the last time the dodgers and the yankees met in the world series was 1981.
when was the last time the dodgers and the yankees met in the world series?
1981
fourteen "subway series" have been played entirely within new york city, all including the american league's new york yankees. thirteen of them matched the yankees with either the new york giants or the brooklyn dodgers of the national league. the initial instances occurred in 1921 and 1922, when the giants beat the yankees in consecutive world series that were not technically "subway series" since the teams shared the polo grounds as their home ballpark. the yankees finally beat the giants the following year, their first in their brand-new yankee stadium, and won the two teams' three subsequent fall classic match-ups in 1936, 1937 and 1951. the yankees faced brooklyn seven times in october, winning their first five meetings in 1941, 1947, 1949, 1952 and 1953, before losing to the dodgers in 1955, brooklyn's sole world championship. the last subway series involving the original new york ballclubs came in 1956, when the yankees again beat the dodgers. the trio was separated in 1958 when the dodgers and giants moved to california (although the yankees subsequently met and beat the now-san francisco giants in 1962, and played the now-los angeles dodgers four times, losing to them in a four-game sweep in 1963, beating them back-to-back in 1977 and 1978 and losing to them in 1981). an all-new york series did not recur until 2000, when the yankees defeated the new york mets in five games.
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bullet::::4. three series have matched up the previous two world champions, with the new york yankees winning all three. the 1928 world series was contested by the 1926 champion cardinals and 1927 champion yankees; the yankees won the series 4–0. in 1943, the 1941 champion yankees met the 1942 champion cardinals, which the yankees won 4–1. in the 1958 world series, the 1956 champion yankees faced the 1957 champion milwaukee braves; the yankees won this series 4–3.
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