Schadenfreude Week! Day 4: How they stack up, by the numbers.

 

No Judge? No chance in 2026?

Never mind. Remember our municipal slogan: It could always be worse!

Here are how the Yankees and Mets match-up, by the numbers (and just to be fair, I have also included the Yankees numbers since the start of the 1962 season, when the Mets also began):

World Series Wins

Mets:  2

Yankees: 27

 Since 1962: 8

Pennants

Mets:  5

Yankees:  41

 Since 1962: 15

First-Place Finishes

Mets:  6

Yankees: 50

 Since 1962: 24

Playoff Appearances

Mets:  11

Yankees:  61

 Since 1962: 35

Most Wins in a Season, Including Postseason

Mets:  116 (1986)

Yankees:  125 (1998)

Most Wins in a Regular Season

Mets:  108 (1986)

Yankees:  114 (1998)

100+ Wins

Mets:  4

Yankees:  21

 Since 1962: 11

90+ Wins

Mets:  12

Yankees:  78

 Since 1962: 34*

*Assuming the Yanks will win one more this year.

Winning Seasons

Mets:  28

Yankees:  103

  Since 1962: 56

Last-Place Finishes

Mets:  14

Yankees:  4

 Since 1962: 2

100-Loss Seasons

Mets:  6

Yankees:  2

 Since 1962: 0

90-Loss Seasons

Mets:  19

Yankees:   4

 Since 1962: 2

Seasons Leading in Team Home Runs

Mets:  4

Yankees:  46

 Since 1962: 11

Seasons Leading in Team ERA

Mets:  3

Yankees:  25*

 Since 1962: 8

*Yankees pre-1962 total is probably hire; appeal is underway now.

MVP Awards

Mets:  0 (Oldest franchise never to have had an MVP award)

Yankees:  14 players, 25 awards*

 Since 1962:  6 players, 9 awards

*Number before 1962 would undoubtedly have been higher, save for years there were no MVP awards, or there were different rules, such as not allowing repeat winners.

Cy Young Awards

Mets:  4 players, 7 awards*

Yankees:  5 players, 5 awards+

 Since 1962:  4 players, 4 awards

*Hey, the Mets had to win something, didn't they?

+Only 1 total Cy Young was awarded to both leagues, preventing Whitey Ford from winning the 1963 AL award.  The bastards.

Individuals Home Run Champions

Mets:  1 (Pete Alonso)

Yankees:  14 players, 31 championships

 Since 1962:  6 players, 9 championships

Individual Batting Champions

Mets:  2 players, 2 championships

Yankees:  10 players, 11 championships

 Since 1962:  5 players, 5 championships

ERA Champions:

Mets:  4 players, 7 championships

Yankees:  9 players, 10 championships

 Since 1962: 4 players, 4 championships

One-Pitcher No-Hitters:

Mets:  1*

Yankees:  12 pitchers, 13 no-hitters, including 4 perfect games

 Since 1962:  4 no-hitters, including 3 perfect games

*Mets' no-hitter actually included a hit, by Carlos Beltran.

Times No-Hit By a Single Pitcher

Mets:  8

Yankees:  7

 Since 1962:  0 (Last time Yankees were no-hit by a single pitcher was by Hoyt Wilhelm, in 1958)

All-Time Highest Seasonal Attendance

Mets:  4,042,045 (2008)

Yankees:  4,298,655 (2008)

Times Leading Their League in Attendance

Mets:  6*

Yankees:  61+

 Since 1962: 28

*In fairness, the Yankees don't play in the same league as the Los Angeles Dodgers.

+In fairness, the Mets don't play in the same league as the New York Yankees.

Times Leading New York in Attendance, Since 1962

Mets:  21 (1964-1975, 1984-1992)

Yankees:  43 (no attendance in 2020)

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