FIRST ROUND: Things looked bleak for the heavily favored Yankees when they went down 2-1 in the series and fell behind 7-0 in game four. But the Yankees came roaring back to win that contest and the next two to claim the series. The Yankees hit 15 home runs in the six games, four apiece by Joe DiMaggio and Babe Ruth.
Pre-Expansion Greats Tournament
Game 1: New York 13, St. Louis 3
Game 2: St. Louis 5, New York 1
Game 3: St. Louis 8, New York 4
Game 4: New York 8, St. Louis 7
Game 5: New York 10, St. Louis 3
Game 6: New York 7, St. Louis 3
Series MVP: Joe DiMaggio, New York Yankees
Hit .296 (8-for-27) with a team-high 11 RBI, and shared team highs for runs scored (six), home runs (four) and doubles (three) … Hit the grand slam that put the Yankees ahead in the crucial game four comeback, then added three more homers in games five and six.
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Game 1: New York 13, St. Louis 3
The Yankees hit four home runs in the first two innings to jump out to a 9-0 lead. Babe Ruth hit a three-run shot in the first and a two-run tater in the second, while Tony Lazzeri provided a three-RBI blast and Lou Gehrig hit a solo homer, both in the second inning. All nine Yankees had at least one hit. George Sisler and George McQuinn hit solo home runs for the Browns.
00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS (3) AT 00 NEW YORK YANKEES (13) 00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS AB R H BI 00 NEW YORK YANKEES AB R H BI Harry Rice 3 0 1 0 Tony Lazzeri 5 1 2 3 Bill Jacobson 4 0 0 0 Joe DiMaggio 5 1 1 1 George Sisler 4 1 1 1 Mickey Mantle 4 2 1 0 Ken Williams 4 0 1 0 Babe Ruth 3 2 2 5 Harlond Clift 4 0 0 0 Lou Gehrig 5 1 1 1 George McQuinn 4 1 1 1 Yogi Berra 4 1 2 0 Red Kress 3 1 1 0 Roger Maris 3 2 1 1 Marty McManus 3 0 1 1 Red Rolfe 5 2 2 1 Rick Ferrell 3 0 0 0 Phil Rizzuto 3 1 1 1 TOTALS 32 3 6 3 TOTALS 37 13 13 13 00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 000 110 100 -- 3 00 NEW YORK YANKEES 360 010 30x -- 13 LOB--00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 3, 00 NEW YORK YANKEES 7. 2B--Harry Rice, Yogi Berra. 3B--Red Kress, Tony Lazzeri, Red Rolfe, Roger Maris. HR--George Sisler, George McQuinn, Tony Lazzeri, Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth (2). 00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS IP H R ER BB SO HR Hoyt Wilhelm [L] 1.67 6 9 9 4 2 4 Earl Hamilton 6.33 7 4 4 3 4 0 00 NEW YORK YANKEES Jack Chesbro [W] 9.00 6 3 3 1 2 2 SO--Rick Ferrell, George McQuinn, Mickey Mantle, Red Rolfe (2), Lou Gehrig (2), Roger Maris. BB--Harry Rice, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Babe Ruth (2), Roger Maris (2), Phil Rizzuto.
Game 2: St. Louis 5, New York 1
The Browns evened the series by jumping on the Yankees for three runs in the top of the first, which included a two-run home run by Harlond Clift. That would be all that Urban Shocker would need, as he scattered six hits and four walks along with three strikeouts in the complete-game win. It was 4-0 when the Yankees finally got on the board in the seventh on back-to-back doubles by Roger Maris and Red Rolfe. St. Louis also got solo home runs from George Sisler in the sixth and Rick Ferrell in the ninth.
