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{{Short description|Baseball games played between National and American League teams in New York City}}
{{for|the ice hockey tournament|Subway Super Series}}
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{{Infobox sports rivalry
 | name = Subway Series
 | image = [[File:161st Street Yankee Stadium IRT Jerome southbound platform 2009 Yankee Stadium.JPG|300px]][[File:MetsCiti.jpg|300px]]
 | caption = The view of [[Yankee Stadium]] (top) and [[Citi Field]] (bottom) from their adjacent [[New York City Subway]] stations at [[161st Street–Yankee Stadium station]] and [[Mets–Willets Point station (IRT Flushing Line)|Mets–Willets Point station]], respectively.
 | team1 = New York Yankees<br>([[American League|AL]] 1903–present)
 | team2 = New York Mets<br>([[National League (baseball)|NL]] 1962–present)
 | team3 = New York Giants<br>(NL 1883–1957)
 | team4 = Brooklyn Dodgers<br>(NL 1890–1957)<br>([[American Association (1882–1891)|AA]] 1884–1889)
 | team1logo = NewYorkYankees caplogo.svg
 | team2logo = New York Mets Insignia.svg
 | team3logo = New York Giants MLB Cap Logo (1949 to 1957).svg
 | team4logo = Brooklyn Dodgers Cap Logo (1934 to 1936, 1938 to 1955).svg
 | firstmeeting = October 5, 1921 ([[1921 World Series|World Series]])<br>[[Polo Grounds]], [[Manhattan]]<br>Yankees 3, Giants 0<br><br>October 1, 1941 ([[1941 World Series|World Series]])<br>[[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium (I)]], [[The Bronx|Bronx]]<br>Yankees 3, Dodgers 2<br><br>June 16, 1997 (regular season)<br>[[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium (I)]], [[The Bronx]]<br>Mets 6, Yankees 0
 | mostrecent = May 18, 2025<br>[[Yankee Stadium]], [[The Bronx|Bronx]]<br>Yankees 8, Mets 2
 | nextmeeting = July 4, 2025<br>[[Citi Field]], [[Queens]]
 | total = 197 (84 World Series, 113 regular season)<br>36 (all World Series, between the Giants and Yankees)<br>43 (all World Series, between the Dodgers and Yankees)<br>145 (5 World Series, 140 regular season between the Mets and Yankees)
 | most wins = 
 | series = Yankees (over Mets), {{winpct|86|68|record=y}}
 | regularseason = Yankees (over Mets), {{winpct|80|66|record=y}}
 | postseason = Yankees (over Giants), {{winpct|19|16|record=y}}<br>Yankees (over Dodgers), {{winpct|23|14|record=y}}<br>Yankees (over Mets), {{winpct|4|1|record=y}}
 | longeststreak = {{Plainlist|
* Mets: 6 <small>(May 27, [[2013 New York Mets season|2013]]–May 13, [[2014 New York Mets season|2014]])</small>
* Yankees: 7 <small>(June 30, [[2002 New York Yankees season|2002]]–June 29, [[2003 New York Yankees season|2003]])</small>
}}
 | largestvictory = {{Plainlist|
* Giants: 13–5 <small>([[1921 World Series#Game 3|October 7, 1921–World Series]])</small>
* Dodgers: 13–8 <small>([[1956 World Series#Game 2|October 5, 1956–World Series]])</small>
* Mets: 12–2 <small>(June 9, [[2000 New York Mets season|2000]], June 26, [[2024 New York Mets season|2024]]–regular season)</small>
* Yankees: 18–4 <small>(over Giants, [[1936 World Series#Game 2|October 2, 1936–World Series]])</small><br>9–0 <small>(over Dodgers, [[1956 World Series#Game 7|October 10, 1956–World Series]])</small><br>15–0 <small>(over Mets, June 14, [[2009 New York Yankees season|2009]]–regular season)</small>
}}
 | currentstreak = Yankees, 1 (over Mets)
 | section_header = Post-season history
 | section_info = {{Plainlist|class=nowrap|
* '''[[1921 World Series]]''': Giants defeat Yankees, 5–3
* '''[[1922 World Series]]''': Giants defeat Yankees, 4–0
* '''[[1923 World Series]]''': Yankees defeat Giants, 4–2
* '''[[1936 World Series]]''': Yankees defeat Giants, 4–2
* '''[[1937 World Series]]''': Yankees defeat Giants, 4–1
* '''[[1941 World Series]]''': Yankees defeat Dodgers, 4–1
* '''[[1947 World Series]]''': Yankees defeat Dodgers, 4–3
* '''[[1949 World Series]]''': Yankees defeat Dodgers, 4–1
* '''[[1951 World Series]]''': Yankees defeat Giants, 4–2
* '''[[1952 World Series]]''': Yankees defeat Dodgers, 4–3
* '''[[1953 World Series]]''': Yankees defeat Dodgers, 4–2
* '''[[1955 World Series]]''': Dodgers defeat Yankees, 4–3
* '''[[1956 World Series]]''': Yankees defeat Dodgers, 4–3
* '''[[2000 World Series]]''': Yankees defeat Mets, 4–1
}}
}}
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A '''Subway Series''' in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) is one played between teams based in [[New York City]], currently the [[New York Yankees]] and [[New York Mets]], and historically the Yankees versus the [[New York Giants (baseball)|New York Giants]] or [[Brooklyn Dodgers]]. The venues for games have been accessible via the [[New York City Subway]], hence the name of the series.

