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 New York Mets  New York Yankees | |
| Location | New York City |
|---|---|
| First meeting | June 16, 1997[1] Yankee Stadium (I) Mets 6, Yankees 0 |
| Latest meeting | July 6, 2025[1] Citi Field,Queens Yankees 6, Mets 4 |
| Next meeting | May 15, 2026 Citi Field,Queens |
| Stadiums | Mets:Citi Field Yankees:Yankee Stadium |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 157[2] |
| All-time series | Yankees, 87–70 (.554)[2] |
| Regular season series | Yankees, 83–69 (.546)[1] |
| Postseason results | Yankees, 4–1 (.800)[2] |
| Largest victory | |
| Longest win streak | |
| Current win streak | Yankees, 1[1] |
| Post-season history | |
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TheMets–Yankees rivalry is theinterleaguerivalry between New York City'sMajor League Baseball (MLB) teams: theNew York Mets and theNew York Yankees. The Mets are a member club of MLB'sNational League (NL)East division, and the Yankees are a member club of MLB'sAmerican League (AL)East division. It is the latest in theSubway Series of rivalries between New York-based teams. Historically, the Yankees have often been portrayed as theheel in the rivalry, whereas the Mets have garnered a long-standing reputation as theunderdogfaces, most notably during media coverage of the2000 World Series.
Until interleague play started, the two teams had only met in exhibition games. Since the inception of interleague play, the two teams have played each other in every regular season since 1997. From 1999 through 2012, they have played six games per season: two three-game series (one series in each team's ballpark). In 2013-2022, the two teams met six games a season; when the AL East and NL East faced each other and four games (two at each park) the other years. In 2023, all MLB teams started facing each other; they played four games each in 2023 and 2024 and played six games in 2025.[6] Both clubs have qualified for thepostseason in the same season on six occasions:1999,2000,2006,2015,2022, and2024; the two teams faced off in the 2000 World Series. Analysts of the game have commented that the rivalry is the best reason for interleague play.[7]
The Mets–Yankees rivalry has its origins in the histories of theBrooklyn Dodgers,New York Giants, andYankees, the threeMajor League Baseball teams of New York City from 1903 to 1957.[8] For most of that time, the Giants played inManhattan, the Dodgers inBrooklyn, and the Yankees inthe Bronx.
Throughout their time in New York, the three teams chronicled a fierce intra-city rivalry. TheDodgers–Giants rivalry was formed by both teams' competition for dominance in theNational League, exemplified byBobby Thomson'sShot Heard 'Round the World in the1951 National League tie-breaker series.[8] The Yankees, as the city's onlyAmerican League team, would form theGiants–Yankees rivalry andDodgers–Yankees rivalry around their multipleSubway Series competitions with the two teams, where the Yankees would compile a 10–3 record in the thirteen all-New YorkWorld Series.[8]
However, in1958, both of New York's National League teams moved toCalifornia, the Giants toSan Francisco to become theSan Francisco Giants, and the Dodgers toLos Angeles to become theLos Angeles Dodgers. The Yankees were New York City's only Major League Baseball team until from 1958–1962, when the expansion Mets joined the National League. The Mets sought to create a fan base from fans of the departed National League teams, and adopted the Giants' NY insignia in the Giant color of orange set against a cap of Dodger blue, colors that also adorn the New York City flag and coat of arms. The Mets played their first two seasons in the Giants' old stadium, thePolo Grounds, before moving intoShea Stadium in the borough ofQueens.
Before the creation ofinterleague play, teams from the National League never played teams from the American League in official games except during the World Series. The teams occasionally met in spring training exhibition games and played 19 times in the Mayor's Trophy Game, an in-season exhibition game, every year from 1963 through 1979, and then again in 1982 and 1983; the Yankees posted a record of 10–8–1 over the Mets in the Mayor's Trophy contests.[9]
The Mayor's Trophy games were played primarily to benefit sandlot baseball in the city, with proceeds going to the city's Amateur Baseball Federation.[10] 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.
