Greatest American League
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The 1999 Yankees won five of their six games over the 1952 Yankees to move back over .500 at 16-14. The 1952 Yankees fell to 9-15.
The '99 Yankees won Game One 3-1 thanks to a bizarre moment; Derek Jeter got ejected in the 5th inning arguing balls and strikes while batting with the bases loaded. Alfonso Siriano took his place and hit a bases clearing double to give the '99 Yankees all the runs they would need in that game. Jeter helped the '99 Yankees to a walkoff 4-3 win by legging out a fielder’s choice that foiled an attempted double play, resulting in the winning run. After bashing the '52 Yankees 12-3 in Game Three, the '99 Yankees won their fourth straight game 3-2. Darrell Strawberry hit a two-out, two-run pinch hit double in the 7th to take the lead. The '52 Yankees won their only game 7-3 in Game Five before losing the last game of the series 4-3.
Ricky Ledee became the new team leader in batting for the '99 Yankees at .298 after Jeter slumped in this series to drop to .297. Chuck Knoblauch leads the team in runs scored with 30 while hitting .271. Bernie Williams continues to blast dingers with three more in this series to give him 10 on the season and nine RBI to give him 30 for the season. Orlando Hernandez won his lone start to boost his record to 3-1 and lowered his ERA to 2.00. Mariano Rivera blew a save but saved several others to give him nine in 14 appearances with a 2.21 ERA.
Mickey Mantle and Hank Bauer continue to rip it at the plate, hitting .366 and .352 respectively. Mantle and Gene Woodling lead the team in runs scored with 20. Joe Collins leads the team in homers (6) and RBI (26) while hitting .281. Allie Reynolds has been stellar in his five starts at 4-0 with a 2.97 ERA. The rest of the starting five has struggled: Eddie Lopat 5.44 ERA, Vic Raschi 5.81 ERA, Bill Miller 7.00, Johnny Sain 7.82 ERA. The '52 Yankees will take on the 1947 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1947 Yankees nearly swept the 1952 Yankees in their six game series. They won the first five games before losing the finale 2-1; the '47 Yankees raised their record to 13-11 while the '52 Yankees dropped to 10-20, last place by percentage points.
Game one was a marathon that went 16 innings before the '47 Yankees prevailed 6-3. 29 men from both teams combined were left on base. Spud Chandler pitched a 1-hit shutout in Game Two for a 7-0 win. Game Two was the only game won by more than three runs.
Joe Dimaggio is the lone '47 Yankee hitting over .300 at .310, but with a .797 OPS, he is not hitting a lot of extra bases. Dimaggio leads the team in runs scored with 17 and RBI with 18. Joe Page picked up his 10th save in 11 appearances with a 1.46 ERA.
Mickey Mantle and Hank Bauer cooled off a little in this series. Mantle’s average dropped to .348 but still has a robust OPS of 1.033. Bauer dropped to .327 with a .935 OPS. Gene Woodling leads the team in runs scored with 23 while hitting .264. Joe Collins is hitting .282 and leads the team in homers (6) and RBI (28). Pitching continues to be horrific with four of the five starters with ERAs of 5 or more. The '52 Yankees will take on the 1962 Yankees in the next series.
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After losing two of the first three games, the 1962 Yankees won their final three games against the 1952 Yankees to win the series 4-2.
The '52 Yankees won the first game of the series 4-3 thanks to a late comeback. Gene Woodling tied the game in the 9th with a two-out RBI triple. Yogi Berra followed with a walk-off double. Elston Howard’s 9th inning go-ahead homerun helped the '62 Yankees tie the series with a 5-4 win. Games 4-6 was the Tom Tresh show for the '62 Yankees. Tresh hit a two-out walk-off triple in a 7-6 10 inning win in Game Four. In Game 5, Tresh hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the 8th for a 4-2 win. Tresh concluded his heroics with a walk-off homer in the 9th for a 3-2 win.
1962 Mickey Mantle leads the team in hitting at .290 with 16 homeruns and 44 runs scored. Roger Maris leads the team in RBI with 41 while hitting .244 with 11 homeruns. Ralph Terry and Whitey Ford picked up their sixth win; Terry’s ERA is at 2.35 while Ford’s dropped to 4.94. Marshall Bridges had a rocky series but picked up his 14th save with a 3.65 ERA.
