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Who won the most games against the New York Yankees?

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Overall records
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MIL MIN NYA NYN OAK PHI PIT SDN SEA SFN SLN TBA TEX TOR WAS

Most wins, career

34 Lefty Grove (5/4/19255/25/1941
33 Hal Newhouser (5/7/19406/27/1954
33 Early Wynn (6/22/19438/23/1960
30 Bob Feller (9/2/19378/27/1955
30 Jim Palmer (5/16/19659/30/1983[g2]
29 Earl Whitehill (6/11/19249/20/1936[g1]
28 Frank Lary (6/8/19554/13/1962
28 Bob Lemon (6/9/1946[g1]5/7/1957
28 Ted Lyons (5/13/19246/28/1942[g1]
27 Red Faber (7/30/1919[g2]8/19/1933
27 George Uhle (9/10/1919[g2]7/22/1931[g1]
26 Mel Harder (6/29/1931[g2]9/24/1944
25 Billy Pierce (7/17/1949[g2]8/8/1960
24 Bobo Newsom (5/27/19348/7/1946
23 Mickey Lolich (5/12/19644/19/1975
23 Firpo Marberry (6/25/19247/14/1934
23 Dizzy Trout (5/24/19399/15/1951
22 Luis Tiant (7/19/1964[g2]9/15/1977
21 General Crowder (8/11/1926[g2]8/17/1935
21 Howard Ehmke (7/12/19199/2/1929[g2]
21 Thornton Lee (9/14/19345/3/1947[g1]
21 Dave McNally (6/16/19659/19/1974
21 Eddie Rommel (4/14/19219/26/1930

Most wins, relief

11 Dick Hall (5/10/19634/18/1971
9 John Hiller (7/23/1967[g2]5/20/1980
9 Tippy Martinez (7/28/19766/21/1983
7 Firpo Marberry (8/31/19247/14/1934
7 Bob McClure (4/10/19779/6/1990
7 Minnie Rojas (7/23/19666/17/1968
7 Eddie Rommel (10/4/19239/26/1930
6 Bobby Ayala (7/1/19948/24/1997
6 Rollie Fingers (7/31/19696/30/1982
6 Joe Haynes (7/29/1942[g1]7/3/1949
6 Ken Holloway (6/20/19237/18/1925
6 Dick Radatz (9/9/1962[g2]9/5/1965

Most wins, 1910s

1919
5 Stan Coveleski
4 Eddie Cicotte
4 Dickey Kerr
4 Urban Shocker
3 Jim Bagby
3 Walter Johnson
3 Sad Sam Jones
3 Jim Shaw

Most wins, 1920s

1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
23 George Uhle
22 Red Faber
20 Eddie Rommel
19 Howard Ehmke
17 Jack Quinn
17 Earl Whitehill
16 Urban Shocker
15 Stan Coveleski
15 Walter Johnson

Most wins, 1930s

1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
20 Mel Harder
19 Lefty Grove
16 Wes Ferrell
16 Schoolboy Rowe
13 Lloyd Brown
13 General Crowder
13 Ted Lyons
13 Roy Mahaffey

Most wins, 1940s

1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
29 Hal Newhouser
19 Dizzy Trout
18 Bob Feller
15 Denny Galehouse
13 Tex Hughson
12 Jack Kramer
12 Dutch Leonard
12 Bobo Newsom
12 Al Smith

Most wins, 1950s

1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
25 Early Wynn
22 Billy Pierce
21 Frank Lary
20 Bob Lemon
14 Billy Hoeft
13 Mel Parnell
12 Mike Garcia
12 Willard Nixon

Most wins, 1960s

1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
18 Bill Monbouquette
16 Camilo Pascual
15 Steve Barber
15 Dean Chance
13 Gary Bell
13 Sam McDowell
13 Denny McLain
12 Mickey Lolich

Most wins, 1970s

1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
16 Jim Palmer
15 Mike Cuellar
13 Vida Blue
13 Luis Tiant
13 Wilbur Wood
12 Bill Lee
12 Dave McNally
12 Gaylord Perry

Most wins, 1980s

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
12 Floyd Bannister
12 Teddy Higuera
11 Jack Morris
10 Roger Clemens
10 Bruce Hurst
10 Frank Tanana
9 Mike Boddicker
8 Britt Burns
8 Charlie Hough
8 Dan Petry
8 Dave Stieb

Most wins, 1990s

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
12 Chuck Finley
11 Todd Stottlemyre
10 Kevin Tapani
9 Kevin Brown
9 Mark Langston
9 Charles Nagy
9 David Wells
8 Roger Clemens

Most wins, 2000s

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
18 Roy Halladay
10 Josh Beckett
9 Rodrigo Lopez
7 Scott Kazmir
7 Esteban Loaiza
7 Derek Lowe
7 Pedro Martinez
7 Tim Wakefield

Fewest days to win 8 games

355 Dickey Kerr (7/19/1920[g2]-7/8/1921)
358 Tex Hughson (7/4/1942[g2]-6/26/1943)
362 Frank Lary (5/24/1958-5/20/1959)
365 Frank Lary (6/15/1958[g1]-6/14/1959[g1])
368 Eddie Rommel (6/30/1924[g2]-7/2/1925)

