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YANKEES BY THE NUMBERS NOTE 2012 (Postseason) Home Record: 51-30 (2-1) Road Record: 44-37 (1-1) Day Record: 32-20 (---) Night Record: 63-47 (3-2) vs AL East 41-31 (3-2) vs AL Central 21-16 (---) vs AL West 20-15 (---) vs National League 13-5 (---) vs RH starters 58-43 (3-0) vs LH starters 37-24 (0-2) Yankees Score First: 59-27 (2-1) Opp Score First: 36-40 (1-1) Leading After 6: 73-8 (1-0) Trailing After 6: 13-54 (0-2) Tied After 6: 9-5 (1-1) Leading After 7: 79-5 (1-0) Trailing After 7: 9-58 (0-2) Tied After 7: 7-4 (1-1) Leading After 8: 88-5 (1-0) Trailing After 8: 1-58 (1-1) Tied After 8: 5-4 (1-1) Extra-Inning Games: 6-3 (1-1) One-run Games: 22-25 (1-2) Two (or fewer)-run Games: 41-33 (2-2) NYY Scores 5 or more 68-19 (1-0) NYY Scores 4 or more: 83-27 (1-0) NYY Scores 3 or less: 12-40 (2-2) NYY Scores 2 or less 6-27 (0-2) Opp Scores 5 or more 14-46 (---) Opp Scores 4 or less: 81-19 (3-2) Opp Scores 3 or less: 66-8 (3-2) Opp Scores 2 or less 46-4 (3-1) Yankees No Errors: 66-40 (2-1) Yankees Make Error(s): 29-27 (1-1) NYY Starter Goes 6: 71-35 (3-2) Opp Starter Goes 6: 54-48 (1-1) Yankees Outhit Opp: 66-12 (2-1) Opp Outhits Yankees: 20-50 (0-1) Hit Totals Are Even: 9-5 (1-0) Come-From-Behind Wins: 46 (2) C-F-B Wins (trailing by 3+): 9 (-) C-F-B Wins (trailing by 4+): 4 (-) C-F-B Wins (trailing by 5+): 1 (-) Yankees hit 0HR: 7-24 (0-2) Yankees hit at least 1HR: 89-43 (3-0) Yankees hit 2+ HRs: 56-17 (1-0) Walk-off Wins: 5 (1) Walk-off Losses: 6 (-) Series Record: 30-15-7 (1-0) Series Record, home: 17-7-2 Series Record, road: 13-8-5 Series Openers: 32-20 (1-0) Series Finales: 34-18 (1-0) Sweeps by Yankees 10 (0) Sweeps by Opponent 4 (0) Postseason, All Time Record: 223-150-1 in ALCS gms 45-28 in ALCS 11-3 Home Record: 114-70-1 Road Record: 109-80 Game 1: 46-26 Game 2: 41-30-1 Game 3: 45-27 Game 4: 38-28 Game 5: 30-19 Game 6: 17-11 Game 7: 6-8 Game 8 0-1 Facing Elimination: 26-21 Going for Sweep: 13-4 Extra-innings: 21-14-1 One-run games: 55-45 Walk-off Wins: 23 Walk-off Losses: 14 AT HOME IN THE BRONX The Yankees are 114-70 (620) all time in postseason home games…only Cleveland (27-16, 628) has a higher home winning percentage in the playoffs among AL franchises…are 12-6 at the current Yankee Stadium in postseason contests MULTIPLE JETER SS Derek Jeter recorded multi-hit games in each of the first four games of the ALDS, matching a Yankees franchise mark (also Moose Skowron, 1960 WS) Lou Gehrig (1932 WS) and Babe Ruth (1928 WS) BIRTHDAY BOY Manager Joe Girardi will celebrate his 48th birthday tomorrow AT A GLANCE: The Yankees will play Game 1 of the 2012 American League Championship Series vs the Detroit Tigers tonight at Yankee Stadium…marks the Yankees’ 15th ALCS all-time, going 11-3 in the series, including a 7-2 mark in their last nine since 1996 – which have been a “best of seven” format…is their third ALCS in five years under Joe Girardi (also 2009 and ‘10)…are 34-14 in 48 “best-of-seven” series all time This series is a rematch of the 2011 ALDS, which the Tigers won in five games RETURN TO OCTOBER: The Yankees won the AL East Division title for the 13th time in the last 17 seasons…marks the team’s 51st postseason berth all time, most for any MLB franchise…marks the Yankees’ 18th AL East title since divisional play began in 1969, most all time (Atlanta is second w/ 16)…clinched their 48th first-place finish, the most of any professional sports franchise (includes a “first-half” title in the strike-shortened 1981 season) Secured their 2012 postseason berth with their win on 9/30 at Toronto and the Angels’ loss in game two of their doubleheader at Texas that night…with their win in the final regular season game vs Boston, won the AL East Are making their 17th postseason appearance in the last 18 years (also 1995-2007, ’09- 12), the best such stretch in Baseball history Manager Joe Girardi became the fourth Yankees skipper to lead the club to four consecutive postseason appearances, joining Joe McCarthy, Casey Stengel and Joe Torre AT THE TOP: The Yankees were in first place (either tied or alone) each of the final 114 days of the season dating back to the start of play on 6/12…marked their longest such stretch atop the AL East since 2004 when they held sole possession of first place for each of the final 126 days of the season…included a stretch of 84 consecutive days in sole possession of first in the division from 6/13-9/3 Reached 95 wins in a season for the fourth straight year and 10th time in the last 12 campaigns CENTRAL HEATING: The Yankees are facing an AL Central team in the postseason for their sixth straight postseason (Detroit-2006 and ‘11, Cleveland-2007, and Minnesota-2009 and ‘10)…went 2-0 vs the Twins and 0-3 vs the others TO THE BRINK AND BACK: The Yankees won the “winner-take-all” ALDS Game 5 on Friday Improved to 6-4 all-time in best-of-five Game 5s (4-4 in ALDS Game 5s plus wins in the 1976 and 1977 ALCS vs Kansas City)…are now 12-11 in all-time “winner take all” postseason games…snapped a three-game losing streak in such games…are now 4-1 in winner-take-all Game 5 at home OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT: The Yankees have won the first game in each of their last four postseason series and nine of their last 11 START US UP: Yankees starters combined to go 2-1 with a 204 ERA (392IP, 9ER) in the ALDS win vs Baltimore, with 32K and a 193 opponents average (28-for-145)…marked the lowest ERA for any team in any postseason series that lasted at least five games since Cleveland posted a 164 ERA vs Seattle in the 1995 ALCS (six games) Yankees relievers have combined to allow just 1ER in 111IP (079 ERA, 6H, 0BB, 10K) Yankees pitchers have allowed three-or-fewer runs in each of their last seven postseason games (since 2011 ALDS Game 4), tied for the second-longest such streak in club history (7G: 1981 ALDS Game 4 – 1981 WS Game 2; 8G: 1937 WS Game 5 – 1939 WS Game 3, and 7G: 1927 WS Game 2 – 1928 WS Game 4) RUN SUPPORT: The Yankees scored three runs or less in each of the final four games of the ALDS vs Baltimore…marks their longest such stretch in a single postseason since the 1976 World Series (were swept in four games by Cincinnati, scoring 3R or less in each contest) ANDY’S TURN: LHP Andy Pettitte will make his seventh career Game 1 start, first since the 2005 NLCS at St Louis w/Houston…is his fifth Game 1 start as a Yankee, first since the 2001 ALCS at Seattle…is his first Game 1 start at home since the 2000 World Series vs the Mets (62IP, 8H, 3ER in the ND)…overall, is s 2-2 with a 559 ERA (370IP, 23ER) in his six previous Game 1 starts The start by Pettitte snaps a streak of seven consecutive postseason Game 1s started by CC Sabathia dating back to 2009 HOME COOKIN’: The Yankees were a Major League-best 51-30 (630) at home in 2012…have collected at least 50 wins at home in each of their first four seasons at the current Yankee Stadium…this season, Yankee Stadium became the second stadium to host the postseason in each of the first four years of its existence, joining Atlanta’s Turner Field (first six)– credit: Elias COMING UP ACES: LHP CC Sabathia s undefeated over his last eight postseason starts (4-0, 404 ERA)…is 7-1 with a 309 ERA (782IP, 27ER) in 13 games (12 starts) as a Yankee Has tossed at least 80 innings in each of his last five starts dating back to 9/21, going 4-0 with a 151 ERA (412IP, 25H, 7ER, 7BB, 44K) over the stretch His complete game in the “winner-take-all” Game 5 vs Baltimore last night was the first CG by a Yankee in a postseason contest since Roger Clemens in Game 4 of the 2000 ALCS vs Seattle…according to Elias, became only the third pitcher in franchise history to record a CG victory in a “winner-take-all” postseason game, joining Johnny Kucks in Game 7 of the 1956 World Series at Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field and Ralph Terry in Game 7 of the 1962 World Series at the Giants’ Candlestick Park COMEBACK KIDS: The Yankees recorded a Major League-best 48 comeback wins in 2012 (including two so far in the postseason with Sunday’s Game 1 win and Wednesday’s Game 3 victory) Official Game Information Yankee Stadium • One East 161st Street • Bronx, NY 10451 Media Relations Phone: (718) 579-4460 • [email protected] • Twitter: @yankeespr POSTSEASON, ALL TIME HOME RUNS 1 Manny Ramirez 29 2 Bernie Williams 22 3. DEREK JETER ..... 20 4 Reggie Jackson 18 Mickey Mantle 18 Albert Pujols 18 HITS 1. DEREK JETER .... 199 2 Bernie Williams 128 3 Manny Ramirez 117 4 Jorge Posada 103 5 Kenny Lofton 97 Chipper Jones 97 RBI 1 Bernie Williams 80 2 Manny Ramirez 78 3 David Justice 63 4. DEREK JETER ..... 61 5 Albert Pujols 52 RUNS 1. DEREK JETER .... 111 2 Bernie Williams 83 3 Manny Ramirez 67 4 Kenny Lofton 65 5 Chipper Jones 58 YANKEES IN THE ALCS (Home Games in Bold) YEAR OPP W L Detail 1976** KC 3 2 WLWLW 1977* KC 3 2 LWLWW 1978* KC 3 1 WLWW 1980 KC 0 3 LLL 1981** OAK 3 0 WWW 1996* BAL 4 1 WLWWW 1998* CLE 4 2 WLLWWW 1999* BOS 4 1 WWLWW 2000* SEA 4 2 LWWWLW 2001** SEA 4 1 WWLWW 2003** BOS 4 3 LWWLWLW 2004 BOS 3 4 WWWLLLL 2009* LAA 4 2 WWLWLW 2010 TEX 2 4 WLLLWL Total 45 28 *-won World Series; **-lost World Series 2012 AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES – GAME 1 NEW YORK YANKEES (3-2/95-67) vs. DETROIT TIGERS (3-2/88-74) LHP ANDY PETTITTE (0-1, 3.86) VS. RHP DOUG FISTER (0-0, 2.57) Saturday, OctOber 13 8:07 p.m. et tbS yankee Stadium MOST CONSECUTIVE UNDEFEATED POSTSEASON STARTS BY A YANKEE 1 Roger Clemens 10 10/15/01-10/7/07 2 ANDY PETTITTE 9 10/21/98-10/26/00 Orlando Hernandez 9 10/10/98-10/7/00 David Cone 9 10/10/96-10/24/99 5. CC SABATHIA ...... 8 ..... 11/1/09-current 6 ANDY PETTITTE 7 10/5/07-10/7/10 Whitey Ford 7 10/8/58-10/8/62 Red Ruffing 7 10/5/36-9/30/42 Lefty Gomez 7 9/29/32-10/7/39 NYY FEWEST RUNS ALLOWED IN A SERIES OF AT LEAST 5G 9 1943 WS vs STL (5G) 10 2012 ALDS vs BAL (5G) 11 1941 WS vs BRO (5G) 12 2001 ALDS vs OAK (5G) 12 1937 WS vs NYG (5G) 13 1981 ALDS vs MIL (5G) 13 1961 WS vs CIN (5G) NYY FEWEST RUNS SCORED IN A SERIES OF AT LEAST 5G 11 1922 WS vs NYG (5G) 14 2001 WS vs ARZ (7G) 16 2012 ALDS vs BAL (5G) 17 1941 WS vs BRO (5G) 17 1943 WS vs STL (5G) AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES SCHEDULE Game 2 (Sun, 10/14) Yankee Stadium TBD vs RHP Anibel Sanchez (0-1, 284) 4:07 pm TBS Game 3 (Tue, 10/16) at Comerica ParK TBD vs RHP Justin Verlander (2-0, 056) 8:07 pm TBS Game 4 (Wed, 10/17) at Comerica Park TBD vs RHP Max Scherzer (0-0, 000) 8:07 pm TBS Game 5* (Thu, 10/18) at Comerica Park TBD vs RHP Doug Fister (0-0, 257) 4:07 pm TBS Game 6* (Sat, 10/20) Yankee Stadium TBD vs RHP Anibel Sanchez (0-1, 284) 8:07 pm TBS Game 7* (Sun, 10/21) Yankee Stadium TBD vs RHP Justin Verlander (2-0, 056) 8:15 pm TBS *If Necessary All games are ESTAll games are carried by WCBS AM 880; ESPN Radio (987 FM in NY) and Spanish on WADO 1280 AM