1952 Mickey Mantle raised his average to .377 and his OPS to 1.119. He and Woodling are tied with the most runs scored with 27. Joe Collins, hitting .273, leads the team in homers (8) and RBI (33). Allie Reynolds picked up his fifth win to go with a 3.06 ERA. The '52 Yankees will play the '58 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1952 Yankees and the 1958 Yankees split their six game series in which the two teams alternately won every game of the series. The 1958 Yankees remained two games under .500 at 14-16 while the 1952 Yankees stayed 12 games under at 15-27.
The series followed the pattern of the '52 Yankees winning the odd numbered games and the '58 Yankees winning the even numbered games. The key contest was Game Four. The '52 Yankees took a one run lead in the bottom of the 9th, 10th, and 11th innings, only for the '58 Yankees to tie the game each time. Yogi Berra tied the game 3-3 in the 9th on a sac fly. Norm Siebern hit a two-out RBI single in the 10th to tie the game 4-4 after Billy Martin’s error kept the game alive. Tony Kubek tied the game 5-5 with a two-out RBI single. Kubek closed out his hero role with a walk-off single in the 13th to give the '58 Yankees a 6-5 win. Pitching dominated the final two games. Allie Reynolds pitched a no-hitter in Game Five to lead the '52 Yankees to a 1-0 win; Johnny Kucks countered in the final game with a four-hit shutout to lead the '58 Yankees to a 3-0 win.
Hank Bauer is the '58 Yankees top hitter at .276. Mickey Mantle is hitting just .242 but has a .440 OBP, thanks to his 35 walks in 30 games. He also leads the team in runs scored with 20. Andy Carey is hitting .257 and leads the team in homers (8) and RBI (18). Kuck’s shutout was his first complete game and evened his record to 2-2 and lowered his ERA to 4.46. Ryne Duran has six saves in 11 appearances with a 1.02 ERA.
'52 Yankees Mantle’s average dropped to .364 with a 1.065 OPS. He and Gene Woodling lead the team in runs scored with 31. Jeff Collins (.268) continued to lead the team in homers (10) and RBI (39). The no-hitter raised Reynolds record to 6-1 with a 2.69 ERA. The '52 Yankees will take on the 1977 Yankees in the next series.
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After dropping the first two games, the 1952 Yankees won their final four games against the 1977 Yankees to win the series and improve their record to 19-29. The '77 Yankees dropped under .500 at 5-7.
Mike Torrez got the '77 Yankees off to a good start with a 3-hit shutout in a 3-0 win in Game One. They then won a tight 4-3 Game Two in 10 innings. From there, the '52 Yankees took over the series. Allie Reynolds followed up his no-hitter in the previous series with a 3-hit shutout in Game Four as the '52 Yankees won 4-0 to tie the series. They won the final two games 9-8 and 5-4.
Mickey Mantle dropped to .344 but still sports a robust 1.010 OPS. He and Gene Woodling (.286) continue to share the team lead in runs scored with 34. Joe Collins is hitting .253 and remains the team leader in homeruns and RBI with 11 and 40. Reynolds red hot stretch has him now at 7-1 with a 2.40 ERA. Bob Kuzava picked up a couple of saves in the series to give him four for the year with a 1.61 ERA in 19 appearances.
Willie Randolph is the only '77 Yankee with a batting average over .250 at .286. Reggie Jackson is hitting just .222 but leads the team in runs scored (8), homeruns (4) and RBI (7, along with Graig Nettles). Torrez’s shutout was his first quality start, he improved his record to 1-2 with a 4.74 ERA. Don Gullett, Ron Guidry, and Catfish Hunter have ERAs below 2.10 in their two starts apiece. The '77 Yankees will take on the 1949 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1949 Yankees won the first four games of their series with the 1977 Yankees before dropping the final two to improve their record to 26-40 while the '77 Yankees dropped to 7-11.
The offense was cooking for the '49 Yankees early as they scored 27 runs in the first three games. Defense was also poor for the '77 Yankees as they committed seven errors in those games. In a 10-5 Game Two loss, half of the runs scored were unearned. Johnny Mize powered the '49 Yankees Game Three 9-3 win with two homeruns. Thurman Munson hit two blasts in the final game of the series, a 7-3 win for the '77 Bronx Bombers.
