What Years Did the Yankees Win the World Series?
When you are studying the question of what years did the Yankees win the World Series, you will also learn that the New York Yankees have won more World Series than any other sports team in history.
Since the World Series started in 1903, the New York Yankees have won 27 of them. They have played in 40 of the championships, which has also resulted in them losing the most World Series of any other team. They have 13 recorded losses for World Series championships.
Now that you know how many times the Yankees have received this honor of being the World Series Champions, let us take a look at the years the Yankees won the World Series. In addition to listing the years, we will also tell you the team which they beat out for the honor of the title in each year.
- 1923: Won over New York Giants
- 1927: Won over Pittsburgh Pirates
- 1928: Won over Saint Louis Cardinals
- 1932: Won over Chicago Cubs
- 1936: Won over New York Giants
- 1937: Won over New York Giants
- 1938: Won over Chicago Cubs
- 1939: Won over Cincinnati Reds
- 1941: Won over Brooklyn Dodgers
- 1943: Won over Saint Louis Cardinals
- 1947: Won over Brooklyn Dodgers
- 1949: Won over Brooklyn Dodgers
- 1950: Won over Philadelphia Phillies
- 1951: Won over New York Giants
- 1952: Won over Brooklyn Dodgers
- 1953: Won over Brooklyn Dodgers
- 1956: Won over Brooklyn Dodgers
- 1958: Won over Milwaukee Braves
- 1961: Won over Cincinnati Reds
- 1962: Won over San Francisco Giants
- 1977: Won over Los Angeles Dodgers
- 1978: Won over Los Angeles Dodgers
- 1996: Won over Atlanta Braves
- 1998: Won over San Diego Padres
- 1999: Won over Atlanta Braves
- 2000: Won over New York Mets
- 2009: Won over Philadelphia Phillies
The New York Yankees have had their share of wins over quite a few different sports franchises, although teams like the Dodgers and Giants have seem quite a bit of defeat in the face of these dominating baseball players.
New York Yankees World Series Losses
As we mentioned earlier, although the Yankees have won more World Series championships than any other team, they have also lost more than any other team. Let us take a look at the 13 years in which they made it to this ultimate series, but ultimately fell at the hands of another team.
- 1921: Lost to New York Giants
- 1922: Lost to New York Giants
- 1926: Lost to Saint Louis Cardinals
- 1942: Lost to Saint Louis Cardinals
- 1955: Lost to Brooklyn Dodgers
- 1957: Lost to Milwaukee Brewers
- 1960: Lost to Pittsburgh Pirates
- 1963: Lost to Lost Angeles Dodgers
- 1964: Lost to Saint Louis Cardinals
- 1976: Lost to Cincinnati Reds
- 1981: Lost to Los Angeles Dodgers
- 2001: Lost to Arizona Diamondbacks
- 2003: Lost to Florida Marlins
It looks like every good team truly has to lose sometime or another! Interestingly, whether the Giants and Dodgers were on the east or west coast, and whether they or the Yankees won the World Series, the Yankees certainly seemed to face at least one of these teams quite frequently in the World Series.
In fact, they have faced the Dodgers eleven times and the Giants six times in this championship, accounting for just under 43% of all of their World Series championships. We have to wonder what the statisticians and logicians of sports have to say about that! Perhaps these franchises have just always been great competitors or perhaps there is something brewing in the wonderful world of baseball magic!