best yankee pitchers from the 1950s and before

Since 1950, Tom Gordon has the lowest ERA for the Yankees, with an ERA of 2.38.

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best yankee with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game pitchers from the 1950s and before

	NAME	ERA	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Tom Gordon T. Gordon	2.38	159	14	8	.636	0	165	0	0	6	170.1	115	45	48	13	52	1	32	9	666	4	8.72	2.75	3.17	0.69	24.8	7.8	0.98	.234	2.54	54	3.01	69	6.08	26.4
2	Sparky Lyle S. Lyle	2.41	420	57	40	.588	0	454	0	0	141	745.2	666	200	239	32	234	9	348	42	3,057	34	5.48	2.82	1.94	0.39	14.9	7.7	1.21	.272	2.88	68	2.90	80	8.04	60.6
3	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	2.50	38	14	9	.609	38	255	0	0	0	212.2	160	59	66	21	62	11	0	0	859	3	10.79	2.62	4.11	0.89	29.7	7.2	1.04	.273	2.79	61	3.02	71	6.77	28.5
4	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	2.67	12	4	4	.500	11	22	3	0	0	70.2	75	21	24	4	10	1	1	0	282	0	2.80	1.27	2.20	0.51	7.8	3.5	1.20	.290	3.06	75	3.18	87	9.55	3.7
5	Bobby Shantz B. Shantz	2.73	138	30	18	.625	38	272	14	3	19	461.1	405	140	167	32	132	10	48	17	1,875	12	5.31	2.58	2.06	0.62	14.5	7.0	1.16	.261	3.26	75	3.14	85	7.90	29
6	Whitey Ford W. Ford	2.75	498	236	106	.690	438	1,956	156	45	11	3170.1	2,766	967	1,107	228	1,086	28	35	44	13,036	75	5.55	3.08	1.80	0.65	15.0	8.3	1.22	.261	3.14	75	3.26	88	7.85	156.9
7	Brandon McCarthy B. McCarthy	2.89	14	7	5	.583	14	82	1	1	0	90.1	91	29	35	10	13	1	0	0	370	1	8.17	1.30	6.31	1.00	22.2	3.5	1.15	.307	3.49	75	3.22	82	9.07	7.1
8	Lindy McDaniel L. McDaniel	2.89	265	38	29	.567	3	363	1	0	58	544.2	486	175	194	43	156	2	186	34	2,234	22	6.00	2.58	2.33	0.71	16.2	7.0	1.18	.265	3.21	85	3.08	89	8.03	25.2
9	Max Fried M. Fried	2.93	45	23	8	.742	45	257	0	0	0	270.1	215	88	99	15	74	12	0	0	1,091	10	8.56	2.46	3.47	0.50	23.6	6.8	1.07	.273	3.30	72	2.89	68	7.16	40.2
10	Steve Kline S. Kline	2.96	97	40	37	.519	94	213	33	6	0	659.0	617	217	259	48	141	12	1	19	2,690	6	2.91	1.93	1.51	0.66	7.9	5.2	1.15	.250	3.54	91	3.47	104	8.43	-10.8
11	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	2.97	360	164	139	.541	356	1,257	152	40	1	2661.1	2,435	878	1,003	171	809	44	3	75	10,972	57	4.25	2.74	1.55	0.58	11.5	7.4	1.22	.260	3.39	90	3.36	98	8.23	14.4
12	Harry Byrd H. Byrd	2.99	25	9	7	.563	21	52	5	1	0	132.1	131	44	56	10	43	7	0		567	5	3.54	2.92	1.21	0.68	9.2	7.6	1.31	.266	3.81	85	3.73	105	8.91	-3.1
13	Ed Lopat E. Lopat	3.07	153	81	38	.681	141	349	64	13	1	1055.1	1,039	360	420	81	270	22	6	3	4,370	2	2.98	2.30	1.29	0.69	8.0	6.2	1.24	.263	3.58	80	3.65	96	8.86	15.9
14	Allie Reynolds A. Reynolds	3.07	187	79	39	.669	117	632	64	20	34	1008.1	853	344	391	56	462	28	58		4,238	23	5.64	4.12	1.37	0.50	14.9	10.9	1.30	.260	3.49	80	3.41	90	7.61	42.3
15	Dock Ellis D. Ellis	3.07	35	18	9	.667	35	70	9	1	0	231.1	213	79	92	15	84	4	0	1	971	5	2.72	3.27	0.83	0.58	7.2	8.7	1.28	.248	3.58	89	4.02	114	8.29	-12.4
16	Fritz Peterson F. Peterson	3.10	288	109	106	.507	265	893	81	18	1	1857.1	1,796	640	747	139	332	32	9	64	7,558	30	4.33	1.61	2.69	0.67	11.8	4.4	1.15	.269	3.62	95	3.10	91	8.70	61.1
17	Stan Bahnsen S. Bahnsen	3.10	153	55	52	.514	139	534	36	8	2	985.2	901	340	382	88	312	9	10	27	4,086	29	4.88	2.85	1.71	0.80	13.1	7.6	1.23	.259	3.49	94	3.54	103	8.23	-17.7
18	Dave Righetti D. Righetti	3.11	522	74	61	.548	76	940	13	2	224	1136.2	999	393	448	65	473	16	379	37	4,811	33	7.44	3.75	1.99	0.51	19.5	9.8	1.30	.282	3.55	79	3.12	78	7.91	110.1
19	Rudy May R. May	3.12	184	54	46	.540	102	586	30	5	7	841.2	715	292	340	48	281	11	41	12	3,451	29	6.27	3.00	2.09	0.51	17.0	8.1	1.18	.264	3.64	85	3.03	81	7.65	69.2
20	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	3.15	138	64	33	.660	138	993	6	4	0	832.2	657	291	307	113	202	20	0	1	3,320	13	10.73	2.18	4.92	1.22	29.9	6.1	1.03	.273	3.32	77	3.34	79	7.10	82.7
21	Tom Sturdivant T. Sturdivant	3.19	115	36	25	.590	59	333	13	4	5	524.1	449	186	205	45	221	13	26	7	2,197	9	5.72	3.79	1.51	0.77	15.2	10.1	1.28	.255	3.52	85	3.61	97	7.71	5.9
22	Bill Monbouquette B. Monbouquette	3.19	50	11	12	.478	21	85	4	1	1	222.2	214	79	86	13	30	7	6	9	896	2	3.44	1.21	2.83	0.53	9.5	3.3	1.10	.264	3.48	108	2.97	95	8.65	3.9
23	Larry Gura L. Gura	3.21	34	12	9	.571	28	82	9	2	0	207.1	227	74	82	15	53	3	3	2	870	0	3.56	2.30	1.55	0.65	9.4	6.1	1.35	.296	3.56	88	3.53	96	9.85	3.3
24	Al Downing A. Downing	3.23	208	72	57	.558	175	1,028	46	12	2	1235.1	1,014	443	492	96	526	11	18	20	5,158	40	7.49	3.83	1.95	0.70	19.9	10.2	1.25	.263	3.58	96	3.18	91	7.39	40.8
25	Art Ditmar A. Ditmar	3.24	168	47	32	.595	85	301	20	2	11	723.1	662	260	311	74	195	18	35	6	2,973	6	3.75	2.43	1.54	0.92	10.1	6.6	1.18	.247	3.87	88	3.89	104	8.24	-15.9

