the yankees were in the world series 18 times.
the yankees were in the world series 18 times.
how many times were the yankees in the world series?
18
the yankees have won a record 27 world series in 40 appearances (which, since the first world series in 1903, currently amounts to an average appearance every 2.7 seasons and a championship every 4.0 seasons); the st. louis cardinals are second with 11 world series victories. the yankees' number of world series losses, 13, leads major league baseball. the brooklyn/los angeles dodgers are second in total world series appearances with 20. the yankees have faced the dodgers 11 times, going 8–3. among north american major sports, the yankees' success is approached only by the 24 stanley cup championships of the montreal canadiens of the national hockey league. the yankees have played in the world series against every national league pennant winner except the houston astros and the colorado rockies.
new york yankees
the new york yankees purchased babe ruth from the boston red sox after the 1919 season, appeared in their first world series two years later in 1921, and became frequent participants thereafter. over a period of 45 years from 1920 to 1964, the yankees played in 29 world series championships, winning 20. the team's dynasty reached its apex between 1949 and 1964, when the yankees reached the world series 14 times in 16 years, helped by an agreement with the kansas city athletics (after that team moved from philadelphia during 1954–1955 offseason) whereby the teams made several deals advantageous to the yankees (until ended by new athletics' owner charles o. finley). during that span, the yankees played in all world series except 1954, and 1959, winning nine of them. from 1949 to 1953, the yankees won the world series five years in a row; from 1936–1939 the yankees won four world series championships in a row. there are only two other occasions when a team has won at least three consecutive world series: 1972 to 1974 by the oakland athletics, and 1998 to 2000 by the yankees.
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