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That year, the Yankees and Red Sox would have finished the season against each other at Fenway Park. [186] [187] Both managers, Buck Showalter of the Yankees and Butch Hobson of the Red Sox, who made their managerial debuts against each other, [188] were fired as a result of or during the strike. [179] [186] [189]
m The Yankees finished the season tied for first with the Boston Red Sox, but were awarded the division title because they won the season series with the Red Sox. [85] n The Yankees finished the season tied for third with the Baltimore Orioles. [86] o The 2020 season was shortened to 60 games by the COVID-19 pandemic. [87]
New York Yankees vs. Atlanta Braves: Yankees, 3–1 1957, 1958, 1996, 1999: Braves were the Milwaukee Braves for the 1957–1958 matchups 4 Boston Red Sox vs. St. Louis Cardinals: Tied, 2–2 1946, 1967, 2004, 2013: 3 New York Yankees vs. Cincinnati Reds: Yankees, 2–1 1939, 1961, 1976: 3 St. Louis Cardinals vs. Detroit Tigers
The Yankees and Red Sox had combined to win the past three American League (AL) pennants. The Red Sox lost the World Series in 1975, the Yankees lost in 1976, and then won in 1977. Heading into 1978, the Yankees, Red Sox, and Baltimore Orioles, who had also challenged for the AL East championship in 1977, all expected to contend for the AL East ...
From 1912 to the present, the Red Sox have played in Fenway Park. [1] The "Red Sox" name originates from the iconic uniform feature. They are sometimes nicknamed the "BoSox", a combination of "Boston" and "Sox" (as opposed to the "ChiSox"), the "Crimson Hose", and "the Olde Towne Team". [2] Most fans simply refer to them as the Sox.
Long before Boston Red Sox second baseman Pokey Reese threw to first base off a grounder by New York Yankees pinch hitter Ruben Sierra in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7 in the 2004 ...
However, since 2004, the Red Sox have won four World Series compared to just one Yankees World Series (the Yankees still have superior regular season winning percentage than the Red Sox). The 2010s was the first ever decade the Yankees franchise did not play in the World Series since the 1910s, and the first in which they did not win a World ...
The Yankees also hold the record for most wins by a pennant-winning team, with their 1998 team winning 114 out of 162 games, [16] finishing 22 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox. [17] The 1954 Cleveland Indians won the most games of any pennant winner under the pre-1969 system, winning 111 out of their 154 games [ 18 ] and finishing eight games ...