List of New York Yankees seasons
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The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the Bronx, a borough of New York City. Also known as "the Bronx Bombers" and "the Pinstripers",{{cite web | title = Bronx Bombers to be sold? | publisher = CNN. CNNfn | date = March 19, 1998 | url = https://money.cnn.com/1998/03/19/bizbuzz/yankee/ | access-date = August 3, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110606014344/http://money.cnn.com/1998/03/19/bizbuzz/yankee/ | archive-date = June 6, 2011 | url-status = live }}{{cite news | last = Antonen | first = Mel | title = Pinstripers paint Red Sox blue | work = USA Today | date = October 17, 2004 | url = https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/playoffs/2004-10-17-yankees-red-sox-game3_x.htm | access-date = July 27, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080706221916/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/playoffs/2004-10-17-yankees-red-sox-game3_x.htm | archive-date = July 6, 2008 | url-status = live }} the Yankees play in the East Division of Major League Baseball's (MLB) American League (AL). In its 122 MLB seasons, the franchise has won 27 World Series championships, the most of any MLB team and 16 more than the second-place St. Louis Cardinals.{{cite web | title = World Series Winners | publisher = ESPN | url = https://www.espn.com/mlb/worldseries/history/winners | access-date = July 27, 2008 | archive-date = May 4, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070504102308/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/alltime/worldseries | url-status = live }} The Yankees played home games in Yankee Stadium from 1923 to 2008, except for a stint at Shea Stadium from 1974 to 1975 while Yankee Stadium was undergoing renovations.{{cite web | title = Yankee Stadium History | publisher = New York Yankees | url = http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nyy/ballpark/stadium_history.jsp | access-date = October 3, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080629183719/http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nyy/ballpark/stadium_history.jsp | archive-date = June 29, 2008 | url-status = dead }} In 2009, the team moved into a new ballpark, which is also called Yankee Stadium.{{cite news | last = Bondy | first = Filip | title = Yankees need to win big to justify excesses of new Yankee Stadium | work = New York Daily News | date = April 3, 2009 | url = http://nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2009/04/04/2009-04-04_yankees_need_to_win_big_to_justify_exces.html | access-date = April 5, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090407070656/http://nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2009/04/04/2009-04-04_yankees_need_to_win_big_to_justify_exces.html | archive-date = April 7, 2009 | url-status = live }}
The Baltimore Orioles began play in the AL in 1901.Tygiel, pp. 49, 51. After two seasons, the Orioles were replaced by a club in New York; it is unclear whether it was an expansion team or a relocated version of the Orioles.Appel, pp. 13–14. Frank Farrell and William S. Devery purchased the franchise, naming it the New York Highlanders.{{cite web |title=Yankees Timeline: 1903–1925 |url=http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nyy/history/timeline1.jsp |publisher=New York Yankees |access-date=July 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080628020023/http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nyy/history/timeline1.jsp |archive-date=June 28, 2008 |url-status=dead}} In 1913, the team changed its name to the Yankees. From 1921 to 1964, the Yankees were the most successful MLB franchise, winning 20 World Series titles and 29 AL pennants. This period included streaks of four consecutive championships from 1936 to 1939 and five straight titles from 1949 to 1953.
