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OPENING DAY RECORD BREAKDOWN Overall Record (1903-2016)...... 63-50-1 ( .558) At the original Yankee (1923-2008). . . .. 29-10 ( .744) At the current (2009-15) ...... 1-3 ( .250) At ...... 1-0 (1 .000) At ...... 3-1-1 ( .750) At the ...... 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) Games...... 12-8 ( .600) Vs . Reigning 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- Games...... 2-8-1 ( .182) OPENING DAY QUICK HITS *Includes strike-shortened 1994 season • The Yankees and Rays are playing Major League ’s first game of OPENING DAY WINNING STREAKS the 2017 season…are opening the season on the road for the first time since 2014 (at ), 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 . 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 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 ...... 1-3 1990 – 1999...... 6-4 ...... 18-12-1 2000 – 2009...... 7-3 ...... 0-1 2010 – 2019...... 1-6 ...... 4-1 ...... 2-2 NEW FACES ...... 0-2 ...... 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 ...... 1-2 2017 Opening Day roster (Betances, Castro, Ellsbury, Gardner, *...... 14-11 Headley, Hicks, Pineda, Romine, Sabathia, Severino, Shreve, Tanaka, **...... 11-7 Torreyes)…Bird and Mitchell began 2016 on the D .L . and Chapman MARINERS...... 0-2 was on the restricted list . ...... 1-2 Of the 25 players on the Yankees’ active 2017 Opening Day roster, RANGERS***...... 5-2 two joined the club for the first time following the end of the 2016 ...... 2-1 season (Carter and Holliday)…Kozma was in the minor league * Includes a 12-9 record vs. the original 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 RBI 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 )

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 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 . ...... 5 2 . ...... 4 ...... 4 ...... 4 5 . ...... 3 ...... 3 ...... 3 ...... 3 ...... 3 ...... 3 Danny Tartabull...... 3 ...... 3 ...... 3

SPECIAL THANKS TO LYLE SPATZ, AUTHOR OF 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 .

Manager Casey Stengal helps raise the 1956 pennant on Opening Day in 1957.

BASEBALL’S FIRST DH On April 6, 1973, the Yankees’ Ron Blomberg became Baseball’s first when he walked in the first inning of a 15-5 Red Sox win at . Blomberg’s bat was immediately shipped to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY, where it remains on display .

OPENING DAY GRAND SLAMS By Yankees (4) *pinch By Opponent (3) Russ Derry...... 4/17/45, 8-4 win vs . Boston (7th inn . off ) . . . . 4/6/73 in 15-5 loss at Boston (4th inn . off Lindy McDaniel) *. . . . 4/9/81, 10-3 win vs . Texas (7th inn . off Steve Comer) . . . . 4/1/02 in 10-3 loss at Baltimore (4th inn . off ) . . . . . 3/31/03, 8-4 win at Toronto (6th inn . off ) Carlos Pena ...... 4/6/12 in 7-6 loss at Tampa Bay (1st inn . off CC Sabathia) . . . . 4/3/06, 15-2 win at Oakland (2nd inn . off )

