Greatest American League
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The 1936 Yankees and the 2000 Yankees split their six game series. The '36 Yankees stay 10 games over .500 at 29-19 while the 2K Yankees stay at .500 at 54-54.
After losing the opener 7-6, the 2K Yankees won the next two games. David Justice drove in all three runs in Game Two including a two-run homer in the 6th to break a 1-1 tie on their way to a 3-2 win. Bernie Williams went 2-3 in Game Three with a double, homerun, three RBI, and two runs scored in a 5-3 win. The '36 Yankees evened the series in Game Four 2-1; Roy Johnson drove in both runs, including a walk-off single in the 9th after Frankie Crosetti and Jake Powell hit back-to-back two out singles. Andy Pettite shut down the '36 Yankees in Game Five with a three-hit shutout in a 2-0 win. The '36 Yankees earned the series split with a 6-1 win in the last game.
The '36 Yankees have four players hitting over .310 with a .900 or better OPS. Bill Dickey is hitting .342 with a .963 OPS. Lou Gehrig is hitting .339 with 25 homeruns, 67 RBI, 59 runs scored, and a 1.297 OPS. Joe Dimaggio his hitting .319 with 12 homeruns and a .974 OPS. George Selkirk is hitting .318 with a .962 OPS. Despite giving up 14 homeruns in 12 starts, Red Ruffing is 9-2 with a 3.86 ERA. Pat Malone has 11 saves in 14 appearances with a 2.30 ERA.
Williams continues to lead the 2K Yankees in hitting at .272 with 24 homeruns, 70 RBI, 70 runs scored, and a .913 OPS. Derek Jeter now has 93 runs scored while hitting .265. David Justice has 33 homeruns and 89 RBI to lead the team while hitting just .227. Pettite’s shutout improved his record to 9-7 with a 2.80 ERA. Mariano Rivera picked up his 30th save in this series while his ERA fell to 1.43. The 2K Yankees will play the 15-9 1950 Yankees in the next series.
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The 1950 Yankees obliterated the 2000 Yankees by sweeping them in their six game series. The '50 Yankees are now 21-9 while the 2K Yankees fell six games below .500 at 54-60.
The '50 Yankee offense was relentless; they scored 62 runs in the series and no fewer than six runs in any game. Games Three and Five were prime examples. In Game Three, they trailed 9-3 after four innings. They scored four in the 7th and tied the game in the 9th thanks to TWO Mariano Rivera errors. They scored three in the 11th for a 12-9 win in which they had 22 hits and four RBI from Hank Bauer, Bobby Brown, and Billy Martin. They laid 20 on the beleaguered 2K Yankee pitching staff in Game Five for a 20-2 mashing; every player scored at least one run, and Joe Dimaggio, Yogi Berra, and Jerry Coleman had five RBI apiece. There was room for great pitching too. Ed Lopat pitched a five-hit shutout in Game Two for a 9-0 win. Somehow, Fred Sanford spread out nine hits in the last game for a 6-0 whitewash in which the 2K Yankees left 14 men on base.
Bauer leads the '50 Yankees in hitting at .368 with a .921 OPS. Johnny Hopp is hitting .333 with a .956 OPS. Johnny Mize is hitting .304 with 10 homeruns and a 1.013 OPS. Dimaggio is hitting .294 with 33 RBI. Phil Rizzuto is hitting .290 with 26 runs scored and a .408 OBP. Lopat’s shutout improved his record to 5-0 with a 2.08 ERA. With Sanford’s shutout, he has pitched 22 scoreless innings to start the season.
Bernie Williams remains steady at the plate at .272 with 25 homeruns and 71 RBI. David Justice hit three more homeruns in this series to give him 36 for the season with 93 RBI. After a hot start, Roger Clemens has had a loss or a no decision in his last five starts; he is 12-6 with a 3.69 ERA. The 2K Yankees will take on the 19-11 1923 Yankees in the next series.
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After dropping two of the first three games, the 1923 Yankees won the final three games in their six game series with the 2000 Yankees to win the series 4-2. The '23 Yankees improved their record to 23-13 while the 2K Yankees fell to 56-64.
The 2K Yankees got off to a roaring start in Game One with an 11-2 win to break a seven game losing streak. Tino Martinez hit a grand slam and drove in five of the 11 runs. The '23 Yankees evened the series in Game Two with a 6-2 win; Joe Bush retired the first 24 batters before giving up back-to-back doubles by Luis Polonia and Scott Brosius in the 9th. The 2K Yankees won 10-4 in Game Three in a contest where a lot more runs could have been scored. The '23 Yankees left 14 men on base while the 2K Yankees left 15 on base. Every 2K Yankee either scored or drove in a run. The '23 Yankees cooled off the 2K Yankee offense in Game Four with a 1-0 shutout. Waite Hoyt pitched a three-hit shutout, and Babe Ruth drove in the only run in the 1st. with a triple. The the offense for the '23 Yankees kicked in as they won the final two games 10-5 and 15-2. Bob Shawkey pitched a complete game with 10 strikeouts, and Aaron Ward went 3-5 at the plate with a double and five RBI.
Ruth leads the '23 Yankees in hitting at .364 with 17 homeruns, 47 RBI, and a 1.480 OPS. Bob Meusel is hitting .345 with a .909 OPS. Hoyt remains undefeated at 5-0 with an ERA of 1.00.
Bernie Williams stays at .272 with 25 homeruns, 73 RBI, and a .909 OPS. Derek Jeter has 98 runs scored while hitting .257. David Justice went homerless but drove in three more runs to give him 96 for the season. Andy Pettite picked up his 10th win; he is now 10-8 with a 3.03 ERA. The 2K Yankees will face off with the 20-10 1938 Yankees in the next series.
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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.