<P> Following an 11 - year playoff drought , the club appeared in the playoffs five times in a six - year period and won back - to - back World Series championships in 1977 and 1978 . The Yankees won the World Series again in 1996 , and in 1998 began a run of three consecutive Series titles . From 1995 to 2007 , the Yankees made the playoffs each year ; their 13 - season postseason streak was the second - longest in MLB history . After missing the playoffs in 2008 , they won another World Series in 2009 and reached the postseason each year from 2010 to 2012 . In the most recent MLB season , 2017 , New York had a 91 -- 71 record and reached the American League Championship Series before losing to the Houston Astros . Overall , the Yankees ' . 569 regular season winning percentage is the highest of any MLB team , and they have the eighth-most regular season wins , behind seven clubs founded in the 19th century . </P>
<P> Following an 11 - year playoff drought , the club appeared in the playoffs five times in a six - year period and won back - to - back World Series championships in 1977 and 1978 . The Yankees won the World Series again in 1996 , and in 1998 began a run of three consecutive Series titles . From 1995 to 2007 , the Yankees made the playoffs each year ; their 13 - season postseason streak was the second - longest in MLB history . After missing the playoffs in 2008 , they won another World Series in 2009 and reached the postseason each year from 2010 to 2012 . In the most recent MLB season , 2017 , New York had a 91 -- 71 record and reached the American League Championship Series before losing to the Houston Astros . Overall , the Yankees ' . 569 regular season winning percentage is the highest of any MLB team , and they have the eighth-most regular season wins , behind seven clubs founded in the 19th century . </P>
last time yankees made it to the playoffs
last time yankees made it to the playoffs
2017
2017