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My dad's a huge Yankees fan and is constantly calling opposing players Yankee-killers. He's obviously suffering from extreme selection bias, so I wanted to put together an objective list of players who hurt the Yankees. Here are a few ways to do that:
Multi-HR Games Against Yankees:
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Manny Ramirez 7 Ind. Games Carl Yastrzemski 6 Ind. Games Ken Griffey 6 Ind. Games Boog Powell 4 Ind. Games Tony Oliva 4 Ind. Games Charlie Maxwell 4 Ind. Games Reggie Jackson 4 Ind. Games Doug DeCinces 4 Ind. Games Cecil Cooper 4 Ind. Games Norm Cash 4 Ind. Games Mo Vaughn 3 Ind. Games Jason Varitek 3 Ind. Games Ken Phelps 3 Ind. Games Larry Parrish 3 Ind. Games Rafael Palmeiro 3 Ind. Games David Ortiz 3 Ind. Games Dick McAuliffe 3 Ind. Games Ron Kittle 3 Ind. Games Harmon Killebrew 3 Ind. Games Troy Glaus 3 Ind. Games Cecil Fielder 3 Ind. Games Chili Davis 3 Ind. Games Rocky Colavito 3 Ind. Games Jose Canseco 3 Ind. Games George Brett 3 Ind. Games Albert Belle 3 Ind. Games George Bell 3 Ind. Games
Three-Hit Games Against Yankees:
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Carl Yastrzemski 31 Ind. Games George Brett 25 Ind. Games Rod Carew 24 Ind. Games Paul Molitor 23 Ind. Games Al Kaline 23 Ind. Games B.J. Surhoff 21 Ind. Games George Scott 21 Ind. Games Brooks Robinson 20 Ind. Games Willie Wilson 19 Ind. Games Robin Yount 18 Ind. Games Manny Ramirez 17 Ind. Games Boog Powell 17 Ind. Games Carney Lansford 17 Ind. Games Harmon Killebrew 17 Ind. Games Luis Aparicio 17 Ind. Games
Four-RBI Games Against Yankees:
Games Link to Individual Games +-----------------+-----+-------------------------+ Norm Cash 6 Ind. Games Jose Canseco 6 Ind. Games Robin Yount 5 Ind. Games Carl Yastrzemski 5 Ind. Games Jim Rice 5 Ind. Games Manny Ramirez 5 Ind. Games Edgar Martinez 5 Ind. Games Harmon Killebrew 5 Ind. Games Rocky Colavito 5 Ind. Games Joe Carter 5 Ind. Games Mickey Tettleton 4 Ind. Games B.J. Surhoff 4 Ind. Games Ruben Sierra 4 Ind. Games Frank Robinson 4 Ind. Games Rafael Palmeiro 4 Ind. Games David Ortiz 4 Ind. Games Magglio Ordonez 4 Ind. Games Jackie Jensen 4 Ind. Games Ken Griffey 4 Ind. Games Rusty Greer 4 Ind. Games Gary Gaetti 4 Ind. Games George Bell 4 Ind. Games Harold Baines 4 Ind. Games
And there we go -- Harold Baines finally appears on a Yankee-killer list.
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This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 29th, 2007 at 10:01 am and is filed under Game Finders. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.
August 29th, 2007 at 10:25 am
[...] using BRef’s PI, so I had to judge Yankee-killers by number of big games against the Yankees. Here’s the post — you can see lists of the players with the most multi-HR games against the Yankees, most 3+ [...]
August 29th, 2007 at 10:44 am
Whole lotta Boston on those lists...(as would be expected...)
August 30th, 2007 at 10:19 am
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