The term historically refers to [[World Series]] games played between the city's teams. The Yankees have appeared in all Subway Series games as they have been the only [[American League]] (AL) team based in the city. The [[National League (baseball)|National League]] (NL) representative in those series has seven times been the Dodgers, six times the Giants, and the Mets once, in [[2000 World Series|2000]]. Since 1997, the term has also been applied to [[interleague play]] during the regular season between the Yankees and Mets.

==19th century Subway Series==
{{main|1889 World Series}}
{{see also|Dodgers–Giants rivalry}}
Although organized games between all-stars from New York teams against all-stars from Brooklyn teams date back to the 1850s, the first actual New York–Brooklyn "[[World Series|World Championship Series]]" occurred in 1889, a full nine years before Brooklyn was incorporated into the City of New York by the Greater New York Act of 1898. At the time, the series would not have been called a ''Subway Series'', since [[Early history of the IRT subway|New York's subway did not open until 1904]], but it was the first recorded series involving the teams who would later earn the phrase.<ref name=":0" />

The [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]] squared off against (and defeated) the [[Brooklyn Bridegrooms]], also called the "[[Trolley dodger|Trolley Dodgers]]", of the [[American Association (19th century)|American Association]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Koppett |first=Leonard |date=14 October 1989 |title=Before There Were Subways, There Was a Subway Series |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/14/sports/before-there-were-subways-there-was-a-subway-series.html |access-date=18 November 2024 |work=New York Times |pages=1}}</ref> The following season, Brooklyn withdrew from the Association and joined the League, setting the stage for many future intra-city competitions.<ref name=":0" />

==Early and mid-20th century Subway Series==
By the 1920s, the [[New York City Subway|subway]] had become an important form of public transport in the city and provided a convenient form of travel between the three city ballparks: the [[Polo Grounds]], in upper [[Manhattan]]; [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]], in [[the Bronx]]; and [[Ebbets Field]] in [[Brooklyn]]. The 155th Street [[155th Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line)|elevated]] and [[155th Street (IND Concourse Line)|subway]] stations, the [[161st Street – Yankee Stadium (New York City Subway)|161st Street]] station, and the [[Prospect Park (BMT Brighton Line)|Prospect Park]] respectively, served the ballparks. (New York's subway and elevated systems—the [[Interborough Rapid Transit Company|IRT]], [[Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company|BRT]]/[[Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation|BMT]], and [[Independent Subway System|IND]]—were in competition with each other until 1940.){{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

In the case of the World Series contests listed, the entire Series could be attended by using the subway. The date of the first usage of the term "Subway Series" is uncertain. The term "Nickel Series" (a nickel was the [[New York City transit fares#Fare history|old subway fare]]) appeared in newspapers by 1927, and "Subway Series" appeared by 1928.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/subway_series/|title=Barry Popik}}</ref> "Subway Series" was clearly already a familiar concept by 1934, as discussed in this article about that year's All-Star Game to be held in New York, discussing the "subway series" possibility for the Giants and Yankees. (Ultimately, no New York team made it to the 1934 post-season.).<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=New York Times|title=Terry and Cronin Select Squads For All-Star Game Here Tuesday|date=July 4, 1934|agency=Associated Press|page=21}}</ref>

===Yankees–Giants===
{{main|1921 World Series|1922 World Series|1923 World Series|1936 World Series|1937 World Series|1951 World Series|Giants–Yankees rivalry}}
The 1921 and 1922 match-ups were played in a single ballpark, as both the [[History of the New York Giants (NL)|Giants]] and Yankees then played at the Polo Grounds. The Giants won both of these World Series against the Yankees, the first two Subway Series played. Despite cordial relations just a few years before when the Yankees allowed the Giants to share their home at [[Hilltop Park]] for a year in 1911 and the Giants more than returning the favor in kind by sharing Polo Grounds with the Yankees since 1913, the Yankees were issued an eviction notice in mid-1920 ending their lease after the 1922 season. The Yankees opened their new ballpark in 1923. Fortunes changed immediately for the Yankees as they defeated the Giants this time in the third straight year of World Series competition between the two teams. Their new home would host the Yankees' first of 11 Subway World Series victories that year and first of an unprecedented 37 World Series until the stadium closed in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Old Yankee Stadium |url=https://baseballinstadiums.com/historical/past/old-yankee-stadium/#:~:text=It%20also%20hosted%20over%20100,team%20winning%209%20of%20them. |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=Baseball in Stadiums |language=en-US}}</ref>