Following an 11-year playoff drought, the club appeared in the playoffs five times in a six-year period and won back-to-back World Series championships in 1977 and 1978. The Yankees won the World Series again in 1996, and in 1998 began a run of three consecutive titles. From 1995 to 2007, the Yankees made the playoffs each year; their 13-season postseason streak was the second-longest in MLB history.{{cite web | last = Hoch | first = Bryan | title = Yankees' playoff run one for the ages | publisher = Major League Baseball | date = September 23, 2008 | url = http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080922&content_id=3528344&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb | access-date = October 11, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090328191644/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080922&content_id=3528344&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb | archive-date = March 28, 2009 | url-status = live }} After missing the playoffs in 2008, they won another World Series in 2009, their 27th championship and fifth in 14 seasons. Since 2009, they have reached the postseason in all but four seasons, and returned to the World Series for the first time since then in 2024, when they lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Series after winning the club's 41st pennant. Overall, the Yankees' .569 regular season winning percentage is the highest of any MLB team, and they have the eighth-most regular season wins, behind seven clubs founded in the 19th century.{{cite web | title = List of all the Major League Baseball Teams | publisher = Baseball-Reference.com | url = https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ | access-date = November 21, 2024 | archive-date = August 8, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100808123843/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ | url-status = live }}
Table key
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scope="col"|Term
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scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|ALCS |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|ALDS |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|ALWC |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|ASGMVP |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|CPOY |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|CYA |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|Finish
|Final position in league or division |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|GB
|"Games back" from first-place team{{ref label|GB|a|a}} |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|Losses
|Number of regular season losses |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|MOY |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|MVP |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|ROY |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|RPOY |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|Season
|Each year is linked to an article about that particular MLB season |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|Team
|Each year is linked to an article about that particular Yankees season |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|Wins
|Number of regular season wins |
scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|WSMVP |
Year by year
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|align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"|World Series champions |align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"|American League champions |align="center" bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|Division champions |align="center" bgcolor="#96CDCD"|Wild card berth |
These statistics are from Baseball-Reference.com's New York Yankees Team History & Encyclopedia, except where noted, and are current as of October 30, 2024
Record by decade
The following table describes the Yankees' MLB win–loss record by decade.
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1900s | 520 | 518 | .501 |
1910s | 701 | 780 | .473 |
1920s | 933 | 602 | .608 |
1930s | 970 | 554 | .636 |
1940s | 929 | 609 | .604 |
1950s | 955 | 582 | .621 |
1960s | 887 | 720 | .552 |
1970s | 892 | 715 | .555 |
1980s | 854 | 708 | .547 |
1990s | 851 | 702 | .548 |
2000s | 965 | 651 | .597 |
2010s | 921 | 699 | .569 |
2020s | 400 | 308 | .565 |
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! style="text-align:center; {{Baseball secondary style|New York Yankees|border=1}};"|All-time | style="text-align:center; {{Baseball secondary style|New York Yankees|border=1}};"|10,778 | style="text-align:center; {{Baseball secondary style|New York Yankees|border=1}};"|8,148 | style="text-align:center; {{Baseball secondary style|New York Yankees|border=1}};"|{{winpct|10,778|8,148}} |
These statistics are from Baseball-Reference.com's New York Yankees Team History & Encyclopedia, and are current as of October 30, 2024.
All-time records
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scope="row"|All-time regular season record
|10,778 |8,148 |.569 |
scope="row"|All-time postseason record
|252 |184 |.578 |
scope="row"|All-time regular and postseason record
|11,030 |8,332 |.570 |
Notes
- {{note label|GB|a|a}}This is determined by calculating the difference in wins plus the difference in losses divided by two.
- {{note label|AL|b|b}}For lists of all American League pennant winners, see American League pennant winners 1901–68 and American League Championship Series.