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Page 1: 2012 AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES – GAME 1mlb.mlb.com/documents/8/6/4/39780864/ALCS_Game_1... · AT A GLANCE: The Yankees will play Game 1 of the 2012 American League Championship

YANKEES BY THE NUMBERSNOTE 2012 (Postseason) Home Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51-30 (2-1) Road Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-37 (1-1)Day Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32-20 (---) Night Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63-47 (3-2) vs . AL East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-31 (3-2)vs . AL Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21-16 (---) vs . AL West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20-15 (---)vs . National League . . . . . . . . . . . .13-5 (---)vs . RH starters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58-43 (3-0)vs . LH starters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37-24 (0-2)Yankees Score First: . . . . . . . . . 59-27 (2-1)Opp . Score First: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-40 (1-1)Leading After 6: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73-8 (1-0)Trailing After 6: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-54 (0-2)Tied After 6: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5 (1-1) Leading After 7: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79-5 (1-0)Trailing After 7: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-58 (0-2) Tied After 7: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4 (1-1)Leading After 8: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88-5 (1-0)Trailing After 8: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-58 (1-1)Tied After 8: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4 (1-1) Extra-Inning Games: . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3 (1-1) One-run Games: . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-25 (1-2) Two (or fewer)-run Games: . . . . . 41-33 (2-2)NYY Scores 5 or more . . . . . . . 68-19 (1-0)NYY Scores 4 or more: . . . . . . 83-27 (1-0)NYY Scores 3 or less: . . . . . . . . 12-40 (2-2)NYY Scores 2 or less . . . . . . . . . . .6-27 (0-2)Opp . Scores 5 or more . . . . . . . .14-46 (---)Opp . Scores 4 or less: . . . . . . . 81-19 (3-2)Opp . Scores 3 or less: . . . . . . . . .66-8 (3-2)Opp . Scores 2 or less . . . . . . . . . .46-4 (3-1)Yankees No Errors: . . . . . . . . . . 66-40 (2-1)Yankees Make Error(s): . . . . . . 29-27 (1-1)NYY Starter Goes 6: . . . . . . . . . 71-35 (3-2)Opp . Starter Goes 6: . . . . . . . . 54-48 (1-1)Yankees Outhit Opp .: . . . . . . . 66-12 (2-1) Opp . Outhits Yankees: . . . . . . 20-50 (0-1)Hit Totals Are Even: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5 (1-0)Come-From-Behind Wins: . . . . . . . . 46 (2) C-F-B Wins (trailing by 3+): . . . . . . . . . .9 (-)C-F-B Wins (trailing by 4+): . . . . . . . . . .4 (-) C-F-B Wins (trailing by 5+): . . . . . . . . . .1 (-)Yankees hit 0HR: . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-24 (0-2)Yankees hit at least 1HR: . . . . . 89-43 (3-0)Yankees hit 2+ HRs: . . . . . . . . . 56-17 (1-0)Walk-off Wins: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 (1) Walk-off Losses: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 (-)Series Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-15-7 (1-0)Series Record, home: . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-7-2Series Record, road: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-8-5 Series Openers: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-20 (1-0)Series Finales: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-18 (1-0)Sweeps by Yankees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 (0)Sweeps by Opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 (0)

Postseason, All TimeRecord: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223-150-1in ALCS gms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-28in ALCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-3Home Record: . . . . . . . . . . . 114-70-1Road Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109-80Game 1: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-26Game 2: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-30-1Game 3: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-27Game 4: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-28Game 5: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-19Game 6: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-11Game 7: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8Game 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1Facing Elimination: . . . . . . . . . . 26-21Going for Sweep: . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-4Extra-innings: . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-14-1One-run games: . . . . . . . . . . . . 55-45 Walk-off Wins: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Walk-off Losses: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

AT HOME IN THE BRONXThe Yankees are 114-70 ( .620) all time in postseason home games…only Cleveland (27-16, .628) has a higher home winning percentage in the playoffs among AL franchises…are 12-6 at the current Yankee Stadium in postseason contests .

MULTIPLE JETERSS Derek Jeter recorded multi-hit games in each of the first four games of the ALDS, matching a Yankees franchise mark (also Moose Skowron, 1960 WS) Lou Gehrig (1932 WS) and Babe Ruth (1928 WS) .

BIRTHDAY BOYManager Joe Girardi will celebrate his 48th birthday tomorrow .

AT A GLANCE: The Yankees will play Game 1 of the 2012 American League Championship Series vs . the Detroit Tigers tonight at Yankee Stadium…marks the Yankees’ 15th ALCS all-time, going 11-3 in the series, including a 7-2 mark in their last nine since 1996 – which have been a “best of seven” format…is their third ALCS in five years under Joe Girardi (also 2009 and ‘10)…are 34-14 in 48 “best-of-seven” series all time .

�This series is a rematch of the 2011 ALDS, which the Tigers won in five games .

RETURN TO OCTOBER: The Yankees won the AL East Division title for the 13th time in the last 17 seasons…marks the team’s 51st postseason berth all time, most for any MLB franchise…marks the Yankees’ 18th AL East title since divisional play began in 1969, most all time (Atlanta is second w/ 16)…clinched their 48th first-place finish, the most of any professional sports franchise (includes a “first-half” title in the strike-shortened 1981 season) .

�Secured their 2012 postseason berth with their win on 9/30 at Toronto and the Angels’ loss in game two of their doubleheader at Texas that night…with their win in the final regular season game vs . Boston, won the AL East . �Are making their 17th postseason appearance in the last 18 years (also 1995-2007, ’09-12), the best such stretch in Baseball history . �Manager Joe Girardi became the fourth Yankees skipper to lead the club to four consecutive postseason appearances, joining Joe McCarthy, Casey Stengel and Joe Torre .

AT THE TOP: The Yankees were in first place (either tied or alone) each of the final 114 days of the season dating back to the start of play on 6/12… marked their longest such stretch atop the AL East since 2004 when they held sole possession of first place for each of the final 126 days of the season… included a stretch of 84 consecutive days in sole possession of first in the division from 6/13-9/3 .

�Reached 95 wins in a season for the fourth straight year and 10th time in the last 12 campaigns .

CENTRAL HEATING: The Yankees are facing an AL Central team in the postseason for their sixth straight postseason (Detroit-2006 and ‘11, Cleveland-2007, and Minnesota-2009 and ‘10)… went 2-0 vs . the Twins and 0-3 vs . the others .

TO THE BRINK AND BACK: The Yankees won the “winner-take-all” ALDS Game 5 on Friday . � Improved to 6-4 all-time in best-of-five Game 5s (4-4 in ALDS Game 5s plus wins in the 1976 and 1977 ALCS vs . Kansas City)…are now 12-11 in all-time “winner take all” postseason games…snapped a three-game losing streak in such games…are now 4-1 in winner-take-all Game 5 at home .

OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT: The Yankees have won the first game in each of their last four postseason series and nine of their last 11 .

START US UP: Yankees starters combined to go 2-1 with a 2 .04 ERA (39 .2IP, 9ER) in the ALDS win vs . Baltimore, with 32K and a .193 opponents average (28-for-145)…marked the lowest ERA for any team in any postseason series that lasted at least five games since Cleveland posted a 1 .64 ERA vs . Seattle in the 1995 ALCS (six games) .

� Yankees relievers have combined to allow just 1ER in 11 .1IP (0 .79 ERA, 6H, 0BB, 10K) . � Yankees pitchers have allowed three-or-fewer runs in each of their last seven postseason games (since 2011 ALDS Game 4), tied for the second-longest such streak in club history (7G: 1981 ALDS Game 4 – 1981 WS Game 2; 8G: 1937 WS Game 5 – 1939 WS Game 3, and 7G: 1927 WS Game 2 – 1928 WS Game 4) .

RUN SUPPORT: The Yankees scored three runs or less in each of the final four games of the ALDS vs . Baltimore… marks their longest such stretch in a single postseason since the 1976 World Series (were swept in four games by Cincinnati, scoring 3R or less in each contest) .

ANDY’S TURN: LHP Andy Pettitte will make his seventh career Game 1 start, first since the 2005 NLCS at St . Louis w/Houston… is his fifth Game 1 start as a Yankee, first since the 2001 ALCS at Seattle… is his first Game 1 start at home since the 2000 World Series vs . the Mets (6 .2IP, 8H, 3ER in the ND)… overall, is s 2-2 with a 5 .59 ERA (37 .0IP, 23ER) in his six previous Game 1 starts .

� The start by Pettitte snaps a streak of seven consecutive postseason Game 1s started by CC Sabathia dating back to 2009 .

HOME COOKIN’: The Yankees were a Major League-best 51-30 ( .630) at home in 2012… have collected at least 50 wins at home in each of their first four seasons at the current Yankee Stadium… tthis season, Yankee Stadium became the second stadium to host the postseason in each of the first four years of its existence, joining Atlanta’s Turner Field (first six)– credit: Elias .

COMING UP ACES: LHP CC Sabathia s undefeated over his last eight postseason starts (4-0, 4 .04 ERA)…is 7-1 with a 3 .09 ERA (78 .2IP, 27ER) in 13 games (12 starts) as a Yankee .

�Has tossed at least 8 .0 innings in each of his last five starts dating back to 9/21, going 4-0 with a 1 .51 ERA (41 .2IP, 25H, 7ER, 7BB, 44K) over the stretch . �His complete game in the “winner-take-all” Game 5 vs . Baltimore last night was the first CG by a Yankee in a postseason contest since Roger Clemens in Game 4 of the 2000 ALCS vs . Seattle…according to Elias, became only the third pitcher in franchise history to record a CG victory in a “winner-take-all” postseason game, joining Johnny Kucks in Game 7 of the 1956 World Series at Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field and Ralph Terry in Game 7 of the 1962 World Series at the Giants’ Candlestick Park .

COMEBACK KIDS: The Yankees recorded a Major League-best 48 comeback wins in 2012 (including two so far in the postseason with Sunday’s Game 1 win and Wednesday’s Game 3 victory) .