The venues for the 1923, 1936, 1937, and 1951 World Series&mdash;the Polo Grounds and [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|the old Yankee Stadium]]&mdash;were a short walk apart across the [[Macombs Dam Bridge]] over the [[Harlem River]].{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}<!--Of course, anyone in the city not living in that vicinity could have opted for the subway system.-->

===Yankees–Dodgers===
{{main|1941 World Series|1947 World Series|1949 World Series|1952 World Series|1953 World Series|1955 World Series|1956 World Series|Dodgers–Yankees rivalry}}
The term was used again in 1941 when the [[History of the Brooklyn Dodgers|Dodgers]] made their first [[World Series]] appearance since {{wsy|1920}}. Multiple Hall of Famers took part in these contests between the "Bronx Bombers" and "Dem Bums from Brooklyn" and the games involved numerous achievements including [[Jackie Robinson]] breaking the color barrier as the first African-American baseball player in the World Series and [[Don Larsen]]'s performance in pitching the only [[Perfect game (baseball)|perfect game]] in post-season history. The seven matchups between the Yankees and the Dodgers between 1941 and 1956 cemented the term as being mostly associated with the New York vs. Brooklyn contests, during the time when New York City was retroactively dubbed by historians as "The Capital of Baseball".<ref>{{cite video| title = Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns; ''Inning 7: The Capital of Baseball''| medium = Television Documentary| publisher = PBS| url =https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/baseball/capital/| access-date = 2017-09-15| archive-date = 2017-10-30| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171030052342/http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/baseball/capital/| url-status = dead}}</ref> Despite Brooklyn's repeated success at winning the National League pennant, it was only able to win one World Series (1955) against the Yankees, the only time the Dodgers won a championship when in Brooklyn.

==World Series matchups==
All-New York match-ups in [[World Series]] play:

{{legend|#d0e7ff|National League team}}

{{legend|#fcc|American League team}}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"|Year
!scope="col"|Winning team
!scope="col"|Manager
!scope="col" class="unsortable"|Games
!scope="col"|Losing team
!scope="col"|Manager
!scope="col" class="unsortable"| Ref.
|-
!scope="row" align=left |{{wsy|1921}}
|align=left style="background:#d0e7ff;"|[[1921 New York Giants season|New York Giants]]||align=left|{{sortname|John|McGraw}} ||5{{nbnd}}3{{ref label|BestOf9|V|V}}||align=left style="background:#fcc;"|[[1921 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]||align=left |{{sortname|Miller|Huggins}} || |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1921_WS.shtml|title=1921 World Series|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=January 2, 2010}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" align=left |{{wsy|1922}}
|align=left style="background:#d0e7ff;"|[[1922 New York Giants season|New York Giants]]||align=left|{{sortname|John|McGraw}} ||4{{nbnd}}0{{nbnd}}(1){{ref label|TieGame|T|T}}||align=left style="background:#fcc;"|[[1922 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]||align=left |{{sortname|Miller|Huggins}} || |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1922_WS.shtml|title=1922 World Series|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=January 2, 2010}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" align=left |{{wsy|1923}}
|align=left style="background:#fcc;"|[[1923 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]||align=left |{{sortname|Miller|Huggins}} || |4{{nbnd}}2||align=left style="background:#d0e7ff;"|[[1923 New York Giants season|New York Giants]]||align=left|{{sortname|John|McGraw}} || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1923_WS.shtml|title=1923 World Series|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=January 2, 2010}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" align=left |{{wsy|1936}}
|align=left style="background:#fcc;"|[[1936 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]||align=left |{{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} || |4{{nbnd}}2||align=left style="background:#d0e7ff;"|[[1936 New York Giants (MLB) season|New York Giants]]||align=left|{{sortname|Bill|Terry}} || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1936_WS.shtml|title=1936 World Series|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=January 2, 2010}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" align=left |{{wsy|1937}}
|align=left style="background:#fcc;"|[[1937 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]||align=left |{{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} || |4{{nbnd}}1||align=left style="background:#d0e7ff;"|[[1937 New York Giants (MLB) season|New York Giants]]||align=left|{{sortname|Bill|Terry}} ||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1937_WS.shtml|title=1937 World Series|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=January 2, 2010}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" align=left |{{wsy|1941}}
|align=left style="background:#fcc;"|[[1941 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]||align=left |{{sortname|Joe|McCarthy|Joe McCarthy (manager)}} || |4{{nbnd}}1||align=left style="background:#d0e7ff;"| [[1941 Brooklyn Dodgers season|Brooklyn Dodgers]]||align=left|{{sortname|Leo|Durocher}} ||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1941_WS.shtml|title=1941 World Series|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=January 2, 2010}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" align=left |{{wsy|1947}}
|align=left style="background:#fcc;"|[[1947 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]||align=left |{{sortname|Bucky|Harris}} || |4{{nbnd}}3||align=left style="background:#d0e7ff;"|[[1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season|Brooklyn Dodgers]]||align=left|{{sortname|Burt|Shotton}} ||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1947_WS.shtml|title=1947 World Series|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=January 2, 2010}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" align=left |{{wsy|1949}}
|align=left style="background:#fcc;"|[[1949 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]||align=left |{{sortname|Casey|Stengel}} || |4{{nbnd}}1||align=left style="background:#d0e7ff;"|[[1949 Brooklyn Dodgers season|Brooklyn Dodgers]]||align=left|{{sortname|Burt|Shotton}} ||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1949_WS.shtml|title=1949 World Series|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=January 2, 2010}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" align=left |{{wsy|1951}}
|align=left style="background:#fcc;"|[[1951 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]||align=left |{{sortname|Casey|Stengel}} || |4{{nbnd}}2||align=left style="background:#d0e7ff;"|[[1951 New York Giants (MLB) season|New York Giants]]||align=left|{{sortname|Leo|Durocher}} || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1951_WS.shtml|title=1951 World Series|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=January 2, 2010}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" align=left |{{wsy|1952}}
|align=left style="background:#fcc;"|[[1952 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]||align=left |{{sortname|Casey|Stengel}} || |4{{nbnd}}3||align=left style="background:#d0e7ff;"|[[1952 Brooklyn Dodgers season|Brooklyn Dodgers]]||align=left|{{sortname|Charlie|Dressen}} ||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1952_WS.shtml|title=1952 World Series|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=January 2, 2010}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" align=left |{{wsy|1953}}
|align=left style="background:#fcc;"|[[1953 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]||align=left |{{sortname|Casey|Stengel}} || |4{{nbnd}}2||align=left style="background:#d0e7ff;"|[[1953 Brooklyn Dodgers season|Brooklyn Dodgers]]||align=left|{{sortname|Charlie|Dressen}} || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1953_WS.shtml|title=1953 World Series|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=January 2, 2010}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" align=left |{{wsy|1955}}
|align=left style="background:#d0e7ff;"|[[1955 Brooklyn Dodgers season|Brooklyn Dodgers]]||align=left|{{sortname|Walter|Alston}} ||4{{nbnd}}3||align=left style="background:#fcc;"|[[1955 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]||align=left |{{sortname|Casey|Stengel}} || |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1955_WS.shtml|title=1955 World Series|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=January 2, 2010}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" align=left |{{wsy|1956}}
|align=left style="background:#fcc;"|[[1956 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]||align=left |{{sortname|Casey|Stengel}} || |4{{nbnd}}3||align=left style="background:#d0e7ff;"|[[1956 Brooklyn Dodgers season|Brooklyn Dodgers]]||align=left|{{sortname|Walter|Alston}} ||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1956_WS.shtml|title=1956 World Series|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=January 2, 2010}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" align=left |{{wsy|2000}}
|align=left style="background:#fcc;"|[[2000 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]||align=left |{{sortname|Joe|Torre}} || |4{{nbnd}}1||align=left style="background:#d0e7ff;"|[[2000 New York Mets season|New York Mets]]{{ref label|WildCard|W|W}}||align=left |{{sortname|Bobby|Valentine}} || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/2000_WS.shtml|title=2000 World Series|work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=January 2, 2010}}</ref>
|}

==Exhibition series==
In addition to the five World Series played between the Yankees and Giants before 1940, the two teams also played exhibition series against each other from time to time. The match-ups were known as the "City Series" and were sometimes played in October while other teams played in the World Series. However, after 1940, this became difficult because the Yankees would routinely appear in the World Series. In the 17 years from 1941 to 1957 (after which the Giants and Dodgers left New York City for California), the Yankees appeared in the World Series 12 times, failing to reach the Series only in 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, and 1954.

The first and only game that featured the Dodgers, Giants, and Yankees was the 1944 [[Tri-Cornered Baseball Game]]. The game was a [[World War II]] fundraiser, which saw the three teams play in a [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] format in which each team batted and fielded during six [[inning]]s and rested for the other three.

