Greatest American League
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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.