MOST OPENING DAY STARTS BY POSITION (CURRENT PLAYERS - CAPS) P C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF DH Guidry (7) Dickey (15) Gehrig (14) Randolph (13) Jeter (17) Nettles (11) White (9) Mantle (13) Bauer (8) Baylor (3) Ford (7) Posada (11) Pipp (11) Cano (8) Rizzuto (11) Rodriguez (8) Ruth (7) B . Williams (11) Keeler (7) Sierra (3) Stottlemyre (7) Berra (10) Mattingly (10) Lazzeri (8) Peckinpaugh (8) Rolfe (7) Keller (6) Combs (9) O’Neill (7) N . Johnson (3) Gomez (6) Munson (8) Skowron (7) Richardson (8) Crosetti (8) Dugan (6) GARDNER (5) DiMaggio (7) Henrich (6) C . Davis (2) SABATHIA (6) Howard (7) Chase (6) Gordon (6) Dent (6) Boyer (6) Matsui (5) Murcer (5) Maris (6) Maas (2) Ruffing (5) Giambi (6) Clarke (6) Tresh (5) R . Kelly (5) Ruth (5) Rodriguez (2) Teixeira (7) Meusel (4) Meusel (5) Tartabull (2) Winfield (5) G . Ward (2) B . Williams (2) YANKEES OPENING DAY STARTS YANKEES OPENING DAY WINS 7...... (1954-55, 1957, 1961-62, 1964, 1966) 4...... (1967, 1968, 1969, 1974) (1978-80, 1982-84, 1986) 3 ...... (1904, 1905, 1906) Mel Stottlemyre (1967-70, 1972-74) (1931, 1939, 1942) 6...... (1932-37), CC SABATHIA (2009-14) (1923, 1924, 1926) 5...... Red Ruffing (1931, 1938-40, 1942) (1993, 1994, 1995) 4...... Jack Chesbro (1903-06) 2 ...... Roger Clemens (2001, 2002) Roger Clemens (1999, 2001-03) (1956, 1958) Bob Shawkey (1920, 1923-24, 1926) Whitey Ford (1955, 1957) 3...... (1912, 1916-17) (1951, 1952) Jimmy Key (1993-95) Lefty Gomez (1932, 1933) Vic Raschi (1951-53) (1962*, 1963) 2...... (1946-47) (1981, 1989) (1996-97) (2005, 2006) (1976-77) 1...... Borowy (1944) Tommy John (1981, 1989) (2011)* Randy Johnson (2005-06) Spud Chandler (1946) Don Larsen (1956, 1958) (1960) (1918-19) David Cone (1996) (1929-30) (1945) (1948, 1950) Jack Doyle (1908) (2015-16) Ron Guidry (1986) (1910-11) Orlando Hernandez (2000) 1...... (1971) (1927) Ernie Bonham (1943) Catfish Hunter (1977) (1944) (1950) (1965) (1949) Joe Bush (1914) (1921) Jim Coates (1960) Marty McHale (1914) Atley Donald (1945) George Mogridge (1918) Jack Doyle (1908) (1943)* Orlando Hernandez (2000) (1907) Waite Hoyt (1927) (1928) (1922) George Pipgras (1929) Dave LaPoint (1990) Eric Plunk (1990)* (1991) Allie Reynolds (1948) Eddie Lopat (1949) (1987)* Carl Mays (1921) (1988) George McConnell (1913) (1941) (1975) Scott Sanderson (1992) Mike Mussina (2004) (1925) (1909) (1959) (1985) Hippo Vaughn (1911) Al Orth (1907) Luis Vizcaino (2007)* (2007) Chien-Ming Wang (2008) Herb Pennock (1928) * in relief (1998) Dennis Rasmussen (1987) Rick Rhoden (1988) Marius Russo (1941) Scott Sanderson (1992) Urban Shocker (1925) Ralph Terry (1963) Bob Turley (1959) Chien-Ming Wang (2008) (1915)

Snuffy Stirnweiss [L] and members of the Senators during Opening Day ceremonies in 1949

TWO-SIDED Roger Clemens, Al Orth, George Mogridge and Red Ruffing are the only four to start Opening Day games both for and against the Yankees . COMPLETE-GAME BY YANKEES (12) YEAR OPPONENT SCORE HITS 1908 “Slow” Joe Doyle vs . Boston 1-0 (12) 4 1939 Red Ruffing vs . Boston 2-0 7 1941 Marius Russo at Washington 3-0 3 1942 Red Ruffing at Washington 7-0 3 1944 Hank Borowy at Boston 3-0 5 1946 Spud Chandler at Philadelphia 5-0 5 1951 Vic Raschi vs . Boston 5-0 6 1958 Don Larsen at Boston 3-0 4 1967 Mel Stottlemyre at Washington 8-0 2 1968 Mel Stottlemyre vs . 1-0 4 1977 Catfish Hunter vs . Milwaukee 3-0 5 1988 Rick Rhoden vs . Minnesota 8-0 3

OPENING DAY SAVES BY YANKEES (Since 1969) Mariano Rivera ...... 3 Steve Farr...... 1 Xavier Hernandez. . . . . 1 ...... 1 Dale Mohorcic...... 1 Dave Righetti...... 1 ...... 1 1966 Opening Day Rivera appeared in six Opening Day games (2000-, 2001, 2007, 2008-save, 2011-save and 2012)

BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE Before joining the Yankees, Babe Ruth was the opposing pitcher for the Boston Red Sox in the 1917 season opener vs . the Yankees at the Polo Grounds…a 23-game winner in 1916, Ruth outdueled Ray Caldwell and limited the Yankees to three hits en route to a 10-3 win .