Joe Dimaggio had a big series for the '49 Yankees; he hit .375 with four homers and 12 RBI, raising his overall totals to .315 with 19 HRs, 54 RBI, 58 runs scored, and a 1.118 OPS. Tommy Henrich did not hit nearly as well in the series, but he still boasts impressive overall numbers at .276 with 18 homers, 67 RBI, 56 runs scored, and a .948 OPS. Vic Raschi continues to benefit from run support as he upped his record to 8-1 with a 4.42 ERA.
Munson and Reggie Jackson had strong series at the plate for the '77 Yankees; Munson raised his overall average to .278 by hitting .458 in the series and clocked his first three homeruns of the play-in season along with eight of his 11 RBI. Jackson hit .409 in the series to put him at .279 overall with five HRs and 11 RBI. Ron Guidry, Don Gullett, and Catfish Hunter all crashed to Earth in this series as each saw their ERAs balloon to over 3.0. The '77 Yankees will take on the 1958 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1977 Yankees won four of six games over the 1958 Yankees to raise their record to 11-13. The 1958 Yankees dropped to 16-20.
Reggie Jackson blasted two homeruns in Game One to lead the '77 Yankees to a 7-5 win. The '58 Yankees came right back in Game Two to pound the '77 Yankees 10-0 on 18 hits. Bob Turley pitched a 4-hit shutout. Game Three ended with some 9th inning dramatics; Elston Howard and Mickey Mantle hit back-to-back homeruns in the 9th inning to tie the game for the '58 Yankees 2-2. Mickey Rivers gave the '77 Yankees a 3-2 win in the bottom of the inning on a walk-off double.
The '77 Yankees won the series with a Ron Guidry gem in Game Five, a 1-0 win thanks to Roy White’s leadoff first inning homerun. Guidry pitched a two-hit shutout and struck out 11. The '58 Yankees won the final game of the series 4-3 on a walk-off double by Andy Carey in the 9th.Reggie Jackson hit .304 for the '77 Yankees with 3 HRs and 6 RBI in the series to raise his team leading average to .286 with 8 HRs, 17 RBI and 16 runs scored. Guidry’s shutout improved his record to 3-1 with a 2.40 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 37 1/3 innings.
Hank Bauer leads the '58 Yankees in hitting at .287. Mantle is hitting .233 with a team leading 26 runs scored and a .947 OPS. Carey is hitting .258 and leads the team in homeruns (9) and RBI (24). Turley’s shutout improved his record to 3-4 with a 3.41 ERA. The '58 Yankees will take on the 2009 Yankees in the next series.
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The 2009 Yankees bested the 1958 Yankees 4-2 to improve their record to 7-5. The 1958 Yankees dropped to 18-24.
The 2K9 Yankees won a strange Game One 7-3 despite starting pitcher A.J. Burnett getting ejected in the 4th inning for arguing balls and strikes while batting! Bob Turley walked 10 batters for the losing '58 Yankees while Gil McDougald went 5-5 at the plate. Robinson Cano’s go-ahead sac fly in the 9th inning gave the 2K9 Yankees a 3-2 win in Game Two. After splitting the next two games, the 2K9 Yankees clinched the series with a 10-6 win in Game Five; Alex Rodriguez went 3-5 with two doubles, a homer and five RBI.
The 2K9 Yankees have three hitters after the first 12 games with an OPS over 1.0. Jorge Posada hit .350 in the series with a homerun and six RBI to raise his overall average to .341 with 12 RBI and a 1.037 OPS. Melky Cabrera had a ridiculous series; he hit .526, drove in nine runs from the 8th and 9th spot, and homered in FIVE consecutive games! He raised his average to .310, leads the team in homeruns with five and has a 1.038 OPS. Rodriguez hit just .238 with a homerun and seven RBI but is still hitting over .300 at .302 with 12 RBI and a 1.039 OPS. Sergio Mitre is 2-0 with a 1.59 ERA in his two starts.
Andy Carey continues to carry the '58 Yankees offense, hitting .271 with 10 homeruns with 28 RBI, both team leads. Turley and Whitey Ford have given up a combined 21 homeruns in 17 starts. The '58 Yankees will take on the 1977 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1977 Yankees lost five of six games to the 1956 Yankees to fall to 12-18. The 1956 Yankees moved over .500 at 14-10.
The '77 Yankees got their only win in Game One 2-1, but their offensive struggles continued as they were held to 16 runs scored in the six games. Whitey Ford pitched a four-hit shutout in Game 5 as the '56 Yankees won 5-0. They had less problems scoring runs as they plated 45 runs in the series, including scoring 11 runs twice (11-7 in Game Three and 11-2 in Game Six).
