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Yankees Season Records
YANKEES SEASON RECORDS
Club Records Year
Most Wins, Season -- 114 1998
Most Wins, Home -- 65 1961
Most Wins, Road -- 54 1939
Most Wins, Month -- 28 1938 (August)
Most Wins, Consecutive -- 19 1947
Most Wins, Consecutive, home -- 18 1942
Most Wins, Consecutive, road -- 15 1953
Most Wins, Shutout -- 24 1951
Most Wins, 1-0 -- 6 1908, 1968
Fewest Wins, Season -- 50 1912
Fewest Wins, Home -- 27 1913
Fewest Wins, Road -- 19 1912
Most Losses, Season -- 103 1908
Most Losses, Home -- 47 1908, 1913
Most Losses, Road -- 58 1912
Most Losses, Month -- 24 1908 (July)
Most Losses, Consecutive -- 13 1913
Most Losses, Consecutive, home -- 17 1913
Most Losses, Consecutive, road -- 12 1908
Most Losses, Shutout -- 27 1914
Most Losses, 1-0 -- 9 1914
Fewest Losses, Season -- 44 1927
Fewest Losses, Home -- 15 1932
Fewest Losses, Road -- 20 1939
Most games -- 164 1964, 1968
Fewest games -- 107 1981
Consecutive extra-inning games -- 4 1992
Longest 1-0 game, won -- 15 innings (vs. Phil., 7/4/25, G1)
Longest 1-0 game, lost -- 14 innings (at Boston, 9/24/69)
Most total players used -- 51 2005
Fewest total players used -- 25 1923, 1927
Most pitchers used -- 28 2005
Fewest pitchers used -- 8 1922, 1923

Club Records -- Batting Year
Most at-bats -- 5710 1997
Most runs -- 1067 1931
Fewest runs -- 459 1908
Most hits -- 1683 1930
Fewest hits -- 1136 1903
Highest batting average -- .309 1930
Lowest batting average -- .214 1968
Most singles -- 1237 1988
Most doubles -- 327 2006
Most triples -- 110 1930
Most home runs -- 242 2004
Most consecutive games with a home run -- 25 1941
Most home runs in consecutive games
in which home runs were hit -- 40		 1941
Most grand slams -- 10 1987
Most home runs, pinch hitters -- 10 1961
Most total bases -- 2703 1936
Most runs batted in -- 995 1936
Most bases on balls -- 766 1932
Most hit by pitch -- 81 2003
Fewest hit by pitch -- 14 1969
Most stolen bases -- 289 1910
Fewest stolen bases -- 24 1948
Most caught stealing -- 82 1920
Fewest caught stealing -- 18 1961, 1964
Most strikeouts -- 1171 2002
Fewest strikeouts -- 420 1924
Highest slugging percentage -- .489 1927
Lowest slugging percentage -- .287 1914
Most grounded into DP -- 153 1996
Fewest grounded into DP -- 91 1963
Most left on base -- 1258 1996
Fewest left on base -- 1010 1920
Most .300 hitters -- 9 1930
Most double-digit HR hitters -- 10 1998

Individual Batting Records Player Year
Games -- 163 Hideki Matsui 2003
Most at-bats -- 696 Alfonso Soriano 2002
Highest batting average, RH -- .381 Joe DiMaggio 1939
Highest batting average, LH -- .393 Babe Ruth 1923
Highest batting average, SH -- .365 Mickey Mantle 1957
Most Hits, RH -- 219 Derek Jeter 1999
Most Hits, LH -- 238 Don Mattingly 1986
Most Hits, SH -- 204 Bernie Williams 2002
Most consecutive games hitting safely -- 56 Joe DiMaggio 1941
Most runs -- 177 Babe Ruth 1921
Most consecutive games with run scored -- 18 Red Rolfe 1939
Most singles -- 171 Steve Sax 1989
Most doubles -- 53 Don Mattingly 1986
Most triples -- 23 Earle Combs 1927
Most home runs, RH -- 48 Alex Rodriguez 2005
Most home runs, LH -- 61 Roger Maris 1961
Most home runs, SH -- 54 Mickey Mantle 1961
Most home runs, home (Polo Grounds) -- 32 Babe Ruth 1921
Most home runs, home, RH (Yankee Stadium)-- 26 Alex Rodriguez 2005
Most home runs, home, LH -- 30 Lou Gehrig
Roger Maris		 1934
1961
Most home runs, home, SH -- 27 Mickey Mantle 1956
Most home runs, road, RH -- 27 Joe DiMaggio 1937
Most home runs, road, LH -- 32 Babe Ruth 1927
Most home runs, road, SH -- 30 Mickey Mantle 1961
Most home runs, month, -- 17 Babe Ruth September 1927
Most home runs, rookie, RH -- 29 Joe DiMaggio 1936
Most home runs, rookie, LH -- 21 Kevin Maas 1990
Most home runs, rookie, SH -- 20 Tom Tresh 1962
Most consecutive games with HR -- 8 Don Mattingly 1987
Most grand slams -- 6 Don Mattingly 1987
Most RBI, RH -- 167 Joe DiMaggio 1937
Most RBI, LH -- 184 Lou Gehrig 1931
Most RBI, SH -- 130 Mickey Mantle 1956
Most consecutive games with RBI -- 11 Babe Ruth 1931
Most extra-base hits -- 119 Babe Ruth 1921
Most total bases -- 457 Babe Ruth 1921
Highest slugging pct. -- .847 Babe Ruth 1920
Most strikeouts, RH -- 157 Alfonso Soriano 2002
Most strikeouts, LH -- 133 Reggie Jackson 1978
Most strikeouts, SH -- 151 Jorge Posada 2000
Most bases on balls, RH -- 119 Willie Randolph 1980
Most bases on balls, LH -- 148 Babe Ruth 1923
Most bases on balls, SH -- 146 Mickey Mantle 1957
Most sacrifice hits -- 42 Willie Keeler 1905
Most sacrifice flies -- 17 Roy White 1971
Most stolen bases -- 93 Rickey Henderson 1988
Most caught stealing -- 23 Ben Chapman 1931
Most hit by pitch -- 24 Don Baylor 1985
Most grounded into DP -- 30 Dave Winfield 1983
Fewest grounded into DP -- 2 Mickey Mantle
Mickey Rivers		 1961
1977
Note: Records in "fewest" categories are based on full seasons and do not include 1918, 1981 and 1994.

