Greatest American League
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Any chance you can display standings? I mean, that’s a lot of Yankee teams!
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The 1951 Yankees salvaged a split in their six game series with the 1999 Yankees after losing three of the first four games. Here are the updated standings. Everyone is playing a 156 game season with each team playing each other six games. The number of games are not equal because I play the same team in consecutive series until they win one.
Team Record Pct.
1928 42-18 .700
1936 44-22 .667
1932 44-22 .667
1927 43-23 .652
1937 62-40 .608
1953 47-31 .603
1938 50-34 .595
1950 46-32 .590
1998 46-32 .590
1939 48-36 .571
1956 50-40 .556
1951 52-44 .542
1999 52-44 .542
1978 47-43 .522
1947 68-64 .515
1941 67-65 .508
1923 72-78 .480
1961 74-82 .474
1952 65-73 .471
2009 58-68 .460
1958 70-86 .449
2000 70-86 .449
1996 67-89 .429
1962 64-92 .410
1977 63-93 .404
1943 62-94 .397
1949 57-99 .365After the '51 Yankees won Game One 4-1, the '99 Yankees won the next three games while averaging eight runs per game. Paul O’Neill and Scott Brosius combined for seven RBI in a 10-2 win in Game Three. In Game Four, Chuck Knoblauch went 3-4 with a double, two steals and four RBI to stake the '99 Yankees to a 8-2 lead after three innings and held on for a 8-7 win. The '51 Yankees bounced back from being down 4-0 in the 1st. in Game Five to win 7-5. Joe Dimaggio hit a three-run home run to cap off a six run 5th inning in the final game to win 9-2 and earn the six game split.
Bernie Williams leads the '99 Yankees in hitting at .323 with 25 home runs, 88 RBI, 65 runs scored, and a .997 OPS. Derek Jeter is hitting .322 with 13 home runs, 58 RBI, 69 runs scored, and a .917 OPS. O’Neill is hitting .316 with 13 home runs, and 70 RBI, Knoblauch is hitting .245 with 15 home runs, 16 steals, and 77 runs scored. Tino Martinez is making the most of his paltry .199 average with 13 homers and 52 RBI. Mariano Rivera picked up a couple of saves to give him 23 for the season with a 2.57 ERA.
Yogi Berra hit .440 in the series to raise his average to .291 with 18 home runs and 78 RBI. Phil Rizzuto is hitting .269 with 20 stolen bases and 54 runs scored. Jerry Coleman is hitting .263 with 52 RBI. Dimaggio is hitting .249 with 10 home runs, 51 RBI, and 50 runs scored. Vic Raschi won both of his starts to improve his record to 15-6 with a 2.07 ERA. The '51 Yankees will take on the 48-36 1939 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1939 Yankees defeated the 1951 Yankees in their six game series four games to two. The '39 Yankees improved their record to 52-38, 10th best. The '51 Yankees record dropped to 54-48.
Pitching was strong for both teams in the first four games with only 14 runs scored by both teams combined. The '39 Yankees won three of those four games 4-1, 2-1, and 2-1 in 11 innings. Joe Gordon provided late game heroics in Game Three with a go-ahead RBI single in the 9th for a 2-1 win and a walk-off home run in Game Four in the 11th for a 2-1 win. The '51 Yankees won a back-and-forth thriller in Game Five 7-6 in 13 innings. They led 6-1 after four innings. The '39 Yankees came back to tie the game in the 8th on a Red Rolfe RBI triple followed by a Charlie Keller RBI single. Mickey Mantle drove in the winning run for the '51 Yankees with a RBI single in the 13th. The '39 Yankees clinched the series in the finale 7-5 thanks to a pair of two-run homers by George Selkirk.
Keller leads the '39 Yankees in hitting at .344 with 14 home runs, 52 RBI, 67 runs scored, and a .993 OPS. Joe Dimaggio is hitting .305 with 19 home runs, 68 RBI, 71 runs scored, and a .962 OPS. Red Rolfe is hitting .294 with 50 RBI and 69 runs scored. Bill Dickey is hitting .291 with 18 home runs, 81 RBI, and a .943 OPS. Joe Gordon is hitting .231 with 12 home runs and 53 RBI. Red Ruffing split his two starts; he is 14-3 with a 2.02 ERA.
