Greatest American League
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Once again, the 1958 Yankees split a six game series while alternating wins; this time it was with the 1951 Yankees. The '58 Yankees stayed two games under .500 at 50-52 while the '51 Yankees remained eight games over .500 at 28-20.
All three '58 Yankee wins were of the spectacular kind. In Game One, Mickey Mantle hit two homeruns to give them an early 3-1 lead. The '51 Yankees tied the game with a run in the 8th and a pinch-hit RBI single by Johnny Hopp in the 9th. Hank Bauer ended the game for the '58 Yankees with a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 9th for a 4-3 win. In Game Three, they took a 4-0 1st. inning lead on an Andy Carey grand slam. The '51 Yankees scored eight unanswered runs to lead 8-4 after seven innings. Carey hit his second homerun of the game, a two-run blast, to trim the deficit to 8-6 in the 8th, but the '51 Yankees tacked two more in the 9th on back-to-back bases loaded walks to lengthen the lead to 10-6. The game ended with fireworks as the '58 Yankees pounded three homeruns, a pair of two-run dingers by Gil McDougald and Yogi Berra to tie the game. After Berra tied the game, Moose Skowron hit a walk-off tater for an amazing 11-10 win. In Game Five, the '58 Yankees jumped out to a 5-0 lead. Once again, the '51 Yankees came roaring back, scoring six unanswered runs, culminated by a pinch hit two-run homer by McDougald in the 8th to take a 6-5 lead. McDougald’s homerun was part of a bench performance that also included Hopp and Johnny Mize that combined to go 3-3 with a homerun, three runs scored and four RBI. Berra put the '58 Yankees back in the lead to stay in the 9th on a two-run single for a 7-6 win. All of the '51 Yankee wins came in pitching duels; 3-2 in Game Two, 2-0 in Game Four, and 3-2 in 15 innings in Game Six.
Mantle leads the '51 Yankees in hitting at .296. Berra leads the team in homeruns with nine and RBI with 40 while hitting .254. Vic Raschi is 8-3 with a 1.70 ERA. Tom Morgan pitched a one hit shutout in Game Four to pick up his first win; he reduced his ERA to 5.21.
Carey hit his 20th homerun in the series; he leads the the '58 Yankees in RBI with 73 while hitting .249. Ryne Duren picked up his 19th save in this series; he also lowered his ERA to 2.02. The '58 Yankees will face the 34-20 1936 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1936 Yankees dominated their series with the 1958 Yankees, winning five of six games to raise their record to 39-21, seventh best by percentage. The '58 Yankees fell further behind .500 at 51-57.
Red Ruffing did damage on the mound and the plate in the '36 Yankees 4-3 Game One win; he got the win thanks to his game-winning solo homerun in the 8th to break a 3-3 tie. Joe Dimaggio broke out in Game Two with five RBI on a triple and homerun for a 12-6 win. The '36 Yankees overcame a 4-2 deficit in Game Three to win 5-4 thanks to Red Rolfe’s two-run single in the 8th inning. They won their fourth straight in Game Four with more late inning dramatics. The game was tied 1-1 in the 9th when the '58 Yankees went ahead 2-1 on an Enos Slaughter pinch-hit sac fly. In the bottom of the inning, Jake Powell laced a two-out RBI single to tie the game and pinch hitter Roy Johnson followed with a walk-off double for a 3-2 win. The '58 Yankees picked up their only win in Game 5. Elston Howard hit a pinch-hit three run homerun in the 7th to give them a 6-2 lead. They held on for a 6-5 win. The final game went extra innings. The '36 Yankees jumped out to a 5-0 lead on the strength of a Tony Lazzeri grand slam in the 2nd inning. The '58 Yankees came back to tie the game in the 7th when Andy Carey hit a two-run dinger. The two teams exchanged runs in the 8th which sent the game to extras. The '36 Yankees won in bizarre fashion as Rolfe scored from second after passed balls on back-to-back pitches for a 7-6 win.
Lou Gehrig leads the '36 Yankees in hitting at .346 with 31 homeruns, 80 RBI, 73 runs scored and a 1.235 OPS. Dimaggio his hitting .328 with 14 homeruns, 55 runs scored and a .992 OPS. Bill Dickey is also hitting .328 with 11 homeruns, 56 RBI and a .932 OPS. George Selkirk is hitting .315 with a .928 OPS. Powell is hitting .300. Ruffing is now 10-2 with a 4.14 ERA. Pat Malone picked up a couple of saves to give him 13 for the season with a 2.20 ERA
Howard is hitting .352 for the '58 Yankees with a .972 OPS. Norm Siebern and Mickey Mantle lead the team in runs scored with 74. Carey now has 22 homeruns and a team leading 77 RBI. Ryne Duren saved their only win, his 20th of the season. The '58 Yankees will take on the 27-15 1923 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1923 Yankees beat the 1958 Yankees four games to two in their six game series. The '23 Yankees improved their record to 31-17 while the '58 Yankees dropped to 53-61.
