Yankee center fielder Bernie Williams, who hit...

Yankee center fielder Bernie Williams, who hit .474 (nine for 19) with two homers, six runs batted in and six runs, was named championship series most valuable player. Williams, who hit safely in all five games, equaled Roberto Alomar’s .474 in 1991 as the highest average in a league championship series, and is now batting .454 (25 for 55) in 14 career post-season games.

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The Yankees and Orioles combined for six home runs Sunday, an A.L. championship series record, and their 19 home runs in five games was also a league championship series record. New York’s three homers in the third inning tied a league championship series record, set by Baltimore’s Don Buford, Boog Powell and Mike Cuellar in 1970.

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The Yankees tied a league championship series record with 20 walks, and the combined 70 strikeouts by both teams also tied the championship series record, set by the 1973 New York Mets and Cincinnati Reds.