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| Season | Date | Location | Visiting team | Runs | Home team | Attendance | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | June 20 | Yankee Stadium | Mets | 6–2 | Yankees | 50,742 | Mets 1–0–0 | |
| 1964 | August 24 | Shea Stadium | Yankees | 6–4 | Mets | 55,396 | Tied 1–1–0 | |
| 1965 | May 3 | Yankee Stadium | Mets | 2–1 (10) | Yankees | 22,881 | Mets 2–1–0 | |
| 1966 | June 27 | Shea Stadium | Yankees | 5–2 | Mets | 56,367 | Tied 2–2–0 | |
| 1967 | July 12 | Yankee Stadium | Mets | 4–0 | Yankees | 31,852 | Mets 3–2–0 | |
| 1968 | May 27 | Shea Stadium | Yankees | 3–4 | Mets | 35,198 | Mets 4–2–0 | |
| 1969 | September 29 | Shea Stadium | Yankees | 6–7 | Mets | 32,720 | Mets 5–2–0 | |
| 1970 | August 17 | Yankee Stadium | Mets | 4–9 | Yankees | 43,987 | Mets 5–3–0 | |
| 1971 | September 8 | Shea Stadium | Yankees | 2–1 | Mets | 48,872 | Mets 5–4–0 | |
| 1972 | August 24 | Yankee Stadium | Mets | 1–2 | Yankees | 52,308 | Tied 5–5–0 | |
| 1973 | May 10 | Shea Stadium | Yankees | 4–8 | Mets | — | Mets 6–5–0 | |
| 1974 | May 30 | Shea Stadium | Yankees | 9–4 | Mets | 35,894 | Tied 6–6–0 | |
| 1975 | May 15 | Shea Stadium | Yankees | 9–4 | Mets | — | Yankees 7–6–0 | |
| 1976 | June 14 | Yankee Stadium | Mets | 4–8 | Yankees | 36,361 | Yankees 8–6–0 | |
| 1977 | June 23 | Shea Stadium | Yankees | 4–6 | Mets | 15,510 | Yankees 8–7–0 | |
| 1978 | April 27 | Yankee Stadium | Mets | 3–4 (11) | Yankees | 9,792 | Yankees 9–7–0 | |
| 1979 | April 16 | Shea Stadium | Yankees | 1–1 (5) | Mets | 13,719 | Yankees 9–7–1 | |
| 1982 | May 27 | Yankee Stadium | Mets | 4–1 | Yankees | 41,614 | Yankees 9–8–1 | |
| 1983 | April 21 | Shea Stadium | Yankees | 4–1 | Mets | 20,471 | Yankees 10–8–1 | |
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In1997, Major League Baseball scheduled official regular season games between the American and National Leagues for the first time. On June 16, the Mets and Yankees played their first official game at Yankee Stadium, which the Mets won 6–0 behindDave Mlicki.[11] The Yankees won the next two games for a series win. The Mets acquiredMike Piazza for the 1998 season and made a run for the playoffs but were eliminated in the last regular game series of the season by the Atlanta Braves. The Yankees won that year's interleague series at Shea Stadium two games to one and would also win the1998 World Series, the first of three straight titles for them. David Cone won 20 games in 1998 for the Yankees, 10 years after he accomplished the same feat for the Mets, becoming the only player to win 20 games for both teams.[12]
These interleague games between the Mets and Yankees would come to be referred to as aSubway Series, extending the use of that phrase outside the historical context of an all-New York World Series.
In 1999, Major League Baseball expanded Interleague play, allowing the Mets and Yankees to host a series at their home stadiums. At Shea, the Mets won their first series against the Yankees, 2 games to 1, though the regular season series was tied by virtue of a Yankees series win (2–1) at Yankee Stadium earlier that year. That year marked the first time both teams reached the playoffs in the same season, though the Mets needed anextra game for their first playoff appearance since losing the1988 National League Championship Series.[13]
Both the Mets and Yankees reached their respective League Championship Series and played their respective rivals. The Mets were defeated by theirdivision rivalAtlanta Braves intheir LCS,[14] while the Yankees defeatedlongtime rivalBoston Red Sox inthat year's ALCS. The Yankees then swept the Braves in the1999 World Series for their 25th franchise title.
During the regular season on July 8, 2000, the Yankees defeated the Mets by identical 4–2 scores in both ends of an unusual day-night doubleheader. With the first game played atShea Stadium and the nightcap atYankee Stadium, it was the first time since1903 that two teams played two games in different stadiums on the same day.Dwight Gooden won the first game with a six inning effort in his first start since returning to the Yankees.Roger Clemens won the nightcap.[15] However, in the second game of that double header, an event occurred that made the rivalry between the two teams more contentious. Clemens hit Mets' starMike Piazza in the helmet with an inside fastball, causing Piazza to suffer aconcussion and placing him on the disabled list.[16]
The Mets and Yankees returned to the playoffs that year and won their respective pennants, meeting in the2000 World Series for their first championship contest. It was the Yankees' fourth appearance in five years and the Mets' first appearance since winning the title in1986. It was the firstSubway Series World Series since1956. Game 1 went to extra innings in what was then the longest World Series game of all time, with the Yankees winning on a walk-off hit by former MetJosé Vizcaíno.
