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September 19, 2007

The Nine Times It's Been Party Time In The Bronx

Sean Forman, over at the Stat of the Day blog, created a list of all 90 batters who made the final out in a World Series. (His list doesn't show the walk-off hits or the series that ended on baserunning plays.)

I took his list and sliced it down to just batters who made final outs in a World Series that was won by the Yankees. That list is below. (Click on the thumbnail to enlarge the list.)

As you can see from my list, there's just been 9 times where the Yankees have been able to celebrate a World Series victory on their home field: 1927, 1938, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1977, 1996, and 1999.

Think about that: 17 out of 26 times, where the Yankees won the World Series, the winning celebration happened on the home field of their opponent.

It's probably why that bunt pop-up to Mike Torrez in 1977, the foul pop to Charlies Hayes in 1996, and that flyball to Chad Curtis in 1999 stand out in my mind so much...as those are the only three "final outs" for Yankees rings in my lifetime that happened at Yankee Stadium.

Posted by Steve Lombardi at September 19, 2007 09:06 AM

Comments

I have in my mind an indelible image of Scott Brosius fielding the last out of the 1998 World Series, even though it was in San Diego. I remember his look of concentration as he fielded the ball and threw it across the diamond - and then throwing his hands in the air when the out was recorded. I'm choking up just thinking about it. 1998 was awesome.

Posted by: carla [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 19, 2007 11:23 AM

~~~1998 was awesome.~~~

And then some! You don't see a team play 175 games in a season and win 125 of them too often.

Posted by: Steve Lombardi [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 19, 2007 12:04 PM