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Rice

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	68	46	.596
Yankees	64	51	.557	4.5
Red Sox	63	51	.553	5.0
Orioles	56	59	.487	12.5
Blue Jays	54	62	.466	15.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 8/7	ATL	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Sat 8/8	ATL	@	NYY	3:05 PM
Sun 8/9	ATL	@	NYY	1:35 PM
Tue 8/11	SEA	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Wed 8/12	SEA	@	NYY	7:05 PM

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Final

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64 - 51

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HR Leaders

35

Alvarez

33

Caminero

33

Goodman

RBI Leaders

88

Abrams

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Stewart

85

Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

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Alvarez

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Arraez

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Lopez

Hit Leaders

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Lopez

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Arraez

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Alvarez

Run Leaders

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Wood

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Olson

80

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OBP Leaders

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Alvarez

.399

Ohtani

.396

Kurtz

SLG Leaders

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Alvarez

.560

García

.559

Caminero

SB Leaders

40

Nuñez

31

Witt

30

Simpson

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Win Leaders

15

Sánchez

14

Gray

13

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

195

Misiorowski

184

Cease

178

Williams

ERA Leaders

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2.26

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WHIP Leaders

0.73

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0.93

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K/9 Leaders

13.82

Misiorowski

13.11

Cease

11.53

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.72

Misiorowski

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Rasmussen

5.52

Schlittler

Walk Leaders

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Rasmussen

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FanDuel Points Leaders

1,989.6

Ohtani

1,661.5

Wood

1,609.1

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DraftKings Points Leaders

1,384.6

Ohtani

1,234

Wood

1,224

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67-50

65-49

63-52

62-52

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Worst Record ATS

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47-69

49-66

51-64

53-63

53-62

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Braves	70	45	.609
Phillies	62	54	.534	8.5
Marlins	58	58	.500	12.5
Nationals	56	61	.479	15.0
Mets	50	66	.431	20.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	72	43	.626
Cubs	67	49	.578	5.5
Cardinals	57	58	.496	15.0
Reds	56	58	.491	15.5
Pirates	57	60	.487	16.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	69	46	.600
Diamondbacks	61	55	.526	8.5
Padres	60	56	.517	9.5
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Rays	68	46	.596
Yankees	64	51	.557	4.5
Red Sox	63	51	.553	5.0
Orioles	56	59	.487	12.5
Blue Jays	54	62	.466	15.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	59	55	.518
Twins	57	59	.491	3.0
Guardians	57	59	.491	3.0
Tigers	56	59	.487	3.5
Royals	48	68	.414	12.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	59	57	.509
Rangers	57	58	.496	1.5
Mariners	56	60	.483	3.0
Athletics	45	70	.391	13.5
Angels	44	71	.383	14.5

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Wed 7/22	PIT	@	NYY	5-3
Wed 7/22	BAL	@	BOS	3-6
Wed 7/22	NYM	@	MIL	3-4
Wed 7/22	TBR	@	TOR	4-2
Thu 7/23	SDP	@	ATL	5-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 8/7	TOR	@	PHI	6:40 PM
Fri 8/7	NYM	@	PIT	6:40 PM
Fri 8/7	CIN	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Fri 8/7	ATL	@	NYY	7:05 PM
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Since 1950, Tom Gordon has the lowest ERA for the Yankees, with an ERA of 2.38.

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