00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS (5) AT 00 NEW YORK YANKEES (1) 00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS AB R H BI 00 NEW YORK YANKEES AB R H BI Harry Rice 3 1 1 0 Tony Lazzeri 4 0 2 0 Bill Jacobson 4 0 1 1 Joe DiMaggio 4 0 0 0 George Sisler 5 1 2 1 Mickey Mantle 4 0 0 0 Ken Williams 4 1 2 0 Babe Ruth 2 0 1 0 Harlond Clift 3 1 2 2 Lou Gehrig 4 0 1 0 George McQuinn 4 0 0 0 Yogi Berra 4 0 0 0 Red Kress 4 0 0 0 Roger Maris 3 1 1 0 Marty McManus 4 0 1 0 Red Rolfe 4 0 1 1 Rick Ferrell 4 1 1 1 Phil Rizzuto 2 0 0 0 TOTALS 35 5 10 5 TOTALS 31 1 6 1 00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 300 001 001 -- 5 00 NEW YORK YANKEES 000 000 100 -- 1 LOB--00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 8, 00 NEW YORK YANKEES 7. 2B--Ken Williams, Harry Rice, Red Rolfe, Babe Ruth, Roger Maris. HR--Harlond Clift, George Sisler, Rick Ferrell. SB--Harlond Clift, George Sisler, Ken Williams. 00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS IP H R ER BB SO HR Urban Shocker [W] 9.00 6 1 1 4 3 0 00 NEW YORK YANKEES Whitey Ford [L] 5.00 7 4 4 1 4 2 Waite Hoyt 4.00 3 1 1 4 0 1 SO--Harlond Clift, Red Kress, George McQuinn, Marty McManus, Red Rolfe, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio. BB--Harlond Clift, Ken Williams, Harry Rice (2), Bill Jacobson, Babe Ruth (2), Roger Maris, Phil Rizzuto.
Game 3: St. Louis 8, New York 4
Once again, the Browns went up early, scoring three runs in the second and one in the fourth. The Yankees had just one good inning at the plate, but they made the top of the eighth count as Babe Ruth, Yogi Berra and Red Rolfe all homered to tie the game at four. Momentum quickly shifted back to St. Louis, however, in the bottom half of the frame, as the Browns scored four runs on three hits, with a two-run double by Red Kress and a two-RBI single by Bill Jacobson.
00 NEW YORK YANKEES (4) AT 00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS (8) 00 NEW YORK YANKEES AB R H BI 00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS AB R H BI Tony Lazzeri 5 0 1 0 Harry Rice 5 0 0 0 Joe DiMaggio 5 0 0 0 Bill Jacobson 4 0 1 2 Mickey Mantle 5 0 2 0 George Sisler 4 0 0 0 Babe Ruth 3 1 1 1 Ken Williams 4 1 1 0 Lou Gehrig 1 1 0 0 Harlond Clift 3 2 1 1 Yogi Berra 4 1 2 2 George McQuinn 3 2 1 0 Roger Maris 4 0 0 0 Red Kress 4 1 2 3 Red Rolfe 3 1 1 1 Marty McManus 3 2 2 1 Phil Rizzuto 4 0 0 0 Rick Ferrell 3 0 1 1 TOTALS 34 4 7 4 TOTALS 33 8 9 8 00 NEW YORK YANKEES 000 000 040 -- 4 00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 030 100 04x -- 8 LOB--00 NEW YORK YANKEES 8, 00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 6. ERR--Tony Lazzeri. 2B--Mickey Mantle, Red Kress, Marty McManus. 3B--George McQuinn. HR--Red Rolfe, Yogi Berra, Babe Ruth, Harlond Clift. HBP--Harlond Clift. SB--Babe Ruth, Ken Williams. 00 NEW YORK YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR Lefty Gomez [L] 7.00 7 5 5 3 3 1 Ed Lopat 1.00 2 3 1 1 0 0 00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS Harry Howell 7.33 6 3 3 5 2 2 Barney Pelty [W] 1.67 1 1 1 0 1 1 SO--Mickey Mantle, Tony Lazzeri, Phil Rizzuto, George Sisler, Ken Williams, Bill Jacobson. BB--Red Rolfe, Lou Gehrig (3), Babe Ruth, Rick Ferrell, Bill Jacobson, George McQuinn, Marty McManus.
