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Facts & Figures A capsule look at the previous 13 Subway SeriesPosted: Thursday October 19, 2000 2:23 AM
1921 -- Giants 5, Yankees 3 In the first Subway Series, Giants pitching held the Yankees to a .207 batting average. Babe Ruth hit .313, the only Yankees regular to bat .300. The Giants were shut out in each of the first two games before winning five of the next six in the best-of-9 format. Irish Meusel hit .345 with seven RBIs to lead the Giants. 1922 -- Giants 4, Yankees 0, 1 tie The World Series returned to the best-of-7 style that it had employed from 1905-1918 and the Giants dominated in winning their second straight championship. Ruth was just 2-for-17 (.118) as the Yankees managed only 11 runs in the five games. 1923 -- Yankees 4, Giants 2 The teams met in the World Series for the third straight year and the Yankees broke through for their first championship. The teams play in two parks for the first time, as the Yankees had moved out of the Polo Grounds into Yankee Stadium. Future Yankees manager Casey Stengel helps the Giants win the opener with an inside-the-park homer and adds another in the Giants' Game 3win, but Ruth homers three times and scores eight runs to power the Yankees. 1936 -- Yankees 4, Giants 2 After a 6-1 loss to Carl Hubbell in the opener, the Yankees hitters came alive. The Yankees posted lopsided victories of 18-4 and 13-5 and finished the series with a .302 team batting average. The Yankees had at least 10 hits infour of the games. 1937 -- Yankees 4, Giants 1 This time it was pitching that carried the Yankees. Lefty Gomez won Games 1 and 5, pitching complete games in each. The Giants scored two runs or less in all but their 7-3 win in Game 4. Tony Lazzeri hit .400 in his final World Series with the Yankees. 1941 -- Yankees 4, Dodgers 1 The Yankees return to the World Series after a one-year absence and face Brooklyn for the first time. Three of the five games are decided by one run, and the Dodgers score only 11 runs while batting .182 as a team. Regular season MVP Joe DiMaggio had only five hits and one RBI for New York. 1947 -- Yankees 4, Dodgers 3 The World Series has its first black player as Jackie Robinson debuted for the Dodgers in 1947 and won Rookie of the Year honors. It also nearly sees its first no-hitter, as New York's Bill Bevens doesn't allow a hit until there are two outs in the ninth of Game 4, when pinch-hitter Cookie Lavagetto doubles in two runs to give Brooklyn the victory and even the series. 1949 -- Yankees 4, Dodgers 1 In Casey Stengel's first season as manager, the Yankees start a dominant stretch that sees them win five straight World Series. New York wins even though DiMaggio and Yogi Berra combine for only three hits and three RBIs. Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe loses both his starts. 1951 -- Yankees 4, Giants 2 The first World Series for rookie outfielders Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays, and the last for DiMaggio. It is set up when the Giants edge the Dodgers for the pennant in a three-game playoff on Bobby Thomson's home run. The World Series is somewhat anticlimactic after that, as the Yankees win the final three games to capture their third straight championship. The Yankees' Eddie Lopat throws a pair of five-hitters to win Games 2 and 5. 1952 -- Yankees 4, Dodgers 3 Brooklyn's chances of winning its first World Series look good when the Dodgers win Game 5 at Yankee Stadium to take a 3-2 lead back to Ebbets Field. But Allie Reynolds, who had pitched a four-hitter in Game 4, comes on in the eighth inning to save the Yankees 3-2 victory in Game 6 and gets the win in Game 7 after entering in the fourth inning of New York's 4-2 victory. 1953 -- Yankees 4, Dodgers 2 The Yankees complete their dominant five-year stretch by beating the Dodgers for the second straight year. Billy Martin hits .500 with two homers and eight RBIs for New York, while Mantle homers twice and drives in seven runs. Reynolds again is the pitching hero, getting a save in Game 5 and winning Game 6 in relief of Whitey Ford. 1955 -- Dodgers 4, Yankees 3 Brooklyn fans who forever were saying "Wait til next year" were finally rewarded with their first championship. The Yankees won Games 1 and 2, but the Dodgers swept the next three at home. Ford won Game 6 with a four-hitter, setting up a thrilling Game 7, which the Dodgers won 2-0 behind Johnny Podres. Podres scattered eight hits and was aided by a superb running catch in left field by Sandy Amoros, who ran down Berra's fly ball in the corner with two on in the sixth to start a double play. Podres was 2-0 to win the first World Series MVP award, while Duke Snyder hit four homers for the Dodgers. 1956 -- Yankees 4, Dodgers 3 The Yankees avenge the previous year's seven-game defeat behind MVP Don Larsen. After dropping the first two games in Brooklyn, New York wins the next three, highlighted by Larsen's perfect game in Game 5. It remains the lone no-hitter in postseason history. The series goat is Newcombe, who won 27 games en route to regular season MVP and Cy Young honors. But he is knocked out early in the Yankees' 9-0 rout in Game 7 and finishes the series with an 0-1 record and 21.21 ERA in two starts.
Mets vs. Yankees head-to-head history and other nuggets
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