Yogi Berra hit .500 in the series with six RBI to raise his average to .359 with a team-leading 25 RBI and .938 OPS. With the shutout, Ford is off to a dominating start at 4-0 in five starts with four complete games and a 1.67 ERA.
Reggie Jackson leads the '77 Yankees in almost every offensive category: .281, eight HRs, 17 RBI, 20 runs scored and a .914 OPS. Ed Figueroa and Don Gullett continue to be winless at 0-5 and 0-4 respectively with ERAs of 4.19 and 3.95. The '77 Yankees will take on the 6-6 1932 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1977 Yankees split their six game series with the 1932 Yankees to remain six games under .500 at 15-21. The 1932 Yankees stayed at .500 at 9-9.
The '77 Yankees won Game One 5-4 in 11 innings on a walk-off sac fly by Roy White. The '32 Yankees came back with a vengeance in Game Two, winning 13-2 thanks to two Babe Ruth homeruns and five RBI from Tony Lazzeri as he went 4-6 with a triple. They continued to trade wins back and forth the rest of the series. In Game Six, the '32 Yankees overcame a 5-3 deficit with nine runs in the 7th and 8th innings combined on their way to a 12-7 win.
Lazzeri hit .433 for the '32 Yankees in the series with a couple of homeruns and 12 RBI to raise his overall average up to a team-leading .392. He is tied with Ruth in RBI with 22 and runs scored with 18 for the team lead and has a 1.120 OPS. Ruth hit .429 with four homeruns and eight RBI. He raised his average to .333 with 10 homeruns and a 1.304 OPS. Pitching hasn’t been great but George Pipgras has been solid at 3-1 with a 3.24 ERA.
Reggie Jackson hit .333 for the '77 Yankees in the series with a couple of homers and five RBI to raise his average to .290 with 10 homers, 22 RBI, 23 runs scored, and a .943 OPS. Thurman Munson had a good series, hitting .296 with a homerun and seven RBI to raise his average to .262. He is tied with Jackson in RBI with 22. Ed Figueroa and Don Gullett lost both of their starts to remain winless at a combined 0-11 with a combined 4.66 ERA. The '77 Yankees will take on the 3-3 1950 Yankees.
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The 1950 Yankees flexed their muscles at the plate in beating the 1977 Yankees five out of six games to improve their overall record to 8-4. The '77 Yankees dropped to last place at 16-26.
The '50 Yankees scored 52 runs in the series and scored in double figures in the first three games. They won Game One 12-5 despite three homeruns from Dave Kingman. In their Game Two 13-3 win, Johnny Mize went 4-5 at the plate with two homeruns and five RBI. The '50 Yankees hit four homers and eight extra base hits in that game. They had to hold on after going up 11-2 in Game Three when the '77 Yankees scored seven runs in the eighth and ninth innings before falling short 11-9. Johnny Hopp led the '50 Yankees attack, going 3-5 with two doubles and a triple and six RBI. They needed 10 innings to win Game Four 6-5 on Yogi Berra’s walk-off single. The '50 Yankees won Game Five 6-2 before finally losing in the last game 4-3.
Mize hit .444 in the series for the '50 Yankees with three homers and eight RBI to bring his average up to .365 with six homers,15 RBI, 13 runs scored, and a 1.181 OPS, all team leads. Hopp hit .320 and got all of his 10 RBI in this series. Eddie Lopat has a win in all three of his starts with a 2.89 ERA. Tommy Byrne is also off to a good start with a 2-0 record and 1.82 ERA. Vic Raschi has struggled in his three starts: 0-3, 7.61 ERA.
Thurman Munson had a great series for the '77 Yankees; he hit .426 to raise his average to .287 to lead the team and took over the team RBI lead over Reggie Jackson with 26. Reggie Jackson picked up his 11th homerun in this series, and he leads the team in runs scored with 27. Don Gullett picked up his first win, but Ed Figueroa remains winless at 0-7 with a 4.87 ERA. The '77 Yankees will take on the the 2000 Yankees in the next series.
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The 2000 Yankees beat the 1977 Yankees four games to two in their six game series to improve their record to 13-11. The '77 Yankees dropped to 18-30.