- {{note label|Halve|c|c}}Half-game increments are possible because games can be cancelled due to inclement weather or other circumstances that prevent play. If a postponed game is the last of the season between two teams, it may not be made up, if it does not affect the playoff race.{{cite news | last = Bodley | first = Hal | title = Ties in baseball called out by rules committee | work = USA Today | date = February 18, 2007 | url = https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2007-02-18-rules-changes_x.htm | access-date = November 9, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070221062109/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2007-02-18-rules-changes_x.htm | archive-date = February 21, 2007 | url-status = live }}{{cite web|title=Suspended Game|publisher=Major League Baseball|url=https://www.mlb.com/glossary/rules/suspended-game|access-date=September 15, 2023|archive-date=September 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230910064146/https://www.mlb.com/glossary/rules/suspended-game|url-status=live}}
- {{note label|22Game2|d|d}}The second game of the series ended after 10 innings due to darkness, with the score tied 2–2.{{cite journal | title = History of the World Series – 1922 | journal = Sporting News | publisher = Internet Archive | url = http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/worldseries/1922.html | access-date = October 2, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080627080028/http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/worldseries/1922.html | archive-date = June 27, 2008 }}
- {{note label|32Ruth|e|e}}During Game 3 of this series, Babe Ruth hit his called shot, a home run into the center field bleachers of Wrigley Field.{{cite news | last = Bock | first = Hal | title = Monday marks 75th anniversary of Babe Ruth's called shot against Cubs in World Series | work = USA Today | date = September 27, 2007 | url = https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2007-09-27-3523148865_x.htm | access-date = July 30, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121022001633/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2007-09-27-3523148865_x.htm | archive-date = October 22, 2012 | url-status = live }}
- {{note label|56PG|f|f}}Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in World Series history in Game 5.{{cite news | last = Haberman | first = Clyde | author-link = Clyde Haberman | title = Immortalized by a Moment of Perfection | work = The New York Times | date = October 3, 2006 | url = http://select.nytimes.com/2006/10/03/nyregion/03nyc.html | access-date = August 13, 2008 | archive-date = November 6, 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061106154605/http://select.nytimes.com/2006/10/03/nyregion/03nyc.html? | url-status = live }}
- {{note label|69East|g|g}}In 1969, the American League split into East and West divisions.{{cite journal | last = Leggett | first = William | title = One Hundred And One | journal = Sports Illustrated | date = April 14, 1969 | url = https://vault.si.com/vault/1969/04/14/one-hundred-and-one/ | access-date = December 19, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120202031410/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1082286/index.htm | archive-date = February 2, 2012 | url-status = live }}
- {{note label|72Strike|h|h}}The 1972 Major League Baseball strike forced the cancellation of the Yankees' first seven games of the season.{{cite web | title = Baseball stoppages date back to 1972 | publisher = ESPN. Associated Press | date = August 29, 2002 | url = http://static.espn.go.com/mlb/news/2002/0829/1424697.html | access-date = March 4, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110728141442/http://static.espn.go.com/mlb/news/2002/0829/1424697.html | archive-date = July 28, 2011 | url-status = live }}
- {{note label|78Division|i|i}}The Yankees finished the season tied for first with the Boston Red Sox. New York defeated the Red Sox 5–4 in a one-game playoff to clinch the division title. The game is best remembered for Bucky Dent's three-run home run in the seventh inning, which gave the Yankees a 3–2 lead.{{cite news | last = Fratus | first = Ken | title = 25 years ago: How an otherwise forgettable shortstop became a permanent Dent in Boston's heart | work = The Boston Globe | date = September 29, 2003 | url = http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2003/09/29/25_years_ago/ | access-date = July 30, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080720043747/http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2003/09/29/25_years_ago/ | archive-date = July 20, 2008 | url-status = live }}
- {{note label|81Strike|j|j}}The 1981 Major League Baseball strike caused the season to be split into two halves. The Yankees were given a berth in an expanded playoff tournament because they led the American League East when the strike began. The Milwaukee Brewers finished the second half in first place to earn the division's other playoff berth.{{cite web | title = 1981 Season | publisher = ESPN | url = https://www.espn.com/mlb/history/season?year=1981 | access-date = July 16, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080517061418/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/alltime/season?year=1981 | archive-date = May 17, 2008 | url-status = live }}
- {{note label|94Strike|k|k}}The 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike, which started on August 12, 1994, led to the cancellation of the playoffs and World Series.{{cite web | title = Strike looms large over All-Star Game | publisher = CNN Sports Illustrated. Associated Press | date = July 7, 2002 | url = http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/2002/allstar/news/2002/07/07/allstar_labor_ap/ | access-date = October 28, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051218061834/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/2002/allstar/news/2002/07/07/allstar_labor_ap/ | archive-date=December 18, 2005 | url-status = dead }} As a result of the abbreviated season, MLB did not officially award division championships.{{cite news | last = Newhan | first = Ross | author-link = Ross Newhan | title = A Season Without Titles – Baseball: Players will be honored, but there will be no divisional champions because of the shortened schedule | work = Los Angeles Times | date = October 6, 1994 | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-10-06-sp-47210-story.html | access-date = September 15, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121102101218/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-10-06/sports/sp-47210_1_shortened-schedule | archive-date = November 2, 2012 | url-status = live }} The Yankees led the American League East, and held the best record in the American League, at the time of the strike.{{cite web | title = 1994 Season | publisher = ESPN | url = https://www.espn.com/mlb/history/season?year=1994 | access-date = July 30, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080522125152/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/alltime/season?year=1994 | archive-date = May 22, 2008 | url-status = live }}
- {{note label|95Season|l|l}}The 1994–95 MLB strike lasted until April 2, 1995, causing the shortening of the 1995 season to 144 games.