Fewest days to win 7 games

140 Frank Lary (4/30/1958, 5/24/1958, 6/15/1958[g1], 6/21/1958, 7/15/1958, 8/24/1958[g1], 9/16/1958
320 Tex Hughson (8/11/1942-6/26/1943)
335 Eddie Rommel (6/30/1924[g2]-5/30/1925[g2])
336 Dickey Kerr (7/19/1920[g2]-6/19/1921)
337 George Uhle (9/24/1922-8/26/1923)

Fewest days to win 6 games

79 George Uhle (6/9/1923, 6/12/1923, 7/14/1923[g1], 7/17/1923, 8/4/1923, 8/26/1923
104 George Uhle (6/7/1926, 7/8/1926, 7/12/1926, 8/4/1926, 8/25/1926, 9/18/1926
116 Frank Lary (5/24/1958, 6/15/1958[g1], 6/21/1958, 7/15/1958, 8/24/1958[g1], 9/16/1958
117 Dickey Kerr (5/20/1921, 6/15/1921, 6/19/1921, 7/8/1921, 8/8/1921[g2], 9/13/1921
117 Frank Lary (4/30/1958, 5/24/1958, 6/15/1958[g1], 6/21/1958, 7/15/1958, 8/24/1958[g1]
131 Hal Newhouser (5/12/1944, 5/30/1944[g2], 6/1/1944, 7/8/1944, 7/30/1944[g2], 9/19/1944
133 Don Mossi (5/3/1959[g2], 5/19/1959, 6/2/1959, 6/12/1959, 7/24/1959, 9/12/1959
134 Dizzy Trout (5/10/1944, 5/30/1944[g1], 7/29/1944, 8/1/1944, 8/20/1944[g2], 9/20/1944
137 Cal McLish (5/1/1959, 5/12/1959, 6/21/1959[g1], 7/21/1959, 8/25/1959, 9/14/1959

Fewest days to win 5 games

57 George Uhle (6/9/1923, 6/12/1923, 7/14/1923[g1], 7/17/1923, 8/4/1923
69 Schoolboy Rowe (7/12/1934, 7/15/1934, 8/14/1934[g2], 8/17/1934[g2], 9/18/1934
73 George Uhle (7/8/1926, 7/12/1926, 8/4/1926, 8/25/1926, 9/18/1926
76 George Uhle (6/12/1923, 7/14/1923[g1], 7/17/1923, 8/4/1923, 8/26/1923
77 Frank Lary (4/30/1958, 5/24/1958, 6/15/1958[g1], 6/21/1958, 7/15/1958
77 Thornton Lee (5/9/1937, 5/20/1937, 6/8/1937, 6/19/1937, 7/24/1937

Fewest days to win 4 games

37 Schoolboy Rowe (7/12/1934, 7/15/1934, 8/14/1934[g2], 8/17/1934[g2]
39 George Uhle (6/9/1923, 6/12/1923, 7/14/1923[g1], 7/17/1923
41 Don Mossi (5/3/1959[g2], 5/19/1959, 6/2/1959, 6/12/1959
42 Thornton Lee (5/9/1937, 5/20/1937, 6/8/1937, 6/19/1937
44 Virgil Trucks (8/1/1951[g1], 8/20/1951[g1], 8/22/1951, 9/13/1951
44 George Uhle (7/14/1923[g1], 7/17/1923, 8/4/1923, 8/26/1923

Fewest days to win 3 games

7 Don McMahon (6/30/1966, 7/6/1966[g1], 7/6/1966[g2]
11 Dickey Kerr (7/21/1919[g1], 7/21/1919[g2], 7/31/1919
12 John Hiller (6/22/1974, 7/1/1974, 7/3/1974
13 Dennis Eckersley (6/21/1978, 6/26/1978, 7/3/1978
14 Lefty Grove (5/22/1932, 6/1/1932[g1], 6/4/1932[g1]
14 Syl Johnson (8/9/1923, 8/12/1923, 8/22/1923

Fewest days to win 2 games

1 Dickey Kerr (7/21/1919[g1], 7/21/1919[g2]
1 Don McMahon (7/6/1966[g1], 7/6/1966[g2]
2 Joe Berry (6/15/1945, 6/16/1945
2 Bill Caudill (7/20/1982, 7/21/1982
2 Hooks Dauss (6/15/1922, 6/16/1922
2 Pete Filson (4/25/1984, 4/26/1984
2 Mark Guthrie (5/15/2001, 5/16/2001
2 Ken Holloway (5/24/1924, 5/25/1924
2 Alex Kellner (5/14/1949, 5/15/1949[g1]
2 Jeff Reardon (6/4/1990, 6/5/1990
2 Willis Roberts (6/25/2002, 6/26/2002
2 Eddie Rommel (5/29/1925, 5/30/1925[g2]

Longest drought between wins

6479 Rich Gossage (7/24/1975[g1]4/20/1993
5423 Dan Plesac (6/14/19874/20/2002
5368 Kenny Rogers (8/17/1993[g2]4/29/2008
4345 Sparky Lyle (5/17/19684/10/1980
4327 Tommy John (7/19/1971[g2]5/25/1983
4278 Julian Tavarez (8/11/19954/29/2007
4139 Harry Kelley (4/16/19258/16/1936[g2]
4047 John Curtis (8/1/19738/31/1984
3786 Waite Hoyt (4/30/19209/12/1930
3745 Bill Swift (5/28/19888/30/1998

Includes all games played between 1919 and 2010.
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