Controversy ensued in Game 2 when Yankees pitcherRoger Clemens faced Mets catcherMike Piazza for the first time since the hit-by-pitch earlier that season. In the match-up, Piazza shattered his bat after fouling off one of Clemens' pitches, and the splintered bat head hurtled towards the mound. Clemens threw the bat head towards the baseline and nearly hit Piazza who had been running down the foul line. The incident caused both benches to clear. The Yankees won the game 6–5.
The Mets won Game 3, snapping the Yankees' fourteen-game winning streak in World Series play dating back to 1996 and Yankees hurler Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez's previously undefeated postseason record (6–0). However, this would prove to be the only high point for the Mets.Derek Jeter hit a home run on the first pitch of Game 4, immediately shifting momentum back to the Yankees who would win the game. Footage of this home run currently serves as the background for the title screen of YES Network's "Yankeeography" series. Despite no game in the series being decided by more than two runs, the Yankees would only require five games to beat the Mets.Al Leiter, a former Yankees prospect, would take the mound for the Mets in Game 5 and lose. The Yankees clinched their third straight World Series championship when Mariano Rivera got Mike Piazza to fly out for the final out of Game 5.
World Series MVP Derek Jeter said of the Mets: "In my opinion, the Mets were the toughest team we have played in my five years here. Every one of these games could have gone either way. They could have given up after [losing] the first two games, but they never quit. You can't say enough about the New York Mets."[17]
This World Series win brought a sense of revenge forRoger Clemens, because he won the World Series in the same stadium; he had previously lost it in1986 while with the Red Sox. Members of the Mets' 1986 team threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the clinching game.[18][19][20]
The 12.4 television rating and 21 share of the 2000 World Series was the worst in history when it was played.[21] For the Mets, the 12.4 rating was less than half of what they were when during their previous appearance, when Game 7 drew a 38.9 rating and 55 share.
The 2000 championship was the Yankees' last title until their2009 World Series win. Since their appearance in 2000, the Mets would have several losing seasons until the emergence ofDavid Wright andJosé Reyes.
In2001, there was a moment of peace in the rivalry in the aftermath ofthe attacks in New York City. During the weekend of September 21–23,Shea Stadium hosted the first professional sporting event in New York City since the attacks when the Mets hosted theAtlanta Braves whileYankee Stadium hosted a special memorial service titled "Prayer for America."
On June 15,2002, Roger Clemens faced the Mets for the first time at Shea Stadium since the Piazza controversy. Anticipation mounted about retaliation against Clemens. Mets managerBobby Valentine chided Clemens by saying he wore a "skirt" when compared to past pitchers who threw hard at people likeBob Gibson andDon Drysdale because Clemens did not have to bat in the American League. When the game arrived, Clemens was forced to bat and Mets pitcherShawn Estes attempted to hit Clemens in retaliation but instead threw a pitch behind Clemens, prompting the home plate umpire to warn both benches. Estes later homered off of Clemens as the Mets won the game 8–0.[22]
In2003, the Yankees become the first team to sweep the season series, winning all six games, including a two-park day-night doubleheader. In2004, however, the Mets won the season series for the first time, going 4–2 and sweeping the three games atShea Stadium.
