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A look back at past Subway Series |
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ESPN.com Previous Subway Series 1921: Giants 5, Yankees 3 (best-of-nine) 1922: Giants 4, Yankees 0 (best-of-seven, includes tie game) 1923: Yankees 4, Giants 2 1936: Yankees 4, Giants 2 1937: Yankees 4, Giants 1 1941: Yankees 4, Brooklyn 1 1947: Yankees 4, Brooklyn 3 1949: Yankees 4, Brooklyn 1 1951: Yankees 4, Giants 2 1952: Yankees 4, Brooklyn 3 1953: Yankees 4, Brooklyn 2 1955: Brooklyn 4, Yankees 3 1956: Yankees 4, Brooklyn 3 1921: Giants 5, Yankees 3 (best-of-nine) The Yankees won the first two games of the series behind shutouts by Carl Mays and Waite Hoyt. George Burns had four hits for the Giants in their 13-5 romp in Game 3 and drove in the go-ahead run as the Giants evened the series with a 4-2 victory in Game 4. Hoyt got his second win of the Series in the Yankees' Game 5 victory, but the Giants swept Games 6, 7 and 8 to take the series. The Giants won a 1-0 thriller in Game 8, their only run coming on an error by Yankees' shortstop Roger Peckingpaugh. Hoyt was also the pitcher in that game and did not give up an earned run in 27 innings. 1922: Giants 4, Yankees 0 Irish Meusel drove in seven runs and Heine Groh had nine hits in the Giants' sweep of the Yankees. The Giants scored three times in the eighth inning of Game 1 to overcome a 2-0 deficit and win 3-2. Game 2 was called after 10 innings on account of darkness with the score tied at 3-3. Jack Scott threw a four-hit shutout for the Giants in Game 3. Hugh McQuillan won a 4-3 decision in Game 4. George Kelly's two-run single in the bottom of the eighth gave the Giants a 5-3 victory in Game 5. Babe Ruth went 2-for-17 with two singles and only one RBI for the Yankees. 1923: Yankees 4, Giants 2 Casey Stengel's inside-the-park home run in the top of the ninth gave the Giants a 5-4 victory in Game 1, but Babe Ruth hit two homers in Game 2 -- including one over the right-field roof at the Polo Grounds -- to help the Yankees even the series. The Giants took Game 3, 1-0, on a solo home run by Stengel. The Yanks then won the next three by a combined score of 22-9 to win their first World Series. Seven players had at least six hits in the series for the Yankees. 1936: Yankees 4, Giants 2 The Giants took Game 1 by the score of 6-1, but the Yankees pulled even after an 18-4 blowout in Game 2. The Yankees won close contests in Games 3 and 4, and the Giants stayed alive with a 5-4, 10-inning victory in Game 5. The Yankees then clinched the series with a 13-5 rout in Game 6. Joe Dimaggio hit .346 in his first World Series. 1937: Yankees 4, Giants 1 The Yankees won the first three games by a 21-3 margin, but the Giants avoided a sweep with a 7-3 victory in Game 4. Lefty Gomez was the winning pitcher and drove in the go-ahead run as the Yankees clinched with a 4-2 victory in Game 5. 1941: Yankees 4, Brooklyn 1 The teams split a pair of 3-2 games to start the series, followed by a 2-1 Yankees victory in Game 3. Brooklyn had a chance to even the series in Game 4 but instead suffered one of the most devastating losses in World Series history. Leading 4-3 with two out and nobody on in the top of the ninth, Dodger pitcher Hugh Casey fanned Tommy Henrich, but catcher Mickey Owen dropped the third strike and Henrich reached first, starting a game-winning four-run rally. The Yankees wrapped up the series with a 3-1 victory in Game 5. 1947: Yankees 4, Brooklyn 3 The Yankees took the first two games of the series, as they scored five runs in the fifth inning of a 5-3 Game 1 victory and got 15 hits in a 10-3 romp in Game 2. Brooklyn battled back for a pair of thrilling victories in Games 3 and 4. The Yanks' Bill Bevens took a 2-1 lead and a no-hitter into the bottom of the ninth in Game 4, but Cookie Lavagetto's two-out, two-run double evened the series for the Dodgers. Brooklyn tied the series again in Game 6 with an 8-6 victory in front of 74,065 fans, but the Yankees won Game 7 behind five shutout innings of relief from Joe Page. 1949: Yankees 4, Brooklyn 1 Tommy Henrich gave the Yankees a 1-0 victory in Game 1 with a solo homer in the bottom of the ninth, while the Dodgers got a 1-0 victory in Game 2 by virtue of a Gil Hodges single that scored Jackie Robinson in the second inning. Johhny Mize ignited a three-run rally in the ninth inning of Game 3, propelling the Yankees to three consecutive victories. A World Series contest was played under the lights for the first time when the lights at Ebbets Field were turned on during the ninth inning of Game 5. 