Official Game InformationYankee Stadium • One East 161st Street • Bronx, NY 10451

Media Relations Phone: (718) 579-4460 • [email protected] • Twitter: @yankeespr

POSTSEASON, ALL TIMEHOME RUNS

1 . Manny Ramirez . . . . .29 2 . Bernie Williams . . . . .22 3. DEREK JETER . . . . . 20 4 . Reggie Jackson . . . . .18 Mickey Mantle . . . . . . . 18 Albert Pujols . . . . . . .18

HITS 1. DEREK JETER . . . . 199 2 . Bernie Williams . . . 128 3 . Manny Ramirez . . . 117 4 . Jorge Posada . . . . . 103 5 . Kenny Lofton . . . . . . .97 Chipper Jones . . . . . .97

RBI 1 Bernie Williams . . . . .80 2 . Manny Ramirez . . . . .78 3 . David Justice . . . . . . .63 4. DEREK JETER . . . . . 61 5 . Albert Pujols . . . . . . .52

RUNS 1. DEREK JETER . . . . 111 2 . Bernie Williams . . . . .83 3 . Manny Ramirez . . . . .67 4 . Kenny Lofton . . . . . . .65 5 . Chipper Jones . . . . . .58

YANKEES IN THE ALCS(Home Games in Bold)

YEAR OPP W L Detail1976** . . . . KC . . . .3 . . . 2 . . . . . WLWLW1977* . . . . . KC . . . .3 . . . 2 . . . . . LWLWW1978* . . . . . KC . . . .3 . . . 1 . . . . . . WLWW1980 . . . . . . KC . . . .0 . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . LLL1981** . . OAK . . . .3 . . . 0 . . . . . . . WWW1996* . . . .BAL . . . .4 . . . 1 . . . . WLWWW1998* . . . . CLE . . . .4 . . . 2 . . .WLLWWW1999* . . . .BOS . . . .4 . . . 1 . . . . WWLWW2000* . . . . SEA . . . .4 . . . 2 . . . LWWWLW2001** . . . SEA . . . .4 . . . 1 . . . . WWLWW2003** . . .BOS . . . .4 . . . 3 . . LWWLWLW2004 . . . . .BOS . . . .3 . . . 4 . . WWWLLLL2009* . . . .LAA . . . .4 . . . 2 . . . WWLWLW2010 . . . . . TEX . . . .2 . . . 4 . . . . . WLLLWLTotal 45 28

*-won World Series; **-lost World Series

2012 AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES – GAME 1NEW YORK YANKEES (3-2/95-67) vs. DETROIT TIGERS (3-2/88-74)

LHP Andy Pettitte (0-1, 3.86) vs. RHP doug FisteR (0-0, 2.57)Saturday, OctOber 13 • 8:07 p.m. et • tbS • yankee Stadium

MOST CONSECUTIVE UNDEFEATED POSTSEASON STARTS BY A YANKEE

1 . Roger Clemens . . . . . 10 . . . . . 10/15/01-10/7/072 . ANDY PETTITTE . . . . . 9 . . . . 10/21/98-10/26/00 Orlando Hernandez . . 9 . . . . . 10/10/98-10/7/00 David Cone . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . 10/10/96-10/24/995. CC SABATHIA . . . . . . 8 . . . . . 11/1/09-current6 . ANDY PETTITTE . . . . . 7 . . . . . . .10/5/07-10/7/10 Whitey Ford . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . .10/8/58-10/8/62 Red Ruffing . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . .10/5/36-9/30/42 Lefty Gomez . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . .9/29/32-10/7/39

NYY FEWEST RUNS ALLOWED INA SERIES OF AT LEAST 5G

9 . . . . . . . . . . 1943 WS vs . STL (5G)10 . . . . . . . . .2012 ALDS vs . BAL (5G)11 . . . . . . . . 1941 WS vs . BRO (5G)12 . . . . . .2001 ALDS vs . OAK (5G)12 . . . . . . . . 1937 WS vs . NYG (5G)13 . . . . . . .1981 ALDS vs . MIL (5G)13 . . . . . . . . . 1961 WS vs . CIN (5G)

NYY FEWEST RUNS SCORED IN A SERIES OF AT LEAST 5G

11 . . . . . . . . 1922 WS vs . NYG (5G)14 . . . . . . . . .2001 WS vs . ARZ (7G)16 . . . . . . . . .2012 ALDS vs . BAL (5G)17 . . . . . . . . 1941 WS vs . BRO (5G)17 . . . . . . . . . 1943 WS vs . STL (5G)

AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES SCHEDULEGame 2 (Sun ., 10/14) Yankee Stadium TBD vs . RHP Anibel Sanchez (0-1, 2 .84) 4:07 p .m . TBSGame 3 (Tue ., 10/16) at Comerica ParK TBD vs . RHP Justin Verlander (2-0, 0 .56) 8:07 p .m . TBSGame 4 (Wed ., 10/17) at Comerica Park TBD vs . RHP Max Scherzer (0-0, 0 .00) 8:07 p .m . TBSGame 5* (Thu ., 10/18) at Comerica Park TBD vs . RHP Doug Fister (0-0, 2 .57) 4:07 p .m . TBSGame 6* (Sat ., 10/20) Yankee Stadium TBD vs . RHP Anibel Sanchez (0-1, 2 .84) 8:07 p .m . TBSGame 7* (Sun ., 10/21) Yankee Stadium TBD vs . RHP Justin Verlander (2-0, 0 .56) 8:15 p .m . TBS*If Necessary All games are EST . . .All games are carried by WCBS AM 880; ESPN Radio (98 .7 FM in NY) and Spanish on WADO 1280 AM

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YANKEES vs. DETROIT REGULAR SEASON ALL-TIME RECORD vs. DETROIT: 1,029-911-10 ( .530) NYY ALL TIME home record vs. DET: 561-407-4 ( .580)—NYY ALL TIME vs. DET at the current Yankee Stadium: 10-3 POSTSEASON: ALL TIME vs. DET: 3-6 --- ALL TIME home record vs. DET: 2-3 The Yankees won the season series vs . Detroit, six games to four…marked their first season series win vs . the Tigers since 2009 (5-1)…four of the games were decided by one run…the Yankees’ won two-of-three games vs . the Tigers in Detroit’s only visit to the Bronx this season…have won seven of their last nine regular season home games vs . Detroit .IN THE POSTSEASON: The Yankees and Tigers have previously met twice in postseason play, both times in the ALDS with the Tigers winning both series…in 2006, the Yankees won the opener, 8-4, but were outscored 18-6 over the final three games…last year, the Yankees won Game 1 and Game 4 by a combined score of 19-4, but lost the other three games by a combined four runs .

NYY BATTERS vs. DETROIT (CAREER)*Player AVG G AB H HR RBIRobinson Cano .270 57 226 61 7 22Eric Chavez .306 70 248 76 15 45Brett Gardner .241 20 54 13 0 5Curtis Granderson .259 21 81 21 7 16Raul Ibanez .294 118 405 119 17 73Derek Jeter .326 139 567 185 12 74Russell Martin .269 18 67 18 3 9Jayson Nix .208 18 53 11 1 3Alex Rodriguez .337 128 498 168 36 116Chris Stewart .231 10 26 6 0 1Ichiro Suzuki .322 106 451 145 3 35Nick Swisher .239 70 222 53 10 31Mark Teixeira .234 68 261 61 15 46

vs. DETROIT (2012)*AVG G AB H HR RBI .268 10 41 11 0 4 .516 9 31 16 2 5 --- - - - - - .256 10 43 11 4 12 .115 8 26 3 0 3 .286 10 42 12 1 3 .269 7 26 7 1 3 .667 2 3 2 0 0 .375 6 24 9 3 7 .308 4 13 4 0 1 .325 10 40 13 0 5 .324 10 34 11 2 4 .179 10 39 7 1 6

World Series Champions (27)1923, ’27-28, ’32, ’36-39, ’41, ’43, ’47, ’49-53, ’56, ’58, ’61-62, ’77-78, ’96, ’98-2000, ’09

AL Pennants (40)1921-23, ’26-28, ‘32, ‘36-39, ’41-43, ‘47, ‘49-53, ’55-56, ’57-58, ’60-62, ’63-64, ’76-78, ’81, ‘96, ‘98-2001, ‘03, ‘09

ALCS Game 1 - Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012 vs. Detroit - 8:07 p.m. ET

THE CAPTAIN’S POSTSEASON LOG: SS Derek Jeter has played 157 career postseason games, batting .309 (199-for-645) with 111R, 32 doubles, 20HR and 61RBI…led all players with 8H in the division series round .

� Jeter has now appeared in 16 different postseasons… according to Elias, ties Mariano Rivera for the most postseasons played in by any Major Leaguer .

CLOSE CALLS: The Yankees have had 60 of their last 82 games (including postseason) following the All-Star break decided by 3R or less, including 21 of their last 27… since the break, have had 44 games of 2R or less and 29 one-run contests .

�Have gone 23-27 in one-run games in 2012 (including postseason)… have won 10 of their last 20 one-run games after eight straight losses in such games from 7/19-8/7 . � 28 of the team’s 36 losses after the All-Star break (including postseason) have been by 3R or less, falling by a combined 43 runs over those defeats .

HITS, HITS AND MORE HITS: According to the Elias Sports Bureau, SS Derek Jeter (3,304 hits), 3B Alex Rodriguez (2,901) and OF Ichiro Suzuki (2,606) are the first trio of teammates with at least 2,500 hits to play together in a postseason game .

DAVID’S WINS: RHP David Robertson earned his third career postseason win on Wednesday vs . Baltimore in Game 3, and is now tied with Sparky Lyle for the third-most relief wins in franchise history behind Mariano Rivera (8) and Mike Stanton (4)… Robertson has recorded the victory in each of the Yankees’ last three postseason extra-inning wins (also 2009 ALDS Gm 2 vs . Minnesota and 2009 ALCS Gm 2 vs . Los Angeles-AL) .

MOUND PRESENCE: �Yankees pitchers struck out a franchise-record 1,318 batters in 2012… surpassed the previous mark of 1,266K set in 2001 . �The Yankees walked just 431 batters in 2012, the fewest in the AL and the fourth-fewest in the Majors… marked their fewest walks allowed since 2003 (375), which was also the last time they led the AL . �Yankees starters were a combined 71-50 ( .587), marking the best win pct . among AL starting staffs (fifth-best in Majors) .

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: The Yankees finished the season with 804 runs, second-most inthe Majors behind Texas (808)… led the AL with a +136 run differential, second in the Majors behind only Washington (+137 - 731 scored, 594 allowed) .

FINAL LAP: The Yankees went 6-0-2 over their final eight series of the regular season… won each of their last four games, 14 of their last 18 games, 17 of their last 23 and 19 of their last 27… went 10-1 over the final 11 home games… lost consecutive road games just once over their final 21 road contests .

�Scored at least 10R in six of their last 23 games of the season after doing so just eight times over their first 139 contests… scored a ML-most 174 runs in Sept ./Oct… recorded at least 10H in nine of their last 12 games from 9/22 on after double-digits in hits just six times over their previous 32 contests from 8/17-9/21 .

PITCHING IN: The Yankees had three starters (Phil Hughes, Hiroki Kuroda and CC Sabathia), each with at least 15 wins in the same season for the first time since 2006 (Randy Johnson-17, Mike Mussina-15 and Chien-Ming Wang-19)… had four pitchers with at least 12 wins (also Nova) for the first time since 2003 .

BACKUP SANDMAN: RHP Rafael Soriano went 2-1 with 42 saves (in 46 opportunities) and a 2 .26 ERA (67 .2IP, 17ER) in 69 regular season relief appearances with the Yankees in 2012… finished tied for third in the Majors in saves, trailing only Baltimore’s Jim Johnson (51) and Tampa Bay’s Fernando Rodney (48)… his 42 saves after 5/3 (when Rivera went on the D .L .) were second in the Majors to Jim Johnson’s 44 with Baltimore

�Marked the 10th-highest single-season save total in franchise history and the ninth-best single-season save pct . (91 .3) in Yankees history (min: 20 save opps) . � The Yankees did not have a save opportunity in the ALDS…the last Yankee other than Mariano Rivera to record a save in a postseason series was Ramiro Mendoza on 10/18/99 in ALCS Game 5 at Boston…prior to tonight, Rivera had recorded the Yankees’ last 31 postseason saves .

HIT MACHINESS Derek Jeter recorded his eighth career 200-hit season, extending his record for a shortstop and tying Lou Gehrig’s club record . Only Ichiro (10 seasons) has more 200H seasons among actives .

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, with his first 200H season coming in 1998, became just the fourth player to record a 200-hit season 14 or more years after doing it for the first time…also Ty Cobb, Pete Rose and Paul Molitor .

Became the oldest player to collect at least 200H in a season since Paul Molitor did so at age 40 in 1996, and fifth-oldest overall .

JETER’S 200H SEASONS1998: 203 2006: 2141999: 219 2007: 2062000: 201 2009: 2122005: 202 2012: 216

AT THE TOPJeter became the first player in Yankees franchise history to finish a season as the outright Major League leader in hits multiple times (2012-216H and 1999-219H) .

HOMEBOYSThe Yankees clinched the best record in the AL in 2012, guaranteeing homefield advantage through the AL playoffs…according to the Elias Sports Bureau, marks the ninth time since 1995 the Yankees have posted the AL’s best record, advancing to the WS in four of those seasons (1998, ’99, 2003, ’09)…also had the best mark in 2002 (lost ALDS), ’04 (lost ALCS), ’06 (lost ALDS) and ‘11 (lost ALDS) .

