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Andy Pettitte Passes Whitey Ford For Most Strikeouts in Yankees History

class="ui-droppable">Andy Pettitte has his name all over the New York Yankees history books, but on Monday night against the Minnesota Twins, he took the top spot in one of the organization's most notable categories. 

With a strikeout of Justin Morneau in the fifth inning, Pettitte passed Whitey Ford and became the all-time Yankees leader in the category with 1,958 strikeouts.  

New York's official Twitter account congratulated Pettitte with this post following his fifth-inning K:



ESPN New York's Ryan Ruocco also tipped his cap to the franchise great:



Bryan Hoch of MLB.com had this post to confirm the official number: 



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