This was very close.. Worse loss in Yankees history was a 22-0 drubbing by... you guessed it, the Cleveland Indians, back on August 31, 2004.
NEW YORK - The hits and runs kept coming, spinning by on the scoreboard as fast as symbols on a slot machine.
It wasn’t just a rout, it was an epic defeat, the most one-sided in the 101-year history of the New York Yankees. Cleveland’s 22-0 victory Tuesday night matched the biggest post-1900 shutout margin in the major leagues, Pittsburgh’s win at the Chicago Cubs on Sept. 16, 1975.