Before New York's two National League teams left the city, the Yankees and Giants (from 1946{{nbnd}}1950, 1955) and Yankees and Dodgers (1951{{nbnd}}1954, 1957) played an annual midseason exhibition game called the Mayor's Trophy Game to benefit sandlot baseball in New York City. The proceeds raised by the Yankees were given to leagues in Manhattan and the Bronx, while proceeds raised by the Dodgers went to leagues on Long Island and Staten Island. The annual charity event was discontinued following the 1957 season, when the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles and the Giants moved to San Francisco, leaving the Yankees as the only major league team in the city.

The game was revived in 1963, after the National League returned to New York with the expansion New York Mets in 1962. These games were played primarily to benefit sandlot baseball in the city, with proceeds going to the city's Amateur Baseball Federation.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} After dwindling interest and public bickering between the owners of both teams, the Mayor's Trophy Game was discontinued following the 1983 season. It was revived again as a pre-[[Opening Day]] series titled the "Mayor's Challenge" and held in 1989.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; "
| colspan="9" style="background: #ccffcc;" |'''Mayor's Trophy Game (Giants vs. Yankees)'''
|-
! Season
! Date
! Location
! Visiting team
! Runs
! Home team
! Attendance
! Series
! Cumulative<br>record
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{by|1946}}
|July 1
|[[Polo Grounds]]
|'''Yankees'''
|3{{nbnd}}0
|Giants
|27,486
| rowspan="2" |Yankees 1{{nbnd}}0{{nbnd}}0
|Yankees 1{{nbnd}}0
|-
|August 5
|[[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
|Giants
|2{{nbnd}}3
|'''Yankees'''
|25,067
|Yankees 2{{nbnd}}0
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{by|1947}}
|June 12
|[[Polo Grounds]]
|Yankees
|7{{nbnd}}0
|Giants
|39,970
| rowspan="2" |Yankees 1{{nbnd}}0{{nbnd}}1
|Yankees 3{{nbnd}}0
|-
|August 18
|[[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
|'''Giants'''
|4{{nbnd}}1
|Yankees
|22,184
|Yankees 3{{nbnd}}1
|-
|{{by|1948}}
|August 16
|[[Polo Grounds]]
|'''Yankees'''
|4{{nbnd}}2 <small>(11)</small>
|Giants
|17,091
|Yankees 2{{nbnd}}0{{nbnd}}1
|Yankees 4{{nbnd}}1
|-
|{{by|1949}}
|June 27
|[[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
|Giants
|3{{nbnd}}5
|'''Yankees'''
|37,547
| align="right;" |Yankees 3{{nbnd}}0{{nbnd}}1
|Yankees 5{{nbnd}}1
|-
|{{by|1950}}
|June 26
|[[Polo Grounds]]
|'''Yankees'''
|9{{nbnd}}4
|Giants
|12,864
|Yankees 4{{nbnd}}0{{nbnd}}1
|Yankees 6{{nbnd}}1
|-
|{{by|1955}}
|June 27
|[[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
|Giants
|1{{nbnd}}4
|'''Yankees'''
|19,193
|Yankees 5{{nbnd}}0{{nbnd}}1
|Yankees 7{{nbnd}}1
|-
| colspan="9" style="background: #ccffcc;" |'''Mayor's Trophy Game (Dodgers vs. Yankees)'''
|-
! Season
! Date
! Location
! Visiting team
! Runs
! Home team
! Attendance
! colspan="2" |Record
|-
|{{by|1951}}
|June 25
|[[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
|Dodgers
|3{{nbnd}}4 <small>(10)</small>
|'''Yankees'''
|71,289
| colspan="2" |Yankees 1{{nbnd}}0
|-
|{{by|1952}}
|July 21
|[[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
|Dodgers
|3{{nbnd}}5
|'''Yankees'''
|48,263
| colspan="2" |Yankees 2{{nbnd}}0
|-
|{{by|1953}}
|June 29
|[[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
|'''Dodgers'''
|9{{nbnd}}0
|Yankees
|56,136
| colspan="2" |Yankees 2{{nbnd}}1
|-
|{{by|1954}}
|June 14
