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1978 New York Yankees (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977/1979)
100-63, Finished 1st in AL Eastern Division
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World Series Champs
Scored 735 runs, Allowed 582 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 99-64
Managed by Billy Martin, Dick Howser, and Bob Lemon

Ballpark: Yankee Stadium II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,335,871 (1st of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 97, Pitching - 96
  (one-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 96
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason:  Won World Series (4-2) over Los Angeles Dodgers
Won AL Championship Series (3-1) over Kansas City Royals

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Game Results

Season Summary  100-63 , Final Rank: 1, GB: up 1.0
Days in First:                  20 (last on October 2, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          37 (last on October 2)
Most Games under .500:           3 (last on April 12)

Biggest Lead:                  3.5 (last on September 16)
Farthest Behind Leader:       14.0 (last on July 19)

Longest Winning Streak:          7 (August 25 to August 31)
Longest Losing Streak:           4 (June 3 to June 6 and July 7 to July 13)

Most Runs Allowed:              17 (July 27)
Most Runs Scored:               15 (September 7)

Longest Game:                   17 innings (August 2)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       7
Times Opponent Shutout:         16

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall       100  63     735     582    .613

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           55  26     358     275    .679
Road           45  37     377     307    .549

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April          10   9      64      65    .526
May            19   8     142      95    .704
June           14  15     129     122    .483
July           15  14     123     125    .517
August         19   8     119      76    .704
September      22   8     151      86    .733
October         1   1       7      13    .500

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     46  38     370     329    .548
Second Half    54  25     365     253    .684

Extra-Innings
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
ExtraInning     7   6      72      72    .538
Full Games     92  55     660     498    .626
Shortened       1   2       3      12    .333
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        24  18     157     151    .571

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        27  14     260     159    .659

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BAL             9   6      47      39    .600
BOS             9   7      91      77    .563
CAL             5   5      42      39    .500
CHW             9   1      47      27    .900
CLE             9   6      74      63    .600
DET            11   4      85      48    .733
KCR             5   6      51      52    .455
MIL             5  10      52      73    .333
MIN             7   3      32      22    .700
OAK             8   2      44      25    .800
SEA             6   5      52      41    .545
TEX             6   4      46      28    .600
TOR            11   4      72      48    .733

