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The club began play in 1903 as the Highlanders, after owners Frank Farrell and William S. Devery had bought the defunct Baltimore Orioles and moved the team to New York City; in 1913, the team changed its nickname to the Yankees. [1] From 1903 to 2024, the franchise has won more than 10,000 games and 27 World Series championships. [2]
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. [ 9 ]
The Yankees also achieved a remarkable run of appearing in 15 of the 18 World Series from 1947 to 1964. Beginning in 1969, MLB split into four divisions, and the winners of each competed in the League Championship Series, with the winners advancing to the World Series. When a multi-tier playoff system was implemented in 1995, the LCS remained ...
The New York Yankees will make their first World Series appearance since 2009, when they defeated defending champions Philadelphia Phillies 4-2. This postseason run marks the team’s 41st […]
The teams have played against each other 11 times in past title series since their first in 1941. The Yankees have clinched eight of those championships. Every Yankees vs. Dodgers World Series ...
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason. First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
The New York Yankees are on a streak of having avoided the World Series for 14 seasons. This equals the stretch from 1982 through 1995, when they failed to play in a World Series. The 2010s was a ...
Throughout the history of Major League Baseball (MLB), franchises have had various postseason and World Series droughts.. All 16 of the original Major League franchises (i.e., those in place when the first World Series was played in 1903) have won the World Series, with the longest wait for a franchise's first championship being for the Phillies (77 seasons, ending in 1980).