Greatest Yankees Teams Ever

1927 New York Yankees

Murderers' Row is the gold standard by which every great team since has been measured, with Babe Ruth's then-unthinkable 60 home runs and Lou Gehrig's 175 RBIs terrorizing the league all summer. They swept the Pirates in the World Series so thoroughly that legend says Pittsburgh

Season: 1927Regular Season Record: 110-44Win Percentage: 0.714World Series Result: Won 4-0 vs. PiratesHistorical Legacy: 10/10

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1998 New York Yankees

Modern baseball's answer to Murderers' Row, this team won 114 games almost without a weakness, blending Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams, and David Cone with airtight bullpen depth. They capped it with a sweep of the Padres, and sabermetric models still routinely rank this the single

Season: 1998Regular Season Record: 114-48Win Percentage: 0.704World Series Result: Won 4-0 vs. PadresHistorical Legacy: 10/10

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1939 New York Yankees

Featuring a young Joe DiMaggio in his prime and Lou Gehrig's tragic final season before ALS ended his career, this team crushed the National League's Reds in a clean sweep. They won the pennant by 17 games, an absurd margin that still stands among the largest ever. It's the last

Season: 1939Regular Season Record: 106-45Win Percentage: 0.702World Series Result: Won 4-0 vs. RedsHistorical Legacy: 9/10

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1961 New York Yankees

The M&M Boys, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle, chased Ruth's single-season home run record all summer, with Maris famously breaking it with 61 in a season some still argue deserved an asterisk. Backed by Whitey Ford's Cy Young season, the Yankees steamrolled to 109 wins and beat th

Season: 1961Regular Season Record: 109-53Win Percentage: 0.673World Series Result: Won 4-1 vs. RedsHistorical Legacy: 9/10

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1936 New York Yankees

A 21-year-old Joe DiMaggio arrived as a rookie and immediately anchored a lineup that also featured Gehrig and Bill Dickey, launching a run of four straight championships. They demolished the crosstown Giants in the World Series, outscoring them by double digits. This team essent

Season: 1936Regular Season Record: 102-51Win Percentage: 0.667World Series Result: Won 4-2 vs. GiantsHistorical Legacy: 8/10

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1932 New York Yankees

Best remembered for Babe Ruth's supposed 'called shot' against the Cubs in Game 3, this team steamrolled Chicago in a four-game sweep amid a bitter feud over World Series shares. Ruth and Gehrig were both still in their primes, giving this squad one of the most feared 3-4 combos

Season: 1932Regular Season Record: 107-47Win Percentage: 0.695World Series Result: Won 4-0 vs. CubsHistorical Legacy: 8/10

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1996 New York Yankees

The team that launched the modern dynasty, with rookie Derek Jeter, a healed Bernie Williams, and Joe Torre's calm leadership turning around a franchise that hadn't won it all since 1978. They stunned the heavily favored Braves by winning four straight after falling behind 0-2. T

Season: 1996Regular Season Record: 92-70Win Percentage: 0.568World Series Result: Won 4-2 vs. BravesHistorical Legacy: 8/10

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1978 New York Yankees

Down 14 games in the standings to the rival Red Sox in July, this scrappy team completed one of the greatest comebacks in sports history, capped by Bucky Dent's stunning playoff-game home run at Fenway. Reggie Jackson and Ron Guidry (a 25-3 season) carried them past the Dodgers i

Season: 1978Regular Season Record: 100-63Win Percentage: 0.613World Series Result: Won 4-2 vs. DodgersHistorical Legacy: 8/10

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1977 New York Yankees

This was the 'Bronx Zoo' team, a roiling mix of clashing egos between Reggie Jackson, Billy Martin, and Thurman Munson that somehow produced a championship anyway. Jackson's three home runs on three consecutive pitches in Game 6 against the Dodgers earned him the nickname Mr. Oct

Season: 1977Regular Season Record: 100-62Win Percentage: 0.617World Series Result: Won 4-2 vs. DodgersHistorical Legacy: 7/10

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1949 New York Yankees

Casey Stengel's first season at the helm produced the first of an eventual five consecutive titles, achieved despite a battered DiMaggio missing half the season with a heel injury. The Yankees edged the Red Sox on the final day of the regular season before beating the Dodgers in

Season: 1949Regular Season Record: 97-57Win Percentage: 0.63World Series Result: Won 4-1 vs. DodgersHistorical Legacy: 7/10

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1953 New York Yankees

This squad completed an unprecedented fifth consecutive World Series title, a record that still stands and may never be broken in the modern era. Whitey Ford, Yogi Berra, and Mickey Mantle formed the core of a team that simply refused to lose in October. Casey Stengel's dynasty r

Season: 1953Regular Season Record: 99-52Win Percentage: 0.656World Series Result: Won 4-2 vs. DodgersHistorical Legacy: 7/10

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1956 New York Yankees

Forever defined by Don Larsen's perfect game in Game 5, the only postseason perfect game in MLB history, this team also featured Mickey Mantle's Triple Crown season. They avenged a prior loss to the Dodgers by beating them in seven games. Larsen's singular moment of perfection ha

Season: 1956Regular Season Record: 97-57Win Percentage: 0.63World Series Result: Won 4-3 vs. DodgersHistorical Legacy: 8/10

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1999 New York Yankees

The middle jewel of the late-90s three-peat, this team rolled through October with a dominant pitching staff led by Orlando Hernandez and Mariano Rivera's emerging closer brilliance. They swept the Braves for the second time in four years, cementing Atlanta as their personal Worl

Season: 1999Regular Season Record: 98-64Win Percentage: 0.605World Series Result: Won 4-0 vs. BravesHistorical Legacy: 7/10

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1941 New York Yankees

This is the team that watched Joe DiMaggio hit safely in 56 consecutive games, still the most untouchable record in baseball statistics. They beat the Dodgers in five games, a series remembered for Mickey Owen's dropped third strike that let the Yankees escape a critical Game 4.

Season: 1941Regular Season Record: 101-53Win Percentage: 0.656World Series Result: Won 4-1 vs. DodgersHistorical Legacy: 7/10

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2009 New York Yankees

Fresh off missing the playoffs for the first time in 13 years, the Yankees spent big on CC Sabathia, Mark Teixeira, and A.J. Burnett and it paid off immediately with a championship. Alex Rodriguez finally silenced postseason critics with a monster October, and Hideki Matsui's Gam

Season: 2009Regular Season Record: 103-59Win Percentage: 0.636World Series Result: Won 4-2 vs. PhilliesHistorical Legacy: 8/10

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1962 New York Yankees

Mickey Mantle won his third MVP award as this team edged a formidable Giants squad in a tense seven-game World Series decided by Willie McCovey's line drive being caught to end the game. It was the last title of the Mantle-Maris core before age and injuries began to catch up with

Season: 1962Regular Season Record: 96-66Win Percentage: 0.593World Series Result: Won 4-3 vs. GiantsHistorical Legacy: 6/10

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1950 New York Yankees

Sandwiched between more famous title runs, this team quietly swept the Phillies' 'Whiz Kids' to claim the second of five straight championships under Casey Stengel. Vic Raschi, Allie Reynolds, and Ed Lopat formed a dominant three-man rotation that got overshadowed by their era's

Season: 1950Regular Season Record: 98-56Win Percentage: 0.636World Series Result: Won 4-0 vs. PhilliesHistorical Legacy: 6/10

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