*regular season only

NYY BATTERS vs. RHP DOUG FISTER*Career AVG AB H HR BB KRobinson Cano .333 9 3 0 0 1Eric Chavez .273 11 3 0 0 2Brett Gardner .250 4 1 0 0 0Curtis Granderson .167 6 1 1 0 4Raul Ibanez .667 3 2 0 0 0Derek Jeter .385 13 5 0 0 2Russell Martin --- - - - - -Jayson Nix .333 3 1 0 0 0Alex Rodriguez .200 5 1 0 1 1Chris Stewart .667 3 2 0 0 0Ichiro Suzuki .400 5 2 0 1 0Nick Swisher .200 10 2 1 1 2Mark Teixeira .250 12 3 1 0 1

2012 AMERICAN LEAGUE DIVISION SERIES RECAPThe Yankees emerged with the series win five games vs . Baltimore…marked the seventh time they played all five games in the division series round, winning for the first time in those series since 2001…held the Orioles to nine runs total in the series posting a 1 .76 ERA (51 .0IP, 10ER) and holding O’s batters to a .187 batting average (34-for-182)…SS Derek Jeter batted .363 (8-for-22) with 4R…LHP CC Sabathia won both Game 1 and Game 5, becoming the first Yankee to win both a Game and a Game 5 of an ALDS…the teams were separated by no more than one run at the end of 46 of the 52 innings played…the Yankees improved to 11-7 in 18 all-time Division Series (1981, 1995-2007, ’09-12) .

GAME 1 Camden Yards Yankees-7, Orioles-2 WP: Sabathia LP: Johnson SV: --- Att: 47,841GAME 2 Camden Yards Orioles-3, Yankees-2 WP: Chen LP: Pettitte SV: Johnson Att: 48,187GAME 3 Yankee Stadium Yankees-3, Orioles-2 (12 inn .) WP: Robertson LP: Matusz SV: --- Att: 50,497GAME 4 Yankee Stadium Orioles-2, Yankees-1 (13 inn .) WP: Strop LP: Phelps SV: Johnson Att: 49,307GAME 5 Yankee Stadium Yankees-3, Orioles-1 WP: Sabathia LP: Hammel SV: --- Att: 47,081

FROM THE MANAGER’S DESK#28 JOE GIRARDI—MANAGER CAREER MANAGERIAL RECORD: 557-415 CAREER WITH YANKEES: 479-331 POSTSEASON RECORD: 21-13The 2012 season marked his fifth as Manager of the Yankees, guiding the club to a AL-best 95-67 record, their fourth straight postseason appearance and 17th playoff berth in the last 18 years…was the third-best record in the Majors, trailing WAS (98-64) and CIN (97-65)…was the Yankees’ fourth straight season with at least 95 wins…at 47 years old, is the fourth-youngest current manager, behind St . Louis’ Mike Matheny (42), Seattle’s Eric Wedge (44) and Chicago-AL’s Robin Ventura (45) .

POSTSEASON NOTES: Led the Yankees to their 27th World Championship in 2009, joining Ralph Houk and Billy Martin as the only Yankees to play for and manage a Yankees World Championship team…joined Houk, Bob Lemon and Stengel as the only Yankees managers to win a WS in their first postseason .

HE’S A WINNER: Manager Joe Girardi has a .6176 postseason winning percentage (21-13), fourth-highest in franchise history behind Joe McCarthy ( .763, 29-9), Bob Lemon ( .625, 15-9) and Joe Torre ( .6179, 76-47)…his 21 postseason wins are fourth-most among yankees skippers behind Torre (76), Casey Stengel (37) and McCarty (29) .

NYY vs. DETROIT in 2012Date H/A W/L Score Rec.4/27 at NYY W 7-6 1-04/28 at NYY L 5-7 1-14/29 at NYY W 6-2 2-16/1 at DET W 9-4 3-16/2 at DET L 3-4 3-26/3 at DET W 5-1 4-28/6 at DET L 2-7 4-38/7 at DET L 5-6 4-48/8 at DET W 12-8 5-48/9 at DET W 4-3 6-4Total in 2012 58-48 6-4

POSTSEASON vs. DETROIT2006 ALDS

Date H/A W/L Score WP/LP10/3 at NYY W 8-4 Wang/Robertson10/5 at NYY L 3-4 Walker/Mussina10/6 at DET L 0-6 Rogers/Johnson10/7 at DET L 3-8 Bonderman/WrightTotal 14-22

2011 ALDS9/30 at NYY W 9-3 Nova/Fister10/2 at NYY L 3-5 Scherzer/Garcia10/3 at DET L 4-5 Verlander/Soriano10/4 at DET W 10-1 Burnett/Porcello10/6 at NYY L 2-3 Fister/NovaTotal 28-17

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ALCS Game 1 - Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012 vs. Detroit - 8:07 p.m. ET

YANKEES NOTABLE POSTSEASON HOME RUNSMULTI-HOME RUN GAMES (23)

Round Player Date Opponent/Pitcher No. of HRALDS Bernie Williams 10/6/1995 (Gm 3) at Seattle 2 Bernie Williams 10/5/1996 (Gm 4) at Texas 2 Raul Ibanez 10/10/2012 (Gm 3) vs . Baltimore 2ALCS Graig Nettles 10/13/1976 (Gm 4) vs . Kansas City 2 Darryl Strawberry 10/12/1996 (Gm 4) at Baltimore 2 Jason Giambi 10/16/2003 (Gm 7) vs . Boston 2 Hideki Matsui 10/16/2004 (Gm 3) at Boston 2World Series Babe Ruth 10/11/1923 (Gm 2) at NY Giants 2 Babe Ruth 10/6/1926 (Gm 4) at St. Louis 3 Lou Gehrig 10/7/1928 (Gm 3) at St . Louis 2 Babe Ruth 10/9/1928 (Gm 4) at St. Louis 3 Lou Gehrig 10/1/1932 (Gm 3) at Chicago-NL 2 Babe Ruth 10/1/1932 (Gm 3) at Chicago-NL 2 Tony Lazzeri 10/2/1932 (Gm 4) at Chicago-NL 2 Charlie Keller 10/7/1939 (Gm 3) at Cincinnati 2 Joe Collins 9/28/1955 (Gm 1) vs . Brooklyn 2 Yogi Berra 10/10/1956 (Gm 7) at Brooklyn 2 Tony Kubek 10/5/1957 (Gm 3) at Milwaukee 2 Mickey Mantle 10/2/1958 (Gm 2) at Milwaukee 2 Mickey Mantle 10/6/1960 (Gm 2) at Pittsburgh 2 Reggie Jackson 10/18/1977 (Gm 6) vs. Los Angeles-NL 3 Scott Brosius 10/20/1998 (Gm 3) at San Diego 2 Chad Curtis 10/26/1999 (Gm 3) vs . Atlanta 2

GRAND SLAMS (11)Round Player Date Opponent PitcherALDS Paul O’Neill 10/4/1997 (Gm 3) at Cleveland Chad Ogea Robinson Cano 9/30/11 (Gm 1) vs . Detroit Al AlburquerqueALCS Ricky Ledee (PH) 10/17/1999 (Gm 4) at Boston Rod BeckWorld Series Tony Lazzeri 10/2/1936 (Gm 2) at NY Giants Dick Coffman Gil McDougald 10/9/1951 (Gm 5) at NY Giants Larry Jansen Mickey Mantle 10/4/1953 (Gm 5) at Brooklyn Russ Meyer Yogi Berra 10/5/1956 (Gm 2) at Brooklyn Don Newcombe Bill Skowron 10/10/1956 (Gm 7) at Brooklyn Roger Craig Bobby Richardson 10/8/1960 (Gm 3) vs . Pittsburgh Clem Labine Joe Pepitone 10/14/1964 (Gm 6) at St . Louis Gordie Richardson Tino Martinez 10/17/1998 (GM 1) vs . San Diego Mark Langston

PINCH-HIT HOME RUNS (12)Round Player Date Opponent PitcherALDS David Justice 10/15/2001 (Gm 5) vs . Oakland Tim Hudson Raul Ibanez 10/10/2012 (Gm 3) vs . Baltimore Jim JohnsonALCS Ricky Ledee (GS) 10/17/1999 (Gm 4) at Boston Rod Beck Ruben Sierra 10/13/2003 (Gm 4) at Boston Scott WilliamsonWorld Series Yogi Berra* 10/2/1947 (Gm 3) at Boston Ralph Branca Johnny Mize 10/3/1952 (Gm 3) vs . Brooklyn Preacher Roe Bob Cerv 10/2/1955 (Gm 5) at Brooklyn Roger Craig Elston Howard 10/5/1960 (Gm 1) at Pittsburgh Roy Face Johnny Blanchard 10/7/1961 (Gm 3) at Cincinnati Bob Purkey Jim Leyritz 10/27/1999 (Gm 4) vs . Atlanta Terry Mulholland Jason Giambi 10/23/2003 (Gm 5) at Florida Braden Looper Hideki Matsui 10/31/2009 (Gm 3) at Philadelphia Brett Myers

*first pinch-hit home run ever hit in World Series play

1st INNING LEAD-OFF HOME RUNS (6)Round Player Date Opponent PitcherALDS Derek Jeter 10/6/2004 (Gm 2) vs . Minnesota Brad Radke Johnny Damon 10/4/2007 (Gm 1) at Cleveland CC SabathiaALCS Derek Jeter 10/19/2009 (Gm 3) at Los Angeles-AL Jered WeaverWorld Series Phil Rizzuto 10/5/1942 (Gm 5) vs . St . Louis Johnny Beazley Gene Woodling 10/4/1953 (Gm 5) at Brooklyn Johnny Podres Derek Jeter 10/25/2000 (Gm 4) at New York Mets Bobby Jones

***Derek Jeter is the only player to hit a leadoff HR in each of the three postseason rounds .***

INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS (1)Round Player Date Opponent PitcherALDS Never accomplished by a Yankees player . ALCS Graig Nettles 10/9/1980 (Gm 2) at Kansas City Dennis LeonardWorld Series Never accomplished by a Yankees player .

WALK-OFF HOME RUNS (12) - *Clinched Series Round Player Date Opponent Inn. Men on PitcherALDS Jim Leyritz 10/4/1995 (Gm 2) vs . Seattle 15th 1 on T . Belcher Mark Teixeira 10/9/2009 (Gm 2) vs . Minnesota 11th solo J . Mijares Raul Ibanez 10/10/2012 (Gm 3) vs . Baltimore 12th solo B . MatuszALCS Chris Chambliss* 10/14/1976 (Gm 5) vs . Kansas City 9th solo M . Littell Bernie Williams 10/9/1996 (Gm 1) vs . Baltimore 11th solo R . Myers Bernie Williams 10/13/1999 (Gm 1) vs . Boston 10th solo R . Beck Alfonso Soriano 10/21/2001 (Gm 4) vs . Seattle 9th 1 on K . Sasaki Aaron Boone* 10/16/2003 (Gm 7) vs . Boston 11th solo T . WakefieldWorld Series Tommy Henrich 10/5/1949 (Gm 1) vs . Brooklyn 9th solo D . Newcombe Mickey Mantle 10/10/1964 (Gm 3) vs . St . Louis 9th solo B . Schultz Chad Curtis 10/26/1999 (Gm 3) vs . Atlanta 10th solo M . Remlinger Derek Jeter 10/31/2001 (Gm 4) vs . Arizona 10th solo B . Kim

SWITCH-HIT HOME RUNS (2)Round Player Date Opponent/Pitcher No. of HRALDS Bernie Williams 10/6/1995 (Gm 3) at Seattle (LHP Johnson/RHP Risley) 2 Bernie Williams 10/5/1996 (Gm 4) at Texas (RHP Pavlik/LHP Stanton) 2