Yogi Berra’s average drooped slightly to .288 with 19 home runs, 81 RBI, and 50 runs scored. Allie Reynolds split his two starts; he is 7-6 with a 2.81 ERA. The '51 Yankees will face the 46-32 1998 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1998 Yankees rallied from 3-1 down to win the final two games against the 1951 Yankees to earn a six game split. The '98 Yankees are now 49-35, ninth place, while the '51 Yankees are 57-51.
The '98 Yankees drew first blood in Game One with a 6-1 win. Bernie Williams and Tino Martinez both hit home runs and drove in three RBI apiece. The '51 Yankees won the next three games. They won Game Two 9-7; Jerry Coleman went 3-4 with a triple, home run, and five RBI. Vic Raschi pitched a two-hit shutout in Game Three for a 2-0 win. Mickey Mantle led them to a 5-2 win in Game Four by going 2-4 at the plate with a homer, three runs scored, and two RBI. The '98 Yankees won Game Five 4-1, then scored seven runs in the first inning of the final game to take a 7-1 lead. The '51 Yankees came roaring back and tied the game in the 5th. The '98 Yankees went back ahead in the bottom of the 6th on a bases loaded sac fly by Martinez and held on for a 8-7 win.
Williams leads the '98 Yankees in hitting at .333 with 26 home runs, 86 RBI, 69 runs scored, and a 1.038 OPS. Derek Jeter is hitting .323 with 19 home runs, 63 RBI, 75 runs scored, 15 stolen bases, and a .926 OPS. Paul O’Neill is hitting .305 with 17 home runs, 67 RBI, and 66 runs scored. Martinez is hitting .250 with 22 home runs and 66 RBI. Mariano Rivera picked up a couple of saves to give him 19 with a 2.30 ERA.
Yogi Berra’s average dropped to .283 while raising his RBI total to 85. Raschi’s shutout improved his record to 16-6 with a 1.94 ERA. The '51 Yankees will battle the 46-32 1950 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1951 Yankees battled back from a 3-1 deficit to the 1950 Yankees and won the final two games to earn a six game split. The '50 Yankees are now 49-35 while the '51 Yankees are 60-54.
It looked the '50 Yankees would lay waste to the '51 squad in the series with 11-1 and 11-0 butt kickings in the first two games. The '50 Yankees scored seven runs in the 7th inning of Game One to blow the game open; Joe Dimaggio was 3-5 at the plate with a home run, three RBI, and three runs scored. Ed Lopat pitched a three hit shutout and Dimaggio and Yogi Berra each drove in three runs. The '51 Yankees won a tight Game Three 8-7. They led 4-1 early. The '50 Yankees scored six unanswered runs to take a 7-4 lead in the 8th. The '51 Yankees tied the game with a Joe Collins RBI triple and a Mickey Mantle two-run homer. Gil McDougald won the game in the 9th on a walk-off single. The '50 Yankees took a 3-1 lead in the series with a 9-5 win in Game Four. Berra went 3-5 with a home run, four RBI, and three runs scored. The ‘51 Yankees’ pitching enabled them to win the last two games 7-2 and 6-2.
Dimaggio hit .423 in the series with seven RBI to raise his average to .349 with 17 home runs, 91 RBI, 72 runs scored, and a 1.015 OPS. Johnny Hopp is hitting .329 with 60 runs scored. Hank Bauer is hitting .311 with 12 home runs and 52 RBI. Berra is hitting .310 with 12 home runs, 81 RBI, and 65 runs scored. Phil Rizzuto is hitting .309 with 69 runs scored. Jerry Coleman is hitting .254 with 50 RBI. Lopat’s shutout improved his record to 12-2 with a 2.99 ERA.
Berra’s average continued to fall for the '51 Yankees to .277 with 21 home runs and 89 RBI. Lopat is 14-5 with a 2.66 ERA. The Lopats from 1950 and 1951 are a combined 26-7 with a 2.79 ERA. Not bad. The '51 Yankees will play the 50-34 1938 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1938 Yankees made quick work of the 1951 Yankees by winning five of the six games in their series. The '38 Yankees moved into fifth place by percentage at 55-35 while the '51 Yankees fell to 61-59.