|[[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
|'''Dodgers'''
|2{{nbnd}}1
|Yankees
|28,084
| colspan="2" |Tied 2{{nbnd}}2
|-
|{{by|1957}}
|May 23
|[[Ebbets Field]]
|Yankees
|10{{nbnd}}7
|Dodgers
|30,000
| colspan="2" |Yankees 3{{nbnd}}2
|-
| colspan="9" style="background: #ccffcc;" |'''Mayor's Trophy Game (Mets vs. Yankees)'''
|-
! Season
! Date
! Location
! Visiting team
! Runs
! Home team
! Attendance
! colspan="2" |Record
|-
|{{by|1963}}
|June 20
|[[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
|'''Mets'''
|6{{nbnd}}2
|Yankees
|50,742
| colspan="2" |Mets 1{{nbnd}}0{{nbnd}}0
|-
|{{by|1964}}
|August 24
|[[Shea Stadium]]
|'''Yankees'''
|6{{nbnd}}4
|Mets
|55,396
| colspan="2" |Tied 1{{nbnd}}1{{nbnd}}0
|-
|{{by|1965}}
|May 3
|[[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
|'''Mets'''
|2{{nbnd}}1 <small>(10)</small>
|Yankees
|22,881
| colspan="2" |Mets 2{{nbnd}}1{{nbnd}}0
|-
|{{by|1966}}
|June 27
|[[Shea Stadium]]
|'''Yankees'''
|5{{nbnd}}2
|Mets
|56,367
| colspan="2" |Tied 2{{nbnd}}2{{nbnd}}0
|-
|{{by|1967}}
|July 12
|[[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
|'''Mets'''
|4{{nbnd}}0
|Yankees
|31,852
| colspan="2" |Mets 3{{nbnd}}2{{nbnd}}0
|-
|{{by|1968}}
|May 27
|[[Shea Stadium]]
|Yankees
|3{{nbnd}}4
|'''Mets'''
|35,198
| colspan="2" align="right;" |Mets 4{{nbnd}}2{{nbnd}}0
|-
|{{by|1969}}
|September 29
|[[Shea Stadium]]
|Yankees
|6{{nbnd}}7
|'''Mets'''
|32,720
| colspan="2" |Mets 5{{nbnd}}2{{nbnd}}0
|-
|{{by|1970}}
|August 17
|[[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
|Mets
|4{{nbnd}}9
|'''Yankees'''
|43,987
| colspan="2" |Mets 5{{nbnd}}3{{nbnd}}0
|-
|{{by|1971}}
|September 8
|[[Shea Stadium]]
|'''Yankees'''
|2{{nbnd}}1
|Mets
|48,872
| colspan="2" |Mets 5{{nbnd}}4{{nbnd}}0
|-
|{{by|1972}}
|August 24
|[[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
|Mets
|1{{nbnd}}2
|'''Yankees'''
|52,308
| colspan="2" |Tied 5{{nbnd}}5{{nbnd}}0
|-
|{{by|1973}}
|May 10
|[[Shea Stadium]]
|Yankees
|4{{nbnd}}8
|'''Mets'''
|—
| colspan="2" |Mets 6{{nbnd}}5{{nbnd}}0
|-
|{{by|1974}}
|May 30
|[[Shea Stadium]]
|'''Yankees'''
|9{{nbnd}}4
|Mets
|35,894
| colspan="2" |Tied 6{{nbnd}}6{{nbnd}}0
|-
|{{by|1975}}
|May 15
|[[Shea Stadium]]
|'''Yankees'''
|9{{nbnd}}4
|Mets
|—
| colspan="2" |Yankees 7{{nbnd}}6{{nbnd}}0
|-
|{{by|1976}}
|June 14
|[[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
|Mets
|4{{nbnd}}8
|'''Yankees'''
|36,361
| colspan="2" |Yankees 8{{nbnd}}6{{nbnd}}0
|-
|{{by|1977}}
|June 23
|[[Shea Stadium]]
|Yankees
|4{{nbnd}}6
|'''Mets'''
|15,510
| colspan="2" |Yankees 8{{nbnd}}7{{nbnd}}0
|-
|{{by|1978}}
|April 27
|[[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
|Mets
|3{{nbnd}}4 <small>(11)</small>
|'''Yankees'''
|9,792
| colspan="2" |Yankees 9{{nbnd}}7{{nbnd}}0
|-
|{{by|1979}}
|April 16
|[[Shea Stadium]]
|Yankees
|1{{nbnd}}1 <small>(5)</small>
|Mets
|13,719
| colspan="2" |Yankees 9{{nbnd}}7{{nbnd}}1
|-
|{{by|1982}}
|May 27
|[[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]
|'''Mets'''
|4{{nbnd}}1
|Yankees
|41,614
| colspan="2" |Yankees 9{{nbnd}}8{{nbnd}}1
|-
|{{by|1983}}
|April 21
|[[Shea Stadium]]
|'''Yankees'''
|4{{nbnd}}1
|Mets
|20,471
| colspan="2" |Yankees 10{{nbnd}}8{{nbnd}}1
|}

==Modern usage==
[[File:Subway Series 2008.jpg|thumb|250px|Subway Series 2008, [[Johnny Damon]] with the Yankees (left) and [[Brian Schneider]] with the Mets]]
[[File:Subway Series 2009.jpg|thumb|250px|A full house at the new [[Yankee Stadium]] for a Subway Series game against the Mets on June 13, 2009. The Mets won the game 6–2.]]
{{see also|Mets–Yankees rivalry}}

