23. 1936 World Champion New York Yankees v. 87. 1983 World Champion Baltimore Orioles
We're wrapping up Region 7 with this one; team 28 will make the field and take on the '54 Yankees.
The '69 and '70 Orioles have advanced, this is the last Baltimore team in the field.
8 Yankees teams have moved on: 1928, 1943, 1947, 1953, 1954, 1961, 1977, 1998 (I think said 9 have moved on after the '54 team won the last series, there are just 8 so far). 2 Yankees squads are still to come.
Yankees 102-51 Mgr Joe McCarthy
Won AL Pennant
d. Giants in WS
d. #106 1995 Braves (MVP-Red Rolfe)
All-Stars SS Frankie Crosetti, C Bill Dickey (5th AL MVP) CF Joe DiMaggio, 1B Lou Gehrig (AL MVP) SP Lefty Gomez, SP Monte Pearson, OF George Selkirk
Hall of Famers: Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, Lefty Gomez, Tony Lazzeri, Red Ruffing, Joe McCarthy
Orioles 98-64 Mgr. Joe Altobelli (2nd AL MoY)
1st in AL East
d. White Sox in ALCS
d. Phillies in WS
d. #42 1935 Tigers (MVP-John Lowenstein)
All-Stars RP Tippy Martinez, 1B Eddie Murray (2nd AL MVP) SS Cal Ripken, (AL MVP)
Hall of Famers: Eddie Murray, Jim Palmer, Cal Ripken
Orioles-Joe Altobelli
LF Lowenstein (36) (LH) 138 2.5
RF Dwyer (33) (LH) 145 1.4
1B Murray (27) (SH) 156 6.5
SS Ripken (22) 144 8.5
C Nolan (32) (LH) 113 .7
CF Bumbry (36) (LH) 91 .6
2B Sakata (29) 98 .6
3B Hernandez (23) 83
P Boddicker (25) 143 4.4
Bench
DH Singleton (36) (SH) 131 2.7
C Dempsey (33) 77 1.9
LF/RF Roenicke (28) 120
2B Dauer (30) 72
RF Ford (31) 112
CF Shelby (25) (SH) 83
3B Cruz (27) 55 -.3
LF Ayala (32) 87
SP2 McGregor (29) (LH) 124 3.8
SP3 Flanagan (31) (LH) 120 1.6
Orioles platooning at C and at one of the corner OF spots, 2B/3B is a hot hand issue.
New York Yankees-Joe McCarthy
RF Selkirk (28) (LH) 132 3.8
C Dickey (29) (LH) 158 5.4
1B Gehrig (33) (LH) 190 8.4
3B Rolfe (27) (LH) 120 4.5
CF DiMaggio (21) 128 4.7
2B Lazzeri (32) 109 2.4
SS Crosetti (25) 105 4.2
LF Johnson (33) (LH) 82
P Ruffing (31) 120 4.8
Bench
DH Hoag (28) 101
LF Powell (27) 97 1.1
OF Chapman (27) 91
C Glenn (27) 82
3B Saltzgaver (33) (LH) 53
SP2 Pearson (27) 125 3.9
SP3 Gomez (27) (LH) 106 1.4
Platoon in LF.
WAR:
C-Yankees
1B-Yankees
2B-Yankees
SS-Orioles
3B-Yankees
LF-Orioles
CF-Yankees
RF-Yankees
DH-Orioles
SP1-Yankees
SP2-Push
SP3-Orioles
Bullpen-Orioles
WAR: Yankees 7 Orioles 5 - Yankees have seed advantage, Yankees have WAR advantage, best position player is a push between Gehrig/Ripken. Yankees are the favorites to move on, become the 10th Yankee team to advance, and play the 1954 Yankees in the next round.
