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Rk	Year	Tm	Lg	G	W	L	Ties	W-L%	Finish	Playoffs	R	RA	BatAge	PitchAge	#Bat	#Pitch	Managers
1	2009	New York Yankees	AL East	162	103	59	0	.636	1st of 5	Won WS (4-2)	915	753	30.5	29.3	37	24	Joe Girardi (103-59)
2	2008	New York Yankees	AL East	162	89	73	0	.549	3rd of 5		789	727	31.3	30.6	51	27	Joe Girardi (89-73)
3	2007	New York Yankees	AL East	162	94	68	0	.580	2nd of 5	Lost LDS (3-1)	968	777	30.6	31.4	49	28	Joe Torre (94-68)
4	2006	New York Yankees	AL East	162	97	65	0	.599	1st of 5	Lost LDS (3-1)	930	767	30.8	32.5	49	25	Joe Torre (97-65)
5	2005	New York Yankees	AL East	162	95	67	0	.586	1st of 5	Lost LDS (3-2)	886	789	32.2	34.2	51	28	Joe Torre (95-67)
6	2004	New York Yankees	AL East	162	101	61	0	.623	1st of 5	Lost ALCS (4-3)	897	808	32.2	32.9	43	23	Joe Torre (101-61)
7	2003	New York Yankees	AL East	163	101	61	1	.623	1st of 5	Lost WS (4-2)	877	716	30.3	33.6	49	23	Joe Torre (101-61)
8	2002	New York Yankees	AL East	161	103	58	0	.640	1st of 5	Lost LDS (3-1)	897	697	29.9	33.1	38	17	Joe Torre (103-58)
9	2001	New York Yankees	AL East	161	95	65	1	.594	1st of 5	Lost WS (4-3)	804	713	31.1	30.9	47	20	Joe Torre (95-65)
10	2000	New York Yankees	AL East	161	87	74	0	.540	1st of 5	Won WS (4-1)	871	814	31.3	32.0	46	22	Joe Torre (87-74)
11	1999	New York Yankees	AL East	162	98	64	0	.605	1st of 5	Won WS (4-0)	900	731	30.9	31.2	39	18	Joe Torre (98-64)
12	1998	New York Yankees	AL East	162	114	48	0	.704	1st of 5	Won WS (4-0)	965	656	30.4	30.2	38	19	Joe Torre (114-48)
13	1997	New York Yankees	AL East	162	96	66	0	.593	2nd of 5	Lost LDS (3-2)	891	688	30.6	29.6	41	18	Joe Torre (96-66)
14	1996	New York Yankees	AL East	162	92	70	0	.568	1st of 5	Won WS (4-2)	871	787	30.1	29.3	48	24	Joe Torre (92-70)
15	1995	New York Yankees	AL East	145	79	65	1	.549	2nd of 5	Lost LDS (3-2)	749	688	31.1	28.1	42	20	Buck Showalter (79-65)
16	1994	New York Yankees	AL East	113	70	43	0	.619	1st of 5		670	534	30.5	29.8	36	17	Buck Showalter (70-43)
17	1993	New York Yankees	AL East	162	88	74	0	.543	2nd of 7		821	761	29.7	28.9	41	22	Buck Showalter (88-74)
18	1992	New York Yankees	AL East	162	76	86	0	.469	4th of 7		733	746	28.2	29.5	40	19	Buck Showalter (76-86)
19	1991	New York Yankees	AL East	162	71	91	0	.438	5th of 7		674	777	27.7	29.5	40	20	Stump Merrill (71-91)
20	1990	New York Yankees	AL East	162	67	95	0	.414	7th of 7		603	749	28.2	29.1	43	20	Bucky Dent (18-31) and Stump Merrill (49-64)
21	1989	New York Yankees	AL East	161	74	87	0	.460	5th of 7		698	792	28.6	29.2	49	22	Dallas Green (56-65) and Bucky Dent (18-22)
22	1988	New York Yankees	AL East	161	85	76	0	.528	5th of 7		772	748	30.4	32.3	41	18	Billy Martin (40-28) and Lou Piniella (45-48)
23	1987	New York Yankees	AL East	162	89	73	0	.549	4th of 7		788	758	29.8	32.1	48	22	Lou Piniella (89-73)
24	1986	New York Yankees	AL East	162	90	72	0	.556	2nd of 7		797	738	29.2	30.3	43	18	Lou Piniella (90-72)
25	1985	New York Yankees	AL East	161	97	64	0	.602	2nd of 7		839	660	28.8	30.9	39	17	Yogi Berra (6-10) and Billy Martin (91-54)
26	1984	New York Yankees	AL East	162	87	75	0	.537	3rd of 7		758	679	29.6	29.8	41	17	Yogi Berra (87-75)
27	1983	New York Yankees	AL East	162	91	71	0	.562	3rd of 7		770	703	30.7	28.5	40	16	Billy Martin (91-71)
28	1982	New York Yankees	AL East	162	79	83	0	.488	5th of 7		709	716	30.3	29.0	47	17	Bob Lemon (6-8), Gene Michael (44-42) and Clyde King (29-33)
29	1981	New York Yankees	AL East	107	59	48	0	.551	4th of 7	Lost WS (4-2)	421	343	30.8	30.2	39	16	Gene Michael (48-34) and Bob Lemon (11-14)
30	1980	New York Yankees	AL East	162	103	59	0	.636	1st of 7	Lost ALCS (3-0)	820	662	29.9	31.4	39	13	Dick Howser (103-59)
31	1979	New York Yankees	AL East	160	89	71	0	.556	4th of 7		734	672	30.3	31.0	47	19	Bob Lemon (34-31) and Billy Martin (55-40)
32	1978	New York Yankees	AL East	163	100	63	0	.613	1st of 7	Won WS (4-2)	735	582	29.8	28.3	41	17	Billy Martin (52-42), Dick Howser (0-1) and Bob Lemon (48-20)
33	1977	New York Yankees	AL East	162	100	62	0	.617	1st of 7	Won WS (4-2)	831	651	29.1	28.6	36	13	Billy Martin (100-62)
34	1976	New York Yankees	AL East	159	97	62	0	.610	1st of 6	Lost WS (4-0)	730	575	28.2	29.2	40	14	Billy Martin (97-62)
35	1975	New York Yankees	AL East	160	83	77	0	.519	3rd of 6		681	588	28.5	28.7	37	12	Bill Virdon (53-51) and Billy Martin (30-26)
36	1974	New York Yankees	AL East	162	89	73	0	.549	2nd of 6		671	623	27.7	28.4	44	19	Bill Virdon (89-73)
37	1973	New York Yankees	AL East	162	80	82	0	.494	4th of 6		641	610	30.1	29.4	36	15	Ralph Houk (80-82)
38	1972	New York Yankees	AL East	155	79	76	0	.510	4th of 6		557	527	28.7	28.1	36	18	Ralph Houk (79-76)
39	1971	New York Yankees	AL East	162	82	80	0	.506	4th of 6		648	641	28.4	27.3	36	15	Ralph Houk (82-80)
40	1970	New York Yankees	AL East	163	93	69	1	.574	2nd of 6		680	612	27.0	27.4	34	17	Ralph Houk (93-69)
41	1969	New York Yankees	AL East	162	80	81	1	.497	5th of 6		562	587	26.9	26.5	38	14	Ralph Houk (80-81)
42	1968	New York Yankees	AL	164	83	79	2	.512	5th of 10		536	531	28.0	27.0	34	17	Ralph Houk (83-79)
43	1967	New York Yankees	AL	163	72	90	1	.444	9th of 10		522	621	28.0	26.9	39	15	Ralph Houk (72-90)
44	1966	New York Yankees	AL	160	70	89	1	.440	10th of 10		611	612	28.5	26.8	36	14	Johnny Keane (4-16) and Ralph Houk (66-73)
45	1965	New York Yankees	AL	162	77	85	0	.475	6th of 10		611	604	28.4	27.1	40	16	Johnny Keane (77-85)
46	1964	New York Yankees	AL	164	99	63	2	.611	1st of 10	Lost WS (4-3)	730	577	28.2	26.9	32	14	Yogi Berra (99-63)
47	1963	New York Yankees	AL	161	104	57	0	.646	1st of 10	Lost WS (4-0)	714	547	28.0	26.7	30	13	Ralph Houk (104-57)
48	1962	New York Yankees	AL	162	96	66	0	.593	1st of 10	Won WS (4-3)	817	680	28.2	27.7	33	15	Ralph Houk (96-66)
49	1961	New York Yankees	AL	163	109	53	1	.673	1st of 10	Won WS (4-1)	827	612	28.3	27.7	36	16	Ralph Houk (109-53)
50	1960	New York Yankees	AL	155	97	57	1	.630	1st of 8	Lost WS (4-3)	746	627	28.1	28.4	38	16	Casey Stengel (97-57)
51	1959	New York Yankees	AL	155	79	75	1	.513	3rd of 8		687	647	28.3	28.4	37	17	Casey Stengel (79-75)
52	1958	New York Yankees	AL	155	92	62	1	.597	1st of 8	Won WS (4-3)	759	577	28.0	28.9	32	15	Casey Stengel (92-62)
53	1957	New York Yankees	AL	154	98	56	0	.636	1st of 8	Lost WS (4-3)	723	534	28.4	27.7	31	12	Casey Stengel (98-56)
