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Since 1990, the Yankees have won five World Series (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2009).
Since 1995, the Yankees have won five World Series.1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2009.
The New York Yankees have appeared in the World Series 40 times, winning 27 of them. The New York Mets have appeared in the World Series 4 times, winning 2 titles. Only once (2000) have they appeared together in the championship series, which the Yankees won in five games.
Martin won five World Series as a player with the New York Yankees (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, and 1956) and two as the manager of the Yankees (1977 and 1978).
The Yankees won five World Series titles after 1987.1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2009.
The Yankees have played the Phillie's once. It was in 1950 and the Yankees won 4-0....
Reggie Jackson of the 1977 New York Yankees.
Mantle and Maris played together for the Yankees in the 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, and 1964 World Series. Mantle played in those five as well as the 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, and 1958 World Series, all for the Yankees. Maris played in those five along with the 1967 and 1968 World Series for the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Yankees first went to the World Series in 1921. They were defeated by the New York Giants 5 games to 3. This was the last time that the best five of nine was used to determine a winner.
The Yankees won five World Series in that decade, more than any other.
The Milwaukee Brewers lost the 1915 World Series to the Boston Red Sox in five games, they lost to the New York Yankees in four games in the 1950 series, they lost to the Baltimore Orioles in the 1983 World Series in five games and they lost in the 1993 World Series but to the Toronto Blue Jays of the American League in six games.