It’s been a very long time for the reason that Yankees and Dodgers met within the World Collection – however probably the most frequent Fall Basic matchup will add a brand new chapter in 2024.
The 2 most storied franchises in Main League Baseball will conflict within the World Collection for the twelfth time starting on Friday at Dodger Stadium. That’s 5 extra conferences than every other matchup in World Collection historical past (Yankees and Giants have squared off seven instances).
Earlier than the Yanks and Dodgers battle for an additional World Collection trophy, let’s have a look again at every of their earlier conferences:
1981 World SeriesResult: Dodgers, 4-2
The Dodgers dropped the primary two video games of the collection at Yankee Stadium, but it surely seems a shift to Dodger Stadium modified all the things. Fernando Valenzuela pitched Los Angeles to a much-needed 5-4 win in Recreation 3 — the primary of three consecutive one-run victories for the Dodgers. That set the stage for L.A. to shut out the collection within the Bronx in Recreation 6 behind an enormous effort from Pedro Guerrero, who went 3-for-5 with a triple, a homer and 5 RBIs.
1978 World SeriesResult: Yankees, 4-2
The Dodgers jumped out to a 2-0 collection lead earlier than the Yankees rattled off 4 straight wins to take the collection. Lou Piniella evened the collection with a walk-off hit in Recreation 4 earlier than New York took the lead behind Thurman Munson’s five-RBI efficiency in Recreation 5.
Reggie Jackson hit a two-run homer within the decisive Recreation 6 — his fourth of the collection — and Bucky Dent went 3-for-4 with three RBIs out of the No. 9 spot within the Yankees’ 7-2 win.
1977 World SeriesResult: Yankees, 4-2
Mr. October had his popping out social gathering within the 1977 World Collection. Reggie Jackson went 9-for-20 (.450) with 5 residence runs, eight RBIs and 10 runs in simply six video games to guide the Yankees previous the Dodgers. The one different gamers to hit 5 residence runs in a single Fall Basic are George Springer (2017) and Chase Utley (2009) — and Utley is the one different to take action in fewer than seven video games.
Jackson went 3-for-3 with three homers, 5 RBIs and 4 runs in New York’s decisive 8-4 win in Recreation 6. Jackson is certainly one of solely two gamers in postseason historical past to hit three homers in a possible World Collection clincher. The opposite was Babe Ruth within the 1928 World Collection.
1963 World SeriesResult: Dodgers, 4-0
Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale led the Dodgers to a sweep of the Yankees through which New York managed solely 4 runs in 4 video games. Koufax earned MVP honors after tossing an entire recreation in each the opener and the clincher, permitting solely three runs and putting out 23 batters over 18 innings. Drysdale additionally threw a shutout in Los Angeles’ 1-0 win in Recreation 3.
1956 World SeriesResult: Yankees, 4-3
For the second straight 12 months (extra on that in a second), the house workforce received every of the primary six video games of the 1956 World Collection. However the Yankees rolled to a 9-0 victory at Brooklyn’s Ebbets Subject in Recreation 7 behind four-RBI performances from each Yogi Berra and Invoice Skowron. Berra hit a pair of homers within the winner-take-all conflict whereas Skowron erased all doubt with a seventh-inning grand slam.
General, Berra went 9-for-25 (.360) with 5 extra-base hits (together with three homers), 10 RBIs and a 1.248 OPS.
1955 World SeriesResult: Dodgers, 4-3
The house workforce received every of the primary six video games of this collection earlier than the Dodgers bucked the pattern with a 2-0 victory at Yankee Stadium in Recreation 7. Corridor of Famer Gil Hodges drove in each runs in that recreation, but it surely was fellow Cooperstown inductee Duke Snider who carried the load for the collection, racking up 4 homers, seven RBIs and a 1.210 OPS within the seven-game showdown.
1953 World SeriesResult: Yankees, 4-2
Billy Martin put collectively a outstanding collection, going 12-for-24 (.500) with two homers, two triples, eight RBIs and a 1.478 OPS within the six-game collection. He capped off his unimaginable displaying with a World Collection-clinching walk-off single in a 4-3 victory in Recreation 6. Mickey Mantle added two homers and 7 RBIs, whereas Yogi Berra went 9-for-21 (.429) with a house run and 4 RBIs for the Yanks.
1952 World SeriesResult: Yankees, 4-3
The Dodgers used homers from a trio of Corridor of Famers — Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider and Pee Wee Reese — to roll to a Recreation 1 victory. The groups then alternated victories over the following 5 video games to arrange a Recreation 7 showdown at Ebbets Subject.
With the winner-take-all showdown tied at 2-2 within the sixth inning, Mickey Mantle hit a go-ahead homer that proved to be the distinction in a 4-2 victory. Mantle completed 10-for-29 (.345) with two homers, three RBIs and a 1.061 OPS within the collection. Yogi Berra added two homers whereas Johnny Mize went 6-for-15 (.400) with three residence runs and 6 RBIs.
1949 World SeriesResult: Yankees, 4-1
The groups traded 1-0 victories at Yankee Stadium to begin the collection earlier than the Yankees reeled off three straight wins at Ebbets Subject to say the title.
Yogi Berra went simply 1-for-16 (.063) within the Fall Basic and Joe DiMaggio was 2-for-18 (.111), although DiMaggio’s lone homer got here in a decisive 10-6 victory in Recreation 5.
1947 World SeriesResult: Yankees, 4-3
In a star-powered collection, the Yankees jumped out to a 2-0 collection lead behind a pair of wins at Yankee Stadium. However regardless of residence runs from Joe DiMaggio and Yogi Berra in Recreation 3, the Dodgers rebounded for a victory. Brooklyn then evened the collection with Cookie Lavagetto’s pinch-hit walk-off two-run double in Recreation 4.
DiMaggio homered once more in Recreation 5 whereas Spec Shea earned a complete-game victory in a 2-1 win in Recreation 5. Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese led the Dodgers to a win in Recreation 6, however the Yankees used a balanced effort in Recreation 7 to say the trophy with a 5-2 victory.
1941 World SeriesResult: Yankees, 4-1
Of their first Fall Basic assembly, the Yankees beat their then-crosstown rival Brooklyn Dodgers behind some unimaginable pitching performances. Crimson Ruffing, Marius Russo and Tiny Bonham every turned in complete-game gems, permitting only one earned run apiece. Ruffing guided the Yanks to a Recreation 1 victory, Russo gave them a collection lead in Recreation 3 and Bonham completed it off in Recreation 5.