GAME ONE
1st: We begin the end of Region 7 at Yankee Stadium. 31 year old RH Red Ruffing on the mound. 20-12, 3.85. Ruffing was just 19 when he broke in with the Red Sox back in '24. led the league in losses in both '28 and '29 and gets sold to the Yankees in '30 - Ruffing led the league in Ks in '32, made the All Star team in '34. This is his first 20 game winning season. 1-2-3
1st: 25 year old RH Mike Boddicker has the unenviable task of facing this potent Yankee offense. 16-8, 2.77. Boddicker was 22 when he broke in back in '80 - this is still his rookie season and he's 3rd in the Rookie of the Year. Next year he'll finish 4th in the Cy Young. He goes to the Red Sox in '88 in a deal for Brady Anderson and a young Curt Schilling and finishes with the Brewers in '93. 1-2-3
2nd: Cal Ripken doubles. Ripken was 20 when he broke in back in '80; he was Rookie of the Year in '82 and won the MVP Award this season. Ripken made the All Star team this year - and will each year the rest of his career. In '89, he'll finish 3rd in the MVP, in '91 he wins it again. He finishes in '01 at the age of 40. Joe Nolan follows with a base hit and it's the Orioles who draw first blood. Orioles 1 Yankees 0
2nd: Joe DiMaggio singles with one out. DiMaggio has advanced already, 11 years from now with the '47 team. He's a rookie this year at the age of 21, finishes 8th in the MVP. Tony Lazzeri walks. After the second out - Altobelli decides to roll the dice and load the bases, intentionally walking Roy Johnson to face Ruffing - it works.
3rd: John Lowenstein walks with one out. Round 2 began with the '79 Orioles falling to the '84 Tigers, so we've seen many of these Orioles before, including Lowenstein. This year he's 36, 2 years from the end. Ruffing then walks Jim Dwyer/Eddie Murray and the bases are loaded. Ripken comes through - doubling again, it scores two and it's 3-0. A Nolan sac fly adds another. Orioles 4 Yankees 0
3rd: Bill Dickey singles with one out. Dickey was on the bench for the '28 team that has advanced, it was his rookie season and we've discussed him with that '43 team that has moved on. Basically smack in the middle is this season - Dickey's 29, finished 5th in the MVP. That's it.
4th: 1-2-3
4th: DiMaggio bombs a homer to left center and the Yanks are on the board. Tony Lazzeri singles. Lazzeri's moved through with that '28 team. He's 32 this year, his last Yankee season is next year. Frankie Crosetti doubles and there are 2 in scoring position with nobody out. Boddicker escapes. Orioles 4 Yankees 1
5th: Jim Dwyer singles with one out. Baltimore's got 4 guys fighting for corner outfield playing time; Dwyer had 1n 18 year career as a part time player (pinch hitter used to be an occupation in the US, like soap opera actor). He broke in with the Cardinals in '73 when he was 23, after 4 more stops he's an Oriole in '81. He's likely to play against the Yankee RH in this series. Dwyer finishes as a Twin in '90. That's all.
5th: With one out, Dickey and Gehrig single. Gehrig was on the '28 team we've seen advance; he's 33 this year and won the MVP. Boddicker again escapes.
6th: 1-2-3
6th: 1-2-3
7th: 1-2-3, 8 straight for Ruffing, he's allowed just 4 hits.
7th: Altobelli turns it over to the pen, 28 year old RH Sammy Stewart enters. He gives up a one out double to Ruffing and then walks George Selkirk. Selkirk's a career Yankee, up in '34, an All Star this year, done in '42. But the Yankees do not score and it's getting late here in game 1.
8th: Dwyer doubles and he's driven home by an Eddie Murray single. It's 5-1 and it looks like Baltimore's going to take game 1 in Yankee Stadium. Murray was on that '79 team, he's 27 this year, 2nd to Ripken for the AL MVP. Ruffing's done, 33 year old RH Pat Malone comes on, he gets a double play, then walks Nolan and gives up an Al Bumbry single. That's all. Orioles 5 Yankees 1
8th: 1-2-3 - Baltimore's going to take this game.
9th: Malone gets two - but then Lowenstein homers and thats going to wrap this one up. Orioles 6 Yankees 1
9th: 1-2-3, Stewart sets down the last 8 and Baltimore wins.
