The yankees are still the yankees, 27 rings and counting. The cubs, who won 103 games, are the third team in wild card era since 1995 to have baseballs best outright regularseason record and win the world series. Who won the world series in the last 25 years answers. A comprehensive list of mlb world series champions from 1903 to the present. All videos shown are all owned by and the mlb themselves.
The 1938 world series matched the twotime defending champion new york yankees against the chicago cubs, with the yankees sweeping the series in four. After the dodgers finally broke through and beat the yankees in 1955, the yankees came back and won again. Mar 18, 2019 the 2019 season is the yankees best chance to win the world series new, 17 comments the yankees championship window isnt in danger of closing, but it might never be more wide open than. The 1908 season was a rollercoaster for chicago, which jumped out to an early lead in the nl standings but spent most of the summer trailing the new york giants. The world series is the annual championship series of major league baseball mlb and concludes the mlb postseason. And theyve won five world series in a row the longest championship streak in mlb history. This one is remembered most for game 5, when don larsen pitched a perfect game to defeat the dodgers. The 2019 season is the yankees best chance to win the world. After a surprising threeyear pennant drought, the yankees climbed once. The 1932 world series was a fourgame sweep by the american league champions new york yankees over the national league champions chicago cubs. The world series opened in new york, and the cubs grabbed a 20 lead in the. The new york yankees of the al have won the most series. May 04, 2020 these yankees won 114 regularseason games, the thirdmost ever, and as the world series began, it was agreed that they needed to beat the padres so they could secure the clubs legacy as an inner. Nov 03, 2016 last play from every world series 1980present duration.
Win expectancy, run expectancy, and leverage index calculations provided by tom tango of, and coauthor of the book. Are the 98 yankees 11448 actually the best team ever. Charlie hayes catches the last out as ws mvp john wetteland gets his fourth save to lead the yankees to a 23rd world championship check out. They went on to club the cubs in the fall classic, outscoring chicago 22 to 9 in a four game sweep. It was the last series for yankee mainstays ruth, combs and pennock. The teams beloved home stadium was first constructed in 1914 under the name weeghman park. And now, on a completely unrelated note, heres a brief list of everything thats happened since new york last won a world series in 2009. Often referred to as the fall classic, the modern world series has been played every year since 1903 with two exceptions. New york had won its fourth world series, the last three of which 1927, 1928. When was the last time the new york yankees won the world. Yankees have some of mlbs biggest home runs in world series.
Major league baseball world series champions and series records for the last 25 years. But the yankees won the next three, and the indians were swept by the astros in the al division series a year later. The yankees are the last mlb team to repeat as world series champions and after the 2000 season they joined the yankees teams of 193639 and 194953, as well as the 1972 74 oakland athletics as the only teams to win at least three consecutive world series. As it stands, the seattle mariners, colorado rockies, san diego padres, texas rangers, tampa bay rays and milwaukee brewers are the last teams without a world series title. The yankees had mvp roger maris, who hit 61 homers to break babe ruths singleseason record, and runnerup mickey mantle, who hit 54 of his own. Theyd win trophies with the same basic core of players in 1998, 1999, 2000. They defeated the philadelphia philles four games to two.
This was the last allnew york city series until the yankees played the new york mets in 2000. Mar 17, 2020 yankees will win the 2020 world series, according to mlb the show 20. What america was like the last time cubs, indians won the. Feb 09, 2014 great yankees years come and go but these years stood out to me core four maybe 2014. Mlb world series champions major league baseball espn. An exhaustive list of everything thats happened since the. The yankees had won their fourth world series, and their 12th consecutive series game. Asked in new york yankees, baseball history, world series who was the last team to. Jul 09, 2018 history isnt on houstons side, though, considering the yankees were the last team to repeat a world series winners when they won three in a row between 1998 and 2000. The yankees are bringing home a world series title in 2020.