BACK-TO-BACK HRs (12, including one back-to-back-to-back) Players Date Opponent No. HR / Inn.Babe Ruth/Lou Gehrig 10/9/1928 (WS Gm 4) at St . Louis 2 / 7thBabe Ruth/Lou Gehrig 10/1/1932 (WS Gm 3) at Chicago-NL 2 / 5thRoger Maris/Mickey Mantle 10/14/1964 (WS Gm 6) at St . Louis 2 / 6thThurman Munson/Reggie Jackson 10/16/1977 (WS Gm 5) at Los Angeles-NL 2 / 8thRick Cerone/Lou Piniella 10/8/1980 (ALCS Gm 1) at Kansas City 2 / 2ndReggie Jackson/Oscar Gamble 10/11/1981 (ALDS Gm 5) vs . Milwaukee 2 / 4thRuben Sierra/Don Mattingly 10/4/1995 (ALDS Gm 2) vs . Seattle 2 / 6thBernie Williams/Mike Stanley 10/6/1995 (ALDS Gm 3) at Seattle 2 / 8thCecil Fielder/Darryl Strawberry 10/13/1996 (ALCS Gm 5) at Baltimore 2 / 3rdRaines/Jeter/O’Neill (b2b2b) 9/30/1997 (ALDS Gm 1) vs . Cleveland 3 / 6thBernie Willaims/Tino Martinez 10/13/2000 (ALCS Gm 3) at Seattle 2 / 2ndNick Swisher/Robinson Cano 10/20/2010 (ALCS Gm 5) vs . Texas 2 / 3rd

GRAND SLAMS ALLOWED (5)Round Player Date Opponent PitcherALDS Edgar Martinez 10/7/1995 (Gm 4) at Seattle J . WettelandLCS Jim Thome 10/13/1998 (Gm 6) vs . Cleveland D . Cone Johnny Damon 10/20/2004 (Gm 7) vs . Boston J . VazquezWorld Series Chuck Hiller 10/8/1962 (Gm 4) vs . San Francisco M . Bridges Ken Boyer 10/11/1964 (Gm 4) vs . St . Louis A .Downing

YANKEES ALL-TIME POSTSEASON HIGHSTEAM BATTING

Most Runs, Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 (2004 ALCS Game 3 at BOS, 10/16/2004)Most Runs, Inning . . . . . . . . . . .7, 7x (Last, 2000 ALCS Game 2 vs . SEA – 8th inn ., 10/11/2000)Most Hits, Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 (2004 ALCS Game 3 at BOS, 10/16/2004)Fewest Hits, Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 3x (2010 ALCS Game 3 vs . TEX, 10/18/2010 2001 ALDS Game 3 at OAK, 10/13/2001 1998 World Series Game 4 vs . MIL, 10/5/1958)Most Extra-base Hits, Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 (2004 ALCS Game 3 at BOS, 10/16/2004)Most Home Runs, Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 (1928 World Series Game 4 at STL, 10/9/1928)Most Singles, Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 (1978 World Series Game 5 vs . LAD, 10/15/1978)Most Doubles, Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 (2004 ALCS Game 3 at BOS, 10/16/2004)Most Triples, Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, 2x (1960 WS Game 6 at PIT, 10/12/1960 1947 WS Game 2 vs . BRO, 10/4/1947)Most Strikeouts, Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 2x (2004 ALCS Game 5 at BOS, 10/18/2004) 2004 ALDS Game 4 at MIN, 10/9/2004Most Walks, Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11, 2x (1998 ALCS Game 5 at CLE, 10/11/1998 1957 WS Game 3 at MIL, 10/5/1957Most Stolen Bases, Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 (1998 ALCS Game 4 at CLE, 10/10/1998)Shut out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 times (Last, 2010 ALCS Game 3 vs . Texas, 8-0, 10/18/10)Worst Shutout Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-0 (2010 ALCS Game vs . Texas, 10/18/2010)Walk-off Wins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 times (Last, 10/10/2012 - ALDS Game 3 vs . BAL)

TEAM PITCHINGRuns allowed, Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 (2001 World Series Game 6 at ARI, 11/3/2001)Runs allowed, Inning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 3x (2002 ALDS Game 4 at ANA – 5th inn ., 10/5/2002 2001 World Series Game 6 at ARI - 3rd inn ., 11/3/2001 1921 World Series Game 3 at NYG - 7th inn ., 10/7/1921)Most Hits allowed, Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 (2001 World Series Game 6 at ARI, 11/3/2001)Fewest hits allowed, Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 (1956 World Series Game 5 vs . Brooklyn, 10/8/56)Home runs allowed, Game . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 7x (Last 2010 ALCS Game 4 vs . TEX, 10/19/2010)Extra-base hits allowed, Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 (1999 ALCS Game 3 at BOS, 10/16/1999)Singles allowed, Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 (2001 World Series Game 6 at ARI, 11/3/2001)Doubles allowed, Game . . . . . . . . . .6, 4x (Last, 2001 World Series Game 6 at ARI, 11/3/2001)Triples allowed, Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 8x (Last, 2005 ALDS Game 3 vs . LAA, 10/7/2005)Strikeouts recorded, Game . . . . . . . . . 15 (2000 ALCS Game 4 at SEA, 10/14/2000 - all by Clemens)Walks allowed, Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 (1956 World Series Game 2 at BRO, 10/5/1956)Most Stolen Bases allowed, Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 (2010 ALCS Game 2 at TEX, 10/16/2010)Shutouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 times (Last, 2001 ALDS Game 3 at OAK, 1-0, 10/13/01)Largest shutout win . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-0 (1960 World Series Game 6 at PIT, 10/12/1960)Complete Game . . . . . . . . . 85 times (Last, 2012 ALDS Game 5 vs . BAL, 10/12/12 - Sabathia)Walk-off Losses . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 times (Last, 2009 ALCS Game 3 at LAA, 10/19/09 - 11 inn .)

TEAM FIELDINGDouble plays turned, Game ., Yankees . . . . 4 (1951 World Series Game 4 at NYG, 10/8/1951)Double plays turned, Game, Opp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 (2004 ALDS Game 1 vs . MIN, 10/5/2004)Errors, Game, Yankees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 (1976 ALCS Game 2 at Kansas City, 10/10/1976)Errors, Game, Opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 8x (Last 1999 ALCS Game 4 at BOS, 10/17/1999)

INDIVIDUAL BATTINGAt-Bats, Game . . . . . 7, 5x (Last by four players, 2004 ALCS Game 5 at BOS, 10/18/2004 - 14 inn .)Runs, Game . . . 5, 2x (Alex Rodriguez and Hideki Matsui, 2004 ALCS Game 3 at BOS, 10/16/2004)Hits, Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 2x (Derek Jeter, 2006 ALDS Game 1 vs . DET, 10/2/2006 Hideki Matsui, 2004 ALCS Game 3 at BOS, 10/16/2004)Doubles, Game . . . . . 2, many (Last by Robinson Cano, 2011 ALDS Game 1 vs . DET, 9/30/2011)Triples, Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 (Bobby Richardson, 1960 WS Game 6 at PIT, 10/12/1960)Home runs, Game . . . 3, 3x (Reggie Jackson, 1977 World Series Game 6 vs . LAD, 10/18/1977) Babe Ruth, 1926 WS Game 4 at STL 10/6/1926; and 1928 WS Game 4 at STL, 10/9/1928)Grand slams . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 11x (Last Robinson Cano, 2011 ALDS Game 1 vs . DET, 9/30/11)RBI, Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, 4x (Robinson Cano, 2011 ALDS Game 1 vs . DET, 9/30/11 Hideki Matsui, 2009 WS Game 6 vs . PHI, 11/4/2009 Bernie Williams, 1999 ALDS Game 1 vs . TEX, 10/5/1999; Bobby Richardson, 1960 WS Game 3 vs . PIT, 10/8/1960)Walks, Game . . . . . . . . 4, 2x (Bernie Williams, 1995 ALDS Game 5 at SEA, 10/8/1995 - 11 inn . Babe Ruth, 1926 World Series Game 7 vs . STL, 10/10/1926)Strikeouts, Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 (George Pipgras, 1932 WS Game 3 at CHC, 10/1/1932)Hitting streak . . . . . . 17 games (Derek Jeter, 10/13/98-10/27/99; Hank Bauer, 10/3/56-10/4/58)

INDIVIDUAL PITCHINGMost Strikeouts, Game . . . . . . . 15 (Roger Clemens, 2000 ALCS Game 4 at SEA, 10/14/2000)Most Walks, Game . . . . . . . . . . 10 (Bill Bevens, 1947 World Series Game 4 at BRO, 10/3/1947)Earned runs allowed, game . . .8, 3x (Chien-Ming Wang, 2007 ALDS Game 1 vs . CLE, 10/8/2007; David Wells, 2002 ALDS Game 4 at ANA, 10/5/2002 Jay Witasick, 2001 World Series Game 6 at ARI, 11/3/2001,Hits allowed, game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 (Waite Hoyt, 1926 WS Game 4 at STL, 10/6/1926)

TEAM MISCELLANEOUSMost Left on base, game, Yankees . . . .18 (2004 ALCS Game 5 at BOS, 10/18/2004 - 14 inn .)Most Left on base, 9 inn . gm, Yankees . . . . . . . . 15 (2000 ALCS Game 5 at SEA, 10/15/2000)Most Left on base, game, Opponent . . 17 (2009 ALDS Game 2 vs . MIN, 10/9/2009 - 11 inn .)Most Left on base, 9 inn . gm, Opponent . . . . . . 14, 2x (1957 WS Game 3 at MIL, 10/5/1957)Longest game, innings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 (1995 ALDS Game 2 vs . SEA, 10/4/1995)Largest margin of victory . . . 14 runs (18-4 win in 1936 World Series Game 2 at NYG, 10/2/1936)Largest margin of defeat . . 13 runs (15-2 loss in 2001 World Series Game 6 at ARI, 11/3/2001)Largest crowd, home . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,065 (1947 World Series Game 6 vs . BRO, 10/5/1947)Largest crowd, road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,975 (2003 World Series Game 5 at FLA, 10/23/2003)

PINCH-HIT HRs ALLOWED (3)Round Player Date Opponent PitcherALDS Never allowedLCS Jay Buhner 10/20/2001 (Gm 3) vs . Seattle J . WitasickWorld Series George Shuba 9/30/1953 (Gm 1) vs . Brooklyn A . Reynolds Jay Johnstone 10/24/1981 (Gm 4) at Los Angeles-NL R . Davis

1st INNING LEAD-OFF HOME RUNS ALLOWED (5)Round Player Date Opponent PitcherALDS Grady Sizemore 10/8/2007 (Gm 4) vs . Cleveland C . WangLCS George Brett 10/6/1978 (Gm 3) vs . Kansas City C . Hunter Kenny Lofton 10/11/1998 (Gm 5) at Cleveland D . WellsWorld Series Bill Bruton 10/2/1958 (Gm 2) at Milwaukee B . Turley Davey Lopes 10/17/1978 (Gm 6) at Los Angeles-NL C . Hunter

WALK-OFF HOME RUNS ALLOWED (3) - *Clinched Series Round Player Date Opponent Inn. Men on PitcherALDS Never allowedLCS David Ortiz 10/17/2004 (Gm 4) at Boston 12th 1 on P . QuantrillWorld Series Eddie Mathews 10/6/1957 (Gm 4) at Milwaukee 10th 1 on B . Grim Bill Mazeroski* 10/13/1960 (Gm 7) at Pittsburgh 9th solo R . Terry Alex Gonzalez 10/22/2003 (Gm 4) at Florida 12th solo J . Weaver

(14 total walk-off losses in postseason play)

BACK-TO-BACK HRs ALLOWED (6) Players Date Opponent No. HR / Inn.Pedro Guerrero/Steve Yeager 10/25/1981 (WS Gm 5) at Los Angeles-NL 2 / 7thJim Thome/Mark Whiten 10/9/1998 (ALCS Gm 3) at Cleveland 2 / 5thTony Gwynn/Greg Vaughn 10/17/1998 (WS Gm 1) vs . San Diego 2 / 5thEdgar Martinez/John Olerud 10/15/2000 (ALCS Gm 5) at Seattle 2 / 5thGarrett Anderson/Troy Glaus 10/2/2002 (ALDS Gm 2) vs . Los Angeles-AL 2 / 8thDon Kelly/Delmon Young 10/6/2011 (ALDS Gm 5) vs . Detroit 2 / 1st

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LHP Andy Pettitte, 40, will make his all-time Major League high 44th career postseason start (15th in a League Championship Series game) tonight…last started in ALDS Game 2 at Baltimore, taking the loss in a 3-2 Yankees defeat (7.0IP, 7H, 3ER, 1BB, 5K)…last started in a ALCS game last started in the postseason on 10/18/10 vs. Texas in ALCS Game 3, recording the loss in an 8-0 Yankees defeat (7.0IP, 5H, 2ER, 0BB, 5K, 1HR)…was his last Major League start before sitting out the 2011 season…the loss snapped a nine-start postseason undefeated stretch dating from 2005 (7GS w/ NYY, 2GS w/ HOU), in which he went 5-0 with a 2.88 ERA (56.1IP, 18ER)…the streak tied five other pitchers for the third-longest stretch all time.

