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.223 -- Atlanta's team batting average in its NLCS win over the Mets, who could only muster a .218 average against the Braves.
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Greg Maddux shut out the Yankees in Game 2 of the 1996 World Series, one of the 104 shutouts in Series history.
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0.42 -- Mariano Rivera's career postseason ERA, the lowest of any pitcher in major league history (with at least 40 innings pitched). |
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1 -- Times the Yankees won 100 or more games in a season in the '90s (1998). The Braves did it four times (''93, '97, '98, '99). |
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2 -- Former Yankees on the Braves (Russ Springer and Gerald Williams). There is one former Brave on the Yankees roster (Mike Stanton), as well as manager Joe Torre.
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3 -- Times a team has made five World Series appearances in one decade. The Yankees have done it twice (eight in the '50s and six in the '20s) and the Braves accomplished it in the '90s.
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4 -- Players left from the Braves' first World Series appearance of the decade (1991) -- Brian Hunter, Otis Nixon, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz. Both Nixon and Hunter are in their second stints in Atlanta. |
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8 -- Consecutive games in which Atlanta closer John Rocker has appeared, dating back to Game 3 of the Division Series against Houston.
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10 -- Times the Braves and Yankees have met in interleague play in the last three years. Each team has won five games.
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11 -- Career postseason homers by Bernie Williams, fifth-best in Yankees history (behind Mickey Mantle, Babe Ruth, Yogi Berra and Reggie Jackson). |
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12 -- Career playoff wins by John Smoltz, with only three losses. |
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13 -- Years since Roger Clemens pitched in the World Series. Clemens received two no-decisions for Boston against the Mets in 1986. |
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21 -- Ground-ball outs recorded by Greg Maddux in eight innings of work in Game 2 of the 1996 World Series against the Yankees. |
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24 -- World Series titles in Yankees history. The Braves have won three -- one each in Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta.
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38 -- Times the World Series has been won by the losing team in Game 1, including the '96 Series meeting between the Braves and Yankees. New York also lost Game 2, before becoming the 11th team to rally from an 0-2 deficit.
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43 -- World Series at-bats by Paul O'Neill. He has only seven hits (.163). |
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52 -- Postseason wins by Atlanta in the '90s. |
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53 -- Hits by Derek Jeter in 164 postseason at-bats (.323). Jeter is hitting .387 in the '99 playoffs.
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58 -- At-bats since Chipper Jones hit his last home run (Sept. 23 against the Mets), a span of 18 games. He has walked 23 times and had 15 hits in that span.
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117 -- World Series games won by New York in its 35 appearances. The Yankees have also lost 79 games and tied one (1922 against the Giants) in their record 197 games.
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127 -- Combined innings pitched in World Series play by Smoltz, Glavine and Maddux.
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189 -- Home runs hit by the Yankees in their 197 World Series games, the most in history. The Braves have hit 39 homers in 49 Series games. |
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796 -- Regular-season games played by Brian Jordan before finally making a World Series. |
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851 -- Regular-season wins by the Yankees this decade, with 702 losses. |
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925 -- Regular-season wins by the Braves this decade, with 629 losses. |