- {{note label|05Division|m|m}}The Yankees finished the season tied for first with the Boston Red Sox, but were awarded the division title because they won the season series with the Red Sox.{{cite web | title = Red Sox clinch berth, make Yanks' playoff road tougher | publisher = ESPN. Associated Press | date = October 2, 2005 | url = https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=251002102 | access-date = July 30, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060527002010/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=251002102 | archive-date = May 27, 2006 | url-status = dead }}
- {{note label|12Finish|n|n}}The Yankees finished the season tied for third with the Baltimore Orioles.{{cite web | title = MLB Standings – 2013 | publisher = ESPN | url = https://www.espn.com/mlb/standings | access-date = July 16, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131008072744/http://espn.go.com/mlb/standings | archive-date = October 8, 2013 | url-status = live }}
- {{note label|20Season|o|o}}The 2020 season was shortened to 60 games by the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news | last = Gonzales | first = Mark | title = Column: A 60-game MLB season might not sound like much. But pulling it off with the coronavirus still out there would be a major feat | work = Chicago Tribune | date = June 23, 2020 | url = http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ct-mlb-shortened-season-coronavirus-20200623-n35xyio42zczzm2k643ejrst6e-story.html | access-date = October 12, 2020 | archive-date = September 18, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200918193219/https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ct-mlb-shortened-season-coronavirus-20200623-n35xyio42zczzm2k643ejrst6e-story.html | url-status = live }}
- {{note label|2021Tie|p|p}}The Yankees finished the season tied for second with the Boston Red Sox.{{cite web | title=2021 Major League Baseball Standings | publisher=baseball-reference.com | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2021-standings.shtml | access-date = October 5, 2021}} Since both teams qualified for the American League Wild Card Game, the tie had to be broken to determine home-field advantage. The Red Sox were designated the first wild card, and the Yankees were designated the second wild card, based on the Red Sox having won the season series between the teams, 10 games to 9.{{cite web | title=Devers hits 2 HR; Red Sox to host Yanks in AL wild-card game | publisher=ESPN | agency=Associated Press | date=October 3, 2021 | url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=401229469 | access-date=October 5, 2021 | archive-date=October 4, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004102139/https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=401229469 | url-status=live }}
References
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- {{cite web | title = MLB Teams and Baseball Encyclopedia | publisher = Baseball-Reference.com | url = https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ | access-date = October 12, 2020 | archive-date = August 8, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100808123843/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ | url-status = live }}
- {{cite web | title = Baseball-Reference Postseason Index | publisher = Baseball-Reference.com | url = https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/ | access-date = August 13, 2008 | archive-date = January 9, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100109123742/http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/ | url-status = live }}
- {{cite web | title = New York Yankees: History | work = CBS Sports | url = http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/history/NYY | access-date = July 3, 2009 }}
- {{cite web | title = New York Yankees year-by-year results | publisher = New York Yankees | url = http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nyy/history/year_by_year_results.jsp | access-date = October 3, 2024 | archive-date = July 8, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090708112159/http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nyy/history/year_by_year_results.jsp | url-status = dead }}
- {{cite book | last = Appel | first = Marty | title = Pinstripe Empire: The New York Yankees From Before the Babe to After the Boss | publisher = Bloomsbury Publishing | year = 2012 | isbn = 978-1-60819-492-6 }}
- {{cite book | last = Tygiel | first = Jules | title = Past Time: Baseball as History | url = https://archive.org/details/pasttimebaseball0000tygi | url-access = registration | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 2000 | isbn = 978-0-19-514604-2 }}
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