in the 6th to open up a tight 3-2 game.
Jeter leads the 2K9 Yankees in hitting at .327 with 10 homeruns, 11 stolen bases, and a 1.012 OPS. Jorge Posada is hitting .295 with a .959 OPS. Alex Rodriguez is hitting .276 with nine homeruns, 39 RBI, and 37 runs scored. Somehow, Sergio Mitre, a grade D pitcher, is 4-0 with a 2.49 ERA in seven starts. CC Sabathia is 7-3 with a 2.58 ERA.
Mariano Duncan hit .400 in the series with a couple of homers and six RBI. He raised his team-leading average to .298 with 11 homeruns and 86 RBI. Bernie Williams is hitting .231 with 19 homeruns, 61 RBI, and 78 runs scored. Andy Pettite leads the pitching staff with a 13-6 record and 3.06 ERA. The '96 Yankees will battle the 22-14 1951 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1951 Yankees split their six game series with the 1996 Yankees. The '51 Yankees hold steady at 25-17 while the '96 Yankees stay 18 games under .500 at 51-69.
Vic Raschi dominated this series with two shutouts. He pitched a three-hitter in Game One for a 5-0 win for the '51 Yankees. Jerry Coleman provided the offense, going 3-4 with a double, two RBI, and two runs scored. Raschi closed the series with another three hit shutout, and 10 strikeouts to boot, for a 2-0 win and a series split. Yogi Berra hit a two-run homerun to provide all the scoring. The '96 Yankees got a shutout performance of their own from Kenny Rogers in Game Four with a five-hitter in a 3-0 win.
Mickey Mantle leads the '51 Yankees in hitting at .309. Joe Dimaggio hit .471 in the series to raise his average to .263; he leads the team in runs scored with 24. Berra is hitting .273 with nine homeruns and a team leading 38 RBI. Raschi’s two shutouts improved his record to 8-3 with a 1.58 ERA. Allie Reynolds also has a sub 2 ERA at 1.69 to go along with a 3-2 record. On the flip side, Tom Morgan is 0-5 in six starts with a 6.45 ERA.
Mariano Duncan leads the '96 Yankees in hitting at .296 and RBI with 86. Bernie WIlliams hit his 20th homerun of the season. Andy Pettite picked up another win to improve his record to 14-6 with a 2.97 ERA. John Wetteland picked up his 25th save; his ERA is a stingy 1.87. The '96 Yankees will face the 23-13 1938 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1938 Yankees won five of six games in their series with the 1996 Yankees. The '38 Yankees improved their record to 28-14 while the '96 Yankees fell to 52-74.
The '38 Yankees won the first four games of the series. Tommy Henrich went 4-5 with two doubles and four RBI in a 8-1 Game One win. They scored eight runs again in Game Two, but it took them 13 innings to do it. They scored five runs in the 13th to break a 3-3 tie for an 8-3 win. Four of the five runs scored were unearned thanks to a two-out error by Paul O’Neill. Defense let the '96 Yankees down again in Game Three. Despite both teams having 11 hits, the '38 Yankees won 10-2. Six of the seven runs given up by '96 starter Kenny Rogers were unearned thanks to an error by Wade Boggs. Meanwhile, the '96 Yankees left 12 men on base. The '38 Yankees won another extra inning game in Game Four; this one was 3-2 in 10 innings. Bill Knickerbocker hit a pinch hit walk-off double for the win. The '96 Yankees won their lone game in Game Five 12-8; Mariano Duncan went 4-6 with three doubles and five RBI. The '38 Yankees won their third extra inning game to finish the series. The '96 Yankees erased a 6-2 deficit in the eighth inning with a four run rally, capped off by a three-run homerun by Derek Jeter. Darryl Strawberry then gave them a 7-6 lead in the 10th with a solo homerun, but Joe Gordon countered with a walk-off two run dinger to give the '38 Yankees an 8-7 win.
Bill Dickey leads the '38 Yankees in hitting at .320 with 15 homeruns, 48 RBI and a 1.084 OPS. Joe Dimaggio is hitting .309 with 11 homeruns and a .970 OPS. Lefty Gomez, Red Ruffing, Spud Chandler, and Monte Pearson have combined to start 32 games. Their combined ERA is 2.63.
Jeter took over the team lead in hitting for the '96 Yankees at .293. Duncan is hitting .292 with 42 doubles and 91 RBI. Andy Pettitte is 14-6 with a 2.99 ERA; he remains the only starter with an ERA under 4. The '96 Yankees will battle the 23-13 1923 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1923 Yankees defeated the 1996 Yankees four games to two in their six game series. The '23 Yankees improved their record to 27-15 while the '96 Yankees fell to 54-78 with four series left to play.
The '23 Yankees dominated the majority of this series with their pitching; three of their four wins were by shutout. Bob Shawkey pitched a four-hitter in a Game One 7-0 win. Babe Ruth went 2-4 at the plate with a homerun, three RBI, and three runs scored. Sam Jones pitched a two-hitter in a 13-0 Game Three blowout win. Waite Hoyt followed with a four-hitter in Game Four for a 3-0 win. The two teams split the final two, wild, extra inning games. In Game Five, Bernie Williams hit three homeruns while going 4-6 with six RBI. His two run dinger in the first gave the '96 Yankees a 2-0 lead. The '23 Yankees scored four unanswered runs, but Williams hit a solo homerun in the sixth to cut the deficit to 4-2. The game was tied or had the lead change hands six times. In the 11th inning, the '96 Yankees broke a 7-7 tie with three runs, two on WIlliams’s third homerun of the game for a 10-7 win. In the final game, the '23 Yankees outlasted the '96 Yankees 7-5 in 10 innings. Ruth hit two solo homeruns to give them the early lead. Williams and Mariano Duncan tied the game 5-5 in the 8th with back-to-back homeruns. Everett Scott was the unlikely hero in this series clinching win with the walk-off two run tater.
Ruth continues to be ridiculous at the plate for the '23 Yankees; he is hitting .389 with 22 homeruns, 57 RBI, 48 runs scored, and a 1.520 OPS. Bob Meusel is hitting .353 with 32 runs scored. In seven starts, Hoyt is 6-0 with a miniscule 0.86 ERA. The shutout by Jones improved his record to 5-1 with a 2.33 ERA.
Duncan retook the team lead in batting average at .294 with 44 doubles and 94 RBI. Williams hit four homeruns in the series to give him 26 for the season with 89 runs scored. John Wetteland picked up a couple of saves to give him 28 for the season with a 2.18 ERA. The '96 Yankees will face the 29-13 1928 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1928 Yankees beat the 1996 Yankees four games to two in their six game series after winning the first four games in a row. The '28 Yankees are currently 4th by percentage at 33-15 while the '96 Yankees are 4th worst at 56-82 with three series remaining.
Two of the first four games went extra innings. The '28 Yankees won a hard fought Game One 7-5 in 11 innings after the '96 Yankees came back from 2-0 and 5-2 deficits to tie the game each time. It took back-to-back homeruns by Paul O’Neill (a two-run shot) and Bernie Williams in the 5th to tie the game. No more runs were scored until the 11th when Earle Combs hit a two-out RBI single and Tony Lazzeri followed with a RBI double for the final go-ahead runs. Game Two had no such drama as the '28 Yankees won a 21-0 bloodletting. Combs went 3-5 with a double, four RBI , and four runs scored while Lou Gehrig blasted two homeruns and drove in five RBI. Waite Hoyt pitched a two-hit shutout. Bob Meusel was the hero in Game Three’s 4-3 10 inning win; his two-run double in the 7th tied the game 3-3, and his solo homerun in the 10th paved the way for the win. Meusel followed that performance with a three-run homerun in Game Four that capped off a five run third inning en route to a 6-4 win. The '96 Yankees won the final two games including a wild 11-9 12 inning game, the third extra inning game of the series. The '96 Yankees led 9-3 after scoring six runs in the 6th inning, two coming off a pinch-hit homerun by Mike Aldrete. The '28 Yankees rallied for six runs of their own in the 8th; all of them were unearned thanks to a Mariano Duncan error. O’Neill hit a go-ahead two run homer in the 12th for the win. Tino Martinez homered and drove in five RBI in the game.
Lazzeri leads the '28 Yankees in hitting at .374 with 43 runs scored and a 1.045 OPS. Babe Ruth is hitting .322 with 22 homeruns, 53 RBI, 56 runs scored, and a 1.267 OPS. Combs is hitting .320 with 49 runs scored. Gehrig is hitting .306 with 44 RBI and a .939 OPS. Hoyt and George Pipgras remain undefeated in 20 combined starts. Hoyt’s shutout improved his record to 7-0 with a 1.47 ERA while Pipgras is 10-0 with a 2.62 ERA.