In modern usage, the term "Subway Series" generally refers to a series played between the two current New York baseball teams, the [[New York Yankees]] and the [[New York Mets]]. Their stadiums remain directly accessible by subway: [[Yankee Stadium]] via the [[161st Street–Yankee Stadium (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)|161st Street–Yankee Stadium]] station, and [[Citi Field]] via the [[Mets–Willets Point (IRT Flushing Line)|Mets–Willets Point]] station.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/mets/ballpark/transportation|title=How to Get to Citi Field {{!}} New York Mets|website=MLB|access-date=February 6, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/yankees/ballpark/information/mass-transit-info|title=Mass Transit Info for Yankee Stadium {{!}} New York Yankees|website=MLB|access-date=February 6, 2024}}</ref>

There are several other New York City-based teams that play each other and are accessible via the city's public transport, such as the [[New York Knicks|Knicks]] and [[Brooklyn Nets|Nets]] in the [[NBA]], and the [[New York Rangers|Rangers]] and [[New York Islanders|Islanders]] in the [[NHL]]: the Knicks and Rangers via [[34th Street–Penn Station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|34th Street–Penn Station]], the Nets via [[Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center station|Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center]], and the Islanders via [[Elmont station|Elmont-UBS Arena]] and [[Belmont Park station|Belmont Park]] on the [[Long Island Rail Road|Long Island Railroad]].{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} That being said, the term, "Subway Series" is only generally applied to Major League Baseball.

With the departure of the Dodgers and Giants in the 1950s, New York was left without a crosstown rivalry. Even with the Mets joining MLB they were placed in the National League opposite of the Yankees. When interleague play was introduced in 1997 the teams finally got to play one another in a competitive fashion. The rivalry has included heated moments such as the Roger Clemens and Mike Piazza feud. Currently the Yankees lead the "Subway Series" with the Mets 84–65 all time, as of June 26, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1213554-yankees-mets-and-the-10-best-rivalries-in-baseball-today|title=Yankees-Mets and the 10 Best Rivalries in Baseball Today|last=Rymer|first=Zachary|website=Bleacher Report}}</ref>

===Mets–Yankees===
The Mets and Yankees first met in a regular season game on June 16, 1997, with the introduction of interleague play. The Mets won the game 6–0. The Yankees took the next two games to win the series, all three being played at Yankee Stadium. 1999 marked the first year of this rendition of the Subway Series to be two three-game series, three hosted by the Mets and three hosted by the Yankees. The Mets won the series for the first time in 2004, four games to two. The Yankees lead the series all time with 11 series wins to the Mets 3 series wins with there being 10 ties. The Yankees lead in head-to-head wins 75-52, counting postseason.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA199706160.shtml|title=New York Mets at New York Yankees Box Score, June 16, 1997}}</ref>

The first two series in the rivalry were only one three-game series hosted by one team, alternating each year. From 1999 to 2012 the series was changed to two three-game series, with each team hosting three games. This format changed in 2013 to two series of two games hosted by each team, except in years that the AL East and NL east play each year when it goes back to a three-game series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/on-schedule-new-interleague-format-brings-twists/c-48380512|title=On schedule: New Interleague format brings twist|last=Schlegel|first=John|date=May 23, 2013|website=MLB}}</ref>

The Mets and Yankees have played each other in games that live on as classics. The Yankees beat the Mets in the 2000 World Series 4 games to 1.<ref name=":1" /> This series included the infamous Mike Piazza and Roger Clemens incident. Clemens, of the Yankees, threw part of a broken bat at Piazza, of the Mets, after a hit. On June 12, 2009 Luis Castillo of the Mets dropped a popup hit by Alex Rodriguez giving the Yankees a win in the series. On May 19, 2006 David Wright, the Mets' third baseman, had a walkoff hit off Yankees' star reliever Mariano Rivera to cap off a Mets comeback.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/subway-series-has-many-memorable-moments/c-150092828|title=The 15 top moments in Subway Series history|last=Trezza & Kelly|first=Joe & Matt|date=June 18, 2018|website=MLB}}</ref>

===2000 World Series===
{{main|2000 World Series}}
The first Subway Series in New York since 1956 was the [[2000 World Series]] between the [[New York Yankees]] and the [[New York Mets]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=2000 World Series recap |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/2000-world-series-recap |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref> The Yankees won four games to one and celebrated their 26th championship in front of Mets fans at Shea Stadium.<ref name=":1" />