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Sat, Apr  8 box NYY @TEX  L   1-2        0-1     5     1.5  2:11 J Matlack    R Gossage     40,078 -
  2 Sun, Apr  9 box NYY @TEX  W   7-1        1-1     3     1.5  2:30 E Figueroa   D Alexander   20,243 +
  3 Mon, Apr 10 box NYY @TEX  L   2-5        1-2     4     2.0  2:09 D Ellis      D Tidrow      14,299 -
  4 Tue, Apr 11 box NYY @MIL  L   6-9        1-3     4     3.0  2:34 J Augustine  C Hunter       8,934 --
  5 Wed, Apr 12 box NYY @MIL  L   3-5        1-4     5     4.0  2:18 M Haas       R Gossage      8,751 ---
  6 Thu, Apr 13 box NYY  CHW  W   4-2        2-4     5     3.5  2:24 R Guidry     W Wood        44,667 +
  7 Sat, Apr 15 box NYY  CHW  W   3-2        3-4     4     2.0  1:59 E Figueroa   F Barrios     20,965 ++
  8 Sun, Apr 16 box NYY  CHW  W   3-0        4-4     4     2.0  2:18 D Tidrow     K Kravec      32,750 +++
  9 Mon, Apr 17 box NYY  BAL  L   1-6        4-5     4     3.0       M Flanagan   C Hunter      15,675 -
 10 Tue, Apr 18 box NYY  BAL  W   4-3        5-5     4     2.5  2:18 S Lyle       T Martinez    15,628 +
 11 Wed, Apr 19 box NYY @TOR  L   3-4        5-6     4     3.0  2:31 T Murphy     R Gossage     13,306 -
 12 Fri, Apr 21 box NYY  MIL  L   2-9        5-7     4     4.0  2:17 J Augustine  E Figueroa           --
 13 Sat, Apr 22 box NYY  MIL  W   4-3 (12)   6-7     4     3.5  3:31 S Lyle       B McClure     17,594 +
 14 Sun, Apr 23 box NYY  MIL  L   2-3        6-8     4     4.0  1:53 L Sorensen   C Hunter      26,291 -
 15 Mon, Apr 24 box NYY @BAL  W   8-2        7-8     4     4.0  2:43 R Guidry     S McGregor    18,053 +
 16 Tue, Apr 25 box NYY @BAL  W   4-3        8-8     3     4.0  2:19 J Beattie    J Palmer      14,159 ++
 17 Fri, Apr 28 box NYY @MIN  W   3-1        9-8     3     3.5  2:14 E Figueroa   P Thormodsga  11,674 +++
 18 Sat, Apr 29 box NYY @MIN  L   1-3        9-9     3     4.5  1:56 G Zahn       D Tidrow      10,543 -
 19 Sun, Apr 30 box NYY @MIN  W   3-2       10-9     3     3.5  2:18 R Gossage    M Scarce      13,929 +
 20 Mon, May  1 box NYY  KCR  W   8-4       11-9     3     3.0  2:37 R Eastwick   P Splittorff  17,340 ++
 21 Tue, May  2 box NYY  KCR  W   4-2       12-9     2     3.0  2:09 C Hunter     L Gura        19,152 +++
 22 Wed, May  3 box NYY  KCR  W   6-5       13-9     2     3.0  2:20 E Figueroa   D Leonard     21,230 ++++
 23 Fri, May  5 box NYY  TEX  W   5-2       14-9     2     2.0  2:37 R Guidry     J Matlack     17,285 +++++
 24 Sat, May  6 box NYY  TEX  L   5-9       14-10    3     3.0  2:41 J Umbarger   D Tidrow      19,788 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Sun, May  7 box NYY  TEX  W   3-2 (12)  15-10    3     3.0  2:59 R Gossage    L Barker      53,829 +
 26 Tue, May  9 box NYY  MIN  W   3-1       16-10    3     2.0  2:03 C Hunter     P Thormodsga  11,271 ++
 27 Fri, May 12 box NYY @KCR  L   3-4       16-11    3     2.0  2:26 D Bird       R Gossage     33,061 -
 28 Sat, May 13 box NYY @KCR  W   5-2       17-11    3     2.0  2:27 R Guidry     D Leonard     40,903 +
 29 Sun, May 14 box NYY @KCR  L   9-10      17-12    3     3.0  2:57 A Hrabosky   K Clay        36,034 -
 30 Mon, May 15 box NYY @CHW  W   4-1       18-12    3     2.0  2:06 J Beattie    R Wortham     17,569 +
 31 Tue, May 16 box NYY @CHW  W   8-3       19-12    3     2.0  2:28 K Holtzman   W Wood        21,837 ++
 32 Wed, May 17 box NYY @CLE  L   4-5 (10)  19-13    3     3.0  3:09 S Monge      S Lyle        10,370 -
 33 Thu, May 18 box NYY @CLE  W   5-3       20-13    3     2.0  2:35 R Guidry     D Kinney      13,625 +