Jan 12, 2020 the yankees last won the ws in 2009, beating the phillies in 6 games. The cubs extended their world series victory drought to 24 years with their humiliating loss, their fourth consecutive in the fall classic after 1910, 1918 and 1929 to the as, red sox and as again respectively. The world series name has been applied to several baseball championships of lesser import, including the junior world series, played between champions of the international league and the american association both american professional minor leagues, and the little league world series. May 26, 2017 get ready to watch a lot of the yankees, red sox, giants, and cardinals celebrating. This one is more complicated because chapman almost coughed up game 7 of the world series by surrendering a still shocking tworun homer to rajai davis. The 2011 season marks the 103nd anniversary since their last world series title. Teams that have won a world series since the yankees last won a world series the giants, three times the cardinals. Young cubs team built to be a dynasty i want to congratulate cleveland indians and manager terry francona, maddon said. The new york yankees of the al have played in 40 world series through. Last play from every world series 1980present duration. May 20, 2020 back in new york the yankees won game 6 by beating greg maddux and hoisted their first world series trophy since 1978. Best of 7 game series 2009 new york yankees over philadelphia phillies 4 2 2008 philadelphia phillies. Not only are the yanks the only team to win the world series at least four times in a row, but they did it twice, winning four in a row from 193639, and five in a row from 194953.
Nov 04, 2009 the last world series won by the yankees was in 2009. Nov 04, 2009 mariano rivera, who was on the mound at shea stadium the last time the yankees won the world series, secured the final five outs, although he did not get his third save of the world series because of the fourrun lead. Indians 11143 this season of 100 win misfortune came on the heels of the yankees record five straight world series wins from 194953. This yankees dynasty encompassed both the twilight of the dimaggio era and the dawn of the mantle era. The last time the cubs won the world series, wrigley field didnt yet exist. New york yankees, al, 27, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941. Nba fans making half court shots for moneycars compilation. York players berated the national league champions for only offering him a halfshare of the world series payoff. The 1938 world series matched the twotime defending champion new york yankees against the chicago cubs, with the yankees sweeping the series in four games for their seventh championship overall and record third straight they would win four in a row from 1936 to 1939, and five in a row later from 1949 to 1953. The cubs, playing in their eleventh world series and their first since 1945, won their third championship and first since 1908, ending the longest world championship drought in north american professional sports history. H 19381008 new york yankees 5 chicago cubs 2 w world series. In chicago for game 3, ruth blasted a threerun homer in the first inning, and.
The braves carried their 14year nl east division champion streak into the mid2000s, but repeatedly came up short in the postseason. Last week we discussed the best team of the 2010s to not win a world series. One of the most famous home runs in world series history happened on oct. No copy right infringement intended i dont own these clips clips belong to i dont make profit from. May 05, 2017 from the 1932 world series to derek jeters only career grand slam, the cubs and yankees have a long shared history despite seldom playing one another. The world series is major league baseballs mlb postseason playoff series between the. Rivera, along with derek jeter, jorge posada and pettitte, won his fifth championship with the yankees. The new york yankees have won 27 world series titles, the most in mlb history. One of three teams in baseball whose last postseason win was a world series clincher.
The yankees cruised to the world series after winning the al pennant by a comfortable 9. When was the last year the chicago cubs won the world series. Back in new york the yankees won game 6 by beating greg maddux and hoisted their first world series trophy since 1978. Yankees crush the cubs to take world series title in 4game. Chicago cubs, chicago orphans, chicago colts, chicago white stockings also played as a national association franchise. The world series is the annual championship series of major league baseball mlb and. Yankees will win 2020 world series, says mlb the show 20. Well, you definitely didnt need to pick the cubs that early, because this. First played in 1903, the world series championship is a bestofseven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseballs national league nl and american league al. On november 4, 2009, the yankees defeated the philadelphia phillies to capture their 27th world series championship. When was the last time the yankees won the world series.