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New York Yankees Team History & Encyclopedia

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  • New York Yankees (9010-6581 W-L, 1913 - 2012) - 27 World Championships, 40 Pennants, and 51 Playoff Appearances
  • New York Highlanders (734-759 W-L, 1903 - 1912)
  • Baltimore Orioles (118-153 W-L, 1901, 1902)
  • Overall (9862-7493 W-L, 1901 - 2012) - 27 World Championships, 40 Pennants, and 51 Playoff Appearances

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Franchise History

Rk Year Tm Lg G W L Ties W-L% Finish Playoffs R RA BatAge PitchAge #Bat #Pitch Top Player Managers
1 2012 New York Yankees AL East 162 95 67 0 .586 1st of 5 Lost ALCS (4-0) 804 668 32.7 30.3 45 23 R.Cano (8.2) Joe Girardi (95-67)
2 2011 New York Yankees AL East 162 97 65 0 .599 1st of 5 Lost LDS (3-2) 867 657 30.5 31.0 48 28 C.Sabathia (7.0) Joe Girardi (97-65)
3 2010 New York Yankees AL East 162 95 67 0 .586 2nd of 5 Lost ALCS (4-2) 859 693 30.2 30.3 43 21 R.Cano (7.8) Joe Girardi (95-67)
4 2009 New York Yankees AL East 162 103 59 0 .636 1st of 5 Won WS (4-2) 915 753 30.4 29.3 45 24 D.Jeter (6.4) Joe Girardi (103-59)
5 2008 New York Yankees AL East 162 89 73 0 .549 3rd of 5 789 727 31.3 30.6 51 27 A.Rodriguez (6.5) Joe Girardi (89-73)
6 2007 New York Yankees AL East 162 94 68 0 .580 2nd of 5 Lost LDS (3-1) 968 777 30.7 31.4 49 28 A.Rodriguez (9.2) Joe Torre (94-68)
7 2006 New York Yankees AL East 162 97 65 0 .599 1st of 5 Lost LDS (3-1) 930 767 30.9 32.5 49 25 C.Wang (5.7) Joe Torre (97-65)
8 2005 New York Yankees AL East 162 95 67 0 .586 1st of 5 Lost LDS (3-2) 886 789 32.4 34.2 51 28 A.Rodriguez (9.1) Joe Torre (95-67)
9 2004 New York Yankees AL East 162 101 61 0 .623 1st of 5 Lost ALCS (4-3) 897 808 32.3 32.9 43 23 A.Rodriguez (7.3) Joe Torre (101-61)
10 2003 New York Yankees AL East 163 101 61 1 .623 1st of 5 Lost WS (4-2) 877 716 30.5 33.6 49 23 M.Mussina (6.3) Joe Torre (101-61)
11 2002 New York Yankees AL East 161 103 58 0 .640 1st of 5 Lost LDS (3-1) 897 697 30.1 33.1 38 17 J.Giambi (6.8) Joe Torre (103-58)
12 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 M.Mussina (6.8) Joe Torre (95-65)
13 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 J.Posada (5.2) Joe Torre (87-74)
14 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 D.Jeter (7.8) Joe Torre (98-64)
15 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 D.Jeter (7.3) Joe Torre (114-48)
16 1997 New York Yankees AL East 162 96 66 0 .593 2nd of 5 Lost LDS (3-2) 891 688 30.5 29.6 41 18 A.Pettitte (8.0) Joe Torre (96-66)
17 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 A.Pettitte (5.3) Joe Torre (92-70)
18 1995 New York Yankees AL East 145 79 65 1 .549 2nd of 5 Lost LDS (3-2) 749 688 31.0 28.1 42 20 B.Williams (6.1) Buck Showalter (79-65)
19 1994 New York Yankees AL East 113 70 43 0 .619 1st of 5 670 534 30.5 29.8 36 17 W.Boggs (4.3) Buck Showalter (70-43)
20 1993 New York Yankees AL East 162 88 74 0 .543 2nd of 7 821 761 29.7 28.9 41 22 J.Key (6.0) Buck Showalter (88-74)
21 1992 New York Yankees AL East 162 76 86 0 .469 4th of 7 733 746 28.3 29.5 40 19 M.Perez (5.6) Buck Showalter (76-86)
22 1991 New York Yankees AL East 162 71 91 0 .438 5th of 7 674 777 27.8 29.5 40 20 S.Sax (4.0) Stump Merrill (71-91)
23 1990 New York Yankees AL East 162 67 95 0 .414 7th of 7 603 749 28.2 29.1 43 20 R.Kelly (5.2) Bucky Dent (18-31) and Stump Merrill (49-64)
24 1989 New York Yankees AL East 161 74 87 0 .460 5th of 7 698 792 28.6 29.2 49 22 S.Sax (4.1) Dallas Green (56-65) and Bucky Dent (18-22)
25 1988 New York Yankees AL East 161 85 76 0 .528 5th of 7 772 748 30.5 32.3 41 18 R.Henderson (6.3) Billy Martin (40-28) and Lou Piniella (45-48)
26 1987 New York Yankees AL East 162 89 73 0 .549 4th of 7 788 758 29.8 32.1 48 22 D.Mattingly (4.9) Lou Piniella (89-73)
27 1986 New York Yankees AL East 162 90 72 0 .556 2nd of 7 797 738 29.2 30.3 43 18 D.Mattingly (7.1) Lou Piniella (90-72)
28 1985 New York Yankees AL East 161 97 64 0 .602 2nd of 7 839 660 28.8 30.9 39 17 R.Henderson (9.8) Yogi Berra (6-10) and Billy Martin (91-54)
29 1984 New York Yankees AL East 162 87 75 0 .537 3rd of 7 758 679 29.5 29.8 41 17 D.Mattingly (6.0) Yogi Berra (87-75)
30 1983 New York Yankees AL East 162 91 71 0 .562 3rd of 7 770 703 30.6 28.5 40 16 R.Guidry (5.0) Billy Martin (91-71)
31 1982 New York Yankees AL East 162 79 83 0 .488 5th of 7 709 716 30.3 29.0 47 17 R.Gossage (4.4) Bob Lemon (6-8), Gene Michael (44-42) and Clyde King (29-33)
32 1981 New York Yankees AL East 107 59 48 0 .551 4th of 7 Lost WS (4-2) 421 343 30.7 30.2 39 16 D.Righetti (3.4) Gene Michael (48-34) and Bob Lemon (11-14)
33 1980 New York Yankees AL East 162 103 59 0 .636 1st of 7 Lost ALCS (3-0) 820 662 30.0 31.4 39 13 W.Randolph (6.5) Dick Howser (103-59)
34 1979 New York Yankees AL East 160 89 71 0 .556 4th of 7 734 672 30.3 31.0 47 19 R.Guidry (6.2) Bob Lemon (34-31) and Billy Martin (55-40)
35 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 R.Guidry (9.3) Billy Martin (52-42), Dick Howser (0-1) and Bob Lemon (48-20)
36 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 G.Nettles (5.1) Billy Martin (100-62)
37 1976 New York Yankees AL East 159 97 62 0 .610 1st of 6 Lost WS (4-0) 730 575 28.3 29.2 40 14 G.Nettles (7.6) Billy Martin (97-62)
38 1975 New York Yankees AL East 160 83 77 0 .519 3rd of 6 681 588 28.5 28.7 37 12 C.Hunter (7.7) Bill Virdon (53-51) and Billy Martin (30-26)
39 1974 New York Yankees AL East 162 89 73 0 .549 2nd of 6 671 623 27.7 28.4 44 19 E.Maddox (5.1) Bill Virdon (89-73)
40 1973 New York Yankees AL East 162 80 82 0 .494 4th of 6 641 610 30.0 29.4 36 15 T.Munson (6.9) Ralph Houk (80-82)
41 1972 New York Yankees AL East 155 79 76 0 .510 4th of 6 557 527 28.7 28.1 36 18 B.Murcer (7.8) Ralph Houk (79-76)
42 1971 New York Yankees AL East 162 82 80 0 .506 4th of 6 648 641 28.3 27.3 36 15 R.White (6.5) Ralph Houk (82-80)
43 1970 New York Yankees AL East 163 93 69 1 .574 2nd of 6 680 612 27.0 27.4 34 17 R.White (6.6) Ralph Houk (93-69)
44 1969 New York Yankees AL East 162 80 81 1 .497 5th of 6 562 587 26.8 26.5 38 14 M.Stottlemyre (5.6) Ralph Houk (80-81)
45 1968 New York Yankees AL 164 83 79 2 .512 5th of 10 536 531 28.0 27.0 34 17 S.Bahnsen (5.4) Ralph Houk (83-79)
46 1967 New York Yankees AL 163 72 90 1 .444 9th of 10 522 621 28.0 26.9 39 15 A.Downing (4.3) Ralph Houk (72-90)
47 1966 New York Yankees AL 160 70 89 1 .440 10th of 10 611 612 28.4 26.8 36 14 T.Tresh (5.1) Johnny Keane (4-16) and Ralph Houk (66-73)
48 1965 New York Yankees AL 162 77 85 0 .475 6th of 10 611 604 28.3 27.1 40 16 M.Stottlemyre (6.7) Johnny Keane (77-85)
49 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 W.Ford (6.5) Yogi Berra (99-63)
50 1963 New York Yankees AL 161 104 57 0 .646 1st of 10 Lost WS (4-0) 714 547 27.9 26.7 30 13 E.Howard (5.0) Ralph Houk (104-57)
51 1962 New York Yankees AL 162 96 66 0 .593 1st of 10 Won WS (4-3) 817 680 28.1 27.7 33 15 M.Mantle (5.7) Ralph Houk (96-66)
52 1961 New York Yankees AL 163 109 53 1 .673 1st of 10 Won WS (4-1) 827 612 28.4 27.7 36 16 M.Mantle (10.2) Ralph Houk (109-53)
53 1960 New York Yankees AL 155 97 57 1 .630 1st of 8 Lost WS (4-3) 746 627 28.2 28.4 38 16 R.Maris (7.3) Casey Stengel (97-57)
54 1959 New York Yankees AL 155 79 75 1 .513 3rd of 8 687 647 28.4 28.4 37 17 M.Mantle (6.4) Casey Stengel (79-75)
55 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 M.Mantle (8.4) Casey Stengel (92-62)
56 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 M.Mantle (11.1) Casey Stengel (98-56)
57 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 M.Mantle (11.0) Casey Stengel (97-57)
58 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 M.Mantle (9.2) Casey Stengel (96-58)
59 1954 New York Yankees AL 155 103 51 1 .669 2nd of 8 805 563 28.5 29.7 39 17 M.Mantle (6.7) Casey Stengel (103-51)
60 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 M.Mantle (5.0) Casey Stengel (99-52)
61 1952 New York Yankees AL 154 95 59 0 .617 1st of 8 Won WS (4-3) 727 557 27.8 30.9 39 16 M.Mantle (6.3) Casey Stengel (95-59)
62 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 Y.Berra (4.5) Casey Stengel (98-56)
63 1950 New York Yankees AL 155 98 56 1 .636 1st of 8 Won WS (4-0) 914 691 29.2 30.6 38 15 P.Rizzuto (6.6) Casey Stengel (98-56)
64 1949 New York Yankees AL 155 97 57 1 .630 1st of 8 Won WS (4-1) 829 637 28.5 29.9 37 14 J.DiMaggio (4.3) Casey Stengel (97-57)
65 1948 New York Yankees AL 154 94 60 0 .610 3rd of 8 857 633 29.7 28.9 35 13 J.DiMaggio (6.8) Bucky Harris (94-60)