 34 Fri, May 19 box NYY @TOR  W  11-3       21-13    3     2.0  2:47 D Tidrow     J Jefferson   26,025 ++
 35 Sat, May 20 box NYY @TOR  L   8-10      21-14    3     2.0  2:25 D Lemanczyk  K Clay        30,550 -
 36 Sun, May 21 box NYY @TOR  W   2-1       22-14    3     1.0  2:18 E Figueroa   T Underwood        0 +
 37             box NYY @TOR  W   9-1       23-14    3     1.0  2:14 K Clay       J Garvin      41,308 ++
 38 Tue, May 23 box NYY  CLE  W  10-1       24-14    2     0.5  2:18 R Guidry     D Hood        20,618 +++
 39 Thu, May 25 box NYY  CLE  W   9-3       25-14    2     1.0  2:33 D Tidrow     R Waits       15,403 ++++
 40 Fri, May 26 box NYY  TOR  W   4-3       26-14    2     1.0  2:10 S Lyle       J Garvin      24,171 +++++
 41 Sat, May 27 box NYY  TOR  L   1-4       26-15    2     2.0  2:22 J Clancy     E Figueroa    56,078 -
 42 Sun, May 28 box NYY  TOR  W   5-3       27-15    2     2.0  2:18 R Guidry     J Jefferson   41,534 +
 43             box NYY  TOR  W   6-5 (13)  28-15    2     2.0  3:30 R Gossage    T Murphy      42,344 ++
 44 Mon, May 29 box NYY @CLE  W   2-0       29-15    2     2.0  1:57 R Eastwick   R Waits       19,563 +++
 45 Tue, May 30 box NYY @CLE  L   1-5       29-16    2     3.0  2:18 R Wise       D Tidrow       6,069 -
 46 Wed, May 31 box NYY  BAL  L   2-3       29-17    2     3.0  2:23 M Flanagan   E Figueroa    21,404 --
 47 Thu, Jun  1 box NYY  BAL  L   0-1       29-18    2     3.5  2:12 J Palmer     J Beattie     19,943 ---
 48 Fri, Jun  2 box NYY @OAK  W   3-1       30-18    2     3.5  2:17 R Guidry     J Johnson     18,993 +
 49 Sat, Jun  3 box NYY @OAK  L   1-5       30-19    2     4.5  2:02 M Keough     A Messersmit  14,499 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Sun, Jun  4 box NYY @OAK  L   4-6       30-20    2     4.5  2:35 B Lacey      R Eastwick    19,289 --
 51 Mon, Jun  5 box NYY @SEA  L   3-7       30-21    2     4.5  2:48 T House      E Figueroa    15,189 ---
 52 Tue, Jun  6 box NYY @SEA  L   3-4       30-22    2     4.5  2:31 S Rawley     R Gossage     12,638 ----
 53 Wed, Jun  7 box NYY @SEA  W   9-1       31-22    2     4.0  2:09 R Guidry     J Colborn     12,544 +
 54 Fri, Jun  9 box NYY @CAL  W   3-1       32-22    2     4.0  2:22 E Figueroa   F Tanana      29,415 ++
 55 Sat, Jun 10 box NYY @CAL  L   3-4 (12)  32-23    2     5.0  4:05 D LaRoche    R Gossage     37,848 -
 56 Sun, Jun 11 box NYY @CAL  L   6-9       32-24    2     6.0  3:10 D Miller     K Clay        31,646 --
 57 Mon, Jun 12 box NYY  OAK  W   2-0       33-24    2     6.0  2:03 R Guidry     D Heaverlo    28,457 +
 58 Tue, Jun 13 box NYY  OAK  W   5-3       34-24    2     6.0  2:34 E Figueroa   R Langford    30,779 ++
 59 Wed, Jun 14 box NYY  SEA  W  11-9 (10)  35-24    2     6.0  3:07 S Lyle       J Montague    18,015 +++
 60 Thu, Jun 15 box NYY  SEA  W   5-2       36-24    2     6.0  2:25 D Gullett    P Mitchell    18,643 ++++
 61 Fri, Jun 16 box NYY  CAL  L   7-10      36-25    2     7.0  2:52 D Aase       J Beattie     35,968 -
 62 Sat, Jun 17 box NYY  CAL  W   4-0       37-25    2     7.0  2:07 R Guidry     P Hartzell    33,162 +
 63 Sun, Jun 18 box NYY  CAL  L   2-3       37-26    3     7.0  2:23 C Knapp      E Figueroa    55,604 -
 64 Mon, Jun 19 box NYY @BOS  L   4-10      37-27    3     8.0  2:48 T Burgmeier  R Gossage     33,163 --
 65 Tue, Jun 20 box NYY @BOS  W  10-4       38-27    3     7.0  3:13 D Gullett    M Torrez      32,643 +
 66 Wed, Jun 21 box NYY @BOS  L   2-9       38-28    3     8.0  2:38 D Eckersley  J Beattie     32,459 -
