Published On Apr 11, 2013
Perhaps The Best Yankees Team that ever played.It's nucleus consisted Of The Legendary Lou Gehrig And Babe Ruth,plus 4 other Hall Of Famer's .Murderers' Row
The gold standard of lineups, and perhaps teams, in baseball history. They batted .307 as a team with 158 homers, 102 more than any other AL team. Babe Ruth set the record with 60 homers, and Lou Gehrig drove in even more than Ruth. Six players from the team are in the Hall of Fame.
Manager: Miller Huggins
Regular season: 110-44, 19 games ahead of Philadelphia Athletics.
Playoffs: Swept Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 in World Series.
Hitting leaders: Babe Ruth (.356, 60 HR, 164 RBI), Lou Gehrig (.373, 47 HR, 175 RBI), Bob Meusel (.337, 8 HR, 103 RBI).
Pitching leaders: Waite Hoyt (22-7, 2.63 ERA), Herb Pennock (19-8, 3.00 ERA), Wilcy Moore (19-7, 2.28 ERA, 13 saves).s.