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Official Game Information Official Game Information Yankee Stadium • One East 161st Street • Bronx, NY 10451 Phone: (718) 579-4460 • E-mail: [email protected] • Twitter: @yankeespr & @losyankeespr World Series Champions: 1923, ’27-28, ’32, ’36-39, ’41, ’43, ’47, ’49-53, ’56, ’58, ’61-62, ’77-78, ’96, ’98-2000, ’09 YANKEES BY THE NUMBERS NOTE 2014 (2013) NEW YORK YANKEES (0-0) at HOUSTON ASTROS (0-0) Standing in AL East: .................. --, -- Current Streak: ......................... -- LHP CC Sabathia (14-13, 4.78 in 2013) vs. RHP Scott Feldman (12-12, 3.86) Home Record: ................0-0 (46-35) Road Record:. 0-0 (44-37) Opening Day • Tuesday, April 1 • Minute Maid Park • 7:10 P.M. ET Day Record: ...................0-0 (32-24) Night Record: .................0-0 (53-53) Game #1 • Road Game #1 • TV: YES/MLBN • Radio: WFAN 660AM/101.9FM Pre-All-Star ....................0-0 (51-44) Post-All-Star ...................0-0 (34-33) vs. AL East: ................... 0-0 (37-39) vs. AL Central: ................ 0-0 (22-11) vs. AL West: .................. 0-0 (17-16) vs. National League: ...........0-0 (9-11) vs. RH starters: ............... 0-0 (53-54) FOR OPENERS: The Yankees will open the 112th season in CURTAIN CALL: On 2/12, Yankees captain vs. LH starters: ................ 0-0 (32-23) Yankees Score First: ...........0-0 (53-21) franchise history tonight at Houston… is the first game of a SS Derek Jeter announced he would retire Opp. Score First:. 0-0 (32-56) three-game series and the first game of a six-game road trip following the 2014 season… will be his 20th Leading After 6: ................0-0 (59-6) that also includes three games at Toronto (4/4-6)… following season as a Yankee, breaking a tie with Mariano Trailing After 6: ................0-0 (13-62) Tied After 6: ....................0-0 (13-9) this road trip, return home for a 10-day, nine-game homestand Rivera (19 seasons), to become the longest Leading After 7: ................0-0 (65-4) vs. Baltimore (4/7-9), vs. Boston (4/10-13) and vs. Chicago-NL tenured player in franchise history (see chart at Trailing After 7: ............... 0-0 (10-64) (4/15-16)… will play 18 of their first 31 games at home. below)… leads all active MLBers and is the Yankees franchise Tied After 7: ....................0-0 (10-8) Leading After 8: ................0-0 (69-4) Are 63-47-1 all time on Opening Day (35-15-1 at home, 28-32 leader with 3,316 career hits… is a 13-time All-Star (1998-2002, Trailing After 8: ................. 0-0 (4-68) on the road)… have lost four of their last five openers since ‘04, ‘06-12), five-time Gold Glove winner (2004-06, ‘09-10) and Tied After 8: ....................0-0 (12-4) 2009 (including an 8-2 loss vs. Boston in 2013) but have won five-time Silver Slugger winner (2006-09, ‘12)… was the 1996 Extra-Inning Games: .............0-0 (6-6) One-run Games: ..............0-0 (30-16) six of their last 11 dating to 2003. AL Rookie of the Year… was MVP of the 2000 All-Star Game Two (or fewer)-run Games: ........0-0 (50-30) Are opening their season on the road for the fourth time in and 2000 World Series, becoming the only player to win both NYY Scores 5 or more: .........0-0 (51-7) awards in the same season… of the 2,602 career regular season NYY Scores 4 or more: ........0-0 (66-16) the last six seasons (also 2009-10 and ‘12), and the 13th time NYY Scores 3 or less: ......... 0-0 (19-61) in the last 19 years since 1996 (also 1996-2000, ‘02-04, ‘06, ‘09- games he has played in, there has been just one in which the NYY Scores 2 or less: ...........0-0 (6-50) 10 and ‘12)… of their last 12 season openers that have taken Yankees had already been mathematically eliminated from Opp. Scores 5 or more:. .0-0 (12-47) postseason contention (9/26/08). Opp. Scores 4 or less: ........ 0-0 (73-30) place on the road (since 1996), the Yankees have gone 4-8, losing each of their last three. Opp. Scores 3 or less: ........ 0-0 (55-22) At Least 20 Seasons Having Most Seasons as Yankees Player Opp. Scores 2 or less: ........ 0-0 (40-10) Have 10 players on their Opening Day active roster who Yankees No Errors: ........... 0-0 (61-47) Played for Only One MLB Team Player Seasons (credit: YES Research) Yankees Make Error(s):. 0-0 (24-30) were on the 2013 OD active roster (P-7: Kelley, Kuroda, *DEREK JETER ... 19 (1995-2013) Carl Yastrzemski, BOS ......23 (1961-83) NYY Starter Goes 6: .......... 0-0 (62-45) Nova, Phelps, Robertston, Sabathia, Warren; C-1: Cervelli; Mariano Rivera ...19 (1995-2013) Opp. Starter Goes 6: ......... 