POSTSEASON NOTES: Is 19-11 with a 3.83 ERA in 43 career postseason starts, ranking first all time in wins, starts and IP (270.0) and second with 178 strikeouts (Smoltz-199)…has more postseason wins than eight other franchises (KC-18; ARI-17, SEA-15, MIL-14, SD-12, TB-11, COL-9, MTL/WAS-7)…has made 27 “quality” postseason starts (6.0-or-more IP, 3ER or less)…has appeared in eight World Series, trailing only Whitey Ford (11) among pitchers. •As a Yankee, is 18-10 with a 3.79 ERA (244.2IP, 103ER)

in 39 career postseason starts…is the Yankees’ all-time postseason leader in wins, losses, starts, IP, and K (162)…in the ALCS as a Yankee, is 7-2 with a 3.63 ERA (79.1IP, 32ER) in 12 career ALCS starts.

•As an Astro, made four total postseason starts (all in 2005: DS-1GS, NLCS-2GS, WS-1GS), going 1-1 with a 4.26 ERA (25.1IP, 12ER) in 4GS.

• In LCS play, is 7-3 with a 3.83 ERA (91.2IP, 39ER) in 14 career starts (including 2GS w/ Houston in 2005)…marks his ninth career LCS (eighth ALCS)…is second all time with seven career LCS wins, trailing only Dave Stewart (eight)…was MVP of the 2001 ALCS vs. Seattle, going 2-0 with a 2.51 ERA (14.1IP, 4ER) and winning Games 1 and 5.

• In Game 1s, is 2-2 with a 5.59 ERA (37.0IP, 23ER) in six career Game 1 starts in all series (4 w/NYY and 2 w/HOU)…last made a Game 1 start on 10/12/2005 in the NLCS w/ Houston at St. Louis, taking the loss in a 5-3 Astros defeat (6.0IP, 8H, 5ER, 2BB, 1HR).

• In postseason games following a team loss, is 7-6 with a 3.10 ERA (110.1IP, 38ER) in 17 career starts…in his last nine such starts since 2003, is 5-2 with a 1.78 ERA (60.2IP, 12ER).

• In games with his team facing series elimination has made two prior career starts (10/8/00 at Oakland in ALDS Game 5: no-decision, 3.2IP, 10H, 5ER, 2BB, 4K in a 7-5 Yankees win; and 10/25/03 vs. Florida in World Series Game 6: loss, 7.0IP, 6H, 2R, 1ER, 3BB/1IBB, 7K in a 2-0 Yankees defeat)…has never pitched in a Game 7 in any series.

• In potential series-clinching games for his team, is 6-2 with a 3.95 ERA (70.2IP, 31ER) in 12 starts, the most such wins all time.

• In the 2009 postseason, played on his fifth World Series-winning team, going 4-0 with a 3.52 ERA (30.2IP, 12ER) in five postseason starts…became the second Yankee (also David Wells, 4-0 in 1998) and the 14th pitcher in Major League history to win four-or-more games in a single postseason…became the first pitcher to start and win all three clinching games in a single postseason (ALDS, ALCS and WS)…went 2-0 with a 5.40 ERA in two World Series starts in Game 3 and 6…won the clinching Game 6 on 11/4/09 vs. Philadelphia (5.2IP, 4H, 3ER, 5BB, 3K, 1HR) on three-days’ rest…was his second World Series-clinching victory (also 1998), making him one of 10 pitchers all time with two such wins.

2012 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Made 12 starts, going 5-4 with a 2.87 ERA (75.1IP, 24ER)…allowed 3ER or less in nine of his 12 starts, 2ER or less in eight starts and 1ER or less in five starts, holding opponents scoreless four times…missed nearly three months of the season with a fractured left ankle (6/28-9/19). • Signed a minor league contract with the Yankees on 3/16… made his season debut on 5/13 vs. Seattle at age 39,

after not playing in the Majors the previous season… earned his first win of the season on 5/18 vs. Cincinnati (8.0IP, 4H, 0R, 1BB, 9K) marking his first victory since 7/8/10 at Seattle -- a span of 680 days between wins… celebrated his 40th birthday on 6/15…on 6/16 at Washington, became the first Yankees pitcher, age 40 or older, to make a start for the team since Roger Clemens did so on 9/16/07 at Boston at the age of 45.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Full name – Andrew Eugene Pettitte…selected by NYY in the 22nd round of the 1990 First-Year Player Draft…debuted for NYY in 1995, going 12-9 with a 4.17 ERA in 31G/26GS…is a three-time All-Star (1996, ‘01, ’10)…played all but three seasons with the Yankees (w/ Houston from 2004-06). • Has posted a record of .500 or better in 17 straight seasons…from the start of his career in 1995 through 2007, made at least

15 starts in 16 straight seasons surpassing Cy Young (15, 1890-1904) and Tom Seaver (15, 1967-81) for the longest such streak to begin a career in Major League history (credit: Elias).

•Among active Major League pitchers who finished the season on a Major League 40-man roster, ranks first in wins (245), starts (491) and strikeouts (2,320), and third in IP (3,130.2)… among active lefthanders, is first in wins, starts, IP and strikeouts.

•As a Yankee, is 208-116 with a 3.95 ERA (2611.0IP, 1146ER) with 1,892K in 417G/408GS…has the third-highest win total in franchise history (Ford-236, Ruffing-231) and the most for any pitcher with his current club (credit: Elias)… among Yankees, ranks second in starts (Ford-438) and strikeouts (Ford -1,956), fourth in IP (Ford-3,170.1, Ruffing-3168.2, Stottlemyre-2,661), and seventh in appearances (417)… is the only pitcher drafted by the Yankees to win 200 games in the Majors.

• Is currently 103 games over .500 (245-142)… is the only pitcher currently on a Major League 40-man roster and one of 26 pitchers all-time at least 100 games over .500… of those other pitchers, 18 are in the Hall of Fame (Grover Alexander, Three-Fingered Brown, John Clarkson, Bob Feller, Whitey Ford, Lefty Grove, Walter Johnson, Tim Keefe, Juan Marichal, Christy Mathewson, Joe McGinnity, Kid Nichols, Jim Palmer, Eddie Plank, Old Hoss Radbourn, Tom Seaver, Warren Spahn and Cy Young)… six are not yet eligible (Roger Clemens, Tom Glavine, Randy Johnson, Greg Maddux, Pedro Martinez and Mike Mussina)… and one remains eligible (“Parisian Bob” Caruthers, who went 218-99 from 1884-92).

vs. DETROIT (also see boxes at right): In his career against Detroit, is 10-9 with a 3.66 ERA (147.2IP, 60ER) in 23 starts, marking the second-fewest wins he owns against any American League team (has eight career wins against Cleveland)… is 5-1 with a 2.70 ERA (43.1IP, 13ER) in his last six home starts vs. Detroit… last started against the Tigers on 4/30/08 at the original Yankee Stadium, taking the loss in a 6-2 Yankees defeat (6.0IP, 7H, 5ER, 1BB, 3K, 2HR).

ALCS Game 1 Starter: LHP ANDY PETTITTE (5-4, 2.87 in Reg. Season / 0-1, 3.86 in Postseason)

ANDY PETTITTE’S CAREER ALCS PITCHING LINES AND CAREER POSTSEASON TOTALSDate/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K NP/K ERA Left game10/9/96 vs. BAL (G1) 5-4 (11) ND 7 7 4 4 2 4 4 125/74 5.14 Trailing 4-310/13/96 at BAL (G5) 6-4 W 8 3 2 2 2 1 3 100/59 3.6 Leading 6-210/9/98 at CLE (G3)* 1-6 L 4.2 8 6 6 4 3 1 87/51 5.49 Trailing 6-110/17/99 at BOS (G4)* 9-2 W 7.1 8 2 2 0 1 5 103/69 4.67 Leading 3-210/13/00 at SEA (G3) 8-2 W 6.2 9 2 2 0 1 2 100/65 4.28 Leading 4-210/17/01 at SEA (G1) 4-2 W 8 3 1 1 0 1 7 100/63 3.67 Leading 4-110/22/01 vs. SEA (G5) 12-3 W 6.1 8 3 3 0 1 1 85/54 3.75 Leading 9-310/9/03 vs. BOS (G2)* 6-2 W 6.2 9 2 2 1 2 5 118/74 3.62 Leading 4-210/15/03 vs. BOS (G6) 6-9 ND 5 8 4 4 1 2 5 92/56 3.92 Leading 6-410/12/05 w/HOU at STL (G1) 3-5 L 6 8 5 5 1 2 2 92/56 4.25 Trailing 5-210/17/05 w/HOU vs. STL (G5) 4-5 ND 6.1 7 2 2 0 2 4 103/68 4.13 Trailing 2-110/19/09 at LAA (G3) 4-5 (11) ND 6.1 7 3 3 2 1 2 95/59 4.14 Tied 3-310/25/09 vs. LAA (G6) 5-2 W 6.1 7 1 1 1 1 6 99/64 3.93 Leading 3-110/18/10 vs. TEX (G3) 0-8 L 7 5 2 2 1 0 5 110/67 3.83 Trailing 2-0DIVISION SERIES Totals 7-4 (16GS) 100.2 98 41 41 12 25 70 3.67 LCS Totals 7-3 (14GS) 91.2 97 39 39 14 22 52 3.83WORLD SERIES Totals 5-4 (13GS) 77.2 83 39 35 5 26 56 4.06 POSTSEASON Totals 19-11 (43GS) 270.0 278 119 115 31 73 178 3.83POSTSEASON w/ Yankees 18-10 (39GS) 244.2 251 107 103 28 67 162 3.79POSTSEASON w/ Astros 1-1 (4GS) 25.1 27 12 12 3 6 16 4.26POSTSEASON in 2012 (all Rds.) 0-1 (1GS) 7.0 7 3 3 0 1 5 3.86

(*) Denotes start followed a Yankees loss – Bold indicates single-game high

ANDY PETTITTE’S 2012 POSTSEASON PITCHING LINESDate/Opp. Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K NP/K ERA Left game10/8 at BAL (ALDS G2) 2-3 L 7.0 7 3 3 0 1 5 98/64 3.86 Trailing 3-22012 Totals 0-1 (1GS) 7.0 7 3 3 0 1 5 98/64 3.86

OPPONENT BATTING IN POSTSEASON2012 Postseason — All: .241 (7-for-29), 0HR / LH: .273 (3-for-11), 0HR / RH: .222 (4-for-18), 0HR Career Postseason — All: .270 (278-for-1,031), 31HR / LH: .207 (57-for-275), 6HR / RH: .292 (221-for-756), 25HR

CAREER HIGHS (Reg. Season) CAREER HIGHS (Postseason) IP . . . . . . . .9.0 (21x), last on 8/16/06 vs. CHC IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.2, on 10/19/03 vs. FLA H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, on 4/15/01 at BOS H . . . . . . . . . 10 (2x), last on 10/8/00 at OAK R. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 (3x), last on 6/7/08 vs. KC R . . . . . . . . . . 7 (2x), last on 10/2/97 vs. CLE BB . . . . . . . . . . .7 (2x), last on 7/19/98 at TOR BB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, on 10/2/96 vs. TEX K. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 (2x), last on 7/28/02 at TB K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10, on 10/2/03 vs. MIN HR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, on 5/7/09 vs. TB HR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, on 10/9/98 at CLE 10K Games . . . . . . . . 14, last on 6/5/12 vs. TB 10K Games . . . . . . . . 1, on 10/2/03 vs. MIN Low-hit CG . . . . . . . . . .2, on 5/29/00 vs. OAK Low-hit CG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None CG SHO . . . . . . . . . 4, last on 5/14/06 vs. COL CG SHO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None

