The Yankees have never been shy about calling attention to their success. Even the most casual observer could probably note that the team has won 27 World Series championships, as that number is plastered all over Yankee Stadium. But failure — especially being swept in a postseason series — is something the franchise is less accustomed to.
Detroit's four-game victory in the American League Championship Series was only the fifth time in 73 postseason series that the Yankees were swept. Their bats abandoned them — a .157 batting average — just as they had in the division series against Baltimore. In Game 4, Max Scherzer mowed down 10 Yankees batters.
In previous Yankees postseason sweeps, a manager was fired (Dick Howser in 1980); the gate from a game was donated to charity after a controversial tie (1922); and a renowned broadcaster (Mel Allen in 1963) worked his last World Series with the team. There is no telling what this latest sweep could lead to.
A look at the previous sweeps shows a familiar pattern of silent bats and wasted pitching efforts.
1922 World Series
Swept by New York Giants, 4-0-1
OUTSCORED 18-11
OUTHIT 50-32
TEAM BATTING AVERAGE .203
TEAM E.R.A. 3.35
WORST REGULAR Babe Ruth, 2 for 17
The tie in Game 2 was one of three in World Series history, and the last one ever recorded. The reason for it, darkness, was widely disputed, and Commissioner Kenesaw Landis donated the gate proceeds to charity. Ruth played in seven World Series for the Yankees, but this was the only one in which he did not hit a home run.
1963 World Series
Swept by Los Angeles Dodgers, 4-0
OUTSCORED 12-4
OUTHIT 25-22
TEAM BATTING AVERAGE .171
TEAM E.R.A. 2.91
WORST REGULAR Clete Boyer, 1 for 13
It was Mel Allen's final World Series as the team's broadcaster (he was fired in 1964), and, in a scene from the movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," it was also the World Series that R. P. McMurphy had hoped to watch. Sandy Koufax, the most valuable player of the series, struck out 23 batters in his two wins (15 in Game 1), and Don Drysdale threw a shutout.
1976 World Series
Swept by Cincinnati Reds, 4-0
OUTSCORED 22-8
OUTHIT 42-30
TEAM BATTING AVERAGE .222
TEAM E.R.A. 5.45
WORST REGULAR Willie Randolph, 1 for 14
In the first World Series with a designated hitter (Dan Driessen for the Reds, Lou Piniella for the Yankees), the extra batter was not enough to ensure a Yankees victory. The team wasted a .529 batting average from Thurman Munson, though all nine of his hits were singles.
1980 A.L.C.S.
Swept by Kansas City Royals, 3-0
OUTSCORED 14-6
OUTHIT 28-26
TEAM BATTING AVERAGE .255
TEAM E.R.A. 4.32
WORST REGULAR Bobby Brown, 0 for 10
The Yankees topped the Royals in the A.L.C.S. in 1976, 1977 and 1978, so it was payback time for George Brett and his teammates. The setback was bad enough that Yankees Manager Dick Howser was fired. He went on to manage the Royals, leading them to a World Series title in 1985.
2012 A.L.C.S.
Swept by Detroit Tigers, 4-0
OUTSCORED 19-6
OUTHIT 46-22
TEAM BATTING AVERAGE .157
TEAM E.R.A. 3.92
WORST REGULAR Curtis Granderson, 0 for 11
Despite finishing eighth in the majors in batting and second in runs scored, the Yankees were dominated by the Tigers' pitchers even more than they were by the Dodgers in 1963. Alex Rodriguez received most of the attention for his struggles, but the team had only three batters get a hit with runners in scoring position: Ichiro Suzuki, Raul Ibanez and Nick Swisher.
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