Game 4: New York 8, St. Louis 7
The Browns looked good to take a 3-1 lead in the series after going ahead 7-0 after five innings. George McQuinn tripled and scored on a sacrifice fly in the second, Red Kress smacked a grand slam in the fourth and Ken Williams launched a two-run homer in the fifth. St. Louis starter Hoyt Wilhelm retired the first 14 Yankees but finally ran into trouble in the sixth inning when Tony Lazzeri hit a two-run homer to make it 7-2. In the seventh inning, the Yankees pushed six runs across, with a sacrifice fly by Red Rolfe, an RBI single by Phil Rizzuto and a grand slam by Joe DiMaggio. The Browns put runners on base in each of their final three at-bats, and got a runner to third with two outs in the ninth, but the Yankees survived to even the series at two.
00 NEW YORK YANKEES (8) AT 00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS (7) 00 NEW YORK YANKEES AB R H BI 00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS AB R H BI Tony Lazzeri 4 2 1 2 Harry Rice 4 0 0 0 Joe DiMaggio 4 1 2 4 Bill Jacobson 4 0 0 0 Mickey Mantle 4 0 0 0 George Sisler 5 1 2 0 Babe Ruth 4 0 0 0 Ken Williams 3 2 1 2 Lou Gehrig 4 1 1 0 Harlond Clift 3 1 1 0 Yogi Berra 3 1 1 0 George McQuinn 3 2 1 0 Roger Maris 3 1 0 0 Red Kress 3 1 1 5 Red Rolfe 3 0 0 1 Marty McManus 4 0 0 0 Phil Rizzuto 3 2 1 1 Rick Ferrell 3 0 1 0 TOTALS 32 8 6 8 TOTALS 32 7 7 7 00 NEW YORK YANKEES 000 002 600 -- 8 00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 010 420 000 -- 7 LOB--00 NEW YORK YANKEES 2, 00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 5. ERR--Red Rolfe, Phil Rizzuto. 2B--Yogi Berra, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio. 3B--George McQuinn. HR--Tony Lazzeri, Joe DiMaggio, Ken Williams, Red Kress. SACF--Red Rolfe, Red Kress. SACB--Harry Rice. SB--Harlond Clift. 00 NEW YORK YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR Jack Chesbro 4.33 6 7 7 3 0 2 Allie Reynolds [W] 3.67 0 0 0 2 1 0 Joe Page [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS Hoyt Wilhelm 6.33 5 6 6 3 7 1 George Zuverink [L] 2.67 1 2 2 1 1 1 SO--Mickey Mantle (2), Tony Lazzeri (2), Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth, Roger Maris, Joe DiMaggio, Marty McManus. BB--Tony Lazzeri, Yogi Berra, Roger Maris, Phil Rizzuto, Harlond Clift, Rick Ferrell, Ken Williams, Bill Jacobson, George McQuinn.
Game 5: New York 10, St. Louis 3
The Yankees hit four two-run homers to account for eight of their 10 runs. Joe DiMaggio had two of them in the fifth and ninth innings, while Roger Maris had one in the sixth and Mickey Mantle hit one in the seventh. DiMaggio’s homer in the fifth erased a 2-1 deficit and gave the Yankees the lead for good. He also had an RBI double in the third, giving him a total of three hits and five RBI on the day.
