O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!

 

Sing, O Muse, of the Man of 31 straight winning seasons (many of which he did nothing to bring about himself, but never mind.) 

Yup, 31 straight years it is. And—somebody was claiming on the local news the other day—second only to the longest streak of winning seasons in all of major league, North American sports...the Yankees' 39 straight winning years, from 1926 through 1964.

(Which could have been 46 straight, save for Babe Ruth's Big Bellyache in 1925. But I digress.)

So how do the streaks compare? 

During those 39 years from 1926-1964, your O.G. New York Yankees won 26 pennants and 19 World Series, with a postseason record of 94-54 .635.

They never finished out of the first division (that is, lower than fourth) in this period, and repeatedly set attendance records in a tourist-attraction ballpark they built entirely with their own money.

They were undoubtedly richer than most teams, but for much of this streak enjoyed no TV revenues, and stocked their team overwhelmingly with players they developed in their own, extensive farm system.

(They also were very late in signing Black and Hispanic players, and crudely fired some of the men most responsible for building their dynasty.)

Your 1993-2023 Yankees?

In those 31 years (and counting), they have won 7 pennants and 5 World Series, going 25-13 .658. Overall, in the postseason, they have gone 121-91 .571. 

They enjoyed enormous monetary advantages during most of this time, including the only owners who would not obey the sport's self-imposed payroll limits, and their own television network.

The Yankees finished first 16 times, were in the playoffs 24 times (one postseason, in 1994, was canceled), and repeatedly set attendance records in their two, publicly subsidized stadiums—one of which they intentionally downsized, in order to have more luxury boxes.

(They also passed on numerous star free agents, gave out disastrously large and overlong contracts to broken down, useless players, and crudely fired some of the men most responsible for building their dynasty. But never the man most responsible for its demise.)