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Who won the most games against the New York Yankees?
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| Overall records | ||||||||||||||
| ANA | ARI | ATL | BAL | BOS | CHA | CHN | CIN | CLE | COL | DET | FLO | HOU | KCA | LAN |
| 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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