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The 1976 American League Championship Series was a best-of-five playoff in Major League Baseball's 1976 postseason which pitted the New York Yankees against the Kansas City Royals for the American League pennant and the right to represent the American League in the 1976 World Series. The Yankees defeated the Royals in five games to advance to ...
New York won the season series, 5–2, outscoring Kansas City, 42–24. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] This is a renewal of a classic playoff rivalry from the mid-1970s to early 1980s. Starting in 1976, both teams met in the American League Championship Series for four out of the five seasons (1976–1978 and 1980), with New York winning the first three, and ...
The 1977 American League Championship Series was a five-game series in Major League Baseball's 1977 postseason played between October 5 and 9, 1977, between the Eastern division champion New York Yankees and the Western division champion Kansas City Royals.
The Yankees overcame a midseason deficit of 14 games and went on to win a one-game playoff against the Boston Red Sox to win the Eastern crown and finish with 100 wins. Unlike the prior two ALCS which went five games, this one took the Yankees only four games to wrap up, and the Yankees went on to represent the American League in the 1978 World ...
Rodón, the Yankees' $162 million import who has had an uneven first two seasons in New York, overcame a bumpy start and retired 14 of the final batters he faced Monday night as the Yankees took a ...
1978 New York Yankees; World Series Champions American League Champions American League East Champions: League: American League: Division: East: Ballpark: Yankee Stadium: City: New York City: Owners: George Steinbrenner: General managers: Cedric Tallis: Managers: Billy Martin – 52–42 (.553) Dick Howser – 0–1 Bob Lemon – 48–20 (.706 ...
In Game 6, the Yankees prevailed by four runs, capped off by a solo home run from Reggie Jackson in the bottom of the eighth which sealed the title for New York. The Dodgers and Yankees would meet each other again the next year , in 1981 , and 2024 , with the Yankees winning the former and the Dodgers winning the latter two.
Game Date Score Location ... New York Yankees – 7: Yankee Stadium: 2:47: 47,505 ... Sunday, October 11, 1981 7:10 pm (ET) at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York ;