The '58 Yankees took the first game 5-4 in a marathon 16 inning affair. The '23 Yankees jumped out to a 3-0 lead in a bizarre 1st. inning that included an error, three walks, and no hits. After the '58 Yankees came back to tie the game the '23 Yankees went back in front 4-3 in the 9th after Lou Gehrig hit a pinch-hit triple and scored on a single by Whitey Witt. Tony Kubek sent the game into extras with a solo homerun. After six scoreless extra innings, the '58 Yankees finally prevailed when Moose Skowron hit a solo walk-off homerun. After that homerun, the offense for the '58 Yankees dried up. They were shut out for the next 25 innings, including back-to-back shutouts in Games Two and Three by Joe Bush and Sam Jones. Mickey Mantle ended the drought in Game Four with a two-run homer, but it was in a losing cause as the '23 Yankees won 3-2. The '23 Yankees clinched the series in Game Five with a 4-2 win. The '58 Yankees won the final game 6-4 after trailing 4-0 after two innings.
Babe Ruth is hitting a ridiculous .420 with 25 homeruns, 61 RBI, 55 runs scored, and a 1.556 OPS. No other player has more than 35 runs scored and RBI. Waite Hoyt remains undefeated at 7-0 with a 1.01 ERA. The shutout by Bush improved his record to 6-4 with a 3.15 ERA. Jones’s shutout boosted his record to 6-1 with a 2.03 ERA.
Mantle now has 27 homeruns while hitting .261 with a .927 OPS. Whitey Ford continues to lead the starters in ERA at 2.77 while sporting a 9-6 record. The '58 Yankees will face the 28-14 1938 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1938 Yankees and 1958 Yankees split their six game series. The '38 Yankees stayed 14 games over .500 at 31-17 while the '58 Yankees remained eight games under at 56-64.
The '58 Yankees looked like they were going to take this series as they won three of the first four games. In Game Two, Mickey Mantle went 2-3 with a double, homerun, three RBI, and three runs scored in a 9-2 win. In Game Three, Norm Siebern went 3-4 with a double, his 13th triple of the season and three RBI in a 7-3 win. Yogi Berra belted two homeruns in Game Four for another 9-2 win. The '38 Yankees came back to win the final two games 7-3 and 3-2. In the finale, Myril Hoag hit a walk-off RBI single in the 9th.
Bill Dickey leads the '38 Yankees in hitting at .330 with 17 homeruns, 55 RBI, and a 1.100 OPS. Joe Dimaggio is hitting .315 with 13 homeruns and a .987 OPS. Lou Gehrig leads the team in runs scored with 46 despite hitting just .220. Lefty Gomez has completed half of his 12 starts; he is 6-3 with a 2.31 ERA.
Mantle hit .556 in the series with two homeruns and eight RBI to raise his overall average to .273 with 29 homeruns, 73 RBI, 82 runs scored, and a .960 OPS. Whitey Ford lost both of his starts to fall to 9-8 with a 2.72 ERA. The '58 Yankees will take on the 36-18 1932 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1932 Yankees cruised to a four games to two series win over the 1958 Yankees by winning the first four games. The '32 Yankees improved their record to 40-20, fourth place by winning percentage. The '58 Yankees fell to 58-68 with five series left to play.
Lou Gehrig went 3-5 with a triple, homerun, three RBI and two runs scored in a 7-5 Game One win. Game Three was a laugher as the '32 Yankees won 12-0 on the strength of a 20 hit attack. George Pipgras pitched a three-hit shutout and Joe Sewell went 3-5 at the plate with a homerun and five RBI. They won the series in Game Four 6-3; Johnny Allen got the win on the mound and went 1-1 with two walks, two RBI, and two runs scored at the plate. Whitey Ford stopped the losing streak for the '58 Yankees with a three-hit shutout in a 9-0 Game Five win; Yogi Berra homered and drove in four RBI. Trailing 4-3 in the 9th inning of Game Six, Mickey Mantle blasted a three-run homerun for a come-from-behind 6-4 victory.