The pitching for the '38 Yankees was fantastic in this series; they held the '51 Yankees to two or fewer runs in five of the six games, all wins. Lefty Gomez set the tone in Game One with seven no-hit innings in a 2-1 win. In Game Four, Joe Dimaggio broke a 2-2 tie in the 8th with a two-out RBI single that gave them the lead for go for a 3-2 win. The only win for the '51 Yankees came with an offensive explosion in Game Five with a 13-6 win. Bobby Brown was 5-6, a double short of the cycle, five runs scored and two RBI. Yogi Berra had four hits and five RBI. The '38 Yankees put their thumbprint on the series in the final game, a 10-0 whipping. Steve Sundra pitched a three hit shutout. The '38 Yankees had 10 hits and nine walks in the game and scored six runs in the 2nd inning to blow the game open early.
Dimaggio leads the '38 Yankees in hitting at .336 with 19 home runs, 10 triples, 79 RBI, 68 runs scored, and a 1.010 OPS. Bill Dickey is hitting .325 with 23 home runs, 91 RBI, 70 runs scored, and a 1.009 OPS. Red Rolfe is hitting .290 with 56 RBI. Lou Gehrig is hitting .268 with 14 home runs, 57 RBI, and 81 runs scored. Tommy Henrich is hitting .267 with 12 home runs, 52 RBI, and 65 runs scored. Joe Gordon has 22 home runs and 75 RBI. Sundra’s shutout in his second start improved his record to 4-0 with a 3.37 ERA.
Berra’s average fell to .273, but he had six RBI to give him 95 for the season. The '51 Yankees will take on the 47-31 1953 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1951 Yankees beat the 1953 Yankees in their series four games to two. The '51 Yankees improved their record to 65-61. The '53 Yankees dropped to 49-35.
The '53 Yankees won the opening game 6-5; it was a back-and-forth affair with Joe Collins hitting a pinch-hit two-run single in the 6th to give them the lead for good. The '51 Yankees won the next three games. In Game Three, they overcame a 4-0 deficit to score nine of the last 10 runs in the game for a 9-5 victory. Collins hit a pair of two-run homers. The '53 Yankees won Game Five behind the arm and bat of Whitey Ford. Ford picked up the win and had three RBI at the plate. The '51 Yankees clinched the series in the final game with a resounding 10-3 win. Gene Woodling had a monster game, going 3-4 with a home run and seven RBI.
Collins hit .346 in the series with two home runs and nine RBI to raise his average to .276 with 11 home runs. Yogi Berra raised his average to .276 and cracked the 100 RBI mark to go along with 22 home runs. Vic Raschi picked up his 17th win in this series while lowering his ERA to 2.09.
Woodling leads the '53 Yankees in hitting at .337 with 56 RBI, 62 runs scored, and a .966 OPS. Hank Bauer is hitting .322 with 16 home runs, 55 RBI, 71 runs scored, and a .918 OPS. Mickey Mantle is hitting .302 with 25 home runs, 76 RBI, 71 runs scored, and a .960 OPS. Berra is hitting .257 with 18 home runs, 73 RBI and 57 runs scored. Raschi lost both of his starts but still has good numbers at 10-5 with a 3.06 ERA. The '53 Yankees will face the 58-68 2009 Yankees in the next series.
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I apologize if I asked this before, but how to managing the pitchers and rest with this format? Do you just go back to the last games the team played?
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First, I looked up how many starts each of the pitchers had that season. I stick with the starters getting four days rest as long as possible. If one of the teams has already won the six game series by Game Five or Six, then I use of the “non-top-five” starters, if available.
With this Yankees project, I keep playing the team that doesn’t win a series (currently the '53 Yankees) until they win a series. As a result, the next team that plays the “losing team” (again, right now the '53 Yankees), I start their #1 pitcher in Game One automatically… With some teams, it hasn’t worked out perfectly; I have had some teams where a starter had to pitch three or four times in a six game series towards the end of their season, but I compensated by limiting their innings per start.
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The 2009 Yankees played probably their best series in a disappointing season by defeating the 1953 Yankees five of six games. The 2K9 Yankees improved their record to 63-69 while the '53 Yankees fell to 50-40.