In 2005, the Mets signed ManagerWillie Randolph, who coached with the Yankees for over a decade. Randolph played much of his career with the Yankees and also played for the Mets before retiring as a player. Because of his history with the Yankees championship teams of the 70s (as a player) and the 90s (as a coach), he holds a very cordial relationship with Yankees fans despite his tenure with the Mets organization, as noted by aSubway (a pun on the restaurant's name and the Subway Series) commercial featuring him and former Yankees managerJoe Torre, who had managed the Yankees during their most recent dynastic run. Torre had also been associated with the Mets as they were the last team he ever played for and the first team he ever managed. On August 2, 2008, less than two months after his abrupt and controversial dismissal as Mets manager, Randolph was greeted with astanding ovation by the Yankee Stadium crowd when he appeared in a Yankees uniform for theOld-Timers' Game.[23]
On June 26, 2005, the Mets won their first series at Yankee Stadium and were three outs from a sweep whenJason Giambi's bases-loaded single off ofBraden Looper in the ninth drove home the tying and winning runs for the Yankees, who forced a season series split with the Mets.[24]
On May 19, 2006, in the first Subway Series of that year at Shea, the Yankees took the lead three times in the first four innings, but the Mets rallied each time againstRandy Johnson and the game was tied 6–6 going into the bottom of the ninth. With two outs and runners on first and second, David Wright drove home the winning run for the Mets with a single off of Yankees' closerMariano Rivera.[25]
On May 20, 2006, less than 24 hours after the Mets' comeback win,Pedro Martínez andDuaner Sánchez kept the Yankees scoreless for eight innings while the Mets scored four runs off ofMike Mussina. In the top of the ninth, however, closerBilly Wagner, who pitched a perfect ninth the night before to get the win, gave up four runs to tie the game and force extra innings. In the top of the 11th,Andy Phillips singled in the go-ahead run for the Yankees while Mariano Rivera pitched two shutout innings for the win.[26]
History would be made at the2006 Major League Baseball All-Star Game when two positions on both teams are manned by players from teams of the same city.David Wright andJosé Reyes started at third base and shortstop respectively for the National League whileAlex Rodriguez andDerek Jeter started at the same respective positions for the American League. Both teams in2006 finished at the top of their division in the same season for the first time in history. For the Yankees, this was their ninth straight division title, while the Mets won their first division title since1988. Despite sharing baseball's best regular season record (97–65), they would have disappointing postseasons as both lost en route to the two teams that eventually met in that year'sWorld Series, theDetroit Tigers andSt. Louis Cardinals.
The teams' inverse success relationship was highlighted in2007. On May 29, the Yankees were tied for last place and 14.5 games back of theBoston Red Sox while the Mets were in first place ahead of theAtlanta Braves by four games, with the lead being as high as seven in mid-September. A late season meltdown led to the Mets being eliminated from playoff contention, losing the NL East title to thePhiladelphia Phillies on the last day of the season. On the other hand, the Yankees, though unable to finish first in the AL East for the first time since 1997, rebounded from their losing ways and clinched their 13th consecutive playoff berth.
In an article written in theNew York Daily News on March 25, 2008, Alex Rodriguez said how he regretted signing with theTexas Rangers (the team the Yankees acquired him from) in the first place and wished he had signed with the Mets rather than Texas. Rodriguez grew up a Mets fan and of former Mets first baseman turned announcerKeith Hernandez.[27] Rodriguez stated how he listened to his agentScott Boras about taking more money instead and did not want to make the same mistake of not being on a team he liked playing for by leaving the Yankees.[28]
On June 27 of that year, in the first game of a two-stadium, day-night doubleheader against the Yankees,Carlos Delgado had 9 RBIs (including a grand slam) in a 15–6 victory for the Mets, setting a team record for most RBIs in a single game and tying the record for most RBIs in a single game by a visiting player atYankee Stadium. For just the second time, the Mets won the season series against the Yankees, 4–2, including the Mets' only sweep atthe old Yankee Stadium.
The 2008 season marked the first time since 1993 that both the Yankees and Mets failed to qualify for postseason, the first time for the Yankees since that year and the second straight year where the Mets were eliminated on the last day of the season. It was also the last year both teams played at their old respective ballparks,Yankee Stadium andShea Stadium.Yogi Berra, who played for both teams and managed both teams, was present at the closing ceremonies of both stadiums. Both teams finished with the same record (89–73) that year.
The2009 season was the first year that both teams played in their new stadiums, Mets atCiti Field and the Yankees at the newYankee Stadium. The Yankees took it one step further and opened their new stadium with their 27th World Series championship against thePhiladelphia Phillies, thedefending champions, becoming the first team to inaugurate two stadiums with World Series wins. However, this is the most recent World Series championship by a team from New York City.[29]
On June 12, 2009, both teams played each other for the first time at the new Yankee Stadium. The game had several lead changes, includingMariano Rivera giving up the go-ahead run to the Mets in the 8th. In the bottom of the 9th, after Derek Jeter stole 2nd base andMark Teixeira was intentionally walked, the Mets new closerFrancisco Rodríguez (K-Rod) paired off against Alex Rodriguez (A-Rod). In what seemed to be a routine pop with two outs, Mets 2nd baseman and three timeGold Glove-award winnerLuis Castillo dropped the ball. Teixeira wound up scoring the winning run all the way from first on the error, giving the Yankees a 9–8 victory. It would prove to be the Yankees' 7th walk off game that season and the first statistical blown save for K-Rod as a Met.