0-0 (46-57) Brooks Robinson, BAL . 23 (1955-77) INF-0: None; OF-2: Gardner, Suzuki)… Derek Jeter, Michael Come-From-Behind Wins: .......0-0 (41) Cap Anson, CHC ......22 (1876-97) Yogi Berra. 18 (1946-63) C-F-B Wins (trailing by 3+):. 0-0 (11) Pineda and Mark Teixeira were all on the D.L. on Opening Al Kaline, DET ..........22 (1953-74) Mickey Mantle ..... 18 (1951-68) C-F-B Wins (trailing by 4+):. 0 (1) Day 2013.… the 15 players new to the Yankees’ OD active Mel Ott, NYG ..........22 (1926-47) Frank Crosetti ...... 17 (1932-48) C-F-B Wins (trailing by 5+):. 0 (0) roster are: (P-5: Betances, Nuno Pineda, Tanaka, Thornton; Stan Musial, STL. .22 (1941-44, ‘46-63) Bill Dickey ..... 17 (1928-43, ’46) Yankees hit 0HR: ..............0-0 (26-49) C-1: McCann; INF-6: Anna, Jeter, Johnson, Roberts, Solarte, George Brett, KC ...... 21 (1973-93) Lou Gehrig ......... 17 (1923-39) Yankees hit at least 1HR:. 0-0 (59-28) Luke Appling, CWS .... 21 (1930-50) Jorge Posada ....17 (1995-2011) Yankees hit 2+ HRs: ............0-0 (31-8) Teixeira; OF-3: Beltran, Ellsbury, Soriano). Ted Lyons, CWS ... 21 (1923-42, ‘46) Whitey Ford .... 16 (1950, ’53-67) Walk-off Wins: ........................0 (7) Just four of the nine players in the Yankees’ 2013 Opening Day Willie Stargell, PIT ..... 21 (1962-82) Walk-off Losses: ......................0 (6) Walter Johnson, WSH ..21 (1907-27) Bernie Williams ..16 (1991-2006) Series Record: ............ 0-0-0 (23-24-6) starting batting order are still in the organization (Cervelli, Cal Ripken, Jr, BAL ... 21 (1981-2001) MLB All-Time Hits List Series Record, home: .....0-0-0 (13-10-3) Gardner and Suzuki in Majors and Nunez at Triple-A SWB). Red Faber, CWS ....... 20 (1914-33) Series Record, road: ...... 0-0-0 (10-14-3) Mel Harder, CLE .......20 (1928-47) 1. Pete Rose .............. 4,256 Sweeps by Yankees: ..................0 (8) Aside from Opening Day 2014 starter LHP CC Sabathia, the Yankees will have a completely different defensive Alan Trammell, DET ... 20 (1977-96) 2. Ty Cobb .................4,191 Tony Gwynn, SD ....20 (1982-2001) 3. Hank Aaron .............3,771 alignment compared to OD 2013… among non-pitchers Robin Yount, MIL ...... 20 (1974-93) 4. Stan Musial ............ 3,630 scheduled to start OD, only LF Brett Gardner started 2013 Craig Biggio, HOU ...20 (1988-2007) 5. Tris Speaker .............3,514 *DEREK JETER, NYY. 19 (1995-2013) OD vs. Boston (however, he started in CF last year)… will be 6. Honus Wagner ......... 3,430 the first time the Yankees have had completely different *With his first game played in 2014, Derek 7. Carl Yastrzemski ........3,419 TODAY IN YANKEES HISTORY Jeter will become the 19th MLBer to play 8. Paul Molitor ............3,319 non-pitching starters at each defensive position from one at least 20 seasons only having played for April 1, 2003: Behind seven scoreless Opening Day to the next since 1946 and ‘47. one franchise. The NFL has had four such 9. DEREK JETER ........ 3,316 innings from starter Andy Pettitte (6H, players (Lou Groza-CLE, Jackie Slater-LA/ 10. Eddie Collins ...........3,313 1BB, 7K), the Yankees defeat Toronto, 10- For a complete list of Yankees OD lineups and results, please STL, Darrell Green-WAS and most recently 1, to move to 2-0 on the season. It marks see p. 310-313 of the 2014 Yankees Media Guide. Jason Hanson-DET from 1992-2012). The Most Hits in Franchise History the first time in franchise history that the NHL has had 10 (George Armstrong-TOR, LHP CC Sabathia, 33, will make his 11th career Opening Day 1. DEREK JETER. 3,316 Yankees won on April Fools’ Day. Jean Beliveau-MTL, Alex Delvecchio-DET, 2. Lou Gehrig .............2,721 start and sixth with the Yankees (2009-13)… will become the Henri Richard-MTL, Stan Mikita-CHI, Ken TOMORROW IN YANKEES HISTORY fifth pitcher in franchise history to make at least six Opening Daneyko-NJ, Steve Yzerman-DET, Joe 3. Babe Ruth. .2,518 April 2, 2003: Todd Zeile homers in his Sakic-QUE/COL, Niklas Lindstrom-DET 4. Mickey Mantle .........2,415 first career Yankees at-bat in a 9-7 win Day starts (Ford-7, Guidry-7, Stottlemyre-7, Gomez-6)… is 1-2 and most recently Martin Brodeur-NJ 5. Bernie Williams ........ 2,336 at Toronto, setting an all-time mark by with a 5.80 ERA (54.1IP, 35ER) in Opening Day starts, going from 1991-pres). The NBA has had no such homering with his 10th Major League 0-2 with a 7.43 ERA (26.2IP, 22ER) with the Yankees.
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