 67 Thu, Jun 22 box NYY @DET  W   4-2       39-28    3     7.5  2:30 R Guidry     D Rozema      33,971 +
 68 Fri, Jun 23 box NYY @DET  W  12-3       40-28    2     7.5  2:30 S Lyle       M Wilcox      39,022 ++
 69 Sat, Jun 24 box NYY @DET  L   3-4       40-29    2     8.5  2:01 J Slaton     D Tidrow      37,681 -
 70 Sun, Jun 25 box NYY @DET  W   4-2       41-29    2     8.5  2:35 D Gullett    S Baker       34,014 +
 71 Mon, Jun 26 box NYY  BOS  L   1-4       41-30    2     9.5  3:01 D Eckersley  A Messersmit  52,124 -
 72 Tue, Jun 27 box NYY  BOS  W   6-4 (14)  42-30    2     8.5  4:08 S Lyle       D Drago       55,132 +
 73 Wed, Jun 28 box NYY @MIL  L   0-5       42-31    3     9.5  2:10 M Caldwell   D Tidrow           0 -
 74             box NYY @MIL  L   2-7       42-32    3     9.5  2:00 J Augustine  L McCall      39,283 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Fri, Jun 30 box NYY  DET  W  10-2       43-32    3     9.0  2:29 D Gullett    S Baker       33,894 +
 76 Sat, Jul  1 box NYY  DET  L   4-8       43-33    3     9.0  2:57 J Billingham A Messersmit  37,260 -
 77 Sun, Jul  2 box NYY  DET  W   3-2       44-33    3     8.0  2:18 R Guidry     J Hiller           0 +
 78             box NYY  DET  W   5-3       45-33    3     8.0  2:24 R Gossage    J Slaton      51,327 ++
 79 Mon, Jul  3 box NYY @BOS  L   5-9       45-34    3     9.0  2:54 D Eckersley  E Figueroa    34,722 -
 80 Wed, Jul  5 box NYY @TEX  L   2-3       45-35    2    10.0  2:07 J Matlack    D Gullett     37,702 --
 81 Thu, Jul  6 box NYY @TEX  W   7-2       46-35    2    10.0  2:29 D Tidrow     D Medich      37,930 +
 82 Fri, Jul  7 box NYY @MIL  L   0-6       46-36    3    10.0  1:59 M Caldwell   R Guidry      40,216 -
 83 Sat, Jul  8 box NYY @MIL  L   5-6       46-37    3    11.5  2:21 E Rodriguez  R Gossage     46,518 --
 84 Sun, Jul  9 box NYY @MIL  L   4-8       46-38    3    11.5  2:27 B Travers    D Gullett     42,633 ---
 85 Thu, Jul 13 box NYY  CHW  L   1-6       46-39    3    11.5  2:30 W Wood       D Tidrow      28,532 ----
 86 Fri, Jul 14 box NYY  CHW  W   7-6 (11)  47-39    3    10.5  2:48 R Gossage    R Hinton      21,981 +
 87 Sat, Jul 15 box NYY  KCR  L   2-8       47-40    3    11.5  2:21 D Leonard    E Figueroa    34,979 -
 88 Sun, Jul 16 box NYY  KCR  L   1-3       47-41    4    13.0  2:36 L Gura       J Beattie     45,089 --
 89 Mon, Jul 17 box NYY  KCR  L   7-9 (11)  47-42    4    14.0  3:21 A Hrabosky   R Gossage     27,020 ---
 90 Wed, Jul 19 box NYY @MIN  W   2-0       48-42    4    14.0  2:23 E Figueroa   G Zahn        29,591 +
 91 Thu, Jul 20 box NYY @MIN  W   4-0       49-42    4    13.0  2:21 R Guidry     D Jackson     30,660 ++
 92 Fri, Jul 21 box NYY @CHW  W   7-4       50-42    4    12.0  2:48 S Lyle       R Hinton      30,348 +++
 93 Sat, Jul 22 box NYY @CHW  W   7-2       51-42    3    11.0  2:30 C Hunter     W Wood        32,163 ++++
 94 Sun, Jul 23 box NYY @CHW  W   3-1       52-42    3    10.0  2:20 E Figueroa   K Kravec      27,651 +++++
 95 Mon, Jul 24 box NYY @KCR  L   2-5       52-43    4    10.5  2:25 D Leonard    D Tidrow      38,859 -
 96 Tue, Jul 25 box NYY @KCR  W   4-0       53-43    4     9.5  2:05 R Guidry     P Splittorff  40,183 +
 97 Wed, Jul 26 box NYY  CLE  W   3-1       54-43    3     8.5  1:55 R Gossage    R Waits       31,631 ++
 98 Thu, Jul 27 box NYY  CLE  W  11-0       55-43    4     8.0  2:12 E Figueroa   D Clyde            0 +++