After the game, injured Yankees pitcherBrian Bruney criticized K-Rod and his animated behavior on the mound to reporters: "[It] couldn't have happened to a better guy on the mound, either", said Bruney. "He's got a tired act. ... He gets what he deserves, man. I just don't like watching the guy pitch. I think it's embarrassing." Rodriguez responded, "Instead of sending a message in the paper, next time when he sees me atCiti Field, come up to me and say it. Don't be sending a message to the media. I don't even know who that guy is, somewhere in Double-A and not even pitching one full season."[30] Two days later, Francisco Rodriguez confronted Bruney during batting practice and the two were separated by teammates. The Yankees shut out the Mets 15–0 in the biggest blowout in the history of the series, tagging Mets ace Johan Santana for nine runs in3+1⁄3 innings, the most Santana has ever allowed in his career.[31]
On June 26, 2009, the two teams played each other for the first time at Citi Field. Alex Rodriguez hit his 564th home run, moving pastReggie Jackson into 11th place on the career home run list. The Yankees defeated the Mets 9–1 after the Mets committed three errors that led to four runs in the second inning - the most ever against the Yankees. Two days after that, Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, who entered the game to face a batter in the 8th inning, batted against Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez at the top of the 9th inning. Rivera drew a walk with the bases loaded, forcing homeBrett Gardner to earn his first careerRBI. Rivera would go on to finish the game and earn his 500th career save, as the Yankees swept the series at Citi Field.
May 22, 2010 had the Mets win their first Subway Series game at Citi Field with a 5–3 victory over the Yankees. Countering that, on June 20, 2010, the Yankees earned their 9,500th franchise victory with a 4–0 win over the Mets.Mark Teixeira provided the only runs of the game with a third-inning grand slam off ofJohan Santana.[32]
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2011 started off with a trade between the two teams. On January 3, the Yankees signed left-handed relief pitcherPedro Feliciano away from the Mets. Under the rules of the collective bargaining agreement of the time, the Yankees had to compensate the Mets with a draft pick. The Mets would use this draft pick to get pitcherMichael Fulmer. Feliciano would immediately go on the disabled list for the Yankees due to his overuse by the Mets during his career. Setbacks in surgery would prevent him from ever throwing a pitch for the Yankees during the entirety of the two-year contract.[33]
During the July 3rd game between the two teams, the Mets, down to their final strike and on the verge of getting swept at Citi Field by the Yankees for the second time in three years, tied the final game of that year's Subway Series againstMariano Rivera in the bottom of the ninth on an RBI single fromRonny Paulino. In 23 previous save opportunities against the Mets, spanning the regular season and the2000 World Series, Rivera had converted 22[34] (his only previous blown save against the team was on July 10, 1999[35]). The Mets would win in the 10th inning on an RBI single fromJason Bay, who had been struggling all season, off ofHéctor Noesí, though the loss was charged to former Mets pitcherLuis Ayala.[36] ManagerTerry Collins called the game "enormous."[34][36] The Yankees still won the season series 4 games to 2.[37]
On July 12, 2011, days after gaining entry into the3,000 hit club, Yankees shortstopDerek Jeter elected to sit out of the2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game citing "physical and emotional exhaustion" and recovery from a recent visit to the disabled list. Jeter, who throughout his career had been praised by people in and out of baseball for good behavior, was criticized by some players and officials including Mets outfielderCarlos Beltrán. Beltrán stated that "I do believe, as a ballplayer, if you have no injuries, you should be here...the fans are the ones that vote for you and want to see you here." Mets shortstopJosé Reyes, who also was injured, also opined on the incident saying "I want to come no matter what happens."[38]
The two teams met again in June 2012. On June 8, after pitching the first no-hitter in Mets history in his previous start,Johan Santana gave up a career-worst four home runs to the Yankees in the first Subway Series game of the year as the Mets, who were held hitless byHiroki Kuroda until the sixth, lost 9–1. Two days later, afterRafael Soriano blew his first save of the year by surrendering an RBI double toIke Davis in the top of the ninth,Russell Martin hit a home run in the bottom of the inning off ofJon Rauch to give the Yankees a 5–4 win and first-ever sweep of the Mets at the new Yankee Stadium.
