2017 Opening Day Packet
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2017 OPENING DAY PACKET OPENING DAY RECORD BREAKDOWN Overall Record (1903-2016) . 63-50-1 ( .558) At the original Yankee Stadium (1923-2008) . .. 29-10 ( .744) At the current Yankee Stadium (2009-15) . 1-3 ( .250) At Shea Stadium . 1-0 (1 .000) At Hilltop Park . 3-1-1 ( .750) At the Polo Grounds . 2-3 ( .400) Home . 35-17-1 ( .673) Road . 28-33 ( .459) As Defending World Champion . .. 17-10 ( .630) Vs . Defending World Champion . 7-2 ( .778) As Defending AL Champion . 23-17 ( .575) Vs . Defending AL Champion . 9-4 ( .692) As Reigning AL East Champion* . 9-10 ( .474) Shutout Games . 12-8 ( .600) Vs . Reigning Cy Young Winner . 2-1 ( .667) With Reigning Cy Young Winner . 2-2 ( .500) Vs . Cy Young . 2-0 (1 .000) When Yankees Score First. 48-17 ( .738) When Opponent Scores First . 15-33-1 ( .313) The Opening Day Parade delivers players to Yankee Stadium for the first home game of 1950. Extra-Inning Games . 2-8-1 ( .182) OPENING DAY QUICK HITS *Includes strike-shortened 1994 season • The Yankees and Rays are playing Major League Baseball’s first game of the 2017 season…are opening the season on the road for the first time OPENING DAY WINNING STREAKS since 2014 (at Houston), but the 14th time in the last 22 years since 7 games . 1923-29 1996…will open the season on a Sunday for the first time since 2010 . 6 games . (2x) 1941-46, 1955-60 5 games . (4x) 1904-08, 1948-52, 1986-90, 1992-96 BACK EAST 4 games . 2005-08 • The Yankees are facing an AL East team on Opening Day for the 12th 3 games . .. (2x) 1931-33, 1967-69 time in the last 16 seasons (since 2002), having played three Opening 2 games . .. (2x) 1962-63, 2000-01 Day games vs . Boston, Tampa Bay and Toronto and two vs . Baltimore OPENING DAY LOSING STREAKS over the stretch . 5 games . .. 1934-38, 2012-16 VS. TAMPA BAY 4 games . .. (3x) 1970-73, 1982-85 The Yankees are playing Tampa Bay on Opening Day for the fourth 3 games . (4x) 1915-17, 1964-66, 1978-80, 1997-99 time in franchise history: 2 games . (6x) 1912-13, 1919-20, 1953-54, 1975-76, 2009-10 3/30/2004 (Tokyo Dome) – Lost, 3-8 ALL-TIME OPENING DAY RECORD WP: Zambrano LP: Mussina Notes: The Yankees and (Devil) Rays played a two-game series in BY DECADE Tokyo to open the season . The Yankees scored 2R on 3H in the first, 1903 – 1909 . 5-2 then were held to just 1R and 4H combined over the rest of the game . 1910 – 1919 . 3-6-1 RHP Mike Mussina allowed 5ER on 10H in 5 .0IP in the start . 1920 – 1929 . 8-2 4/2/2007 (Original Yankee Stadium) – Won, 9-5 1930 – 1939 . 4-6 WP: Vizcaino LP: Stokes 1940 – 1949 . 8-2 4/6/2012 (Tropicana Field) – Lost, 6-7 1950 – 1959 . 8-2 WP: Rodney LP: Rivera 1960 – 1969 . 6-4 1970 – 1979 . 2-8 ALL-TIME OPENING DAY RECORDS vs. OPPONENTS 1980 – 1989 . 5-5 BALTIMORE ORIOLES . 1-3 1990 – 1999 . 6-4 BOSTON RED SOX . 18-12-1 2000 – 2009 . 7-3 CHICAGO WHITE SOX . 0-1 2010 – 2019 . 1-6 CLEVELAND INDIANS . 4-1 DETROIT TIGERS . 2-2 NEW FACES HOUSTON ASTROS . 0-2 KANSAS CITY ROYALS . 2-1 Of the 25 players on the 2016 Yankees’ Opening Day roster, LA ANGELS OF ANAHEIM . 2-1 (excluding D .L ./Restricted List players), 13 are also on the club’s MILWAUKEE BREWERS . 1-2 2017 Opening Day roster (Betances, Castro, Ellsbury, Gardner, MINNESOTA TWINS* . 14-11 Headley, Hicks, Pineda, Romine, Sabathia, Severino, Shreve, Tanaka, OAKLAND ATHLETICS** . 11-7 Torreyes)…Bird and Mitchell began 2016 on the D .L . and Chapman SEATTLE MARINERS . 0-2 was on the restricted list . TAMPA BAY RAYS . 1-2 Of the 25 players on the Yankees’ active 2017 Opening Day roster, TEXAS RANGERS*** . 5-2 two joined the club for the first time following the end of the 2016 TORONTO BLUE JAYS . 2-1 season (Carter and Holliday)…Kozma was in the minor league * Includes a 12-9 record vs. the original Washington Senators franchise system, while Clippard, Holder, Judge, Layne, Sánchez and Warren **Includes a 9-6 record vs. the Philadelphia A’s/a 1-0 record vs. the Kansas City A’s played for the Yankees in 2016, but were not on the active O .D . roster . ***Includes a 2-0 record vs. the expansion Washington Senators franchise MISCELLANEOUS OPENING DAY RECORDS EARLIEST OPENING DAY: . 3/30/2004 vs . Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan EARLIEST OPENING DAY AT YANKEE STADIUM: . 3/31/2011 vs . Detroit Tigers LATEST OPENING DAY: . 4/26/1995 vs . Texas (strike season), 4/23/1919 vs . Boston (Majors played limited 140-game schedule) MOST CONSECUTIVE WINS TO OPEN SEASON: . 7 (1933) 6 (1927, 1992) MOST CONSECUTIVE LOSSES TO OPEN SEASON: . 6 (1912) 4 (1911, 1923, 1928, 1942, 2003) OPENING DAY RECORDS MOST RUNS SCORED, HOME: . 19, 4/13/1955 in 19-1 win vs . Washington MOST RUNS SCORED, ROAD: . 15 (2 times), 4/18/1950 in 15-10 win at Boston; 4/3/2006 in 15-2 win at Oakland MOST RUNS SCORED, LOSS: . 7, 4/4/2010 in 9-7 loss at Boston MOST RUNS ALLOWED: . 15, 4/6/1973 in 15-5 loss at Boston MOST RUNS ALLOWED, WIN: . 11, 4/13/1926 in 12-11 win at Boston LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY: . 18, 4/13/1955 in 19-1 win vs . Washington LARGEST MARGIN OF DEFEAT: . 10 (2 times), 4/6/1973 in 15-5 loss at Boston; 4/23/1919 in 10-0 loss vs . Boston LARGEST SHUTOUT WIN: . 8-0 (2 times), 4/10/1967 at Washington; 4/5/1988 vs . Minnesota LARGEST SHUTOUT LOSS: . 10-0, 4/23/1919 vs . Boston MOST HITS: . 17 (2 times), 4/13/1921 in 11-1 win vs . Philadelphia; 4/3/06 in 15-2 win at Oakland MOST HITS ALLOWED: . 20, 4/6/1973 in 15-5 loss at Boston FEWEST HITS: . 2 (2 times), 4/14/1915 in 7-0 loss at Washington; 4/16/1935 in 1-0 loss vs . Boston FEWEST HITS ALLOWED: . 2 (4 times), Last on 4/10/1967 in 8-0 win at Washington; also, 4/15/1924 in 2-1 win at Boston; 4/13/1955 in 19-1 win vs . Washington; 4/12/1959 in 3-2 win vs . Boston; MOST HOME RUNS: . 5, 4/12/1932 in 12-6 win at Philadelphia (Ruth-2, Byrd-2, Gehrig) MOST HOME RUNS, LOSS: . 2 (5 times), Last on 4/4/2010 at Boston (Posada, Granderson – back-to-back); also, 4/5/1983 in 5-4 loss at Seattle (Winfield, Kemp); 4/8/1991 in 6-4 loss at Detroit (Maas, Blowers); 4/5/1999 in 5-3 loss at Oakland (Jeter, C . Davis); 4/6/2009 in 10-5 loss at Baltimore (Matsui, Posada); MOST HOME RUNS ALLOWED: . 3 (3 times), Last on 4/8/1985 in 9-2 loss at Boston (Armas, Evans, Rice); also, 4/6/1973 in 15-5 loss at Boston (Fisk-2, Yastrzemski); 4/17/1956 in 10-4 win at Washington (Olson-2, Tettelbach) WALK-OFF WINS: . 5 times, Last on 4/16/1957 vs . Washington (won, 2-1 on Andy Carey RBI single off Chuck Stobbs) WALK-OFF LOSSES: . 8 times, Last on 4/6/2012 at Tampa Bay (lost, 6-7 on Carlos Pena RBI single off Mariano Rivera) A WHITE BLANKET In April 1982, a freak snowstorm blanketed the Northeast, forcing the cancellation of the season opener vs . Texas at the original Yankee Stadium and postponement of the Yankees’ first four scheduled games…the 1982 campaign finally began with a doubleheader vs . Chicago-AL on 4/11 . CURRENT YANKEES’ OPENING DAY BATTING RECORDS PLAYER G/GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB Bird - - - - - - - - - - - - Castro 6/6 .348 23 3 8 1 0 0 2 1 4 0 w/ the Yankees 1/1 .333 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 Carter 4/4 .077 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 Ellsbury 9/9 .154 39 4 6 1 1 0 2 2 9 1 w/ the Yankees 2/2 .000 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 Gardner 8/7 .280 25 3 7 0 0 1 2 2 5 1 Headley 7/7 .143 28 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 8 0 w/ the Yankees 2/2 .000 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Hicks 3/3 .222 9 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 5 0 w/ the Yankees 1/1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Holliday 12/12 .275 51 5 14 1 1 1 5 4 10 2 Judge - - - - - - - - - - - - Kozma 2/1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Romine - - - - - - - - - - - - Sánchez - - - - - - - - - - - - Torreyes - - - - - - - - - - - - Ceremonies before the 1953 Opening Day game vs. Philadelphia MOST OPENING DAY HRs IN FRANCHISE HISTORY 1 . Babe Ruth . 5 2 . Yogi Berra . 4 Mickey Mantle . 4 Jorge Posada . 4 5 . Lou Gehrig . 3 Elston Howard . 3 Derek Jeter . 3 Roger Maris . 3 Hideki Matsui . 3 Joe Pepitone . 3 Danny Tartabull . 3 Bernie Williams . 3 Dave Winfield . 3 SPECIAL THANKS TO LYLE SPATZ, AUTHOR OF NEW YORK YANKEES OPENERS (McFARLAND & CO ., 1997); TO WALTER LeCONTE, AUTHOR OF THE ULTIMATE YANKEES RECORD BOOK (LEISURE PRESS, 1984); TO FRANK DOLSON; AND TO THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME .