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A total of 120 World Series have been contested through 2024, with the AL champion winning 68 and the NL champion winning 52. The New York Yankees of the AL have played in 41 World Series, winning 27 – the most championship appearances and most victories by any MLB team.
[365] [366] In addition, with the Mets losing the 2015 World Series, the 2010s decade also was the first decade since the 1910s in which there was no World Series champion in New York. During the 2019 offseason, on December 18, 2019, the Yankees signed Gerrit Cole to a nine-year, $324 million contract. [367] [368]
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 New York Yankees will make their first World Series appearance since 2009, when they defeated defending champions Philadelphia Phillies 4-2. More Local News This postseason run marks the team ...
The current AL pennant holders are the New York Yankees, who beat the Cleveland Guardians for the pennant on October 19, 2024. In 1969, the AL split into two divisions, [ 4 ] and the teams with the best records in each division played one another in the five-game ALCS to determine the pennant winner, who received (and continues to receive) the ...
As of 2024, the Yankees' 27 World Series championships are 16 more than the number won by the St. Louis Cardinals, who have the second-most titles among MLB teams. [339] New York's championship total is the highest of any franchise in a major North American professional sports league. [340]
With the Yankees and Dodgers meeting in the World Series for the 12th time in history, we rank the teams' best World Series matchups.
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]