The 2K Yankees won two of the first three games by identical 5-4 scores. One of those was a 13-inning affair in Game Three won on a two-out RBI double by Luis Polonia in the top of the 13th. They pounded the '77 Yankees in Game Four 18-2; the 2K Yankees hit six homeruns in the game while three '77 Yankee errors led to nine unearned runs! The '77 Yankees rebounded in Game Five, winning 5-1 but lost the series in the last game 4-3 despite two homeruns by Mickey Rivers.
Jorge Posada leads the 2K Yankees in hitting at .264, one of only two regulars hitting above .250. Derek Jeter is hitting just .227 but leads the team in runs scored with 22. Paul O’Neill and Tino Martinez lead the team in RBI with 18 apiece. Andy Pettite remains undefeated at 4-0 with a 2.31 ERA.
Reggie Jackson continues to lead the '77 Yankees in hitting at .280 and also leads in runs scored (31) and homeruns (11). Thurman Munson is hitting .277 and leads the team in RBI with 30. Pitching continues to struggle; Ron Guidry has the lowest ERA of all the starters at 3.65 with a 3-3 record. The '77 Yankees will take on the 3-3 1939 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1939 Yankees defeated the 1977 Yankees four games to two to improve their record to 7-5. The '77 Yankees continued to plummet, falling to 20-34.
The '39 Yankees took two of the first three games before winning a pivotal Game Four 11-8. The '77 Yankees trailed 7-4 in the 8th inning and scored four runs, three coming on a two-out three-run homer by Roy White to take an 8-7 lead. The '39 Yankees came back with four runs of their own in the bottom of the inning, three coming on a bases-clearing pinch hit double by George Selkirk to secure the victory. The '77 Yankees won the next game 4-2 by scoring all of their runs in the 9th inning, two coming on a Chris Chambliss two-run double. The '39 Yankees clinched the series with a 9-1 win in the final game.
Joe Dimaggio’s average LOWERED to .414 after this series for the '39 Yankees but drove in five more runs to give him 21 after 12 games with a 1.377 OPS. Charlie Keller hit .391 in the series to raise his average to .340 with a 1.096 OPS and scored 10 runs to give him 15 for the season. Lefty Gomez and Atley Donald have gotten off to good starts for the pitching staff; Gomez is 2-1 with a 2.63 while Donald is 2-0 with a 2.12 ERA.
Reggie Jackson and Thurman Munson continue to carry the '77 Yankee offense. Jackson is hitting .286 with 12 homeruns and 35 runs scored to lead the team. Munson is hitting .283 and leads the team in RBI with 32. Ron Guidry picked up his fourth win and at 3.62 owns the only ERA on the starting staff below 4.70. The '77 Yankees will challenge the 3-3 1938 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1938 Yankees flexed their offensive muscle against the 1977 Yankees, winning four of the six games to improve their record to 7-5. The '77 Yankees dropped to 22-38.
Game One featured 9th inning dramatics; the '38 Yankees trailed 4-2 in the 9th but scored two runs off closer Sparky Lyle, one on a Willie Randolph error, the other on a sacrifice fly. The '77 Yankees won in the bottom of the inning on a walk-off double by Chris Chambliss. The '38 Yankees abused '77 Yankee pitching in the next two games, winning 13-1 and 23-4. Every Yankee starter had at least one hit in Game Three. Several '38 Yankees starred in Game Four: Bill Dickey went 3-4 with a homer and five RBI. Joe Dimaggio was 3-5 with a triple, homer, and six RBI. George Selkirk was 2-4 with five runs scored. Roy White led the '77 Yankees to a 7-4 win in Game Four to even the series; White went 3-4 at the plate with a homerun, three runs scored, three RBI and two stolen bases. Lyle picked up his second blown save of the series in Game Five; Trailing 4-1 in the 9th, Dimaggio hit a two-run tater and Red Rolfe hit an RBI double to send the game into extras. Rolfe came back to hit a walk-off double in the 13th for a 5-4 win. Dickey went 5-5 at the plate in Game Six with a double, two HRs, and 3 RBI to clinch the series for the '38 Yankees with a 7-2 win.
Dickey hit .464 in the series with three homeruns and 10 RBI. He raised his average to .353 with four homers, 12 RBI and a 1.039 OPS. Dimaggio hit .483 with a couple of homers and 12 RBI in the series to boost his average to .327, three homeruns and a team high 13 RBI and 1.115 OPS. Tommy Henrich is hitting .327 and leads the team in runs scored with nine. Monte Pearson and Spud Chandler have both won their first two starts with ERAs of 2.25 and 3.07 respectively.
