Yankee lineups 2009 v. 2023. 103 wins and World Series champs v. 82 wins.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/2009.shtml

https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/2023.shtml

2009			915 Runs
Bats	Rk	Pos	Name	OPS+	HR	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
switch	1	C	Jorge Posada#	125	22	38	111	438	383	55	109	81	48	101	.285	.363	.522	.885
switch	2	1B	Mark Teixeira#	141	39	29	156	707	609	103	178	122	81	114	.292	.383	.565	.948
left	3	2B	Robinson Canó*	121	25	26	161	674	637	103	204	85	30	63	.320	.352	.520	.871
right	4	SS	Derek Jeter	125	18	35	153	716	634	107	212	66	72	90	.334	.406	.465	.871
right	5	3B	Alex Rodriguez	138	30	33	124	535	444	78	127	100	80	97	.286	.402	.532	.933
left	6	LF	Johnny Damon*	118	24	35	143	626	550	107	155	82	71	98	.282	.365	.489	.854
switch	7	CF	Melky Cabrera#	93	13	24	154	540	485	66	133	68	43	59	.274	.336	.416	.752
switch	8	RF	Nick Swisher#	122	29	28	150	607	498	84	124	82	97	126	.249	.371	.498	.869
left	9	DH	Hideki Matsui*	123	28	35	142	528	456	62	125	90	64	75	.274	.367	.509	.876
2023			673 Runs
Bats	Rk	Pos	Name	OPS+	HR	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
right	1	C	Kyle Higashioka	85	10	33	92	260	242	24	57	34	14	74	.236	.274	.413	.687
left	2	1B	Anthony Rizzo*	94	12	33	99	421	373	45	91	41	35	97	.244	.328	.378	.706
right	3	2B	Gleyber Torres	118	25	26	158	672	596	90	163	68	67	98	.273	.347	.453	.800
right	4	SS	Anthony Volpe	81	21	22	159	601	541	62	113	60	52	167	.209	.283	.383	.666
right	5	3B	DJ LeMahieu	96	15	34	136	562	497	55	121	44	60	125	.243	.327	.390	.718
switch	6	LF	Oswaldo Cabrera#	58	5	24	115	330	298	35	63	29	25	72	.211	.275	.299	.574
right	7	CF	Harrison Bader	75	7	29	84	310	288	40	69	37	14	56	.240	.278	.365	.643
right	8	RF	Aaron Judge	175	37	31	106	458	367	79	98	75	88	130	.267	.406	.613	1.019
right	9	DH	Giancarlo Stanton	87	24	33	101	415	371	43	71	60	41	124	.191	.275	.420	.695

The most recent Yankee World Series winning team was in 2009. The lineup contrast with the 2023 Yankees is startling.

Runs scored: 915 to 673.

Aaron Judge played only 106 games so his rate stats should be viewed with that in mind.

OPS+:

2023: Judge 175 Torres 118 ... 7 of 9 under 100 ... Oswaldo Cabrera 58

2009: Only Melky Cabrera lower than OPS+ 100: 93.

Only Jeter and Rodriguez batted righty.
Lefties: Cano, Damon, Matsui. Plus, Gardner.
Switch: Posada, Teixeira, Cabrera, Swisher.

2009 MUCH more versatile. 8 of 9: OPS+ >=118.

Teixeira led AL in HR, RBI, TB.

Hits: Jeter and Cano second and third behind Ichiro Suzuki (225).

Cano led AL in games: 161.

502 PA: 2009 8 of 9. 2023 3 of 9.

100 Runs scored: 2009 four, 2023 none.

BA:

2009: Jeter .334 Cano .320 ... Swisher .249

2023: Torres .273 ... Stanton .191

OBP:

2009: Jeter .406 Rodriguez .402 ... Melky Cabrera .336

2023: Judge .406 FIVE under .300

SLG:

2009: Teixeira .565 FOUR more over .500

2023: Judge .613 FIVE under .400 ... .299

OPS:

2009: Teixeira .948 Rodriguez .933 ... Melky Cabrera .752

2023: Judge: 1.019 FIVE under .700 ... .574

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