The offense for the 2K9 Yankees was really humming in this series; they scored 42 runs in their five wins and overcame late or significant deficits in four of those games. In Game One, they trailed 5-3 in the 8th only to score four runs, capped by a two-run homer by Robinson Cano, to win 7-5. The '53 Yankees evened the series in Game Two 6-4 behind Johnny Sain who got the win and hit a three-run homer of his own. The 2K9 Yankees won the remainder of the games in the series, starting with a 14-0 blowout in Game Three. While Andy Pettitte pitched a five-hit shutout, the offense saw everyone score or drive in a run thanks to 20 hits. In Game Four, they trailed 7-2 after six innings. In the 7th, they scored four runs, including a bases-loaded triple by Alex Rodriguez to cut the lead to one. Then they rallied for two more in the 9th off closer Allie Reynolds with a Juan Miranda RBI single and a Cano walk-off double for an 8-7 win. Cano continued to leave his fingerprints on this series in Game Five, a 9-5 win; they overcame a 5-0 deficit thanks in large part to Cano who went 3-5 with a triple, homer, and five RBI. In the final game, the '53 Yankees made the mistake of taking an early 3-0 lead. The 2K9 Yankees scored four in the 7th on a pair of two-run homers by Francisco Cervelli and Rodriguez to take a 4-3 lead. Mariano Rivera struck out Mickey Mantle with the bases loaded to end the game.
Derek Jeter leads the 2K9 Yankees in hitting at .293 with 19 home runs, 31 stolen bases, and 87 runs scored. Cano hit .444 in the series with three homers and 12(!) RBI to raise his average to .291 with 23 home runs. Jorge Posada got injured in the second game of this series; he is hitting .263 with 25 home runs and 99 RBI. A Rod is hitting .259 with 29 home runs, 13 stolen bases, 103 RBI, and 106 runs scored. Mark Teixeira is hitting .211 with 19 home runs and 78 RBI. Pettite’s shutout improved his record to 9-8 with a 3.59 ERA. Rivera now has 27 saves with a 2.51 ERA.
Gene Woodling leads the '53 Yankees in hitting at .338 with 59 RBI, 65 runs scored, and a .976 OPS. Hank Bauer is hitting .315 with 16 home runs, 55 RBI, and 74 runs scored. Mantle is hitting .305 with 26 home runs, 81 RBI, 75 runs scored, and a .964 OPS. Yogi Berra is hitting .253 with 20 home runs, 79 RBI, and 59 runs scored. After his win, Sain is 8-4 with a 3.91 ERA. The '53 Yankees will take on the 47-43 1978 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1953 Yankees beat the 1978 Yankees four game to two in their six game series to improve their record to 54-42. The '78 Yankees dropped to 49-47.
The teams traded shutouts in the first three games. Johnny Sain outdueled Ron Guidry in Game One for a 1-0 win. Sain pitched a four-hitter while Guidry gave up only one hit and an unearned run thanks to a Reggie Jackson error in the 1st. inning. The '78 Yankees won Game Two 8-0; Ed Figueroa pitched a four-hit shutout while Graig Nettles went 2-3 with a home run and four RBI at the plate. Whitey Ford gave the '53 Yankees a 2-1 lead in the series with a three-hitter in a 4-0 win. Joe Collins opened up the lead with a three-run homer in the 3rd. Billy Martin got some extra satisfaction against the team he would later manage in Game Five when his three-run homer blew open a 3-1 lead for an eventual 9-2 victory to clinch the series. The '78 Yankees salvaged a win in the final game 4-3, despite a blown save by Goose Gossage thanks to a 9th inning homer by Collins. They walked it off in the 9th when the '53 Yankees failed to complete a double play with the bases loaded.
Gene Woodling’s average fell to .327. Hank Bauer scored six runs in the series to give him 80 for the season. Collins hit .350 with three home runs and seven RBI in the series to raise his average to .266 with 16 homers and 53 RBI. Yogi Berra raised his average to .258 with 21 home runs, 85 RBI, and 61 runs scored. Sain’s shutout improved his record to 9-4 with a 3.61 ERA. Ford improved his record to 6-7 with a 4.00 ERA.
