the last year the yankees won the world series was 2017.
the last year the yankees won the world series was 2017.
when is the last year the yankees won the world series?
2017
like its predecessor, the new yankee stadium hosted the world series in its very first season; in the 2009 world series, the yankees defeated the philadelphia phillies 4 games to 2. it also became the latest stadium to host a world series-clinching victory by its home team in the venue's first season (after the st. louis cardinals won the world series at busch stadium in 2006), when, on november 4, 2009, the yankees won their 27th world series championship against the phillies. the yankees are the only team to inaugurate two stadiums with world series wins and also appeared in the 1976 world series following the refurbishment of the original yankee stadium, losing to the big red machine in four straight. on october 6, 2011 detroit tigers in game five of the alds were the first team to eliminate the yankees at the new yankee stadium in the postseason.
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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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