On June 22, one day before first pitch between the two teams at Citi Field, Mets closerFrank Francisco taunted the Yankees by calling them chicken. Francisco's teammates greeted him in the Mets club house the next day with theChicken Dance and put up a picture of Derek Jeter's head on the body of a chicken. "I can't wait to strike out those chickens, I want to strike out the side against them. I've done it before." Francisco would later go on to say "I make a simple comment, just that they complain a lot—for every call, for everything, I thought it was funny. I didn't expect to make a big deal."[39] Although he would not strike out the side and allowed two base runners, Francisco did notch the save in the first game of the series before going on the disabled list. Mets relieverTim Byrdak would go as far to bring a live chicken into the clubhouse and named it "LittleJerry Seinfeld" in honor of aSeinfeld episode. The chicken was used as an unofficial mascot and was donated to an animal farm sanctuary in upstate New York a few days later. Francisco later admitted that he himself raised chickens and is an expert about them.[40]
Despite the Mets winning the opener, the Yankees wound up winning the next two games, including halting Mets pitcherR. A. Dickey's scoreless inning streak of44+2⁄3 innings to win the series. Yankees outfielderNick Swisher playfully quipped at the end of the series "Who's chicken now?"[41]
For the first time ever onOpening Day, both teams played their first game in New York on April 1, 2013.[42]
In his last regular-season game ever at Citi Field on May 28, Mariano Rivera was honored by Mets ownerJeff Wilpon and threw out the first pitch of the game to former Mets closerJohn Franco. Young Mets phenomMatt Harvey, who grew up a Yankees fan, had an impressive line – 8IP 6H 1ER 0BB 10K – but left with a 1–0 deficit. Rivera would come into the game in the bottom of the 9th and promptly give up a double to Mets second basemanDaniel Murphy. David Wright would get another hit to drive in Murphy and contribute to Rivera's first blown save of the year. The next batter Lucas Duda would get the game-winning hit off Rivera to give him the first blown save of his career where he did not record at least one out. The Mets swept the season series for the first time in 2013.
That July, Robinson Canó of the Yankees and David Wright of the Mets were named captains for the All-Star Game home run derby at Citi Field. In December, the Mets agreed to terms with outfielderCurtis Granderson on a four-year contract worth $60 million on December 6, 2013.[43] Granderson played for the Yankees from 2010 to 2013. "A lot of the people I've met in New York have always said that, 'True New Yorkers are Mets fans,'" said Granderson during a press conference making the deal official. "So I'm excited to get a chance to see them all out there." Around the same time, the Yankees agreed to sign Carlos Beltrán, who was a Met from 2005 to 2011.
In 2015, both teams qualified for the postseason. The Yankees lost to theHouston Astros in theAmerican League Wild Card Game, while the Mets lost theWorld Series to theKansas City Royals, the only time during the 2010s decade that either the Yankees or the Mets appeared in a World Series.[29] This loss made the 2010s decade the first decade since the 1910s that a team from New York City failed to win a World Series.[29]
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In September 2017, due toHurricane Irma, theTampa Bay Rays had their series with the Yankees relocated to Citi Field. In reaction to a home run hit by Yankees third basemanTodd Frazier, Mets fan Gary Dunaier was caught on camera with a stern face and gesturing a thumbs down to protest the Yankees' success. The video of the incident went viral and Frazier and the Yankees would later adopt the thumbs down gesture as a rallying cry celebration to close out their season and during their playoff run.[44] During the following off-season, Frazier would sign with the Mets.[45]
The 2018 season marked the first time since 1992 that both the Mets and the Yankees had new managers to start the season.[46][47] The Yankees parted ways withJoe Girardi after they lost in the2017 ALCS to the eventual championHouston Astros, and was replaced as skipper with2003 ALCS heroAaron Boone;[48] Mets manager Terry Collins announced his retirement and moved into the team's front office after the season ended.[49]Mickey Callaway, former pitching coach for the Cleveland Indians, took over as Mets manager.[50]
In 2020, hedge fund manager and billionaireSteve Cohen, purchased the Mets, ushering in a new era of competitiveness for New York City baseball. Cohen has promised an increase in payroll to turn the Mets into one of the highest-spending teams in the league, drawing comparisons to former Yankees ownerGeorge Steinbrenner.[51]
