The wild card game and games in the division series are not exactly the World Series. Here are Yankees who homered in three consecutive World Series games. If I missed someone, please advise.
Lou Gehrig:
Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left • Throws: Left
6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)
Buried: Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, NY
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1939. (Voted by Special Election) View Lou Gehrig's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame
Played for the Yankees 1923-1939; full time 1925-1938; 2,130 consecutive games played, a record broken by Cal Ripken, Jr. whose record ended voluntarily against the Yankees at 2,632 consecutive games played.
Gehrig played in seven World Series (6-1); four game sweeps: 1927, 1928, 1932, 1938. WS OPS 1.214. 10 HR in 119 AB.
Gehrig was the first Yankee to hit home runs in three consecutive World Series games: 1928 games 2,3,4. Then also game one in 1932, his next WS game.
Postseason Batting Game Log
1928:
Game two: Yankees 9, Cardinals 3 in Yankee Stadium; duration: 2:04; Gehrig 1 for 3, BB, 3 RBI; first inning three run homer off 41 year old HoFer Pete Alexander.
Game three: Yankees 7, Cardinals 3 in Sportsman's Park; duration 2:00; Gehrig 2 for 2, BB, 3 RBI; two home runs off HoFer Jesse Haines:
2nd inning, 0 on
4th inning, one on
Game four: Yankees 7, Cardinals 3 in Sportsman's Park; duration 2:25; Gehrig 1 for 2, 3 BB; home run off starter Bill Sherdel in 7th, 0 on, following a home run by Babe Ruth (back-to-back).
Oh, Babe Ruth hit three home runs in this game. Ruth had also hit three home runs in one WS game against St. Louis in 1926.
Yankees next WS, four years later, 1932 against the Chicago Cubs:
Game one: Yankees 12, Cubs 6 in Yankee Stadium; duration 2:31; Gehrig 2 for 4, BB; home run off Guy Bush, 4th inning, one on, put Yankees ahead 3-2.
Game two: Yankees 5, Cubs 2 in Yankee Stadium; duration 1:46; Gehrig 3 for 4, RBI, GDP; three singles. No Yankee home runs.
Game three: Yankees 7, Cubs 5 in Wrigley Field; duration 2:11
Ruth 2 for 4, BB, 4 RBI, GDP; two home runs: innings 1, 5.
Gehrig 2 for 5, 2 RBI; two home runs: innings 3, 5.
Ruth and Gehrig went back-to-back off Charlie Root in the 5th inning, driving him from the mound. Ruth's in the 5th was his called shot. Neither Ruth nor Gehrig homered in the the Yankees game four 13-6 rout, although both were hit by pitch (HBP); Tony Lazzeri hit two home runs and Earl Combs one, both HoFers.
Johnny Mize:
Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left • Throws: Right
6-2, 215lb (188cm, 97kg)
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1981. (Voted by Veteran's Committee) View Johnny Mize's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame
Mize played for the Yankees 1949-1953 when the Yanks won their record five consecutive World Series. Hank Bauer was a teammate.
Postseason Batting Game Log
Joe Collins started the first three 1952 WS games at first base but was 0 for 12. The Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers had split the first two games in Ebbets Field.
Dodgers led game three at Yankee Stadium 5-2 going to the bottom of the 9th. After Billy Martin popped out Mize pinch hit for Yankee pitcher Tom Gorman and homered to deep right. Phil Rizzuto then flied out and Yankee pitcher Johnny Sain pinch hit for the slumping Collins. Sain flied out to end the game. Dodgers won 5-3 and took a 2-1 lead in games. Mize started the remaining games at first base, homering in the next two.
Yanks won game four 2-0. Mize homered to left in the 4th off starter Joe Black; 1-0 Yanks. Mize also doubled off Black; 2 for 3 plus a walk.
Yanks lost game five 6-5 in 11 innings. Yanks trailed 4-0 going to the bottom of the 5th. Yanks scored twice making it 4-2 Dodgers and then Mize hit a two out three run homer to right off Carl Erskine putting the Yanks ahead 5-4 through 5 innings. Duke Snider drove in the tieing run in the 7th and the go ahead run in the 11th. Erskine went the distance, retiring Mantle, Mize and Berra in the 11th.
Yanks won games 6 and 7 in Ebbets Field: 3-2, 4-2. Mize:
0 for 3, BB
2 for 3, BB, RBI; two singles
Hank Bauer:
Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Right • Throws: Right
6-0, 192lb (183cm, 87kg)
Died: February 9, 2007 (Aged 84-193d) in Lenexa, KS
The WWII Marine played for the Yankees 1948-1959. Bauer played in nine World Series (7-2). He hit very poorly in the first four WS. Bauer has the WS record of hitting in 17 consecutive WS games:
1956 v. Brooklyn Dodgers: all 7 games
1957 v. Milwaukee Braves: all 7 games
1958 v. Milwaukee Braves: first three games
Postseason Batting Game Log
In that 1958 WS Bauer hit FOUR home runs, one each in games 1,2,3,6. Yanks lost the first two games in Milwaukee but won game three in Yankee Stadium. Like 1952, Yanks won games 6 and 7 on the road.
Game one: Braves 4, Yankees 3 in 10 innings. Braves HoF lefty Warren Spahn (2 for 4 batting) pitched a complete game victory. Bauer 2 for 5; two run homer in 5th: Yanks 3, Braves 2.
Game two: Braves 13, Yankees 5. 1957 Braves WS hero Lew Burdette pitched a complete game victory. Bauer 2 for 4; solo homer in 9th, followed by a two run homer by Mantle.
Game three: Yankees 4, Braves 0. Bauer 3 for 4, 4 RBI; two run homer in 7th off reliever Don McMahon.
The next day the Braves won 3-0. Bauer 0 for 4, stopping both:
17 game WS hitting streak
3 consecutive WS games hitting a homer.
Yanks won the next three games and the WS. Bauer:
1 for 4; Yanks won 7-0
2 for 5; home run in first off Spahn (9.66 innings); Yanks won 4-3 in 10 innings
0 for 5; Yanks won 6-2
Hank Bauer never played another WS game. He did, however, manage the Baltimore Orioles to the 1966 WS sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Reggie Jackson:
Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left • Throws: Left
6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1993. (Voted by BBWAA on 396/423 ballots) View Reggie Jackson's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame
Jackson played for the Yankees 1977-1981 and in the WS, all against the LA Dodgers, 1977, 1978, 1981. Yankees won the first two.
Postseason Batting Game Log
1977 WS: Yankees won 4 games to 2. Jackson homered in games 4,5,6. In game six, Jackson hit three home runs for a total of five in the 1977 WS.
Game four: Yankees 4, Dodgers 2 in Dodger Stadium; Jackson 2 for 4 (double, home run off Rick Rhoden in 6th to LC-CF)
Game five: Dodgers 10, Yankees 4 in Dodger Stadium; Jackson 2 for 4; home run off Don Sutton in 8th down RF line
Game six: Yankees 8, Dodgers 4 in Yankee Stadium: Jackson 3 for 3, BB, 4 Runs, 5 RBI; THREE home runs:
Burt Hooton, 4th inn, 1 on
Elias Sosa, 5th inn, 1 on
Charlie Hough, 8th inn, 0 on
Mr. October.
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