54	1956	New York Yankees	AL	154	97	57	0	.630	1st of 8	Won WS (4-3)	857	631	28.1	26.2	38	15	Casey Stengel (97-57)
55	1955	New York Yankees	AL	154	96	58	0	.623	1st of 8	Lost WS (4-3)	762	569	28.0	27.4	40	16	Casey Stengel (96-58)
56	1954	New York Yankees	AL	155	103	51	1	.669	2nd of 8		805	563	28.6	29.7	39	17	Casey Stengel (103-51)
57	1953	New York Yankees	AL	151	99	52	0	.656	1st of 8	Won WS (4-2)	801	547	28.4	31.0	37	14	Casey Stengel (99-52)
58	1952	New York Yankees	AL	154	95	59	0	.617	1st of 8	Won WS (4-3)	727	557	27.9	30.9	39	16	Casey Stengel (95-59)
59	1951	New York Yankees	AL	154	98	56	0	.636	1st of 8	Won WS (4-2)	798	621	28.6	30.8	41	19	Casey Stengel (98-56)
60	1950	New York Yankees	AL	155	98	56	1	.636	1st of 8	Won WS (4-0)	914	691	29.3	30.6	38	15	Casey Stengel (98-56)
61	1949	New York Yankees	AL	155	97	57	1	.630	1st of 8	Won WS (4-1)	829	637	28.5	29.8	37	14	Casey Stengel (97-57)
62	1948	New York Yankees	AL	154	94	60	0	.610	3rd of 8		857	633	29.8	28.9	35	13	Bucky Harris (94-60)
63	1947	New York Yankees	AL	155	97	57	1	.630	1st of 8	Won WS (4-3)	794	568	30.1	29.9	39	17	Bucky Harris (97-57)
64	1946	New York Yankees	AL	154	87	67	0	.565	3rd of 8		684	547	30.1	30.6	46	22	Joe McCarthy (22-13), Bill Dickey (57-48) and Johnny Neun (8-6)
65	1945	New York Yankees	AL	152	81	71	0	.533	4th of 8		676	606	30.2	30.4	32	14	Joe McCarthy (81-71)
66	1944	New York Yankees	AL	154	83	71	0	.539	3rd of 8		674	617	29.2	29.1	32	13	Joe McCarthy (83-71)
67	1943	New York Yankees	AL	155	98	56	1	.636	1st of 8	Won WS (4-1)	669	542	28.3	30.1	26	11	Joe McCarthy (98-56)
68	1942	New York Yankees	AL	154	103	51	0	.669	1st of 8	Lost WS (4-1)	801	507	28.4	30.6	31	13	Joe McCarthy (103-51)
69	1941	New York Yankees	AL	156	101	53	2	.656	1st of 8	Won WS (4-1)	830	631	27.5	29.7	27	12	Joe McCarthy (101-53)
70	1940	New York Yankees	AL	155	88	66	1	.571	3rd of 8		817	671	28.1	30.0	27	13	Joe McCarthy (88-66)
71	1939	New York Yankees	AL	152	106	45	1	.702	1st of 8	Won WS (4-0)	967	556	27.7	30.5	27	12	Joe McCarthy (106-45)
72	1938	New York Yankees	AL	157	99	53	5	.651	1st of 8	Won WS (4-0)	966	710	28.3	30.1	28	14	Joe McCarthy (99-53)
73	1937	New York Yankees	AL	157	102	52	3	.662	1st of 8	Won WS (4-1)	979	671	28.5	29.9	28	12	Joe McCarthy (102-52)
74	1936	New York Yankees	AL	155	102	51	2	.667	1st of 8	Won WS (4-2)	1065	731	28.1	28.9	28	11	Joe McCarthy (102-51)
75	1935	New York Yankees	AL	149	89	60	0	.597	2nd of 8		818	632	28.4	27.0	27	10	Joe McCarthy (89-60)
76	1934	New York Yankees	AL	154	94	60	0	.610	2nd of 8		842	669	28.2	26.7	31	14	Joe McCarthy (94-60)
77	1933	New York Yankees	AL	152	91	59	2	.607	2nd of 8		927	768	28.8	28.4	29	14	Joe McCarthy (91-59)
78	1932	New York Yankees	AL	156	107	47	2	.695	1st of 8	Won WS (4-0)	1002	724	28.3	28.5	32	14	Joe McCarthy (107-47)
79	1931	New York Yankees	AL	155	94	59	2	.614	2nd of 8		1067	760	27.8	27.3	28	12	Joe McCarthy (94-59)
80	1930	New York Yankees	AL	154	86	68	0	.558	3rd of 8		1062	898	27.0	27.8	36	18	Bob Shawkey (86-68)
81	1929	New York Yankees	AL	154	88	66	0	.571	2nd of 8		899	775	27.5	28.9	31	12	Miller Huggins (82-61) and Art Fletcher (6-5)