2017 OPENING DAY ACTIVE ROSTER

PITCHERS (12): RHP Dellin Betances, LHP Aroldis Chapman, RHP , RHP Jonathan Holder, LHP Tommy Layne, RHP Bryan Mitchell, RHP Michael Pineda, LHP CC Sabathia, RHP , LHP Chasen Shreve, RHP Masahiro Tanaka, RHP Adam Warren (2): Austin Romine, Gary Sánchez (6): Greg Bird, Chris Carter, Starlin Castro, Chase Headley, Pete Kozma, Ronald Torreyes (4): , , Aaron Hicks, Aaron Judge DESIGNATED HITTER (1): DISABLED LIST (2): INF/OF Tyler Austin and INF The final Opening Day at the original Yankee Stadium - April 1, 2008 Didi Gregorius

TWO-FOR-ONE LHP Dave Righetti is the only Yankees pitcher to record both an Opening Day win (1987) and save (1986)…RHP Ralph Terry is the only Yankees pitcher to record a win both as a starter (1963) and in relief (1962) . Opening Day Results YEAR OPPONENT W/L SCORE WP LP YEAR OPPONENT W/L SCORE WP LP 2016 vs. Houston L 3-5 Keuchel Betances 1936 at Washington L 0-1 Newsom Gomez 2015 vs. Toronto L 1-6 Hutchison Tanaka 1935 vs. Boston L 0-1 Ferrell Gomez 2014 at Houston L 2-6 Feldman Sabathia 1934 at Philadelphia L 5-6 Cascarella Smythe 2013 vs. Boston L 2-8 Lester Sabathia 1933 vs. Boston W 4-3 Gomez Andrews 2012 at Tampa Bay L 6-7 Rodney Rivera 1932 at Philadelphia W 12-6 Gomez Earnshaw 2011 vs. Detroit W 6-3 Chamberlain Coke 1931 vs. Boston W 6-3 Ruffing Moore 2010 at Boston L 7-9 Okajima Park 1930 at Philadelphia L 2-6 Grove Pipgras 2009 at Baltimore L 5-10 Guthrie Sabathia 1929 vs. Boston W 7-3 Pipgras Ruffing 2008 vs. Toronto W 3-2 Wang Halladay 1928 at Philadelphia W 8-3 Pennock Grove 2007 vs. Tampa Bay W 9-5 Vizcaino Stokes 1927 vs. Philadelphia W 8-3 Hoyt Grove 2006 at Oakland W 15-2 Johnson Zito 1926 at Boston W 12-11 Shawkey Ehmke 2005 vs. Boston W 9-2 Johnson Wells 1925 vs. Washington W 5-1 Shocker Mogridge 2004 at Tampa Bay* L 3-8 Zambrano Mussina 1924 at Boston W 2-1 Shawkey Ehmke 2003 at Toronto W 8-4 Clemens Halladay 1923 vs. Boston W 4-1 Shawkey Ehmke 2002 at Baltimore L 3-10 Erickson Clemens 1922 at Washington L 5-6 Mogridge Jones 2001 vs. Kansas City W 7-3 Clemens Suppan 1921 vs. Philadelphia W 11-1 Mays Perry 2000 at Anaheim W 3-2 Hernandez Hill 1920 at Philadelphia L 1-3 Perry Shawkey 1999 at Oakland L 3-5 (8) Matthews Stanton 1919 vs. Boston L 0-10 Mays Mogridge 1998 at Anaheim L 1-4 Finley Pettitte 1918 at Washington W 6-3 Mogridge Johnson 1997 at Seattle L 2-4 Fassero Cone 1917 vs. Boston L 3-10 Ruth Caldwell 1996 at Cleveland W 7-3 Cone Martinez 1916 vs. Washington L 2-3 (11) Johnson Caldwell 1995 vs. Texas W 8-6 Key Rogers 1915 at Washington L 0-7 Johnson Warhop 1994 vs. Texas W 5-3 Key Brown 1914 vs. Philadelphia W 8-2 McHale Bush 1993 at Cleveland W 9-1 Key Nagy 1913 at Washington L 1-2 Johnson McConnell 1992 vs. Boston W 4-3 Sanderson Clemens 1912 vs. Boston L 3-5 Wood Caldwell 1991 at Detroit L 4-6 Gibson Cadaret 1911 at Philadelphia W 2-1 Vaughn Bender 1990 vs. Cleveland W 6-4 Plunk Orosco 1910 vs. Boston T 4-4 (14) Game called due to darkness 1989 at Minnesota W 4-2 John Viola 1909 at Washington L 1-4 Smith Newton 1988 vs. Minnesota W 8-0 Rhoden