Since 1996 Yankee pennant winners usually have two lefty starting pitchers: Pettitte, Key, Wells, Neagle, Lily.

Do the Yankees need a lefty starting pitcher to win it all?  Tuesday, August 4, 2015

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Year and record in Bold indicates they won pennant.

Shading is not used to differentiate the players' performances. It is merely used to quickly illustrate long strings of games/years played by a single player. When a player in the column changes, so does the color of the shading.

Most Common Pitchers

Year	Starting Pitchers					Closer	Bullpen
Most Years	Pettitte	Ford	Ruffing	Stottlemyre	Guidry	Rivera	Hamilton	Stanton	Robertson
2015 (87-75)	Sabathia	Eovaldi	Pineda	Tanaka	Warren	Miller	Betances	Wilson	Shreve
2014 (84-78)	Kuroda	Phelps	Greene	Tanaka	Nuno	Robertson	Betances	Warren	Kelley
2013 (85-77)	Kuroda	Sabathia	Pettitte	Hughes	Nova	Rivera	Robertson	Logan	Kelley
2012 (95-67)	Kuroda	Sabathia	Garcia	Hughes	Nova	Soriano	Robertson	Logan	Rapada
2011 (97-65)	Burnett	Sabathia	Garcia	Colon	Nova	Rivera	Robertson	Logan	Ayala
2010 (95-67)	Burnett	Sabathia	Hughes	Vazquez	Pettitte	Rivera	Robertson	Logan	Chamberlain
2009 (103-59)	Burnett	Sabathia	Chamberlain	Wang	Pettitte	Rivera	Robertson	Coke	Hughes
2008 (89-73)	Mussina	Rasner	Ponson	Wang	Pettitte	Rivera	Veras	Ramirez	Farnsworth
2007 (94-68)	Mussina	Clemens	Hughes	Wang	Pettitte	Rivera	Vizcaino	Bruney	Farnsworth
2006 (97-65)	Mussina	Johnson	Wright	Wang	Chacon	Rivera	Proctor	Villone	Farnsworth
2005 (95-67)	Mussina	Johnson	Wright	Wang	Pavano	Rivera	Gordon	Sturtze	Rodriguez
2004 (101-61)	Mussina	Vazquez	Lieber	Brown	Contreras	Rivera	Gordon	Quantrill	Heredia
2003 (101-61)	Mussina	Clemens	Pettitte	Wells	Weaver	Rivera	Hammond	Osuna	Hitchcock
2002 (103-58)	Mussina	Clemens	Pettitte	Wells	Hernandez	Rivera	Stanton	Karsay	Mendoza
2001 (95-65)	Mussina	Clemens	Pettitte	Lilly	Hernandez	Rivera	Stanton	Choate	Mendoza
2000 (87-74)	Cone	Clemens	Pettitte	Neagle	Hernandez	Rivera	Stanton	Nelson	Grimsley
1999 (98-64)	Cone	Clemens	Pettitte	Irabu	Hernandez	Rivera	Stanton	Mendoza	Grimsley
1998 (114-48)	Cone	Wells	Pettitte	Irabu	Hernandez	Rivera	Stanton	Lloyd	Nelson
1997 (96-66)	Cone	Wells	Pettitte	Rogers	Gooden	Rivera	Stanton	Lloyd	Nelson
1996 (92-70)	Cone	Key	Pettitte	Rogers	Gooden	Wetteland	Rivera	Wickman	Nelson