Thurman Munson has taken over the team lead for the '77 Yankees in hitting at .289 and leads the team in RBI with 37. Reggie Jackson is hitting .288 and leads the team in homeruns with 12. Roy White is hitting just .230 but leads the team in runs scored with 40. Lyle did pick up his 10th save in the series, but his two blown saves ballooned his ERA to 3.56. The '77 Yankees will take on the 18-18 1937 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1937 Yankees dominated the 1977 Yankees, winning five of their six games to up their record to 23-19. The '77 Yankees dug themselves further in the basement at 23-43.
The '37 Yankees won the first five games of this series. In Game One, they scored three runs off Ron Guidry in the first inning and held on for a 3-1 win. They scored eight runs in the next two games and won 8-1 and 8-2 respectively. Bump Hadley had a big day in the '37 Yankees 7-2 win in Game Four; Hadley pitched a complete game and drove in two runs at the plate. The '77 Yankees salvaged a win in the final game 3-1 on the back of Reggie Jackson who accounted for all three runs with two homeruns.
Lou Gehrig hit .315 in the series, which actually dropped his overall average to .338; he leads the '37 Yankees in runs scored with 46 and OPS at 1.277. Joe Dimaggio is hitting .284 and leads the team in homeruns (18) and RBI (52). Their pitching was fantastic in this series, limiting the '77 Yankees to 11 runs in six games. Lefty Gomez is 5-1 with a 1.75 ERA. Red Ruffing is 5-2 with a 2.44 ERA.
Jackson’s two homeruns in the final game gave him 15 for the season to go with a team-leading .280 average, 39 RBI, and 41 runs scored (team best along with Roy White). Guidry surrendered only three earned runs in his two starts, lowering his ERA to 3.77 to go with a 5-5 record. Ed Figueroa now has double digit losses at 1-10 with a 5.08 ERA. The '77 Yankees will take on the 9-9 1936 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1936 Yankees won four of six games against the 1977 Yankees to move to 13-11 while the '77 Yankees continue to drop further below .500 at 25-47.
The '77 Yankees won the first and last game of the series, and the '36 Yankees won all four games in between. Thurman Munson went 3-5 with a double, homerun, and five RBI to lead the '77 Yankees to a 8-4 win in Game One. Lou Gehrig countered with two homeruns, three RBI, and three runs scored to lead the '36 Yankees to a 8-1 Game Two win. Tony Lazzeri went 3-4 with two doubles and four RBI in Game Six to help the '36 Yankees clinch the series in Game Five 6-2. Bucky Dent drove in four runs on 3-4 hitting with a homer to salvage a 9-4 win for the '77 Yankees in the final game.
Gehrig hit .368 in the series which actually brought his average down to .404; he hit four dingers and drove in 10 runs to give him 14 and 36 for the play in season. Bill Dickey is hitting .362 with 26 RBI and a 1.020 OPS. Joe Dimaggio is hitting .358 with a 1.111 OPS. The offense has had to carry a pitching staff that has had a subpar 5.16 Team ERA through the first 24 games.
Munson leads the '77 Yankees in hitting at .277 with 11 HRs and a team-leading 47 RBI. Reggie Jackson dropped to .275 with a team-best 16 HRs and 41 RBI. Ed Figueroa’s nightmarish season continued with another loss to drop his record to 1-11 with a 5.35 ERA. The '77 Yankees will play the 1923 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1923 Yankees beat the 1977 Yankees four out of six games to improve their overall record to 7-5. The '77 Yankees reached the halfway mark of the play in season at 27-51.
They got off to a good start in Game One by beating the '23 Yankees in Game One 6-5 in 10 innings. It was a game that either tied or had the lead change hands five times; Mickey Rivers won the game with a walk-off double in the 10th. The '23 Yankees won the next two games by a combined score of 14-1. Sam Jones pitched a five-hit shutout in Game Two for a 8-0 win. The '77 Yankees won 6-2 in Game Four to tie the series at 2-2. Game Five was full of late drama; Roy White tied the game 5-5 in the 9th with a solo homerun, but Babe Ruth countered with a two-run Babe Blast walk-off to win it 7-5. Joe Bush gave the '23 Yankees their second shutout of the series, a five-hitter, as they won the final game 7-0, led by Bob Meusel who went 3-4 with a homerun and four RBI.