During the 2000 World Series, the city decorated some of the trains that ran on the {{NYCS service|7}} train (which went to [[Shea Stadium]] in [[Queens]], home of the Mets) and {{NYCS service|4}} train (which went to [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|the old Yankee Stadium]] in the Bronx, home of the Yankees). The 7 trains were blue and orange and featured the Mets version of the "NY" logo, and the 4 trains were white with blue pinstripes and featured the Yankees version of the "NY" logo. Also, after each game in the series the city offered free subway rides home for attendees of the game. Yankee fans displayed signs that read "Yankees in 4 and not in 7", predicting that the Yankees would easily dispatch the Mets in a Series sweep as opposed to a difficult, full-length Series. The signs had the 4 in a dark green circle designating the number 4 train, and the 7 in a purple circle designating the number 7 train.{{Citation needed|date=September 2017}}

==Club success==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%"
|-
! Team
! [[List of World Series champions|World Series Titles]]
! League pennants
! Division titles
! [[Wild card (sports)|Wild Card Berths]]
! Playoff Appearances
! [[List of World Series champions|World Series Appearances]]
! All-time Regular Season record
! Win Percentage
! Seasons played
|-
! ''[[Brooklyn Dodgers]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Los Angeles Dodgers Team History & Encyclopedia |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/LAD/index.shtml |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
| 1
| 13
| —
| —
| 9
| 9
| 5,693{{nbnd}}5,365{{nbnd}}133
| {{winpct|5693|5365|133|record=n}}
| 74
|-
! ''[[New York Giants (baseball)|New York Giants]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=San Francisco Giants Team History & Encyclopedia |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SFG/index.shtml |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
| 5
| 17
| —
| —
| 14
| 14
| 6,067{{nbnd}}4,898{{nbnd}}157
| {{winpct|6067|4898|157|record=n}}
| 75
|-
! [[New York Mets]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=New York Mets Team History & Encyclopedia |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/index.shtml |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
| 2
| 5
| 6
| 5
| 11
| 5
| 4,816{{nbnd}}5,148{{nbnd}}8
| {{winpct|4816|5148|8|record=n}}
| 63
|-
! [[New York Yankees]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=New York Yankees Team History & Encyclopedia |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/index.shtml |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
| '''27'''
| '''41'''
| '''21'''
| '''9'''
| '''59'''
| '''41'''
| '''10,778{{nbnd}}8,148{{nbnd}}88'''
| '''{{winpct|10778|8148|88|record=n}}'''
| '''122'''
|-
! Combined
! 35
! 76
! 27
! 14
! 93
! 69
! 27,354{{nbnd}}23,559{{nbnd}}386
! {{winpct|27354|23559|386|record=n}}
! 142&nbsp;in&nbsp;NY <br>334 total
|-
|}

Note: Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants last season in New York was 1957.<br>Pennants won by all teams include pennants won before the modern [[World Series]].<br>
As of October 30, 2024.

===Summary of results===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! NYM vs. NYY
! Mets wins
! Yankees wins
! Mets runs
! Yankees runs
|-
| Regular season
| 67
| 82
| 670
| 708
|-
| World Series
| 1
| 4
| 16
| 19
|-
! Total
! 68
! 86
! 686
! 727
|-
|}
<small>Updated to most recent meeting, May 18, 2025.</small>

====Historical====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! BKN vs. NYY
! Dodgers wins
! Yankees wins
! Dodgers runs
! Yankees runs
|-
| World Series
| 14
| 23
| 152
| 199
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! NYG vs. NYY
! Giants wins
! Yankees wins
! Giants runs
! Yankees runs
|-
| World Series
| 16
| 19
| 117
| 163
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Cubs–White Sox rivalry]]
* [[Knicks–Nets rivalry]]
* [[Islanders–Rangers rivalry]]
* [[Devils–Rangers rivalry]]
* [[Giants–Jets rivalry]]
* [[Hudson River Derby]]
* [[Dodgers–Giants rivalry]]

==Notes==
* {{note label|TieGame|T|T}} The 1907, 1912, and 1922 World Series each included one [[Tie (draw)|tied game]].
* {{note label|BestOf9|V|V}} The 1903, 1919, 1920, and 1921 World Series were in a [[best-of-nine format]] (carried by the first team to win five games).

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=2000 2000 Subway Series Recap on MLB.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061211014037/http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=2000 |date=2006-12-11 }}
* [https://www.espn.com/classic/s/series_subway_moments.html Great Subway Series moments]
* [https://www.nytimes.com/images/2000/10/21/sports/baseball/sseries_hist_001020_05.html History of the Subway Series from the NY Times]
* [http://mrudolf.tripod.com/subway/ The Subway Series (and Other Inter-Urban Series)]
* [http://sports.newsday.com/long-island/baseball/yankees-mets-subway-series/ Subway Series Yankees vs. Mets history and boxscores from Newsday]
* [https://www.mlb.com/news/2000-subway-series-documentary-when-new-york-was-won WHEN NEW YORK WAS ONE: The Yankees, the Mets & the 2000 Subway Series]
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