66 1947 New York Yankees AL 155 97 57 1 .630 1st of 8 Won WS (4-3) 794 568 30.0 29.9 39 17 J.DiMaggio (4.5) Bucky Harris (97-57)
67 1946 New York Yankees AL 154 87 67 0 .565 3rd of 8 684 547 30.1 30.6 46 22 C.Keller (5.8) Joe McCarthy (22-13), Bill Dickey (57-48) and Johnny Neun (8-6)
68 1945 New York Yankees AL 152 81 71 0 .533 4th of 8 676 606 30.2 30.4 32 14 S.Stirnweiss (8.2) Joe McCarthy (81-71)
69 1944 New York Yankees AL 154 83 71 0 .539 3rd of 8 674 617 29.2 29.1 32 13 S.Stirnweiss (8.1) Joe McCarthy (83-71)
70 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 S.Chandler (6.8) Joe McCarthy (98-56)
71 1942 New York Yankees AL 154 103 51 0 .669 1st of 8 Lost WS (4-1) 801 507 28.3 30.6 31 13 J.Gordon (7.8) Joe McCarthy (103-51)
72 1941 New York Yankees AL 156 101 53 2 .656 1st of 8 Won WS (4-1) 830 631 27.4 29.7 27 12 J.DiMaggio (8.6) Joe McCarthy (101-53)
73 1940 New York Yankees AL 155 88 66 1 .571 3rd of 8 817 671 28.1 30.0 27 13 J.DiMaggio (6.8) Joe McCarthy (88-66)
74 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 J.DiMaggio (7.9) Joe McCarthy (106-45)
75 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 R.Ruffing (5.9) Joe McCarthy (99-53)
76 1937 New York Yankees AL 157 102 52 3 .662 1st of 8 Won WS (4-1) 979 671 28.6 29.9 28 12 L.Gomez (8.8) Joe McCarthy (102-52)
77 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 L.Gehrig (9.0) Joe McCarthy (102-51)
78 1935 New York Yankees AL 149 89 60 0 .597 2nd of 8 818 632 28.4 27.0 27 10 L.Gehrig (8.3) Joe McCarthy (89-60)
79 1934 New York Yankees AL 154 94 60 0 .610 2nd of 8 842 669 28.3 26.7 31 14 L.Gehrig (10.1) Joe McCarthy (94-60)
80 1933 New York Yankees AL 152 91 59 2 .607 2nd of 8 927 768 28.9 28.4 29 14 L.Gehrig (6.7) Joe McCarthy (91-59)
81 1932 New York Yankees AL 156 107 47 2 .695 1st of 8 Won WS (4-0) 1002 724 28.4 28.5 32 14 B.Ruth (8.1) Joe McCarthy (107-47)
82 1931 New York Yankees AL 155 94 59 2 .614 2nd of 8 1067 760 27.9 27.3 28 12 B.Ruth (10.0) Joe McCarthy (94-59)
83 1930 New York Yankees AL 154 86 68 0 .558 3rd of 8 1062 898 27.1 27.8 36 18 B.Ruth (10.2) Bob Shawkey (86-68)
84 1929 New York Yankees AL 154 88 66 0 .571 2nd of 8 899 775 27.4 28.9 31 12 B.Ruth (7.6) Miller Huggins (82-61) and Art Fletcher (6-5)
85 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 B.Ruth (9.8) Miller Huggins (101-53)
86 1927 New York Yankees AL 155 110 44 1 .714 1st of 8 Won WS (4-0) 975 599 27.8 31.0 25 10 B.Ruth (12.1) Miller Huggins (110-44)
87 1926 New York Yankees AL 155 91 63 1 .591 1st of 8 Lost WS (4-3) 847 713 27.1 30.7 31 11 B.Ruth (11.1) Miller Huggins (91-63)
88 1925 New York Yankees AL 156 69 85 2 .448 7th of 8 706 774 28.2 29.9 36 13 H.Pennock (6.0) Miller Huggins (69-85)
89 1924 New York Yankees AL 153 89 63 1 .586 2nd of 8 798 667 29.2 29.3 31 12 B.Ruth (11.4) Miller Huggins (89-63)
