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Originally Posted by BaseballMan
I know the yankees bought some talent but they did bring up a lot of talent too.
Like Dimaggio, Dickey, Gomez, Mantle, Berra, Ford. It seems like they had just has much talent as the red sox and cardinals. The A's are another team that i thought would dominate more especially having Joe Jackson on the those great A's teams. How did they do for you?
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You know, I guess I sold the Yankees a little short. In this replay, they definitely had their greatest string of success in the 30's, 40's and 50's. Between 1930 and 1964 they did win 21 pennants, which is more than a third of their 30 total postseasons, and 9 of their 10 World Championships (the elusive 10th not coming until 1998). And without going into too much detail, all the guys you mentioned were great contributers for them, especially Whitey Ford (DiMaggio and Mantle were good, but not as good as they should've been).
The Athletics were a force early in the 20th century, and of course Joe Jackson was a stud. During his career, 1908-1927, the A's reeled off 8 pennants and 3 world titles. He had some help from Eddie Collins as well, as I am relatively sure they must have the record for most hits by teammates (I'll look into it). They even won the flag in 1928 as well, the year after he retired, on the backs of the still impactful Collins, and the younger studs Mickey Cochrane and Jimmie Foxx. After that they faded fast, and weren't good again until 1970.
As for Joe Jackson, his 3519 hits are good for 7th all time, and his carrer avg of .3374 good for 5th. 604 steals career, 11th all-time. He's also in the top-15 for runs, doubles, triples and rbis. 3-time MVP, 8-time Gold Glove winner. He missed the entire 1920 season with a back injury, then came back the next year to hit .377 with 113 rbis. Hit .415 in 1911, with 253 hits that season, a record for a few years and still second all-time for a single season, behind only Rogers Hornsby's 254.