82	1928	New York Yankees	AL	154	101	53	0	.656	1st of 8	Won WS (4-0)	894	685	28.1	28.8	30	13	Miller Huggins (101-53)
83	1927	New York Yankees	AL	155	110	44	1	.714	1st of 8	Won WS (4-0)	975	599	27.7	31.0	25	10	Miller Huggins (110-44)
84	1926	New York Yankees	AL	155	91	63	1	.591	1st of 8	Lost WS (4-3)	847	713	27.0	30.7	31	11	Miller Huggins (91-63)
85	1925	New York Yankees	AL	156	69	85	2	.448	7th of 8		706	774	28.2	29.9	36	13	Miller Huggins (69-85)
86	1924	New York Yankees	AL	153	89	63	1	.586	2nd of 8		798	667	29.2	29.3	31	12	Miller Huggins (89-63)
87	1923	New York Yankees	AL	152	98	54	0	.645	1st of 8	Won WS (4-2)	823	622	28.1	28.8	25	8	Miller Huggins (98-54)
88	1922	New York Yankees	AL	154	94	60	0	.610	1st of 8	Lost WS (4-0-1)	758	618	27.9	28.0	26	8	Miller Huggins (94-60)
89	1921	New York Yankees	AL	153	98	55	0	.641	1st of 8	Lost WS (5-3)	948	708	27.7	27.4	27	11	Miller Huggins (98-55)
90	1920	New York Yankees	AL	154	95	59	0	.617	3rd of 8		838	629	27.8	29.0	26	10	Miller Huggins (95-59)
91	1919	New York Yankees	AL	141	80	59	2	.576	3rd of 8		578	506	28.5	28.1	30	12	Miller Huggins (80-59)
92	1918	New York Yankees	AL	126	60	63	3	.488	4th of 8		493	475	28.2	26.7	36	15	Miller Huggins (60-63)
93	1917	New York Yankees	AL	155	71	82	2	.464	6th of 8		524	558	26.7	27.0	37	15	Bill Donovan (71-82)
94	1916	New York Yankees	AL	156	80	74	2	.519	4th of 8		577	561	26.1	25.6	35	13	Bill Donovan (80-74)
95	1915	New York Yankees	AL	154	69	83	2	.454	5th of 8		584	588	26.5	26.7	40	17	Bill Donovan (69-83)
96	1914	New York Yankees	AL	157	70	84	3	.455	6th of 8		537	550	26.3	25.8	36	10	Frank Chance (60-74) and Roger Peckinpaugh (10-10)
97	1913	New York Yankees	AL	153	57	94	2	.377	7th of 8		529	668	27.1	26.4	44	13	Frank Chance (57-94)
98	1912	New York Highlanders	AL	153	50	102	1	.329	8th of 8		630	842	26.6	26.7	44	13	Harry Wolverton (50-102)
99	1911	New York Highlanders	AL	153	76	76	1	.500	6th of 8		684	724	26.9	25.4	35	11	Hal Chase (76-76)
100	1910	New York Highlanders	AL	156	88	63	5	.583	2nd of 8		626	557	27.4	25.4	31	10	George Stallings (78-59) and Hal Chase (10-4)
101	1909	New York Highlanders	AL	153	74	77	2	.490	5th of 8		590	587	27.8	26.4	35	15	George Stallings (74-77)
102	1908	New York Highlanders	AL	155	51	103	1	.331	8th of 8		459	713	28.1	28.8	32	14	Clark Griffith (24-32) and Kid Elberfeld (27-71)
103	1907	New York Highlanders	AL	152	70	78	4	.473	5th of 8		605	665	28.1	29.1	33	17	Clark Griffith (70-78)
104	1906	New York Highlanders	AL	155	90	61	4	.596	2nd of 8		644	543	28.2	29.4	26	11	Clark Griffith (90-61)
105	1905	New York Highlanders	AL	152	71	78	3	.477	6th of 8		586	622	29.2	29.0	35	11	Clark Griffith (71-78)
106	1904	New York Highlanders	AL	155	92	59	4	.609	2nd of 8		598	526	29.3	29.1	26	9	Clark Griffith (92-59)
107	1903	New York Highlanders	AL	136	72	62	2	.537	4th of 8		579	573	28.9	28.5	28	11	Clark Griffith (72-62)
108	1902	Baltimore Orioles	AL	141	50	88	3	.362	8th of 8		715	848	28.0	27.1	39	14	John McGraw (26-31) and Wilbert Robinson (24-57)
109	1901	Baltimore Orioles	AL	135	68	65	2	.511	5th of 8		760	750	27.3	29.0	23	9	John McGraw (68-65)

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