90 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 B.Ruth (13.7) Miller Huggins (98-54)
91 1922 New York Yankees AL 154 94 60 0 .610 1st of 8 Lost WS (4-0) 758 618 27.9 28.0 26 8 B.Shawkey (6.4) Miller Huggins (94-60)
92 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 B.Ruth (12.3) Miller Huggins (98-55)
93 1920 New York Yankees AL 154 95 59 0 .617 3rd of 8 838 629 27.8 29.0 26 10 B.Ruth (11.5) Miller Huggins (95-59)
94 1919 New York Yankees AL 141 80 59 2 .576 3rd of 8 578 506 28.4 28.1 30 12 R.Peckinpaugh (6.1) Miller Huggins (80-59)
95 1918 New York Yankees AL 126 60 63 3 .488 4th of 8 493 475 28.2 26.7 36 15 H.Baker (4.6) Miller Huggins (60-63)
96 1917 New York Yankees AL 155 71 82 2 .464 6th of 8 524 558 26.7 27.0 37 15 H.Baker (4.3) Bill Donovan (71-82)
97 1916 New York Yankees AL 156 80 74 2 .519 4th of 8 577 561 26.1 25.6 35 13 B.Shawkey (6.3) Bill Donovan (80-74)
98 1915 New York Yankees AL 154 69 83 2 .454 5th of 8 584 588 26.5 26.7 40 17 R.Caldwell (5.4) Bill Donovan (69-83)
99 1914 New York Yankees AL 157 70 84 3 .455 6th of 8 537 550 26.3 25.8 36 10 R.Caldwell (6.5) Frank Chance (60-74) and Roger Peckinpaugh (10-10)
100 1913 New York Yankees AL 153 57 94 2 .377 7th of 8 529 668 27.1 26.4 44 13 R.Caldwell (4.5) Frank Chance (57-94)
101 1912 New York Highlanders AL 153 50 102 1 .329 8th of 8 630 842 26.6 26.7 44 13 J.Warhop (6.4) Harry Wolverton (50-102)
102 1911 New York Highlanders AL 153 76 76 1 .500 6th of 8 684 723 26.9 25.4 35 11 R.Ford (6.3) Hal Chase (76-76)
103 1910 New York Highlanders AL 156 88 63 5 .583 2nd of 8 626 557 27.4 25.4 31 10 R.Ford (11.1) George Stallings (78-59) and Hal Chase (10-4)
104 1909 New York Highlanders AL 153 74 77 2 .490 5th of 8 589 587 27.8 26.4 35 15 J.Warhop (4.1) George Stallings (74-77)
105 1908 New York Highlanders AL 155 51 103 1 .331 8th of 8 460 713 28.2 28.8 32 14 C.Hemphill (3.5) Clark Griffith (24-32) and Kid Elberfeld (27-71)
106 1907 New York Highlanders AL 152 70 78 4 .473 5th of 8 605 667 28.1 29.3 33 17 J.Chesbro (4.3) Clark Griffith (70-78)
107 1906 New York Highlanders AL 155 90 61 4 .596 2nd of 8 640 543 28.2 29.4 26 11 A.Orth (8.4) Clark Griffith (90-61)
108 1905 New York Highlanders AL 152 71 78 3 .477 6th of 8 586 621 29.2 29.0 35 11 A.Orth (5.6) Clark Griffith (71-78)
109 1904 New York Highlanders AL 155 92 59 4 .609 2nd of 8 598 526 29.3 29.1 26 9 J.Chesbro (10.7) Clark Griffith (92-59)
110 1903 New York Highlanders AL 136 72 62 2 .537 4th of 8 579 573 29.0 28.5 28 11 J.Chesbro (4.3) Clark Griffith (72-62)
111 1902 Baltimore Orioles AL 141 50 88 3 .362 8th of 8 715 848 27.9 27.1 39 14 J.McGinnity (5.3) John McGraw (26-31) and Wilbert Robinson (24-57)
112 1901 Baltimore Orioles AL 135 68 65 2 .511 5th of 8 760 750 26.9 29.0 23 9 J.McGinnity (6.8) John McGraw (68-65)