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Willie Stargell was named MLB MVP, LCS MVP, and World Series MVP in 1979. Six pitchers have won the Cy Young Award and the World Series MVP in the same season: Bob Turley (1958), Whitey Ford (1961), Koufax (1963, 1965), Bret Saberhagen (1985), Orel Hershiser (1988), and Johnson (2001). The Cy Young Award was initiated in 1956, as one award for ...
1998 – Commissioner's Trophy (World Series) 1998 – Baseball America Organization of the Year [7] 1999 – Commissioner's Trophy (World Series) 1999 (1998 New York Yankees) – Outstanding Team ESPY Award; 1999 – Sporting News Sportsman of the Year; 1999 (1927 Yankees) – "ESPN" Number 1 greatest sports team (in 20th century, of the 4 ...
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]
This World Series was the start of the 'Will Smith' World Series victory streak. From 2020-2024, either catcher Will Smith or relief pitcher Will Smith won the World Series. Pitcher Will Smith won in 2021, 2022, 2023 (all with three separate teams), while catcher Will Smith would win in 2020 and 2024. [101]
The Yankees lost the 1957 World Series to the Milwaukee Braves when Lew Burdette won three games for the Braves and was awarded World Series MVP. [136] [137] Following the Series, the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers both left for San Francisco and Los Angeles, respectively. [138] This left the Yankees as New York's only baseball team.
From 1903 to 2024, the franchise has won more than 10,000 games and 27 World Series championships. [2] The list below documents players and teams that hold particular club records. Outfielder Babe Ruth holds the most franchise records, with 16, including career home runs , and career and single-season batting average and on-base percentage .
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.
AL pennant winners have gone on to win the World Series 68 times, most recently in 2023. The New York Yankees have won 41 AL pennants, [ 11 ] winning their first in 1921 and their most recent in 2024. [ 12 ]