 99             box NYY  CLE  L   5-17      55-44    4     8.0  2:42 D Hood       C Hunter      33,412 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Fri, Jul 28 box NYY  MIN  L   5-7 (10)  55-45    4     8.0  2:48 M Marshall   S Lyle        25,037 --
101 Sat, Jul 29 box NYY  MIN  W   7-3       56-45    4     8.0  2:39 K Clay       D Jackson     46,711 +
102 Sun, Jul 30 box NYY  MIN  W   4-3       57-45    3     7.5  2:33 R Gossage    M Marshall         0 ++
103             box NYY  MIN  L   0-2       57-46    3     7.5  2:15 D Goltz      J Beattie     41,491 -
104 Mon, Jul 31 box NYY  TEX  W   6-1       58-46    3     7.5  2:19 E Figueroa   D Medich      15,419 +
105 Tue, Aug  1 box NYY  TEX  W   8-1       59-46    3     6.5  2:24 C Hunter     J Matlack     18,485 ++
106 Wed, Aug  2 box NYY  BOS  L   5-7 (17)  59-47    3     7.5  5:00 B Stanley    K Clay        52,701 -
107 Thu, Aug  3 box NYY  BOS  L   1-8  (7)  59-48    4     8.5  2:15 M Torrez     J Beattie     53,379 --
108 Fri, Aug  4 box NYY  BAL  L   1-2       59-49    4     8.5  2:19 M Flanagan   R Guidry      28,189 ---
109 Sat, Aug  5 box NYY  BAL  W   3-2       60-49    4     8.5  2:26 S Lyle       T Martinez    26,727 +
110 Sun, Aug  6 box NYY  BAL  W   3-0       61-49    3     8.5  2:03 C Hunter     J Palmer      40,765 ++
111 Tue, Aug  8 box NYY  MIL  W   3-0       62-49    3     8.5  2:27 D Tidrow     M Caldwell    22,549 +++
112 Wed, Aug  9 box NYY  MIL  W   8-7       63-49    2     7.5  2:53 L McCall     B McClure     27,172 ++++
113 Thu, Aug 10 box NYY  MIL  W   9-0       64-49    2     7.5  2:06 R Guidry     J Augustine   35,127 +++++
114 Fri, Aug 11 box NYY @BAL  W   2-1  (6)  65-49    2     6.5  2:27 C Hunter     D Martinez    29,539 ++++++
115 Sat, Aug 12 box NYY @BAL  L   4-6       65-50    2     8.0  2:53 M Flanagan   J Beattie     32,153 -
116 Sun, Aug 13 box NYY @BAL  L   0-3  (6)  65-51    2     9.0  2:03 S McGregor   E Figueroa    31,591 --
117 Mon, Aug 14 box NYY @BAL  W   4-1       66-51    2     8.0       R Gossage    J Palmer      30,397 +
118 Tue, Aug 15 box NYY @OAK  W   6-0       67-51    2     7.0  2:06 R Guidry     R Langford    13,862 ++
119 Wed, Aug 16 box NYY @OAK  W   5-3       68-51    2     7.0  2:30 C Hunter     B Lacey       10,394 +++
120 Fri, Aug 18 box NYY @SEA  W   6-1       69-51    2     7.5  2:34 E Figueroa   P Mitchell    19,824 ++++
121 Sat, Aug 19 box NYY @SEA  L   1-4       69-52    2     7.5  2:05 J Colborn    D Tidrow      29,915 -
122 Sun, Aug 20 box NYY @SEA  L   4-5       69-53    2     8.5  2:37 E Romo       R Gossage     21,834 --
123 Tue, Aug 22 box NYY @CAL  W   6-2       70-53    3     7.5  2:36 C Hunter     F Tanana      35,644 +
124 Wed, Aug 23 box NYY @CAL  L   3-6       70-54    3     7.5  2:26 C Knapp      E Figueroa    33,472 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Fri, Aug 25 box NYY  OAK  W   7-1       71-54    2     7.5  2:16 R Guidry     J Johnson     29,010 +
126 Sat, Aug 26 box NYY  OAK  W   5-4       72-54    2     7.5  2:28 S Lyle       B Lacey       53,883 ++
127 Sun, Aug 27 box NYY  OAK  W   6-2       73-54    2     7.5  1:55 C Hunter     R Langford    40,628 +++
128 Mon, Aug 28 box NYY  CAL  W   4-1       74-54    2     7.5  2:43 E Figueroa   F Tanana      22,481 ++++
129 Tue, Aug 29 box NYY  CAL  W   4-3 (11)  75-54    2     7.5  2:52 R Gossage    D LaRoche     24,203 +++++
130 Wed, Aug 30 box NYY @BAL  W   5-4       76-54    2     7.0  2:38 R Guidry     T Martinez    20,501 ++++++
131 Thu, Aug 31 box NYY @BAL  W   6-2       77-54    2     6.5  2:37 D Tidrow     S McGregor    15,579 +++++++
