Yankee batters playoff games: at least 3 SO.

Aaron Judge: 5 SO in 5 AB. Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Mantle? Sunday, September 29, 2024

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For single games, Playing for NYY, in the postseason, requiring Strikeouts >= 3, sorted by ascending Date.

109 times 1921-2022

Pitcher George Pipgras had the only 5 SO game: game 3, 1932 WS; Yanks won 7-5; Ruth and Gehrig each hit two home runs; Ruth called his shot.

1953 WS, game 3:

Friday, October 2, 1953

Attendance: 35,270

Venue: Ebbets Field

Game Duration: 3:00

Day Game, on grass

Dodgers 3, Yankees 2

Joe Collins (5 AB) and Mickey Mantle (4 AB) each had 4 SO as Brooklyn's Carl Erskine SO 14 Yankees. Erskine and Yankee Vic Raschi pitched complete games.

15 times a Yankee batter had 4 SO in a playoff game:

Rk	Player	SO	Rd.	Gm	Date ▲	Age	Team		Opp	Result	PA	AB	R	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	RBI
1	Tiny Bonham	4	WS	5	1941-10-06	28-051	NYY	@	BRO	W 3-1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Joe Collins	4	WS	3	1953-10-02	30-303	NYY	@	BRO	L 2-3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Mickey Mantle	4	WS	3	1953-10-02	21-347	NYY	@	BRO	L 2-3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Mel Stottlemyre	4	WS	2	1964-10-08	22-330	NYY	@	STL	W 8-3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Alfonso Soriano	4	ALCS	7	2003-10-16	27-282	NYY		BOS	W 6-5 (11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Derek Jeter	4	ALDS	4	2004-10-09	30-105	NYY	@	MIN	W 6-5 (11)	6	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
7	Tony Clark	4	ALCS	5	2004-10-18	32-125	NYY	@	BOS	L 4-5 (14)	7	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
8	Johnny Damon	4	ALDS	3	2009-10-11	35-340	NYY	@	MIN	W 4-1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Aaron Judge	4	ALDS	1	2017-10-05	25-162	NYY	@	CLE	L 0-4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Aaron Judge	4	ALDS	4	2017-10-09	25-166	NYY		CLE	W 7-3	5	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
11	Aaron Judge	4	ALDS	5	2017-10-11	25-168	NYY	@	CLE	W 5-2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Didi Gregorius	4	ALCS	7	2017-10-21	27-245	NYY	@	HOU	L 0-4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Giancarlo Stanton	4	ALDS	1	2018-10-05	28-331	NYY	@	BOS	L 4-5	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
14	Aaron Judge	4	ALDS	2	2022-10-14	30-171	NYY		CLE	L 2-4 (10)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Matt Carpenter	4	ALCS	1	2022-10-19	36-327	NYY	@	HOU	L 2-4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Generated 9/30/2024.

Bonham and Stottlemyre are pitchers.

Aaron Judge is the only batter with multiples: four, including 3 of the 5 2017 ALDS games.

Among the 93 three SO games:

Ruth: game 5, 1921 WS

Gehrig: none

DiMaggio: none

Mantle: game 7, 1956 WS

Berra & Dickey: none

Multiples:

6: Rodriguez, Sanchez

5: Gardner

4: Jeter

3: Encarnacion, Granderson, Judge, Justice, Matsui, McDougald

2: Donaldson, Jackson, Posada, Soriano, Spencer, Swisher

Pitchers: Mussina, Terry