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New York Yankees
Average Opsera rank: 6.4
* Indicates playoff appearance
* 2009: 2nd, 4.13 (Won World Series)
2008: 13th, 3.41
* 2007: 2nd, 3.80
* 2006: 2nd, 3.83
* 2005: 10th, 3.53
* 2004: 13th, 3.42
* 2003: 2nd, 4.08
* 2002: 3rd, 4.22
* 2001: 7th, 3.67
* 2000: 13th, 3.28 (Won World Series)
* 1999: 3rd, 4.04 (Won World Series)
* 1998: 2nd, 4.40 (Won World Series)
* 1997: 2nd, 4.14
* 1996: 9th, 3.31 (Won World Series)
* 1995: 12th, 3.21
1994: 5th, 4.01
1993: 9th, 3.52
1992: 14th, 3.11
1991: 24th, 2.59
1990: 26th, 2.41
1989: 25th, 2.72
1988: 17th, 3.02
1987: 11th, 3.17
1986: 3rd, 3.66
1985: 4th, 3.98
1984: 4th, 3.64
1983: 7th, 3.65
1982: 14th, 3.27
* 1981: 1st, 4.28
* 1980: 1st, 4.10
1979: 10th, 3.52
* 1978: 4th, 3.98 (Won World Series)
* 1977: 2nd, 4.27 (Won World Series)
* 1976: 3rd, 3.96
1975: 7th, 3.78
1974: 6th, 3.63
1973: 6th, 3.66
1972: 8th, 3.66
1971: 9th 3.44
1970: 7th, 3.65
1969: 14th, 3.30
1968: 13th, 3.19
1967: 16th, 2.87
1966: 11th, 3.32
1965: 12th, 3.34
* 1964: 4th, 3.87
* 1963: 2nd, 4.03
* 1962: 2nd, 3.92 (Won World Series)
* 1961: 1st, 4.24 (Won World Series)
* 1960: 1st, 4.02
1959: 3rd, 3.60
* 1958: 1st, 4.29 (Won World Series)
* 1957: 1st, 4.47
* 1956: 2nd, 4.17 (Won World Series)
* 1955: 2nd, 4.33
1954: 3rd, 4.31
* 1953: 1st, 4.52 (Won World Series)
* 1952: 1st, 4.26 (Won World Series)
* 1951: 2nd, 3.97 (Won World Series)
* 1950: 2nd, 3.89 (Won World Series)
* 1949: 3rd, 3.90 (Won World Series)
1948: 3rd, 4.11
* 1947: 9th, 4.14 (Won World Series)
1946: 3rd, 4.04
1945: 5th, 3.66
1944: 2nd, 3.78
* 1943: 2nd, 4.17 (Won World Series)
* 1942: 2nd, 4.46
* 1941: 2nd, 4.09 (Won World Series)
1940: 3rd, 3.69
* 1939: 1st, 4.90 (Won World Series)
* 1938: 2nd, 4.17 (Won World Series)
* 1937: 1st, 4.56 (Won World Series)
* 1936: 1st, 4.44 (Won World Series)
1935: 3rd, 4.11
1934: 2nd, 4.05
1933: 4th, 3.71
* 1932: 2nd, 4.29 (Won World Series)
1931: 3rd, 4.17
1930: 5th, 3.82
1929: 4th, 3.92
* 1928: 2nd, 4.39 (Won World Series)
* 1927: 1st, 5.50 (Won World Series)
* 1926: 2nd, 4.18
1925: 8th, 3.10
1924: 5th, 3.89
* 1923: 1st, 4.14 (Won World Series)
* 1922: 3rd, 4.21
* 1921: 1st, 4.53
1920: 2nd, 4.42
1919: 6th, 3.96
1918: 10th, 3.46
1917: 8th 3.48
1916: 9th, 3.63
1915: 15th, 3.11
1914: 14th, 3.15
1913: 15th, 2.77
1912: 16th, 2.42
1911: 11th, 3.45
1910: 7th, 3.73
1909: 12th, 3.51
1908: 16th, 2.53
1907: 13th, 3.04
1906: 6th, 3.72
1905: 10th, 3.25
1904: 6th, 3.91
1903: 10th, 3.22
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