Club Records -- Pitching Year
Lowest ERA -- 2.57 1904
Highest ERA -- 4.88 1930
Most innings pitched -- 1506.2 1964
Most complete games -- 123 1904
Fewest complete games -- 1 2004
Most shutouts -- 24 1951
Most consecutive shutouts -- 4 1932
Most consecutive shutout innings -- 40 1932
Fewest shutouts -- 2 1994
Most saves (since 1969) -- 59 2004
Fewest hits allowed -- 1143 1919
Most hits allowed -- 1566 1930
Fewest home runs allowed -- 13 1907
Most home runs allowed -- 182 2004
Fewest runs allowed -- 507 1942
Most runs allowed -- 898 1930
Fewest earned runs allowed -- 394 1904
Most earned runs allowed -- 753 2000
Fewest bases on balls -- 245 1903
Most bases on balls -- 812 1949
Most strikeouts -- 1266 2001
Fewest strikeouts -- 431 1927

Individual Records -- Pitching Player(s) Year
Most wins, RHP -- 41 Jack Chesbro 1904
Most wins, LHP -- 26 Lefty Gomez 1934
Most consecutive wins, RHP -- 16 Roger Clemens 2001
Most consecutive wins, LHP -- 14 Whitey Ford 1961
Most shutouts -- 9 Ron Guidry 1978
Most shutouts lost -- 7 Bill Zuber 1945
Lowest ERA, RHP -- 1.64 Spud Chandler 1943
Lowest ERA, LHP -- 1.74 Ron Guidry 1978
Highest winning pct. -- .893 Ron Guidry 1978
Most losses, RHP -- 22 Joe Lake 1908
Most losses, LHP -- 17 Herb Pennock 1921
Most consecutive losses, RHP -- 9 Bill Hogg
Thad Tillotson 		1908
1967
Most consecutive losses, LHP -- 11 George Mogridge 1916
Most innings pitched, RHP -- 454 Jack Chesbro 1904
Most innings pitched, LHP -- 286.1 Herb Pennock 1924
Most saves, RHP -- 53 Mariano Rivera 2004
Most saves, LHP -- 46 Dave Righetti 1986
Most games, RHP -- 86 Paul Quantrill 2004
Most games, LHP -- 79 Mike Stanton 2002
Most games started -- 51 Jack Chesbro 1904
Most complete games -- 48 Jack Chesbro 1904
Most innings pitched -- 454 Jack Chesbro 1904
Most strikeouts, RHP -- 239 Jack Chesbro 1904
Most strikeouts, LHP -- 248 Ron Guidry 1978
Most bases on balls, RHP -- 177 Bob Turley 1955
Most bases on balls, LHP -- 179 Tommy Byrne 1949
Most hits allowed -- 337 Jack Chesbro 1904
Most runs allowed -- 165 Russ Ford 1912
Most earned runs allowed -- 127 Sam Jones 1925
Most home runs allowed, RHP -- 40 Ralph Terry 1962
Most home runs allowed, LHP -- 32 Randy Johnson 2005
Most hit batsmen -- 26 Jack Warhop 1909
Most wild pitches -- 23 Tim Leary 1990

Club Records -- Fielding Year
Highest fielding percentage -- .986 1995
Lowest fielding percentage -- .939 1912
Fewest errors -- 91 1996
Most errors -- 386 1912
Most errorless games -- 91 1964
Most consecutive errorless games -- 10 1977, 1993, 1995
Most putouts -- 4520 1964
Fewest putouts -- 3993 1935
Most assists -- 2086 1904
Fewest assists -- 1487 2000
Most double plays -- 214 1956
Fewest double plays -- 81 1912
Most consective games, DP turned -- 19 (27 DPs) 1992
Most passed balls -- 32 1913
Fewest passed balls -- 0 1931
Most chances accepted -- 6584 1916
Fewest chances accepted -- 5551 1935