00 NEW YORK YANKEES (10) AT 00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS (3) 00 NEW YORK YANKEES AB R H BI 00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS AB R H BI Tony Lazzeri 5 3 2 0 Harry Rice 4 0 0 0 Joe DiMaggio 5 2 3 5 Bill Jacobson 4 1 1 0 Mickey Mantle 4 1 1 2 George Sisler 4 0 1 1 Babe Ruth 5 0 0 0 Ken Williams 4 2 2 1 Lou Gehrig 5 1 1 0 Harlond Clift 3 0 0 0 Yogi Berra 4 0 2 0 George McQuinn 4 0 2 1 Roger Maris 4 1 1 2 Red Kress 4 0 1 0 Red Rolfe 4 0 0 0 Marty McManus 4 0 1 0 Phil Rizzuto 4 2 2 0 Rick Ferrell 2 0 0 0 TOTALS 40 10 12 9 TOTALS 33 3 8 3 00 NEW YORK YANKEES 001 022 203 -- 10 00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 100 101 000 -- 3 LOB--00 NEW YORK YANKEES 4, 00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 7. ERR--Rick Ferrell, Red Kress. 2B--Tony Lazzeri (2), Joe DiMaggio, Phil Rizzuto, Red Kress, Marty McManus. 3B--Phil Rizzuto, Ken Williams, Bill Jacobson, George McQuinn. HR--Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Joe DiMaggio (2), Ken Williams. SB--George Sisler. 00 NEW YORK YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR Whitey Ford [W] 8.00 7 3 3 3 5 1 Bob Shawkey 1.00 1 0 0 1 0 0 00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS Urban Shocker [L] 6.33 10 7 7 1 3 3 Jack Powell 1.67 2 3 2 0 1 1 Milt Pappas 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 SO--Red Rolfe (2), Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, George Sisler, Rick Ferrell, Harry Rice, Red Kress (2). BB--Mickey Mantle, Harlond Clift, Rick Ferrell (2), Harry Rice.
Game 6: New York 7, St. Louis 3
Babe Ruth had an RBI double in the first inning and a two-run homer in the second inning as the Yankees scored six times in the first two innings en route to the clinching victory. A two-run home run by Ken Williams in the third inning cut the lead to 6-3, but St. Louis wouldn’t score again. Joe DiMaggio led off the seventh with a solo homer to add to the Yankee lead. Lefty Gomez (8 2/3 innings, four hits, six walks, three runs, six strikeouts) retired 16 straight St. Louis hitters until running out of gas in the ninth, and Joe Page came in to get the final out with two runners on.
00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS (3) AT 00 NEW YORK YANKEES (7) 00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS AB R H BI 00 NEW YORK YANKEES AB R H BI Harry Rice 4 2 1 0 Tony Lazzeri 4 0 0 1 Bill Jacobson 4 0 0 0 Joe DiMaggio 4 2 2 1 George Sisler 4 0 1 1 Mickey Mantle 3 1 0 0 Ken Williams 3 1 1 2 Babe Ruth 3 2 2 3 Harlond Clift 3 0 0 0 Lou Gehrig 2 0 0 0 George McQuinn 4 0 0 0 Yogi Berra 4 0 2 1 Red Kress 3 0 0 0 Roger Maris 4 0 0 0 Marty McManus 4 0 1 0 Red Rolfe 4 1 1 0 Rick Ferrell 2 0 0 0 Phil Rizzuto 3 1 2 1 TOTALS 31 3 4 3 TOTALS 31 7 9 7 00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 102 000 000 -- 3 00 NEW YORK YANKEES 240 000 10x -- 7 LOB--00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS 7, 00 NEW YORK YANKEES 6. 2B--Yogi Berra, Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio. 3B--Harry Rice, Marty McManus, Phil Rizzuto. HR--Ken Williams, Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio. HBP--Lou Gehrig. SACF--Tony Lazzeri. SB--Babe Ruth. 00 ST. LOUIS BROWNS IP H R ER BB SO HR Harry Howell (L) 1.67 6 6 6 1 0 1 Barney Pelty 4.67 2 1 1 3 4 1 Earl Hamilton 1.67 1 0 0 0 1 0 00 NEW YORK YANKEES Lefty Gomez8.67 4 3 3 6 6 1 Joe Page (S) 0.33 0 0 0 0 0 0 SO--Harlond Clift, George Sisler, Bill Jacobson, Red Kress, George McQuinn (2), Mickey Mantle (2), Red Rolfe, Babe Ruth, Roger Maris. BB--Harlond Clift, Rick Ferrell (2), Ken Williams, Harry Rice, Red Kress, Mickey Mantle, Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth, Phil Rizzuto.
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