Jackson leads the '78 Yankees in hitting at .322 with 26 home runs, 68 RBI, 66 runs scored, and a .982 OPS. Nettles is hitting .282 with 19 home runs and 60 RBI. Guidry has struck out 195 batters in 191 innings. The '78 Yankees will battle with the 52-44 1999 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1999 Yankees defeated the 1978 Yankees four games to two in their six game series to improve their record to 56-46. The '78 Yankees fell to an even 51-51.
The '99 Yankees won the first three games as the road team. The offense came out of the blocks with authority as they clubbed 20 hits en route to a 13-6 win in Game One. Chilli Davis, Chuck Knoblauch, Derek Jeter, and Paul O’Neill all raked three hits apiece. They needed 12 innings to win Game Two 3-2. Chad Curtis pinch-ran, stole a base, and scored on a Davis single for the go-ahead run in the 12th. In Game Three, they scored five runs in the 3rd and held on for a 6-5 win. The '78 Yankees won the next two games as the road team. Ron Guidry pitched an effectively wild complete game in Game Five, a 6-2 win; Guidry walked eight but struck out 13. The final game was an epic battle that needed 10 innings to complete. The '99 Yankees had an early 2-0 lead before Reggie Jackson’s three run bomb in the 3rd capped off a five-run inning to give the '78 Yankees a 5-2 lead. They extended the lead to 6-2 until the '99 Yankees came roaring back with a five-run rally of their own in the 5th; Tino Martinez hit a two-run double to give the '99 Yankees back the lead at 7-6. They scored three more in the 6th to extend the lead to 10-6, but the '78 Yankees fought right back in the 7th; Thurman Munson spearheaded a four-run inning with a two run double and scored on a sac fly to tie the game 10-10. The '99 Yankees looked like they were back ahead for good in the 8th when Don Gullett walked in a run to give them an 11-10 lead with Mariano Rivera coming in to close. Roy White had different ideas and cracked a solo homer to tie the game again and send it to extras. Ricky Ledee finally put the game away in the 10th with a walk-off double for a 12-11 series-clinching win for the '99 bombers.
Bernie Williams, who went 4-5 with a home run and seven RBI in that Game Six classic, leads the '99 Yankees in hitting at .329 with 26 home runs, 100 RBI, and a 1.007 OPS. Jeter is hitting .316 with 76 runs scored and a .904 OPS. Knoblauch is hitting .246 with 16 home runs, 16 stolen bases, and 85 runs scored. Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez leads the pitching staff with a 13-8 record and a 3.47 ERA.
Jackson raised his average to .327 with 27 home runs and a .994 OPS. Mickey Rivers is hitting .313 with 38 stolen bases. Guidry’s win put him over .500 at 10-9 with a 2.07 ERA and 208 strikeouts in 200 innings. Goose Gossage picked up his 30th save with a 2.97 ERA. The '78 Yankees will take on the 50-40 1956 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1956 Yankees and the 1978 Yankees split their six game series. The '56 Yankees stay 10 games over .500 at 53-43 while the '78 Yankees stay at .500 at 54-54.
The '78 Yankees exploded out of the gate with nine runs in the 2nd. inning of Game One, including three-run homers by Chris Chambliss and Reggie Jackson, for an 11-5 win. The '56 Yankees evened the series in Game Two with a 4-3 14-inning win. Enos Slaughter drove in the go-ahead run in the 14th with a two-out RBI double. The '78 Yankees won the next two games to take a 3-1 lead in the series. Roy White had a monster line in Game Three: 4-5, two doubles, two home runs, four RBI, four runs scored in a 10-1 win. Ron Guidry pitched a two-hitter with 14 strikeouts in a 3-0 win in Game Four. The '56 Yankees rallied for a series split by winning the final two games. After winning Game Five 4-1, they broke a scoreless tie in the 9th with a two-run walk-off home run by Yogi Berra for a 2-0 win.
