Have the Yankees made post-season play more than any other team in any sport, ever?

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Request for Question Clarification by tombiro-ga on 24 Sep 2003 16:17 PDT

hudsonbay-ga,

Are you looking for only US based teams, and are you limiting it to
the four major sports, football, baseball, basketball, hockey?

Thanks.

Hello hudsonbay-ga,

The Yankees have been in the post-season 41 times through 2002: 37
times in the World Series, plus 4 times when they lost in the AL
Championship or Division Series.

"World Series -- Club Summaries: American League"
MLB.com
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws.jsp?feature=al_clubs

"League Championship Series History -- AL Championship Series"
MLB.com
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_lcs.jsp?feature=al_recaps

"Division Series History -- AL Division Series"
MLB.com
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ds.jsp?feature=al_recaps

By contrast, the Montreal Canadiens have been in the Stanley Cup
playoffs 73 times since 1918.  (I have not found a detailed breakdown
of their playoff appearances, but the number comes from a trustworthy
source.)

"Stanley Cup Playoff Records - Team"
TSN.ca
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/playoffs/feature.asp?fid=29

The explanation for the disparity is presumably, in part, that the
hockey playoff system has allowed a greater percentage of its teams to
make the post-season each year.

- justaskscott-ga


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