ANDY PETTITTE’S 2012 MAJOR LEAGUE PITCHING LINES / CAREER STATS / NYY STATSDate/Opp Score W/L IP H R ER HR BB K NP/K ERA LEFT GAME5/13 vs. SEA 2-6 L 6.1 7 4 4 2 3 2 94/60 5.68 Trailing 4-15/18 vs. CIN* 4-0 W 8.0 4 0 0 0 1 9 115/78 2.51 Leading 4-05/23 vs. KC 8-3 W 7.0 7 2 2 2 1 8 98/71 2.53 Leading 8-25/29 at LAA* 1-5 L 7.0 9 5 5 2 0 3 108/73 3.49 Trailing 4-16/5 vs. TB 7-0 W 7.1 2 0 0 0 2 10 103/70 2.78 Leading 7-06/10 vs. NYM 5-4 ND 6.0 5 3 2 0 2 8 95/60 2.81 Trailing 3-06/16 at WAS 5-3 ND 7.0 5 2 2 0 3 6 95/61 2.77 Leading 3-26/22 at NYM* 4-6 L 6.0 7 5 5 1 2 6 102/64 3.29 Trailing 5-16/27 vs. CLE 5-4 ND 4.0 3 2 1 0 1 7 64/44 3.22 Leading 2-19/19 vs. TOR 4-2 W 5.0 4 0 0 0 2 3 75/46 2.97 Leading 3-09/24 at MIN* 6-3 W 6.0 7 0 0 0 1 3 88/53 2.71 Leading 6-09/29 at TOR 2-3 L 5.2 5 3 3 1 3 4 94/56 2.87 Tied 2-22012 Totals 12GS 5-4 75.1 65 26 24 8 21 69 2.87 Career 501G/491GS 245-142 3,130.2 3,250 1,487 1,341 271 983 2,320 3.86 w/ NYY 417G/408GS 208-116 2,611.0 2,753 1,270 1,146 219 841 1,892 3.95

REGULAR SEASON OPPONENT BATTING2012 Regular Season All: .232 (65-for-280), 8HR / LH: .202 (17-for-84), 2HR / RH: .245 (48-for-196), 6HRCareer: All: .269 (3,250-for-12,077), 271HR /LH: .266 (726-for-2,733), 60HR / RH: .270 (2,524-for-9,344), 211HR

PETTITTE VS. CURRENT TIGERSPlayer AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB KMiguel Cabrera .333 12 4 1 0 2 0 3Prince Fielder .500 2 1 0 0 0 0 0Omar Infante .333 3 1 0 0 0 0 1Gerald Laird .200 10 2 1 0 0 1 3Jhonny Peralta .375 16 6 1 1 3 2 0Ramon Santiago .000 4 0 0 0 0 1 2Delmon Young .579 19 11 3 0 0 0 1Has never faced Avila, Berry, Dirks, Garcia, Jackson, Kelly & Worth.

PETTITTE’S CAREER VS. DETROIT W-L G/GS INN H ER ERAAll Games 10-9 23/23 147.2 157 60 3.66Home 7-5 12/12 82.1 78 32 3.50Road 3-4 11/11 65.1 79 28 3.86Has never faced Detroit at the current Yankee Stadium

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2012 YANKEE DOODLES

#24 ROBINSON CANO—2B CURRENT POSTSEASON HITTING STREAK: 0 POSTSEASON NOTES: Has 9RBI in his 12 career championship series games and 20RBI in his last 21 postseason games overall…hit .318 (7-for-22) with 2 doubles, 2HR and 9RBI in the Yankees’ 2011 ALDS loss vs. Detroit…tied for the team lead in hits and tied Graig Nettles (1981 ALCS) and Lou Gehrig (1928 WS) for the most RBI by a Yankee in a postseason series of five-or-fewer games…went 3-for-5 with 2 doubles, a grand slam and 6RBI in 2011 ALDS Game 1 win at Yankee Stadium, matching the franchise record for RBI in a postseason game (fourth time).

• In 2012, established a career high with 33 home runs and tied his career high with 48 doubles (also 48 doubles in 2009)…led the Majors with a .359 (138-for-384) average and 42 doubles off RHP…led all Major League 2B with 161 games, a .313BA, 196H, 48 doubles, 33HR and 94RBI.

• Has hit 45 doubles three times in his career (2009 and ’11-12), matching Lou Gehrig for most such seasons in team history…his 334 doubles are fourth-most for any player in Baseball history in his first eight Major League seasons, trailing only Joe Medwick (353), Albert Pujols (342) and Paul Waner (337).

• Has 1,428H, 330 doubles and 697RBI as a 2B since his debut on 5/3/05, all most among all Major League 2B over the span—Elias…has 1,459H through his first eight seasons (2005-12), trailing only Joe DiMaggio (1,495) for most hits in Yankees history through a player’s first eight seasons in the Majors.

2012 SEASON HIGHS H—4 (2x) HR—2 (3x) RBI—6 R—3 (4x) SB—1 (3x) HIT STREAK—23G POSTSEASON CAREER BESTS H—3 (2x) HR—1 (8x) RBI—6 R—2 (5x) SB—0 HIT STREAK—5G (2x)

#12 ERIC CHAVEZ—INF CURRENT POSTSEASON HITTING STREAK: 0 POSTSEASON NOTES: Started all 27 of the A’s playoff games at 3B in the 2000s…his first 10 playoff games were vs. the Yankees (2000 and ’01 ALDS).

• Played in 113 games with the Yankees in 2012 (50 starts at 3B, 17 at DH and six at 1B), his most games since 2006 (137 w/ Oakland). • In 28 games with Alex Rodriguez on the 15-day disabled list (from 7/25-9/2), hit .333 (27-for-81) with 12R, 2 doubles, 5HR and 12RBI. • Hit 16HR in 278AB in 2012, his most home runs in a season since 2006 (22HR) and more than triple his total from 2008-11 combined (5HR).

2012 SEASON HIGHS H—3 (5x) HR—2 RBI—3 R—2 (6x) SB—0 HIT STREAK—6G POSTSEASON CAREER BESTS H—3 HR—1 (3x) RBI—3 R—2 (4x) SB—1 HIT STREAK—5G

#11 BRETT GARDNER—OF CURRENT POSTSEASON HITTING STREAK: 3 POSTSEASON NOTES: Hit .412 (7-for-17) with 3R, 1 double and 5RBI in the Yankees’ 2011 ALDS loss vs. Detroit, tying for the team lead in hits.

• Was limited to 16 games with the Yankees in 2012 after missing over five months on the disabled list…was placed on the 15-day disabled list on 4/19 (retroactive to 4/18) with a right elbow strain…was transferred to the 60-day D.L. on 6/26 and reinstated on 9/25, missing 142 team games.

2012 SEASON HIGHS H—2 (3x) HR—0 RBI—1 (3x) R—3 SB—1 (2x) HIT STREAK—3G POSTSEASON CAREER BESTS H—2 (4x) HR—0 RBI—2 (2x) R—2 SB—1 (3x) HIT STREAK—3G

#14 CURTIS GRANDERSON—OF CURRENT POSTSEASON HITTING STREAK: 1 POSTSEASON NOTES: Has appeared in 19 postseason games since joining the Yankees in 2010, hitting safely in 13 of those and reaching base safely in 16 of them…with his 2011 ALDS Game 2 HR vs. Detroit, became the first player ever with postseason HRs for the Tigers against the Yankees (2HR in ‘06 ALDS) and for the Yankees against Detroit…prior to joining the Yankees, his only prior postseason play was with the 2006 AL-champion Tigers.

• Established a career high with 43HR in 2012, tied for second in the Majors in homers behind only Miguel Cabrera (44)…19 of his 43HR in 2012 tied the game or gave the Yankees the lead…leads the Majors with 84HR since the start of 2011…has 30HR off LHP over the span, also most in the Majors.

• Did not make an error in 349 total chances in CF…was the only centerfielder in the Majors without a miscue this season (min. 120G in CF). 2012 SEASON HIGHS H—5 HR—3 RBI—5 R—3 (2x) SB—1 (10x) HIT STREAK—8G POSTSEASON CAREER BESTS H—3 (3x) HR—1 (6x) RBI—2 (4x) R—2 (2x) SB—1 (4x) HIT STREAK—6G

#27 RAUL IBANEZ—OF/DH CURRENT POSTSEASON HITTING STREAK: 1 POSTSEASON NOTES: Hit ninth-inning, game-tying, PH homer and 12th-inning “walk-off” homer in ALDS Game 3 win vs. Baltimore…became the first player in Baseball history to hit two HRs in a postseason game with both coming in the ninth inning or later and the first player in postseason history to homer twice in a game he didn’t start…is the oldest player in playoff history to hit a “walk-off” HR (passing Yankees bench coach Tony Pena-“walk-off” HR for Cleveland 1995 ALDS Game 1 vs. Boston at age 38)…was his first career postseason “walk-off” HR and 12th by a Yankee in playoff history (third in a Division Series game)…was the 23rd multi-HR postseason game in Yankees franchise history (by the 17th player) and first since Hideki Matsui on 10/16/04 in ALDS Game 3 at Boston.

• His 92 hits in 2012 were the most ever by a Yankee in their age 40 season or older, surpassing Deacon McGuire (67H in 1904)—credit: Elias. • Hit .320 (8-for-25) with 2 doubles and 2HR as a PH in 2012, with both HRs coming in Yankees extra-inning “walk-off” wins (9/22 vs. Oakland and 10/2 vs.

Boston)…in 10/2 win, hit a two-run PH homer to tie the game in the ninth and a “walk-off” RBI single in the 12th, becoming the first player in franchise history to hit a game-tying HR in the ninth and then have a “walk-off” RBI later in the same game (credit: Elias).

2012 SEASON HIGHS H—3 (2x) HR—2 (2x) RBI—4 (2x) R—2 (5x) SB—1 (3x) HIT STREAK—6G POSTSEASON CAREER BESTS H—2 (11x) HR—2 RBI—3 (2x) R—2 (2x) SB—0 HIT STREAK—4G (2x)

#2 DEREK JETER—SS CURRENT POSTSEASON HITTING STREAK: 0 POSTSEASON NOTES: Has played in the first game of a postseason series 32 times in his career, reaching base safely in 29 of those games and batting .382 (47-for-123) with 29R, 5HR, 11RBI and 18BB…in eight career ALCS Game 1s, owns a .333 (13-for-39) career average with 5R, 1HR, 4RBI and 4BB…in the Championship Series, ranks first all time with 53 games, is tied for first in doubles (10), ranks second in hits (57) and is fifth in RBI (24)…started at DH in ALDS Game 4 vs. Baltimore, the first time in his career he started a playoff game at a position other than SS…had 2H in each of the Yankees’ first four ALDS games vs. Baltimore, becoming fourth Yankee to begin a postseason with four straight multi-hit games (also Moose Skowron-4G in 1960 vs. Pittsburgh; Lou Gehrig-4G in 1932 vs. Chicago-NL and Babe Ruth-4G in 1928 vs. St. Louis-NL)…was removed from ALDS Game 3 vs. Baltimore in the ninth inning with a left foot bone bruise (fouled a ball of his foot during his first inning AB)…is Major League Baseball’s all-time postseason leader in hits (199), runs (111), games (157) and extra-base hits (57)…ranks third in HR (20), with 12 of those tying the game or giving the Yankees the lead…is the only player ever with a leadoff HR in each the three playoff rounds…owns a .400 (62-for-155) career average against LHP in postseason play.

• Led the Majors with 216H in 2012…also led the Majors in hits in 1999 (219H), becoming the first player in franchise history to finish a season as the outright ML leader in hits in multiple seasons…only one other player (Pete Rose – 140H for the Reds in the strike-shortened 1981 season at age 40) finished a season as the Major League leader in hits at age 38-or-older—credit: Elias.

• Is the fifth player to record his 200th hit of a season at age 38-or-older, joining Paul Molitor (age 40 in 1996), Sam Rice (twice, age 40 in 1930 and age 38 in 1928), Jake Daubert (age 38 in 1922) and Pete Rose (age 38 in 1979)—credit: Elias…only Molitor (225H) finished the season with more hits.

• Has eight career 200H seasons, tying Lou Gehrig’s franchise record and marking the most 200H seasons by a SS in Baseball history…recorded his 12th season with at least a .300BA, tying Lou Gehrig for the second-most such seasons in club history behind Babe Ruth (13 seasons)—Elias.

• Ranks in 10th on Baseball’s all-time list with 3,304 career hits…in 2012, surpassed Hall of Famers Dave Winfield, Tony Gwynn, Robin Yount, Paul Waner, George Brett, Cal Ripken Jr., Nap Lajoie, Eddie Murray and Willie Mays on the all-time hits list.