Orioles 6
Yankees 1
WP Boddicker
LP Ruffing
The Yankees were solid favorites coming in -- but they get whipped in game 1 and now are facing a virtual must win in game 2.
For Baltimore
Lowenstein 2x/wHR
Dwyer 2x/w double
Murray 2x
Ripken 2x/w 2 doubles
Nolan 2x
For New York
Dickey 2x
DiMaggio 2x/wHR
Lazzeri 2x
One more in New York - can the Yankees even this up?
LF Lowenstein (36) (LH) 138 2.5
RF Dwyer (33) (LH) 145 1.4
1B Murray (27) (SH) 156 6.5
SS Ripken (22) 144 8.5
C Nolan (32) (LH) 113 .7
CF Bumbry (36) (LH) 91 .6
2B Dauer (30) 72
3B Cruz (27) 55 -.3
SP2 McGregor (29) (LH) 124 3.8
2B Lazzeri (32) 109 2.4
CF DiMaggio (21) 128 4.7
1B Gehrig (33) (LH) 190 8.4
C Dickey (29) (LH) 158 5.4
RF Selkirk (28) (LH) 132 3.8
3B Rolfe (27) (LH) 120 4.5
SS Crosetti (25) 105 4.2
LF Powell (27) 97 1.1
SP2 Pearson (27) 125 3.9
GAME TWO
1st Ton of pressure on a favored Yankee team today; can't go down 0-2 at home. Monte Pearson is a 27 year old RH, 19-7, 3.71. Pearson broke in with the Indians in '32, came to the Yankees this year and made the All Star team. He's here until his final year, '41, where he's a Red. He opens with back to back walks of Lowenstein and Dwyer - and then Murray works a walk. Pearson's walked the first three Oriole batters of game 2 - he gets 2 outs -- but then throws a wild pitch to score a run. Bumbry then walks - 4 walks and a wild pitch, but no hits and the inning ends. Orioles 1 Yankees 0
1st: Scotty McGregor gets the ball for Baltimore. 29 year old lefty, 18-7, 3.18. He was on the '79 team that lost in this round. He spends his entire 13 year career in Baltimore. Tony Lazzeri singles, but that's all.
2nd: 1-2-3
2nd: 1-2-3
3rd: Eddie Murray walks with one out, a second out later Joe Nolan walks - that's 6 walks for Pearson already today. But nothing else.
3rd: Jake Powell is in today's lineup against a lefty and he singles with one out. Powell's 27, broke in with the Senators in '30, the Yanks got him at midseason this year for Ben Chapman. He'll be a Yankee through '40, eventually finish with the Phils in '45. Powell steals second - and then scores on a Pearson double. McGregor gets the second out - but then DiMaggio singles home Pearson and the Yanks are on top for the first time in the series. Gehrig then doubles home DiMaggio and this ferocious Yankee offense finally appears. Orioles 1 Yankees 3
4th: 1-2-3
4th: Red Rolfe walks with one out. Rolfe's a career Yankee, up in '31, led the league in triples this year, finishes up in '42. That's it.
5th: Eddie Murray walks, the 7th walk the Orioles have drawn - and then Cal Ripken gets Baltimore's first hit and he makes it count - a 2 run jack to left that ties the score. Orioles 3 Yankees 3
5th: Tony Lazzeri singles after an out; Gehrig singles after the second out, and then Dickey singles home Lazzeri to break the tie - Selkirk reaches on a run scoring error and it's Orioles 3 Yankees 5
6th: Al Bumbry singles. Bumbry was on the '79 squad, he's 36 years old this year, next year is his last in Baltimore. Rich Dauer's in the lineup today and he doubles. Pearson gets one and Altobelli goes to the bench to get Ken Singleton; Singleton's 36, he'll be DH'ing in Baltimore - but he comes off the bench here and clears the bases with a double that ties this game up. That's it for Pearson, Pat Malone enters, ends it. Orioles 5 Yankees 5
6th: Sammy Stewart had a strong 3 inning game one outing and gets the ball again. He walks Crosetti - that's it. We head to the 7th, all tied up.