Ruth hit .444 in the series with five homeruns (he homered in five of the six games) and 12 RBI; overall he is hitting .324 with eight homers , 21 RBI, and a 1.608 OPS. Meusel hit .375 with two homers and eight RBI to raise his average to .320 with 11 RBI and a .946 OPS. Jones’ shutout brought his ERA down to 1.80 in two winning starts. Waite Hoyt is also 2-0 with a 1.35 ERA.
Thurman Munson and Reggie Jackson continue to carry the offense, both hitting .280. Munson has 11 HRs and 49 RBI while Jackson has 16 HRs and 43 RBI. Catfish Hunter became the second starter to lose double digit games (3-10 with a 6.00 ERA). The '77 Yankees will battle with the 1943 Yankees in the next series.
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After nine straight series that they either lost or split, the 1977 Yankees finally won a series, defeating the 1943 Yankees in four out of six games to improve their record to 31-53. The '43 Yankees dropped to 5-7.
The '77 Yankees broke out their offense in this series in a big way. They started out with a 14-0 blowout. They hit four triples and three homeruns in the game, led by Reggie Jackson who went 3-5 at the plate, a single away from hitting the cycle, and five RBI. Ed Figueroa, who won both of his starts pitched a three-hit shutout. The '43 Yankees tied the series in Game Two 4-3 when Billy Johnson hit a go-ahead triple in the 9th inning off Sparky Lyle. After winning Game Three 8-1, the '77 Yankees embarrassed the '43 Yankees in Game Four 20-1. They scored 15 of their runs in the second inning alone, NINE BEFORE RECORDING THEIR FIRST OUT!. Every player had a run scored AND an RBI, led by Roy White who had five RBI in the game. The '43 Yankees won Game Five 8-5 despite two more homers by Jackson. The '77 Yankees clinched the series with a 6-2 win in the final game.
Jackson had an enormous series, hitting .407 with six dingers and 14 RBI to raise his average to .293 with 22 homeruns and 57 RBI. Thurman Munson hit .482 in the series with nine RBI to shoot his average up to .296 with 12 homeruns and 58 RBI. Figueroa lowered his ERA to 4.59 and improved his record to 3-12. Ron Guidry went over .500 in his start at 7-6 and lowered his ERA to 3.50.
Bill Dickey leads the '43 Yankees in hitting at .310 with a .453 OBP. Bud Matheny is hitting .250 and leads the team in homeruns (4), RBI (10) and runs scored (7). Tiny Bonham has an enormous ERA (12.66) in his two starts. Johnny Murphy as three saves in four appearances with four scoreless innings pitched. The '43 Yankees will battle the 1949 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1943 Yankees evened their record at 9-9 by beating the 1949 Yankees four out of six games. The '49 Yankees dropped to 28-44.
The '43 Yankees won the first two games 7-2 and 3-2. Nick Etten went 3-4 with four RBI in Game One and Joe Gordon won Game Two with a walk-off triple. Tommy Byrne struck out 10 for the '49 Yankees in defeat. The '49 Yankees won a wild Game Three 9-5 in 13 innings. Trailing 4-1 in the 8th inning, the '43 Yankees tied the game on a two-run homer by Bud Metheny. The teams traded runs in the 11th. Joe Dimaggio’s three-run blast capped a four run 13th inning that game the '49 Yankees the win. The '43 Yankees pitching took over the next two games as Spud Chandler and Butch Wensloff pitched back-to-back shutouts in wins of 3-0 and 6-0. The '49 Yankees won the final game 6-3.
Bill Dickey is hitting .324 to lead the '43 Yankees. Metheny’s average dropped to .216 but he leads the team in homers (5) and RBI along with Etten (13). Joe Gordon is hitting .234 but leads the team in runs scored with 11. Chandler’s three-hitter bettered his record to 2-2 and lowered his ERA to 3.41. Wensloff’s three-hitter dropped his ERA to 4.80 with a 2-3 record.
Dimaggio leads the '49 Yankees in hitting at .320, homeruns with 21, runs scored with 61, and OPS at 1.128. Tommy Henrich’s average dropped to .260 with 18 homeruns and a team-leading 63 RBI. Vic Raschi is 8-2 despite a higher than average 4.31 ERA, best on the team. The '49 Yankees will take on the 9-9 1932 Yankees in the next series.