1998 New York Yankees season

Uncommon card · No. 147250

The 1998 New York Yankees season was the 96th season played by the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium, celebrating the stadium's 75th anniversary. Joe Torre managed the team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest teams in baseball history, the 1998 Yankees finished with regular-season record of 114–48, a franchise record and the American League record for wins in a season (which would be broken by the 2001 Seattle Mariners, who went 116-46). It also saw Yankee David Wells pitch the 15th perfect game in baseball history. Two games against the Anaheim Angels were postponed on April 13 and 14 after the collapse of a 500 pound support beam. The third game of the series was rescheduled for Shea Stadium on April 15. Later that season a 3-game series against the Angels was expanded to a 5-game series, including a double-header. In the postseason, they swept the Texas Rangers in the American League Division Series, won the American League pennant...

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