7th: Murray singles. He's reached 4 times today. Malone stops it here.
7th: Dickey singles with 2 out - Selkirk works a walk - Rolfe then doubles both men home and the Yankees once again take the lead. Tim Stoddard 30 year old RH with an ERA over 6.00 enters - ends the inning. Orioles 5 Yankees 7
8th: Malone gets 2 - Gary Roenicke comes on to hit and he doubles; Lowenstein then triples him home, booming contact here off of Malone to cut the deficit. 29 year old RH Jumbo Brown comes on - he gives up a Dwyer double - and that scores the tying run. Back and forth these clubs go here in game 2. Orioles 7 Yankees 7
8th: 26 year old RH Allan Ramirez is the new Oriole pitcher; he gives up a Powell base hit. Ramirez gets one then walks Lazzeri. DiMaggio then singles home the tiebreaking run; Gehrig singles home another; and the Hall of Fame trio finishes up with a Dickey run scoring single, 28 year old lefty Don Morogiello ends the inning and it's Orioles 7 Yankees 10.
9th: 37 year old lefty Ted Kleinhans looks to close this out, he gets one, then walks Nolan, he then gets the second and gives up a Dauer base hit -- 2 on, 2 out -- tying run comes to the plate -- Cruz pops harmlessly to Rolfe and it's done.
Orioles 7
Yankees 10
WP Brown
LP Ramirez
14 Yankee hits tie this series up.
For New York
Dickey 5x
DiMaggio 4x/wHR, 2 doubles
Lazzeri 5x
Gehrig 3x in game 2, double
Rolfe 2x in game 2, double
Powell 2x
For Baltimore
Lowenstein 4x/wHR, triple
Dwyer 4x/w 2doubles
Murray 6x
Ripken 3x/w HR, 2 doubles
Nolan 4x
Bumbry 2x in game 2
Dauer 2x w/double
We split in New York and now head to Baltimore for two games.
2B Lazzeri (32) 109 2.4
CF DiMaggio (21) 128 4.7
1B Gehrig (33) (LH) 190 8.4
C Dickey (29) (LH) 158 5.4
RF Selkirk (28) (LH) 132 3.8
3B Rolfe (27) (LH) 120 4.5
SS Crosetti (25) 105 4.2
DH Hoag (28) 101
LF Powell (27) 97 1.1
SP3 Gomez (27) (LH) 106 1.4
SS Ripken (22) 144 8.5
1B Murray (27) (SH) 156 6.5
DH Singleton (36) (SH) 131 2.7
LF Roenicke (28) 120
RF Ford (31) 112
3B Hernandez (23) 83
CF Shelby (25) (SH) 83
C Dempsey (33) 77 1.9
2B Dauer (30) 72
SP3 Flanagan (31) (LH) 120 1.6
GAME THREE
1st: Memorial Stadium in Baltimore - one spot left in Region 7, this series is all tied at a game each. Mike Flanagan is a 31 year old lefty, 12-4, 3.30. He was on the '79 team that lost in this round; he gives up a base hit to Tony Lazzeri, then DiMaggio ropes a triple that scores him - a Gehrig sac fly ads a second run. Yankees 2 Orioles 0
1st: 27 year old Lefty Gomez gets the call for the Yanks; Gomez was 21 when he came up in '30, was 5th in the MVP in '32, 3rd in '34, he's on the All Star team this year for the 4th straight season. Next year - 9th in the MVP. He'll be a Yankee up until the final game of his career, which he pitches for the Senators in '43. 1-2-3
2nd: Red Rolfe doubles, 28 year old Myril Hoag gets the first shot at DH'ing in this series and he singles home Rolfe. That's all. Yankees 3 Orioles 0
2nd: 1-2-3
3rd: DiMaggio doubles - the Yankees have been pounding extra base hits in the last two games; Flanagan is very, very careful with Gehrig and walks him - Dickey singles and it's 4-0, Selkirk grounds to the right side and it's 5-0. After the second out Crosetti walks and it's Yankees 5 Orioles 0
3rd: 1-2-3, 9 up, 9 down for Gomez.