1951: Yankees 4, Giants 2 After winning the National League pennant on Bobby Thomson's home run in the bottom of the ninth against the Dodgers, the Giants used the momentum to take two of the first three games of the World Series. The Yankees also lost Mickey Mantle to torn knee ligaments in Game 2, but it would matter little. After rain postponed Game 4, Casey Stengel was able to get his rotation back in order, and Allie Reynolds, Eddie Lopat and Vic Raschi shut down the Giants in the next three games to give the Yankees the championship. 1952: Yankees 4, Brooklyn 3 Three Brooklyn home runs gave the Dodgers a 4-2 victory in Game 1, but the Yankees took two of the next three and the series was tied after four games. Carl Erskine then pitched 11 shutout innings -- on two days' rest -- for the Dodgers in a 1-0 Game 5 victory. But Mickey Mantle homered in each of the final two games to lead the Yankees to the title. Mantle hit .345 in the series with 10 hits, 3 RBI and five runs scored. 1953: Yankees 4, Dodgers 2 After a 9-5 victory in Game 1, the Yankees won Game 2, 4-2, on the strength of Mickey Mantle's two-run homer in the eighth inning. Brooklyn then tied the series with a pair of outstanding individual performances. Carl Erskine set a new World Series record by striking out 14 Yankees in the Dodgers' 3-2 victory in Game 3. Duke Snider had two doubles and a home run and drove in four runs as the Dodgers took Game 4, 7-3. Mantle was the hero again in Game 5 as his grand slam in the third inning provided the winning margin. The Yankees won Game 6, 4-3, on Billy Martin's RBI single in the bottom of the ninth, giving the Yanks their fifth consecutive World Series championship and giving the Dodgers their seventh loss in as many tries in the Fall Classic. Martin batted .500 with 12 hits and eight RBI in the series. 1955: Brooklyn 4, Yankees 3 The Dodgers won their first World Series in eight tries despite losing the first two games of the series. Joe Collins hit two homers and drove in three runs for the Yankees in Game 1, while Tommy Byrne tossed a complete game and had two RBI for the Yankees in Game 2. After an 8-3 Brooklyn victory in Game 3, Roy Campanella, Duke Snider and Gil Hodges each homered in Game 4 to give the Dodgers an 8-5 victory. Hodges followed with a double and two more home runs in Brooklyn's 5-3 victory in Game 5, giving the Dodgers a 3-2 series lead. Whitey Ford pitched a complete game as the Yankees won Game 6, 5-1, but Johnny Podres answered with a 2-0 shutout in Game 7 to give Brooklyn its first World Series title. 1956: Yankees 4, Brooklyn 3 Gil Hodges started the series on a tear and Don Larsen made history in Game 5 as the Yankees bested the Dodgers. Sal Maglie led the Dodgers to a Game 1 victory on the strength of a homer and three RBI from Hodges, who came back to drive in four runs on two doubles and a single in Brooklyn's 13-8 victory in Game 2. Enos Slaughter lifted the Yankees to a 6-3 victory with a three-run homer in the sixth inning of Game 3. Tom Sturdivant drew the Yankees even with a 6-3, complete-game victory in Game 4. Don Larsen followed with the only perfect game in World Series history, retiring 27 straight Dodgers on only 97 pitches for the 2-0 Game 5 victory. Brooklyn managed only four hits the following day in Game 6. However, it got the win and tied the series as Clem Labine pitched 10 scoreless innings and Jackie Robinson lined an RBI single in the bottom of the 10th for the 1-0 victory. The Yankees then closed out the series behind nine shutout innings from Johnny Kucks and four RBI each from Yogi Berra and Bill Skowron in Game 7.  Copyright ©2000 ESPN Internet Ventures. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and Safety Information are applicable to this site. Click here for a list of employment opportunities at ESPN.com. |
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