Viola 1908 vs. Philadelphia W 1-0 (12) Carter Doyle 1987 at Detroit W 2-1 (10) Righetti Morris 1907 at Washington W 3-2 Orth Hughes 1986 vs. Kansas City W 4-2 Guidry Black 1906 vs. Boston W 2-1 Chesbro Young 1985 at Boston L 2-9 Boyd Niekro 1905 at Washington W 4-2 Chesbro Patten 1984 at Kansas City L 2-4 Black Guidry 1904 vs. Boston W 8-2 Chesbro Young 1983 at Seattle L 4-5 Clark Erickson 1903 at Washington L 1-3 Orth Chesbro 1982 vs. Chicago (AL) L 6-7 (12) Hickey Gossage *Opening Day in 2004 played at Tokyo Dome, Yankees were visiting team 1981 vs. Texas W 10-3 John Matlack 1980 at Texas L 0-1 (12) Lyle Underwood 1979 vs. Milwaukee L 1-5 Caldwell Guidry 1978 at Texas L 1-2 Matlack Gossage 1977 vs. Milwaukee W 3-0 Hunter Travers Yankees Managers on Opening Day 1976 at Milwaukee L 0-5 Slaton Hunter 1975 at Cleveland L 3-5 Perry Medich Years G W L Pct. 1974 vs. Cleveland W 6-1 Stottlemyre Perry Joe McCarthy* 1931-46 16 10 6 .625 1973 at Boston L 5-15 Tiant Stottlemyre 1972 at Baltimore L 1-3 Dobson Stottlemyre * 1918-29 12 9 3 .750 1971 at Boston L 1-3 Culp Bahnsen * 1949-60 12 10 2 .833 1970 vs. Boston L 3-4 Peters Stottlemyre * 1996-2007 12 7 5 .583 1969 at Washington W 8-4 Stottlemyre Pascual 1961-63, ‘67-73 10 5 5 .500 1968 vs. California W 1-0 Stottlemyre Brunet * 2008-16 9 2 7 .222 1967 at Washington W 8-0 Stottlemyre Richert 1903-08 6 5 1 .833 1966 vs. Detroit L 1-2 Lolich Ford 1965 at Minnesota L 4-5 (11) Fosnow Ramos 1976-78, ‘83, ‘88 5 2 3 .400 1964 vs. Boston L 3-4 (11) Radatz Ford * 1992-95 4 4 0 1.000 1963 at Kansas City W 8-2 Terry Segui Yogi Berra 1964, ‘84-85 3 0 3 .000 1962 vs. Baltimore W 7-6 Terry Brown 1915-17 3 0 3 .000 1961 vs. Minnesota L 0-6 Ramos Ford 1913-14 2 1 1 .500 1960 at Boston W 8-4 Coates Brewer 1947-48 2 1 1 .500 1959 vs. Boston W 3-2 Turley Brewer 1965-66 2 0 2 .000 1958 at Boston W 3-0 Larsen Nixon 1957 vs. Washington W 2-1 Ford Stobbs 1979, ‘82 2 0 2 .000 1956 at Washington W 10-4 Larsen Pascual * 1986-87 2 2 0 1.000 1955 vs. Washington W 19-1 Ford McDermott + 1909-10 2 0 1 .000 (1 tie) 1954 at Washington L 3-5 (10) Dixon Reynolds * 1974-75 2 1 1 .500 1953 vs. Philadelphia L 0-5 Kellner Raschi 1911 1 1 0 1.000 1952 at Philadelphia W 8-1 Raschi Kellner 1990 1 1 0 1.000 1951 vs. Boston W 5-0 Raschi Wight 1950 at Boston W 15-10 Johnson Masterson * 1989 1 1 0 1.000 1949 vs. Washington W 3-2 Lopat Hudson 1980 1 0 1 .000 1948 at Washington W 12-4 Reynolds Wynn 1991 1 0 1 .000 1947 vs. Philadelphia L 1-6 Marchildon Chandler * 1981 1 1 0 1.000 1946 at Philadelphia W 5-0 Chandler Christopher Bob Shawkey 1930 1 0 1 .000 1945 vs. Boston W 8-4 Donald Cecil 1912 1 0 1 .000 1944 at Boston W 3-0 Borowy Terry 1943 vs. Washington W 5-4 Murphy Haeffner Total 114 63 50 .558 (1 tie) 1942 at Washington W 7-0 Ruffing Hudson * Won Yankees managerial debut on Opening Day. 1941 at Washington W 3-0 Russo Leonard + 1910 opener called due to darkness tied 4-4. 1940 at Philadelphia L 1-2 (10) Dean Ruffing 1939 vs. Boston W 2-0 Ruffing Grove 1938 at Boston L 4-8 Bagby Ruffing 1937 vs. Washington L 2-3 Weaver Gomez