Mickey Mantle leads the '56 Yankees in hitting at .288 with 28 home runs, 68 RBI, 78 runs scored, and a .949 OPS. Gil McDougald is hitting .282 with 56 runs scored. Moose Skowron is hitting .278 with 20 home runs, 56 RBI and 68 runs scored. Berra’s Game Six home run was his 20th to go with a .270 average with 78 RBI and 69 runs scored. Hank Bauer is hitting just .201 but has 12 homers and 55 RBI. Johnny Kucks pitched a shutout in the final game to improve his record to 9-7 with a 3.29 ERA. Whitey Ford picked up his 9th win in Game Two; he is 9-4 with a 2.41 ERA. Tom Morgan picked up a couple of saves to give him 15 with a 1.21 ERA.
Jackson’s average dropped to .322 but he hit three home runs to give him 30 for the season with 79 RBI, 77 runs scored, and a .992 OPS. Graig Nettles hit his 20th home run of the season in this series while hitting .277. Guidry’s shutout drove his ERA under 2 for the season at 1.98. He is now 11-9 with 222 strikeouts in 209 innings. The '78 Yankees will battle with 52-38 1939 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1939 Yankees beat the 1978 Yankees in their six game series four games to two after winning the final three games. The '39 Yankees improved their record to 56-40, 7th best, while the '78 Yankees are now below .500 at 56-58.
The teams split the first two games with the '39 Yankees winning Game One 7-4 and the '78 Yankees winning Game Two 11-6. Ron Guidry had another stellar start for the '78 Yankees in Game Three with 11 strikeouts in eight innings; they won the game 2-1 in 10 innings thanks to a walk-off throwing error by pitcher Marius Russo. The '39 Yankees won the final three games starting with a 10-3 win in Game Four. Bill Dickey went 4-4 with a double, home run, four RBI, and three runs scored. The game was disastrous for the '78 Yankees as they lost both Lou Pinella and Mickey Rivers to injuries. The '39 Yankees won Game Five 6-3 thanks in large part to Joe Gordon who had a double, home run and four RBI. They clinched the series in the final game 8-0 behind Red Ruffing’s four-hit shutout. Dickey led the offense with a double, home run, and three RBI.
Charlie Keller leads the '39 Yankees in hitting at .346 with 14 home runs, 54 RBI, 74 runs scored, and a .990 OPS. Joe Dimaggio is hitting .298 with 19 home runs, 74 RBI, 75 runs scored, and a .935 OPS. Red Rolfe is hitting .296 with 52 RBI and 74 runs scored. Dickey hit .350 in the series with two homers and 10 RBI to raise his average to .294 with 20 home runs, 91 RBI, 56 runs scored, and a .960 OPS. Joe Gordon is hitting .236 with 13 home runs and 62 RBI. Ruffing’s shutout adds to his monstrous season: 16-3 with a 1.93 ERA.
Reggie Jackson’s average dropped to .319 with 31 home runs and 84 RBI. Guidry has struck out 233 batters in 217 innings. The '78 Yankees will clash with the 49-35 1950 Yankees in the next series.
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@ncord said in Greatest American League:
The 1939 Yankees beat the 1978 Yankees in their six game series four games to two after winning the final three games. The '39 Yankees improved their record to 56-40, 7th best, while the '78 Yankees are now below .500 at 56-58.
As a Red Sox fan that had to endure school in upstate New York that year, I am very pleased with the current 1978 Yankees standings. :)
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The 1978 Yankees held a 3-1 lead in their six game series with the 1950 Yankees, only to drop the final two (including an absurd Game Five shootout) to split the series and remain two games under .500 at 59-61 (much to the delight of Michael!)
The '78 Yankees opened the series with a 10-5 win thanks to a five run rally in the 2nd. The '50 Yankees came back to even the series in Game Two by knocking out Ron Guidry in the 4th on their way to a 5-3 win. The '78 Yankees took Game Three 5-2 after scoring three runs in the 7th to break a 2-2 tie. The '50 Yankees handed the '78 Yankees Game Four with four errors leading to four unearned runs in a 5-3 loss. Then Game Five happened. The '50 Yankees trailed 13-5 after five innings. They chipped away with two runs in the 6th and 8th. Then they began the 9th with four consecutive singles; Johnny Hopp drove in two runs with the bases loaded to cut the lead to 13-11. The bases were reloaded, and after a pop out, Hank Bauer hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 13-12. Then Gene Woodling belted a walk-off two-run triple off Goose Gossage for a 14-13 win. Joe Dimaggio hit two home runs in the furious comeback with four RBI while Woodling also tallied four RBI on three hits. The loss spoiled a big day for Willie Randolph who went 5-6 with three doubles and a home run and drove in six RBI. The '50 Yankees earned the split in the final game with a 7-3 win. Vic Raschi pitched a complete game and had two hits and two runs scored at the plate. Dimaggio went 3-3 with a homer and four RBI.