Mariano Duncan remains the '96 Yankee leader in hitting at .292 with 45 doubles and 96 RBI. Derek Jeter is hitting .286 with 15 homeruns and 16 stolen bases. Williams is hitting .238 with 27 homeruns and 93 runs scored. Andy Pettite picked up his 15th win, and John Wetteland notched his 30th save. The '96 Yankees will take on the 21-9 1950 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1996 Yankees won their first series in over 40 games by defeating the 1950 Yankees five games to one. The '96 Yankees improved their record to 61-83 while the '50 Yankees fell to 22-14.
The '96 Yankees won the first five games of the series. In Game One, the game was either tied or the lead changed hands eight times. Joe Girardi gave the the lead for good on a RBI double in the 8th that scored Derek Jeter for a 7-6 win. In Game Two, the '96 Yankees broke a 1-1 tie in the 5th with four runs on the strength of five doubles on their way to a 8-5 win. Mariano Duncan went 4-5 with a double, three RBI, and two runs scored. Duncan hit a grand slam and drove in five runs in Game Four for a 6-3 win. They came back from a 5-1 deficit in the 8th inning of Game Five with a four run rally, capped off by a Jeter two-run homer. They scored three in the 11th to earn an 8-5 victory. The '50 Yankees avoided a sweep by winning 9-2 in the final game. Joe Dimaggio drove in five runs on a double and homerun.
Duncan hit .500 in the series with 11 RBI to boost his average over .300 at .301 with 14 homeruns, 107 RBI, and 53 doubles. John Wetteland picked up three more saves to give him 33 while lowering his ERA to 1.98.
The '50 Yankees are led at the plate by Hank Bauer wo is hitting .339. Dimaggio is hitting .319 with nine homeruns, 44 RBI and a .978 OPS. Ed Lopat picked up his first launch to fall to 5-1 with a 2.81 ERA. The '50 Yankees will battle the 44-58 1952 Yankees in the next series.
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For the second consecutive series, the 1950 Yankees lost five of six games. This time, it was to the 1952 Yankees. The '50 Yankees have now lost 10 of their last 12 games as they fell to 23-19. The '52 Yankees improved their record to 49-59.
The '52 Yankees scored 52 runs in their five wins. In Game Two, they scored seven runs in the second inning, six of them unearned thanks to a Phil Rizzuto error, en route to a 10-2 win. They had another seven run bender in the 8th inning of Game Three, capped off by a Joe Collins homerun to break a 1-1 tie for a 8-1 win. Collins was a perfect 8-8 at the plate in the final two and a half games. Both teams scored double figures in Games Four and Five. The '52 Yankees jumped out to a 10-1 lead after four innings. The '50 Yankees came roaring back with five runs in the 5th and four in the 8th to tie the game 11 on a pinch hit two run homer by Tommy Henrich. Hank Bauer hit a solo homerun in the bottom of the 8th to give them the lead for good in a 12-11 win. The '52 Yankees scored nine runs in the first inning in which the first six batters reached safely. The '50 Yankees came back with seven runs in the third and one in the fourth to cut the lead to 9-8. The '52 Yankees scored five more in the fourth to keep their distance and win 15-10. Collins went 5-5 with two homeruns, four RBI, and three runs scored. The '52 Yankees won the final game in less dramatic fashion 7-2. Mickey Mantle hit two triples and drove in three runs.
Mantle leads the '52 Yankees in hitting at .303 with 13 homeruns, 12 triples, 79 RBI and a .916 OPS. Gene Woodling is hitting .300 with 81 runs scored. Collins hit .417 in the series with three homeruns and 10 RBI. He is now hitting .281 with 26 homeruns, 101 RBI and a .934 OPS. Allie Reynolds won another start to go to 16-4 with a 2.61 ERA.
Johnny Hopp leads the '50 Yankees in hitting at .350 with 27 runs scored and a .980 OPS. Phil Rizzuto is hitting .310 with 38 runs scored. Joe Dimaggio’s average dropped to .301 with 10 homeruns, 48 RBI and a .946 OPS. Their pitching continues to get hammered; Vic Raschi, Allie Reynolds, and Tommy Byrne have ERAs of 6.01, 5.56, and 5.90. The '50 Yankees will take on the 54-60 1961 Yankees in the next series.