Monday, June 4, 2018

24 Yankee doubleheaders in 1968.

Yankee manager Aaron Boone is concerned that his 2018 team is faced with playing too many doubleheaders, i.e., two games in one day, either two or one admission. And a doubleheader getting jammed up against a night game the day before. Today, Monday June 4, 2018 the Yankees will play their first doubleheader of the season: day, night double admission (two sets of fans each paying for one game) in Detroit.

From those thrilling days of yesteryear, here's what happened 50 years ago.

1968 New York Yankees

Record: 83-79, Finished 5th in American League
Pythagorean W-L: 82-80, 536 Runs, 531 Runs Allowed
Manager: Ralph Houk (83-79)
General Manager: Lee MacPhail
Farm Director: George Pfister
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I
Attendance: 1,185,666 (3rd of 10)

First game: April 10, 1968; in 2018: March 29
Final game: Sept. 29, 1968; in 2018 scheduled for Sept. 30

Note that from Friday August 23 through Friday August 30 the Yankees played five doubleheaders in eight days, including three on consecutive days, with no days off: 13 games.

24 1968 doubleheaders, which included one tie game, all one admission:

dateteamHR12next day
      1Sun, Apr 28, 1968Detroit110off
2Sun, May 5, 1968Chicago101home
3Sun, May 12, 1968Boston100off
4Sun, May 26, 1968Chicago111off 3
5Thu, May 30, 1968Washington110road
6Sun, Jun 2, 1968Detroit110home
7Fri, Jun 7, 1968California110off
8Sun, Jun 9, 1968California111home
9Sat, Jun 29, 1968Oakland101home
10Sun, Jul 7, 1968Baltimore110off 3
11Tue, Jul 16, 1968Washington111home
12Sun, Jul 21, 1968Cleveland101home
13Sun, Jul 28, 1968Cleveland100road
14Wed, Aug 7, 1968Oakland110home
15Fri, Aug 23, 1968Detroit11Thome
16Sun, Aug 25, 1968Detroit111doubleheader
17Mon, Aug 26, 1968California110doubleheader
18Tue, Aug 27, 1968California110road
19Fri, Aug 30, 1968Cleveland110road
20Mon, Sep 2, 1968Baltimore110road
21Sat, Sep 7, 1968Washington111home
22Tue, Sep 10, 1968Chicago111home
23Fri, Sep 13, 1968Washington111road
24Tue, Sep 24, 1968Cleveland110home
totals1951910
HR12
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