New York Yankees Best Year

Their team era was almost a half run better than the rest of the league.
New york yankees best year. Take a stroll through yankee stadium s monument park and you are instantly struck by the presence of greatness. Babe ruth had one of his best years in 1923 he scored 177 runs hit 59 homers and hit 378 on the season and was named the mvp. The last yankee to win an mvp award was alex rodriguez in 2007 marking the 22nd time a bronx bomber was named the league s best player and the sixth multiple mvp winner in franchise history.
The yankees won the world series that year over the old new york giants 4 games to 2. Most wins ever by a yankees team the yankees with their best team of the second half of the century won the second most games ever in a season and their 125 combined wins was a record with just 50 losses. Andy pettitte highlights the yankees best one year deals over the last 10 seasons.
He hit a respectable 261 over his career in new york but had two seasons where hit over 300 including 1989 when he hit 340 in 115 at bats. The yankees led the american league east and held the best record in the american league at the time of the strike l the 1994 95 mlb strike lasted until april 2 1995 causing the shortening of the 1995 season to 144 games. Many of the finest players in baseball history enjoyed their best seasons while wearing the fabled pinstripes a list dominated by babe ruth the greatest slugger the game has ever known.