New York Yankees: Winningest Team in Baseball History
With that championship added to their long resume, New York’s American League team has extended their reign as the winningest team in Major League Baseball history.
The Yankees first reached the World Series in 1921, when they lost to the New York Giants. Altogether the Bronx Bombers have made it back to the World Series a whopping 40 times.
Out of all their victories, the Yankees have placed multiple championship seasons in a row on several occasions. Their first World Championship came in 1923 after winning the pennant for three consecutive years. Their defeated opponent was none other than the same New York Giants team that eliminated them the two previous years.
The Yankees had back-to-back victories once again in 1927 and 1928, just one season after losing in 1926.
The Yankees strung together an impressive 4 consecutive championship seasons from 1936 to 1939. After taking a season off to let the Reds and Tigers play on baseball’s biggest stage, the Yanks came back to pick up three more trophies between 1941 and 1953. They collected a single championship in 1947 before beginning what is arguably the most impressive championship run in professional sports history.
From 1959 to 1964, the Yankees missed the World Series for only two seasons, and managed to pile up nine championships, starting with an incredible five consecutive victories from 1949 to 1953.
In the midst of that unsurpassed reign at the top of Baseball was none other than Yankees catcher Yogi Berra, who with 11 World Series victories is the winningest individual player in baseball history.
From 1976 to 1978, the Yankees went to the World Series three years in a row, taking two consecutive championships in 1977 and 1978. But other than a single victory in 1981, the Yankees didn’t make it back until 1996, when they won their first championship in 13 years. This ushered in a new era of Yankee baseball, leading to three consecutive championships and four American League pennants from 1998 to 2001.
This most recent victory clearly cements the Yankees position in the upper echelon of professional sports franchises, and gives them clear bragging rights over their archrivals, the Boston Red Sox, who have amassed a comparatively meager six World Championships.