4th: Powell walks, an out later DiMaggio reaches on an error and then Gehrig just blasts one - a real legitimate bomb to right center field. Game 1 seems long ago and far away. Don Morogiello enters for the Orioles, that's it. Yankees 8 Orioles 0
4th: Ripken singles, the first Oriole baserunner. Nothing else. Only a matter of time today.
5th: Crosetti singles with one out, Powell singles with 2 out, that's all.
5th: Gary Roenicke's in today's Oriole lineup and he singles. Danny Ford is also in the lineup today, in the other corner OF spot - and he singles. Leo Hernandez is back at third today, Atobelli looking for any production from that spot - he singles and the bases are loaded with nobody out. John Shelby is in center today - Baltimore has an entirely new outfield against the lefty Gomez --- he singles home two runs. Rick Dempsey is in the lineup behind the plate for the first time today - so many changes against a lefty - and he comes through with a 2 run double and the Orioles have cut this lead in half. Johnny Murphy is on now for New York - he gets through it. Yankees 8 Orioles 4
6th: DiMaggio singles - there hasn't been a cycle in the tournament, he's a home run away. But that's it for the inning.
6th: Ken Singleton walks, nothing else.
7th: 3rd straight Sammy Stewart game. 1-2-3
7th: 1-2-3, nice outing for Murphy after it looked like the Orioles had some life.
8th: Powell singles with one out, Stewart gets the second out -- and then DiMaggio does it - a 2 run homer to left -- Joe DiMaggio has hit for the cycle! - the first cycle in the tournament, these Oriole fans cheer their appreciation at seeing 21 year old Joe DiMaggio - this Yankee rookie - hit for the cycle in game 3 of Round 2. DiMaggio hits for the cycle! Yankees 10 Orioles 4
8th: Pat Malone comes on - and Ripken hits his first pitch over the wall. Murray walks, Singleton singles - Roenicke singles - it's 10-6 now, still nobody out. Jumbo Brown comes on for New York - he gives up a walk to Ford, the bases are loaded now- the tying run comes to the plate and still nobody out. Hernandez grounds out - scores a run. 10-7, Shelby walks - and again the bases are loaded. The Yankees needed that DiMaggio homer after all. Ted Kleinhans enters for New York - he gets through it. Yankees 10 Orioles 7
9th: Selkirk singles with one out, that's all.
9th: Kleinhans gets one - then Murray singles and Singleton walks.
Tying run to the plate.
Joe McCarthy doesn't mess around here - he turns to the game 2 starter, Monte Pearson, to close the door - that means Pearson will not be available to start if there is a decisive game 5.
Pearson strikes out Roenicke.
Ford hits a sinking liner to center -- DiMaggio has to lay out -- and he snags it! DiMaggio with a diving catch to end a game in which he also hit for the cycle.
Yankees 10
Orioles 7
WP Murphy
LP Flanagan
One of the great games in the tournament so far for DiMaggio, he hits for the cycle and makes a great defensive play to end the game.
For New York
Dickey 6x
DiMaggio 8x/w2HR, 3 doubles, triple
Lazzeri 6x
Gehrig 5x in game 2-3, HR, 2 doubles
Rolfe 3x in game 2-3, 2 double
Powell 5x
Crosetti 2x in game 3
For Baltimore
Lowenstein 4x/wHR, triple
Dwyer 4x/w 2doubles
Murray 8x
Ripken 5x/w 2HR, 2 doubles
Nolan 4x
Bumbry 2x in game 2
Dauer 2x w/double
Singleton 4x
Ford 2x
Shelby 2x
Game 1 starters return - Baltimore needs some of that game 1 magic to return if they want to extend this series.