132 Fri, Sep  1 box NYY  SEA  L   0-3       77-55    2     6.5  2:03 P Mitchell   C Hunter      20,167 -
133 Sat, Sep  2 box NYY  SEA  W   6-2       78-55    2     5.5  2:16 E Figueroa   J Colborn     18,530 +
134 Sun, Sep  3 box NYY  SEA  W   4-3       79-55    2     5.5  2:22 J Beattie    R Honeycutt          ++
135 Mon, Sep  4 box NYY  DET  W   9-1       80-55    2     5.0  2:19 R Guidry     M Wilcox           0 +++
136             box NYY  DET  L   4-5       80-56    2     5.0  2:31 J Hiller     S Lyle        46,896 -
137 Tue, Sep  5 box NYY  DET  W   4-2       81-56    2     4.0  2:16 D Tidrow     K Young       16,891 +
138 Wed, Sep  6 box NYY  DET  W   8-2       82-56    2     4.0  2:24 E Figueroa   J Billingham  24,452 ++
139 Thu, Sep  7 box NYY @BOS  W  15-3       83-56    2     3.0  3:09 K Clay       M Torrez      34,119 +++
140 Fri, Sep  8 box NYY @BOS  W  13-2       84-56    2     2.0  2:55 J Beattie    J Wright      33,134 ++++
141 Sat, Sep  9 box NYY @BOS  W   7-0       85-56    2     1.0  2:26 R Guidry     D Eckersley   33,611 +++++
142 Sun, Sep 10 box NYY @BOS  W   7-4       86-56    1    Tied  2:57 E Figueroa   B Sprowl      32,786 ++++++
143 Tue, Sep 12 box NYY @DET  L   4-7       86-57    2     0.5  2:18 K Young      D Tidrow      14,162 -
144 Wed, Sep 13 box NYY @DET  W   7-3       87-57    1  up 0.5  2:54 J Beattie    J Billingham  16,841 +
145 Thu, Sep 14 box NYY @DET  W   4-2       88-57    1  up 1.5  1:57 E Figueroa   J Slaton      17,118 ++
146 Fri, Sep 15 box NYY  BOS  W   4-0       89-57    1  up 2.5  2:24 R Guidry     L Tiant       54,901 +++
147 Sat, Sep 16 box NYY  BOS  W   3-2       90-57    1  up 3.5  2:38 C Hunter     M Torrez      55,091 ++++
148 Sun, Sep 17 box NYY  BOS  L   3-7       90-58    1  up 2.5  2:40 D Eckersley  J Beattie     55,088 -
149 Mon, Sep 18 box NYY  MIL  W   4-3       91-58    1  up 2.5  2:44 E Figueroa   B Travers     20,557 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Tue, Sep 19 box NYY  MIL  L   0-2       91-59    1  up 1.5  2:05 M Caldwell   D Tidrow      26,682 -
151 Wed, Sep 20 box NYY @TOR  L   1-8       91-60    1  up 2.0  2:09 M Willis     R Guidry           0 --
152             box NYY @TOR  W   3-2       92-60    1  up 2.0  2:26 R Gossage    V Cruz        38,080 +
153 Thu, Sep 21 box NYY @TOR  W   7-1       93-60    1  up 2.0  2:15 C Hunter     B Moore       28,653 ++
154 Fri, Sep 22 box NYY @CLE  L   7-8 (10)  93-61    1  up 2.0  2:57 S Monge      R Gossage     10,035 -
155 Sat, Sep 23 box NYY @CLE  L   1-10      93-62    1  up 1.0  2:23 D Clyde      J Beattie     17,452 --
156 Sun, Sep 24 box NYY @CLE  W   4-0       94-62    1  up 1.0  2:23 R Guidry     M Paxton      15,855 +
157 Tue, Sep 26 box NYY  TOR  W   4-1       95-62    1  up 1.0  1:52 E Figueroa   T Underwood   20,535 ++
158 Wed, Sep 27 box NYY  TOR  W   5-1       96-62    1  up 1.0  2:00 C Hunter     M Willis      20,052 +++
159 Thu, Sep 28 box NYY  TOR  W   3-1       97-62    1  up 1.0  2:10 R Guidry     B Moore       30,480 ++++
160 Fri, Sep 29 box NYY  CLE  W   3-1       98-62    1  up 1.0  2:12 J Beattie    J Kern        30,253 +++++
161 Sat, Sep 30 box NYY  CLE  W   7-0       99-62    1  up 1.0  2:14 E Figueroa   M Paxton      55,219 ++++++
162 Sun, Oct  1 box NYY  CLE  L   2-9       99-63    1    Tied  2:06 R Waits      C Hunter      39,189 -
163 Mon, Oct  2 box NYY @BOS  W   5-4      100-63    1  up 1.0  2:52 R Guidry     M Torrez      32,925 +

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.


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