During the 2020 season, theCOVID-19 pandemic resulted in the Mets playing 2 "home" games at Yankee Stadium against the Yankees. The Mets won their first home game by the score of 4–3, asAmed Rosario, the Mets shortstop, hit a walk-off home run at Yankee Stadium. After the game, Rosario told reporters "I forgot we were the home team and that was the end of the game,” noting the unique characteristics of that season for both teams.[52] As a result, Rosario became the first visiting player sinceEd McKean of theSt. Louis Perfectos in 1899 to hit a walk-off home run in the opposing team's ballpark.[53]
Two days later, on August 30, the Yankees had a surprising victory of their own, as they came back from 7–2 down in the final inning to win the game 8–7 in extra innings. The Yankees were given a 1 in 500 chance of coming back in that game, and a walk off single by third basemanGio Urshela in extra innings helped the Yankees finish the comeback.[54]
In 2021, the two teams played on the weekend of the 20th anniversary of theSeptember 11th attacks.[55] In a game filled with pregame ceremonies and remembrances, the Yankees managed to win by a score of 8–7. Before the game, the two rivals came together in a show of unity by hugging which elicited an emotional reaction from the crowd.[56] The next night, star Mets shortstopFrancisco Lindor hit 3 home runs to propel the Mets to a 7–6 victory, becoming the first player in Subway Series history to hit 3 home runs in a single game.[57]
2022 also marked the first time the teams completed a major trade in 18 years, as the Mets traded middle relieverMiguel Castro to the Yankees for relieverJoely Rodríguez.[58] The trade did not end up being a success, as both players ended up playing for different teams in 2023. Nonetheless, both teams made the playoffs for the first time since 2015; with the Mets losing to the San Diego Padres in the wild card round and the Yankees, though defeating the Cleveland Guardians in the divisional round, eventually losing in a sweep to the Houston Astros in the ALCS.
In 2023, the Yankees and Mets had disappointing seasons, resulting in both teams missing the playoffs one year after they were among the top teams in their league, as the Yankees finished with 82 wins and the Mets finished with 75 wins.[59] The 2023 season was seen as a massive letdown, as both the Yankees and Mets were among the pre-season favorites to win the World Series and both fell short of expectations.[60]
Both teams returned to the postseason in 2024 and reached their respectiveLCS, giving that year'sWorld Series a chance to be the firstSubway Series since 2000. However, the Mets fell to theLos Angeles Dodgers, formerly a New York City team, in theNLCS while the Yankees defeated theCleveland Guardians in theALCS for their first AL pennant and World Series appearance since their championship season of2009, though they also lost theWorld Series to the Dodgers, who became the first team in MLB history to eliminate two teams from the same city in the Postseason.
After the conclusion of the 2024 season, Yankees outfielderJuan Soto became a free agent. Both the Yankees and Mets engaged in a heated bidding war for the star. At the 2024 Winter Meetings, it was announced that Soto would sign with the Mets on a 15-year, $765 million contract,the largest contract in professional sports history.[61] The deal sparked outrage among Yankees fans, particularly because Soto left the storied Yankees for the long-struggling Mets. Soto's signing has been widely seen as way of reigniting the rivalry, ushering in a new era of New York baseball.[62]
The 2026 season will see the two teams square off atYankee Stadium on the weekend of the 25th anniversary ofSeptember 11, 2001.[55]
| Team | World Series Titles | League pennants | Division titles | Wild Card Berths | Playoff Appearances | World Series Appearances | All-time Regular Season record | Win percentage | Seasons played |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Mets[63] | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 4,816–5,148–8 | .483 | 63 |
| New York Yankees[64] | 27 | 41 | 21 | 9 | 59 | 41 | 10,778–8,148–88 | .569 | 122 |
| Combined | 29 | 46 | 27 | 14 | 70 | 46 | 15,594–13,296–96 | .540 | 122 in NY 185 total |
Note: Pennants won by both teams include pennants won before the modernWorld Series.
As of October 30, 2024.
| Mets wins | Yankees wins | Mets runs | Yankees runs | |
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| Regular season | 69 | 83 | 692 | 725 |
| World Series | 1 | 4 | 16 | 19 |
| Total | 70 | 87 | 708 | 744 |
Updated to most recent meeting, July 6, 2025.