RF Selkirk (28) (LH) 132 3.8
C Dickey (29) (LH) 158 5.4
1B Gehrig (33) (LH) 190 8.4
3B Rolfe (27) (LH) 120 4.5
CF DiMaggio (21) 128 4.7
2B Lazzeri (32) 109 2.4
SS Crosetti (25) 105 4.2
LF Powell (27) 97 1.1
DH Chapman (27) 91
P Ruffing (31) 120 4.8
LF Lowenstein (36) (LH) 138 2.5
RF Dwyer (33) (LH) 145 1.4
1B Murray (27) (SH) 156 6.5
DH Singleton (36) (SH) 131 2.7
SS Ripken (22) 144 8.5
C Nolan (32) (LH) 113 .7
CF Bumbry (36) (LH) 91 .6
2B Sakata (29) 98 .6
3B Hernandez (23) 83
P Boddicker (25) 143 4.4
GAME FOUR
1st: Mike Boddicker won game 1 - if he can do it again today, we will head back to Yankee Stadium for a showdown Game 5. Selkirk reaches by error - Boddicker gets the next two - but Rolfe bloops a single and the Yankees are on the board. DiMaggio follows up his cycle in game 3 with a base hit here, that's all. Yankees 1 Orioles 0
1st: Red Ruffing takes the ball and has an early lead. 1-2-3
2nd: Even against the RH Boddicker, Jake Powell remains in the lineup, he walks, he steals second, he scores on a Ben Chapman base hit - Chapman and Powell weren't teammates in '36, they were traded for each other at midseason. That's it. Yankees 2 Orioles 0
2nd: Yanks have a lot of firepower, Orioles can't let them get too far ahead today. Singleton singles, that's it.
3rd: Gehrig walks and an out later - DiMaggio stays hot with another single. Boddicker throws a wild pitch - that scores one more and that clock is ticking in Baltimore. Yankees 3 Orioles 0
3rd: Lenn Sakata is back in the lineup today and he doubles, an out later Lowenstein grounds to the right side to score him and then Jim Dwyer homers -- that's what the doctor ordered - Yankees 3 Orioles 2
4th: With one out, Chapman singles again, after the second out, Dickey singles -- and then Lou Gehrig hits a rocket to dead center field - hundreds and hundreds of feet deep into the night, a 3 run bomb. Yankees 6 Orioles 2
4th: Ripken singles with one out, that's all.
5th: With 2 out, Boddicker hits Crosetti, that's all.
5th: Lenn Sakata homers with one out - Baltimore needs a couple more of those. Yankees 6 Orioles 3
6th: Sammy Stewart comes on for the 4th game in a row - he gives up a single to Chapman, walks Selkirk - and then Bill Dickey ends this series with a 3 run shot. What do you do? You've got these 3 Hall of Famers just hitting the crap out of the ball and what do you do? Stewart stays on - walks Gehrig, walks Rolfe -- that ends his day, Don Welchel is a 26 year old RH and he comes on. Welchel gets one, but then Lazzeri reaches on an error that scores a run, Welchel walks Crosetti - the Yankees send 10 to the plate and put this one out of reach. Yankees 10 Orioles 3
6th: Dwyer singles, 2 outs later Ripken singles, but that's all.
7th: 1-2-3
7th: Bumbry and Sakata single - Hernandez singles to score a run. Johnny Murphy is brought on by the skipper McCarthy - he gets through it. Yankees 10 Orioles 4
8th: Rolfe singles and an out later Lazzeri walks. Welchel gets the second out but gives up a run scoring single to Powell, and now they are filing toward the exits. Yankees 11 Orioles 4
8th: Singleton singles - an out later Nolan singles - that's all. The 9th Yankee team is about to move forward and we will see the 1936 Yankees meet the 1954 Yankees in the next round.
9th: Don Morogiello comes on, 1-2-3
9th: 1-2-3. That's it.
Yankees 11
Orioles 4
WP Ruffing
LP Boddicker
28 teams are in. 9 are New York Yankees. 4 spots remain.
For New York
Dickey 8x w/HR
DiMaggio 10x/w2HR, 3 doubles, triple
Gehrig 9x/ 2HR, 2 doubles
Here are your Hall of Famers, they reached 27 times, hit 4 homers. We'll say DiMaggio is your MVP.