Five of the eight everyday starters for the '32 Yankees continue to hit over .300, led by Babe Ruth at .360 with 22 homeruns, 62 RBI, 61 runs scored and a 1.197 OPS. Tony Lazzeri is hitting .352 with 12 triples, 51 RBI, 59 runs scored and a 1.041 OPS. Gehrig is hitting .348 with 10 homeruns, 59 RBI, 54 runs scored and a 1.062 OPS. Earle Combs is hitting .338 with 54 runs scored. Bill Dickey is hitting .310 with 13 homeruns, 64 RBI and a .910 OPS. The shutout by Pipgras improved his record to 8-1 with a 3.83 ERA.
Norm Siebern is hitting .301 with 90 runs scored and 14 triples. Mantle is hitting .270 with 32 homeruns, 80 RBI, 85 runs scored and a .961 OPS. Andy Carey has 26 homeruns and 85 RBI. Ford’s shutout improved his record to 10-8 with a 2.59 ERA. The '58 Yankees will battle the 40-20 1927 Yankees in the next series.
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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.
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The 1978 Yankees beat the 1958 Yankees four games to two in their six game series. The '78 Yankees improved their record to 34-26. The '58 Yankees fell to 63-75.
Ron Guidry dominated this series for the '78 Yankees, winning both of his starts. He put up double digit strikeouts in Games One and Six; 11 in a 4-1 win in Game One and 12 in a 4-3 win in Game Six. Guidry wasn’t the only standout pitcher in the series. Games Three, Four, and Five all ended in shutouts. Whitey Ford pitched a three-hitter for the '58 Yankees in Game Three for a 1-0 win; the only run came from a Mickey Mantle homerun in the 7th. Art Ditmar then scattered seven hits for an 8-0 shutout win in Game Four. The '78 Yankees countered with a two-hitter by Catfish Hunter in Game Five for a 2-0 win.
Mickey Rivers leads the '78 Yankees in hitting at .324 with 14 stolen bases. Reggie Jackson is hitting .319 with 19 homeruns and a .997 OPS. Guidry’s two wins improved his record to 6-3 with a 2.35 ERA. He has 124 strikeouts in 110 2/3 innings. Ed Figueroa improved his record to 10-1 with a 2.32 ERA. Goose Gossage saved two games to give him 21 for the season. Hunter’s shutout was his first complete game of the season and lowered his ERA to 6.13.
Norm Siebern’s average dropped to .295 with 94 runs scored. Mantle now has 37 homeruns with 88 RBI, 92 runs scored and a .974 OPS. Yogi Berra has 19 homeruns and 75 RBI to go with a .254 average. Ford’s shutout improved his record to 12-8 with a 2.42 ERA. Ditmar’s shutout improved his record to 6-8 with a 4.05 ERA. The '58 Yankees will battle the 33-15 1928 Yankees in the next series.
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Interesting, I would not have thought the '78 team would match up with the 50s and 60s teams very well
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They have a lot of games still to play, but the '78 team has fared a lot better than the '77 team that is 60-90 with one series left. They have yet to lose a series. Guidry and Figueroa are a combined 16-4 in their 26 starts with a 2.33 ERA, and I expect Guidry to be even better now that I am playing with the Master Rules; I feel like it rewards the dominant pitchers more.
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The 1928 Yankees bested the 1958 Yankees four games to two to improve their record to 37-17, third place by percentage. The '58 Yankees fell to 65-79 with two series left to play.
The '58 Yankees took Game One 7-5 on a walk-off two-run dinger by Yogi Berra. The '28 Yankees won the next four games. In Game Two, Lou Gehrig hit a 9th inning two-run homer after trailing 3-2 for a come-from-behind 4-3 win. Al Shealy pitched a complete game and hit a solo homerun in Game Five for a 6-1 win to clinch the series.
Tony Lazzeri leads the '28 Yankees in hitting at .371 with eight triples and a 1.030 OPS. Earle Combs is hitting .320 with 55 runs scored and six triples. Gehrig is hitting .312 with seven triples and a .972 OPS. Babe Ruth is hitting .311 with 25 homeruns, 58 RBI, 62 runs scored, and a 1.261 OPS. George Pipgras and Waite Hoyt remain undefeated; Pipgras is 10-0 with a 2.88 ERA while Hoyt is 8-0 with a 1.65 ERA. Wilcy Moore picked up a couple of saves to give him 12 for the season with a 1.32 ERA.
Mickey Mantle hit his 40th homerun in this series; he is hitting .277 with 92 RBI, 98 runs scored, 15 stolen bases, and a .987 OPS. Berra’s walk-off homer was his 20th of the season. Whitey Ford continued his stellar season with another win to move to 13-8 with a 2.37 ERA. The '58 Yankees will face the 17-7 1998 Yankees in the next series.