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2020s (Mets, 18–12)
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| Name | Mets tenure | Yankees tenure |
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| Yogi Berra | 1972–1975 | 1964, 1984–1985 |
| Dallas Green | 1993–1996 | 1989 |
| Buck Showalter | 2022–2023 | 1992–1995 |
| Casey Stengel | 1962–1965 | 1949–1960 |
| Joe Torre | 1977–1981 | 1996–2007 |
Showalter is the only person to have wonManager of the Year honors with both the Yankees and the Mets.[77] In fact, he was the first manager of either team to win the award.[77] In addition, he and Yogi Berra are the only managers to have managed both teams in the postseason.[77] Berra is the only person to have managed both teams to pennants; Yankees in 1964 and Mets in 1973, the latter is the only time between 1970 and 1980 that the National League East wasn't won by either thePhiladelphia Phillies or the Pittsburgh Pirates.[78][79]
Alongside the players and the team staff, it is the fans that have defined the rivalry that has been present since the beginning of interleague play. The two teams' stadium fan groups, which would tend to meet each other during the current interleague Subway Series, are (with their respective assigned sections):
In 1998, the Independent Budget Office of the city of New York published a study on the economic effect of the city's two Major League Baseball teams. The study included an analysis of where fans of both the Mets and the Yankees resided. The study found that 43% of Mets fans lived in one of the five boroughs of New York, 39% in the tri-state area outside the city and 12% elsewhere. Mets fans were more likely to be found inQueens,Brooklyn and theLong Island counties ofNassau andSuffolk, whereasManhattan,the Bronx,Staten Island,Northern New Jersey,Connecticut, and the counties ofWestchester andRockland, as well as the upperHudson Valley and the upstate New York region, leaned more towards the Yankees.[80] Mets, Yankees andToronto Blue Jays fans are shared inWestern New York. In addition, manylocal Italian Americans are Yankees fans, while manylocal Jewish Americans are Mets fans.[citation needed]
In whatThe Wall Street Journal called an "Exclusive Poll" conducted in 2010, the newspaper compared the differences between Mets fans and Yankees fans.[81] The poll found:
Historically, Yankees fans tend to root for theNew York Giants (who once played in Yankee Stadium) and theNew York Rangers (all three being the older, more established teams), while Mets fans tend to root for theNew York Jets (who once played in Shea Stadium) andNew York Islanders.[82] However, some Yankees fans root for the Jets (both teams have intense rivalries withBoston, as the fierceYankees–Red Sox rivalry has led to the rivalry between theNew York Jets and the New England Patriots,The Boston Bruins and New York Rangers and theNew York Knicks and the Boston Celtics),[83] while some Mets fans root for the Giants as part of their hatred for their counterparts inPhiladelphia (Phillies andEagles), as well as the rivalry between theNew York Rangers and the Philadelphia Flyers in theNational Hockey League.[84] However Yankees and Mets fans are split when it comes to basketball and soccer (theNew York Knicks,Brooklyn Nets;New York Red Bulls, andNew York City FC, respectively).[citation needed]
Outside Major League Baseball, the teams rivalry has shown passions from fans of both sides.
OK, here's what I don't understand about Yankees fans: The Mets stink. We're awful. And the Yankees are usually really good. So why do you boo us? You should feel badly for us. We root for this awful team that never wins and yet the Yankees fans boo us. I don't understand that. And other Mets fans say boo to the Yankees because they say boo to us and is not fair about that so they should care about the 2 New York team especially when they go see the team play the subway series and they should all cheer up on the subway series.[89]
Briefly: Members of the New York Mets' 1986 World Series champions—catcherGary Carter, first basemanKeith Hernandez, outfieldersLenny Dykstra andMookie Wilson and pitcherRon Darling—took part in the ceremonial first pitch.
The Yankees won the World Series in2009, but the 2010s will end without a pennant, the first time that has happened since the 1910s.
From 1974 to 1980, thePhillies andPirates won all seven National League East titles (Phillies four, Pirates three).
The Pirates...won three (NL East titles) in a row from 1970 to 1972.
New York teams—the Mets, Rangers, Giants and Knicks—rank among Philadelphia's most loathed rivals.
New York Governor George Pataki and New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani threw out ceremonial first pitches, and actressGlenn Close sang the national anthem.
Mayor Giuliani, the city's No. 1 Yankee fan, was greeted by mixed cheers and boos as he made his way to his box seat at Shea. But his smile never wavered...'I'm a Yankee fan overall, but I root for the Mets in the National League, certainly against thePhillies,' Giuliani said.
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