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Starters

1B - Lou Gehrig
2B - Robinson Cano
SS - Derek Jeter
3B - Alex Rodriguez
C - Yogi Berra
OF - Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio
SP - Whitey Ford, Andy Pettitte, Ron Guidry, Red Ruffing, Lefty Gomez

Reserves

Bench - Bernie Williams (OF), Dave Winfield (OF), Charlie Keller (OF), Don Mattingly (1B), Roy White (OF, IF), Jorge Posada (C), Bill Dickey (C)
Bullpen - Mariano Rivera (CL), Hoyt Waite (SU), Mike Mussina, CC Sabathia, Mel Stottlemyre, Spud Chandler

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BATTING

Rank Nane First LYear Team LG TPEVA YRS PPYR HR RBI H AVE
1 Ruth Babe 1934 NYA AL 566.741 15 37.783 659 1975 2518 0.349
2 Gehrig Lou 1939 NYA AL 479.522 17 28.207 493 1995 2721 0.340
3 Mantle Mickey 1968 NYA AL 455.611 18 25.312 536 1509 2415 0.298
4 DiMaggio Joe 1951 NYA AL 297.630 13 22.895 361 1537 2214 0.325
5 Jeter Derek 2014 NYA AL 259.537 20 12.977 260 1311 3465 0.310
6 Berra Yogi 1963 NYA AL 251.424 18 13.968 358 1430 2148 0.285
7 Dickey Bill 1946 NYA AL 202.680 17 11.922 202 1209 1969 0.313
8 Williams Bernie 2006 NYA AL 201.884 16 12.618 287 1257 2336 0.297
9 Mattingly Don 1995 NYA AL 193.054 14 13.790 222 1099 2153 0.307
10 Rodriguez Alex 2016 NYA AL 186.731 12 15.561 351 1096 1580 0.283
11 White Roy 1979 NYA AL 164.619 15 10.975 160 758 1803 0.271
12 Posada Jorge 2011 NYA AL 159.103 17 9.359 275 1065 1664 0.273
13 Winfield Dave 1990 NYA AL 157.533 9 17.504 205 818 1300 0.290
14 Keller Charlie 1952 NYA AL 143.887 11 13.081 184 723 1053 0.286
15 Munson Thurman 1979 NYA AL 134.322 11 12.211 113 701 1558 0.292
16 Combs Earle 1935 NYA AL 131.405 12 10.950 58 632 1866 0.325
17 Murcer Bobby 1983 NYA AL 130.882 13 10.068 175 687 1231 0.278
18 Cano Robinson 2013 NYA AL 129.190 9 14.354 204 822 1649 0.309
19 Nettles Graig 1983 NYA AL 127.229 11 11.566 250 834 1396 0.253
20 Lazzeri Tony 1937 NYA AL 124.158 12 10.346 169 1154 1784 0.293

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PITCHING

Rank Name First LYear Team LG TPEVA YRS PPYR W L SV ER IP ERA
1 Rivera Mariano 2013 NYA AL 245.654 19 12.929 82 60 652 315 1283.7 2.21
2 Ford Whitey 1967 NYA AL 200.553 16 12.535 236 106 10 967 3170.3 2.75
3 Pettitte Andy 2013 NYA AL 163.109 15 10.874 219 127 0 1223 2796.3 3.94
4 Guidry Ron 1988 NYA AL 144.658 14 10.333 170 91 4 874 2392.0 3.29
5 Ruffing Red 1946 NYA AL 137.320 15 9.155 231 124 8 1222 3168.7 3.47
6 Gomez Lefty 1942 NYA AL 135.369 13 10.413 189 101 9 927 2498.3 3.34
7 Sabathia CC 2019 NYA AL 127.926 11 11.630 134 88 0 811 1918.0 3.81
8 Mussina Mike 2008 NYA AL 124.700 8 15.587 123 72 0 669 1553.0 3.88
9 Stottlemyre Mel 1974 NYA AL 105.938 11 9.631 164 139 1 878 2661.3 2.97
10 Hoyt Waite 1930 NYA AL 102.845 10 10.284 157 98 28 879 2272.3 3.48
11 Chandler Spud 1947 NYA AL 99.944 11 9.086 109 43 6 468 1485.0 2.84
12 Pennock Herb 1933 NYA AL 96.556 11 8.778 162 90 20 867 2203.3 3.54
13 Shawkey Bob 1927 NYA AL 88.534 13 6.810 168 131 26 862 2488.7 3.12
14 Chesbro Jack 1909 NYA AL 84.045 7 12.006 128 93 2 560 1952.0 2.58
15 Peterson Fritz 1974 NYA AL 83.654 9 9.295 109 106 1 640 1857.3 3.10
16 Reynolds Allie 1954 NYA AL 82.812 8 10.352 131 60 41 624 1700.0 3.30
17 Raschi Vic 1953 NYA AL 76.467 8 9.558 120 50 3 593 1537.0 3.47
18 Righetti Dave 1990 NYA AL 72.977 11 6.634 74 61 224 393 1136.7 3.11
19 Lopat Ed 1955 NYA AL 72.869 8 9.109 113 59 2 530 1497.3 3.19
20 Tanaka Masahiro 2020 NYA AL 69.401 7 9.914 78 46 0 438 1054.3 3.74

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    64.000 - Maximum
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    20.000 - All League
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    10.000 - Very Good
    3.500 - Average
    0.200 - Minimum


Notes: Photo/Image Credits: Babe Ruth; Library of Congress. Yankees Stadium concourse, Mariano Rivera; Wikipedia Commons.

Note: LYear represents last year with team. TPeva represents Total Batting or Pitching PEVA with team.
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