• Of the 2,585 career games he has played in, the Yankees had already been mathematically eliminated from postseason play in just one (9/26/08). 2012 SEASON HIGHS H—4 (4x) HR—1 (15x) RBI—3 (4x) R—2 (20x) SB—1 (9x) HIT STREAK—19G POSTSEASON CAREER BESTS H—5 HR—1 (20x) RBI—3 (3x) R—3 (5x) SB—2 HIT STREAK—17G

#55 RUSSELL MARTIN—C CURRENT POSTSEASON HITTING STREAK: 0 POSTSEASON NOTES: Hit game-winning ninth-inning solo HR in Sunday’s Game 1 ALDS win at Baltimore…became first Yankee with a go-ahead HR in the ninth inning or later in a postseason road game since Roger Maris in 1961…joined Jim Leyritz (10/4/95 in ALDS Game 2 vs. Seattle) as the only Yankees catchers with a go-ahead HR in the ninth or later of any postseason game – two-run walk-off HR in the 15th to break a 5-5 tie.

• Hit a career-high 21HR in 2012 (previous high was 19HR in 2007 w/ Los Angeles-NL)…hit 13 of his 21HR at Yankee Stadium. • In 65 games after the All-Star break, hit .242 (52-for-215) with 13HR, compared to .179 (37-for-207) with 8HR in 68 games in the first half.

2012 SEASON HIGHS H—3 (2x) HR—2 RBI—4 R—2 (5x) SB—1 (6x) HIT STREAK—7G POSTSEASON CAREER BESTS H—3 HR—1 (2x) RBI—3 R—2 (2x) SB—1 HIT STREAK—6G

#17 JAYSON NIX—INF CURRENT POSTSEASON HITTING STREAK: 1 POSTSEASON NOTES: Made his first career postseason start in ALDS Game 4 vs. Baltimore…his third-inning double was his first career postseason hit.

• Made his Yankees debut in 2012, batting .243 (43-for-177) with 4HR in 74 games…batted .307 (27-for-88) with 3HR at Yankee Stadium…hit .324 (12-for-37) with RISP…missed the final six games of the regular season (9/28-10/3) with a left hip flexor strain.

2012 SEASON HIGHS H—3 (3x) HR—1 (4x) RBI—3 R—2 (4x) SB—1 (6x) HIT STREAK—4G POSTSEASON CAREER BESTS H—2 HR—0 RBI—0 R—0 SB—0 HIT STREAK—1G

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#13 ALEX RODRIGUEZ—3B CURRENT POSTSEASON HITTING STREAK: 1 POSTSEASON NOTES: Among active players, is tied for fourth in postseason runs (43), tied for fifth in RBI (41) and tied for sixth in home runs (13).

• Batted .272 (126-for-463) with 18HR and 57RBI in 122 games in 2012…was on the D.L. from 7/25-9/3 with a left fifth metacarpal fracture (HBP). • Ranks fifth on Baseball’s all-time list with 647HR…is tied for fifth all time with 1,950RBI…his 1,898R rank ninth all time.

2012 SEASON HIGHS H—3 (6x) HR—2 RBI—4 R—3 (2x) SB—2 HIT STREAK—13G POSTSEASON CAREER BESTS H—4 (2x) HR—1 (13x) RBI—3 (4x) R—5 SB—2 HIT STREAK—11G

#19 CHRIS STEWART—INF CURRENT POSTSEASON HITTING STREAK: N/A POSTSEASON NOTES: Will be making his postseason debut.

• Batted .241 (34-for-141) in 55 games (46GS at C) in 2012…was acquired by the Yankees from San Francisco on 4/5 in exchange for RHP George Kontos. 2012 SEASON HIGHS H—2 (6x) HR—1 RBI—3 R—3 SB—1 (2x) HIT STREAK—5G POSTSEASON CAREER BESTS H—0 HR—0 RBI—0 R—0 SB—0 HIT STREAK—0G

#31 ICHIRO SUZUKI—OF CURRENT POSTSEASON HITTING STREAK: 2 POSTSEASON NOTES: Has hit safely in 13 of his 15 career playoff games, batting .350 (21-for-60) with 9R, 4 doubles, 6RBI and five multi-hit contests.

• Batted .322 (73-for-227) with 5HR in 67 games with the Yankees after being acquired along with cash considerations from Seattle on 7/23 in exchange for RHPs Danny Farquhar and D.J. Mitchell…his 73H following the trade were the most by a Yankees midseason acquisition since David Justice had 84H for the 2000 Yankees after being acquired from Cleveland…batted .385 (35-for-91) in September, trailing only Joe Mauer (.388) for the highest September batting average in the AL…hit .394 (28-for-71) with 14R, 6 doubles, 2HR, 9RBI and 8SB over his final 16 regular season games (9/19-10/3).

• In 95 games with the Mariners, batted .261 (105-for-402) with 49R, 15 doubles, 4HR, 28RBI and 15SB. 2012 SEASON HIGHS H—4 (3x) HR—2 (2x) RBI—5 R—3 (2x) SB—4 HIT STREAK—12G POSTSEASON CAREER BESTS H—3 (3x) HR—0 RBI—2 R—2 SB—1 (4x) HIT STREAK—8G

#33 NICK SWISHER—OF/1B CURRENT POSTSEASON HITTING STREAK: 0 POSTSEASON NOTES: Has appeared in 43 career postseason games with Oakland (2006), Chicago-AL (2008) and the Yankees (2009-11).

• Among all Major League switch-hitters in 2012, ranked third with 93RBI (first in the AL) and tied with teammate Mark Teixeira for fourth in home runs (tied for second in the AL)…of his 93RBI, 71 came while batting left-handed…six of his final 12HR of the season gave the Yankees the lead.

• Has homered from both sides of the plate 12 times in his career, trailing only Mark Teixeira (13) for most such games in Major League history. 2012 SEASON HIGHS H—3 (7x) HR—2 (2x) RBI—6 R—2 (13x) SB—1 (2x) HIT STREAK—9G POSTSEASON CAREER BESTS H—2 (3x) HR—1 (4x) RBI—1 (7x) R—2 (4x) SB—0 HIT STREAK—3G (2x)

#25 MARK TEIXEIRA—1B CURRENT POSTSEASON HITTING STREAK: 2 POSTSEASON NOTES: Hit “walk-off” solo HR off Jose Mijares in the 11th inning of 2009 ALDS Game 2 vs. Minnesota, marking his first career postseason HR and first career “walk-off” homer (regular or postseason).

• Is one of nine players all time to hit at least 325HR through his first 10 Major League seasons…holds the record for most HR by a switch-hitter through his first 10 seasons…has homered from both sides of the plate 13 times in his career, the most all time…is the first switch-hitter in Baseball history to hit at least 20HR in each of his first 10 seasons in the Majors (2003-12)…his 25HR off LHP since the start of 2011 are tied for third-most in the Majors.

• Missed 30 games over a 31-game stretch (8/28-9/30)—including 20 straight from 9/9-30—with a left calf strain…his only game played over the span was in 9/8 loss at Baltimore in which he reinjured the calf on the final play of the game legging out a double play groundout.

2012 SEASON HIGHS H—4 HR—2 (3x) RBI—6 R—3 (2x) SB—1 (2x) HIT STREAK—8G POSTSEASON CAREER BESTS H—3 HR—1 (3x) RBI—3 R—3 SB—1 HIT STREAK—5G

2012 PEN NOTES

#62 JOBA CHAMBERLAIN—RHP POSTSEASON NOTES: Was removed from ALDS Game 4 vs. Baltimore after getting struck by part of Matt Wieters’ broken bat in the 12th (Wieters singled on the play)…has a right elbow contusion (x-rays were negative)…in 16 career playoff outings (all in relief), is 1-0 with a 3.14 ERA (14.1IP, 5ER).

• Made 22 relief appearances with the Yankees in 2012, going 1-0 with a 4.35 ERA (20.2IP, 10ER)…did not allow an earned run over his final 11 appearances of the regular season from 9/9-10/2 (10.1IP)…spent the first four months of the season (through 7/31) on the D.L. recovering from “Tommy John” surgery (performed in June 2011) and a right ankle dislocation (suffered on 3/22/12)…missed 102 team games.

#38 CODY EPPLEY—RHP POSTSEASON NOTES: Will be making his postseason debut.

• Was 1-2 with a 3.33 ERA (46.0IP, 17ER) in 59 relief outings over three stints with the Yankees in 2012…also pitched for Scranton/WB (7G, 9.1IP, 0ER).

#48 BOONE LOGAN—LHP POSTSEASON NOTES: Struck out six of his seven batters faced in the 2011 ALDS vs. Detroit…made his postseason debut in 2010 with the Yankees.

• Made a career- and team-high 80 relief outings for the Yankees in 2012, more than any other LHP in a single season in franchise history…is one of four Yankees pitchers to appear in at least 80 games in a season (also Paul Quantrill-86 in 2004, Scott Proctor-83 in 2006 and Tom Gordon-80 in 2004).

• Earned seven wins this season, most by a Yankees lefty reliever since Mike Stanton went 7-1 in 2002…held opponents scoreless in 64 of his 80 games.

#34 DEREK LOWE—RHP POSTSEASON NOTES: Has made 24 career postseason appearances (12 starts), going 5-7 with a 3.20 ERA (95.2IP, 34ER)…has pitched in the playoffs for Boston (1998-99, 2003-04), Los Angeles-NL (2006, ’08), Atlanta (2010) and the Yankees (2012).

• Went 1-1 with one save and a 3.04 ERA (23.2IP, 8ER) in 17 relief outings with the Yankees in 2012 after being signed to a Major League contract on 8/13…began the year with Cleveland, going 8-10 (5.52 ERA, 119.0IP, 73ER) in 21GS…was DFAed on 8/2 and released on 8/10.

#41 DAVID PHELPS—RHP POSTSEASON NOTES: Made his postseason debut in ALDS Game 4 vs. Baltimore, allowing 2H and 1ER in 1.1IP to take the loss (1K).

• Made his Major League debut in 2012, going 4-4 with a 3.34 ERA (99.2IP, 37ER) in 33 appearances (11 starts) over three stints with the Yankees (4/6-6/14, 6/29-7/4 and 7/18-10/3)…was the third-lowest ERA among all American League rookie pitchers (min. 95.0IP) and the fourth-lowest in the Majors.

• Held opponents scoreless in 14 of 22 relief apps (2.76 ERA, 42.1IP, 13ER)…did not allow a run in nine straight relief outings from 7/19-9/23 (12.1IP).

#39 CLAY RAPADA—LHP POSTSEASON NOTES: Has made four career postseason relief appearances, facing just one batter in each of those outings.

• Made a career-high 70 relief appearances for the Yankees in 2012…held left-handed batters to a .186 (19-for-102) batting average…made 30 one-batter relief appearances in 2012, most in the American League and third-most in the Majors.

#30 DAVID ROBERTSON—RHP POSTSEASON NOTES: Has held his opponent scoreless in 15 of his 17 career postseason relief appearances (including all four in 2012)…is tied with Sparky Lyle for the third-most playoff relief wins in franchise history behind Mariano Rivera (8) and Mike Stanton (4).

• Went 2-7 with two saves and a 2.67 ERA (60.2IP, 18ER) in 65 relief appearances with the Yankees…his seven losses were most by a Yankees reliever since Jeff Nelson went 3-7 in 1997…held opponents scoreless over his final seven appearances of the season from 9/20-10/2 (6.1IP, 2H, 2BB, 10K).

• Owns a career 12.03K/9.0IP ratio (351K, 262.2IP)…is the only pitcher in Baseball history with at least 10K/9.0IP in each of his first five seasons (2008-12).

#29 RAFAEL SORIANO—RHP POSTSEASON NOTES: Tossed 2.0 scoreless innings in ALDS Game 4 vs. Baltimore, marking his longest career postseason outing…allowed 1ER in 4.2IP in three relief outings during the 2011 ALDS vs. Detroit (1H, 1HR, 4K)…made his postseason debut with Tampa Bay in their 2010 ALDS loss vs. Texas.

• Was 42-for-46 in save opps in 2012, tied for the third-most in the Majors…was his second-highest saves total (45 in 2010 w/ TB) and 10th-highest in Yankees history…his 42 saves after 5/3 (when Mariano Rivera went on the D.L.) trailed only Jim Johnson for most in the Majors.

• Had five saves of more than 1.0IP, tied for most in the Majors…had just five such saves in his career entering 2012 and none since 2007.