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Damn Yankees
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one, Reynolds started the opener at home and struggled because of his back injury, but recovered to appear in two more as a reliever, winning the sixth and final game of the Series.
Reynolds led the AL in shutouts in 1951 with seven. In 1952, he had his greatest single season performance. He won twenty games for the only time in his career, against eight losses. He led the American League in earned run average - 2.06, strikeouts -160, and shutouts - 6. He also saved six games.
He also played in the MLB All-Star Games of 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, and 1954. With the Yankees, Reynolds reached the World Series in 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, and 1953. Reynolds had a 7–2 record with a 2.79 ERA over 77 innings in the World Series. He made six relief appearances in the World Series, recording a
win or save in each of them, including the clinching games of the 1950, 1952 and 1953 series. He also batted .308 in 26 at bats in his World Series appearances.
Reynolds won the Hickok Belt as the top professional athlete of the year in 1951. He also was voted the Player Of Year in 1951 by the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, and finished third in voting for the AL Most Valuable Player Award, behind Berra and Ned Garver of the St. Louis