This post is about the one and only unimaginable FIVE!
Four consecutive World Series championships: Yankees 1936,1937,1938,1939. Sunday, January 10, 2021
Before 1936 no team had won more than two consecutive World Series championships or more than three consecutive pennants ...
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Yogi Berra and Phil Rizzuto are the two regulars on all five. AL MVP:
1950: Rizzuto
1951: Berra
Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle are bookend superstars, one going away, one coming on. In 1952 at age 20 Mantle is a star and Joltin Joe has left and gone away:
Mrs Robinson Song by Simon & Garfunkel 1967
Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?
Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you
Woo, woo, woo
What's that you say, Mrs. Robinson?
Jolting Joe has left and gone away
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey
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| 1954 (103-51, 33.6 oWAR) | Berra (5.3) | Collins (2.8) | McDougald (4.0) | Carey (3.2) | Rizzuto (0.1) | Woodling (0.8) | Mantle (6.9) | Bauer (3.1) | |
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| 1953 (99-52, 39.3 oWAR) | Berra (4.9) | Collins (2.1) | Martin (1.7) | McDougald (3.8) | Rizzuto (3.9) | Woodling (4.3) | Mantle (5.8) | Bauer (5.5) | |
| 1952 (95-59, 38.5 oWAR) | Berra (5.8) | Collins (3.4) | Martin (2.6) | McDougald (3.9) | Rizzuto (5.4) | Woodling (4.1) | Mantle (6.4) | Bauer (4.3) | |
| 1951 (98-56, 30.9 oWAR) | Berra (5.3) | Collins (1.5) | Coleman (1.0) | Brown (1.8) | Rizzuto (3.6) | Woodling (3.4) | DiMaggio (2.9) | Mantle (1.5) | |
| Year (Bold=Pennant) | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | DH |
| 1950 (98-56, 31.5 oWAR) | Berra (6.1) | Collins (0.3) | Coleman (2.8) | Johnson (0.3) | Rizzuto (6.8) | Woodling (2.4) | DiMaggio (5.3) | Bauer (2.5) | |
| 1949 (97-57, 25.5 oWAR) | Berra (2.1) | Henrich (4.3) | Coleman (2.5) | Brown (1.3) | Rizzuto (3.0) | Woodling (1.3) | DiMaggio (4.3) | Bauer (0.8) | |
| 1948 (94-60, 28.7 oWAR) | Niarhos (1.7) | McQuinn (0.6) | Stirnweiss (2.7) | Johnson (1.7) | Rizzuto (1.6) | Lindell (2.3) | DiMaggio (6.9) | Henrich (5.5) |
60 years since 61 in 61: second of five consecutive pennants; end of the old Yankee dynasty. Saturday, January 2, 2021
Three consecutive pennants 1903-2020. Four. FIVE! Tuesday, January 5, 2021
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