Dimaggio rebounded from a 2-17 start in the series to get six hits and eight RBI *in his last eight at bats; He is now hitting .347 with 20 home runs, 100 RBI, 79 runs scored, and a 1.023 OPS. Hopp is hitting .335 with 64 runs scored. Yogi Berra is hitting .323 with 14 home runs, 89 RBI, 69 runs scored, and a .906 OPS. Bauer is hitting .309 with 12 home runs and 53 RBI. Phil Rizzuto is hitting .305 with 77 runs scored. Ed Lopat is 13-2 with a 2.95 ERA.
Reggie Jackson raised his average for the '78 Yankees to .321 with 34 home runs, 94 RBI, 83 runs scored, and a .992 OPS. Ed Figueroa picked up his 15th win; he is now 15-6 with a 3.61 ERA. Gossage’s blown save ballooned his ERA to 3.25 with 32 saves. The '78 Yankees will face the 62-40 1937 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1937 Yankees defeated the 1978 Yankees four games to two in their series to improve their record to 66-42, 5th best behind the '27, '32, '36, and '28 Bombers. The '78 Yankees dropped further under .500 at 61-65 with five series left to play.
The '37 Yankees scored five runs in the 5th inning of Game One which was all they needed for a 5-2 win. Their bats were red hot in a 13-2 drubbing; 10 of their 14 hits were for extra bases. Tommy Henrich hit two doubles and two triples while driving in three RBI. The '78 Yankees won the next two games, starting with Game Three by a score of 5-2. Ed Figueroa calmed the '37 Yankee bats with 8 2/3 no hit innings before a Joe Dimaggio double and George Selkirk homer ruined the no-no and shutout. They won Game Four 9-8 in 10 innings after blowing a 7-2 lead in the 8th inning. The '37 Yankees cut the deficit to 7-6 after a three-run homer by Lou Gehrig followed by a solo blast from Dimaggio. Reggie Jackson gave the '78 Yankees a little cushion in the 9th with a solo home run of his own to make it 8-6. Goose Gossage gacked another save opportunity in the 9th with three walks that led to a tying two-run single by Dimaggio. The '78 Yankees went back ahead for good when Selkirk misplayed a Willie Randolph single, resulting with pinch hitter Gary Thomasen scoring from first. In the pivotal Game Five, the '78 Yankees scored four runs in the 1st. inning, but the '37 Yankees countered with eight unanswered runs the rest of the game for a 8-4 win. In the finale, the '37 Yankees cruised to a 12-2 with; Selkirk and Red Rolfe teamed up with three hits apiece (Selkirk hit another home run) and five RBI each.
Gehrig leads the '37 Yankees in hitting at .351 with 26 home runs, 86 RBI, 110 runs scored, and a 1.150 OPS. Selkirk had a huge series, hitting .444 with FIVE home runs and 13 RBI; he is now hitting .329 with 33 home runs, 85 RBI, 88 runs scored, and a 1.115 OPS. Dimaggio hit .346 in the series to raise his average to .313 with 42 home runs, 134 RBI, 96 runs scored, and a 1.044 OPS. Bill Dickey is hitting .255 with 18 home runs and 88 runs scored. Lefty Gomez and Red Ruffing won all three of their combined starts; they have identical 14-3 records with a 2.27 ERA for Gomez and a 2.54 ERA for Ruffing.
Jackson hit .440 in the series with three homers and eight RBI to raise his average to .327 with 37 home runs, 102 RBI, 88 runs scored, and a 1.007 OPS. Randolph and Mickey Rivers both have 40 or more stolen bases. Figueroa’s masterpiece improved his record to 16-6 with a 3.51 ERA. The '78 Yankees will battle the 55-35 1938 Yankees in the next series.