1. September 24, 1969, National League Eastern Division title: Shea Stadium, New York: Mets 6, St. Louis Cardinals 0.
2. October 6, 1969, Game 3 of the National League Championship Series, Shea Stadium: Mets 7, Atlanta Braves 4.
3. October 16, 1969, Game 5 of the World Series, Shea Stadium: Mets 5, Baltimore Orioles 3.
4. October 1, 1973, NL East title, Wrigley Field: Mets 6, Chicago Cubs 4.
5. October 10, 1973, Game 5 of the NLCS, Shea Stadium: Mets 7, Cincinnati Reds 2.
6. September 17, 1986, NL East title, Shea Stadium: Mets 4, Cubs 2.
7. October 15, 1986, Game 6 of the NLCS, Astrodome: Mets 7, Houston Astros 6, 14 innings.
8. October 27, 1986, Game 7 of the World Series, Shea Stadium: Mets 8, Boston Red Sox 5.
9. September 22, 1988, NL East title, Shea Stadium: Mets 3, Philadelphia Phillies 1.
10. October 4, 1999, NL Wild Card play-in game, Riverfront Stadium: Mets 5, Reds 0.
11. October 9, 1999, NLDS Game 4, Shea Stadium: Mets 4, Arizona Diamondbacks 3, 10 innings.
12. September 27, 2000, Wild Card clincher, Shea Stadium: Mets 6, Braves 2.
13. October 8, 2000, NLDS Game 4, Shea Stadium: Mets 4, San Francisco Giants 0.
14. October 16, 2000, NLCS Game 5, Shea Stadium: Mets 7, St. Louis Cardinals 0.
15. September 18, 2006, NL East title, Shea Stadium: Mets 4, Florida Marlins 0.
16. October 7, 2006, NLDS Game 3, Dodger Stadium: Mets 9, Los Angeles Dodgers 5.
17. September 26, 2015, NL East title, Great American Ball Park: Mets 10, Reds 2.
18. October 15, 2015, NLDS Game 5, Dodger Stadium: Mets 3, Dodgers 2.
19. October 21, 2015, NLCS Game 4, Wrigley Field: Mets 8, Cubs 3.
20. October 1, 2016, NL Wild Card clincher, Citizens Bank Park: Mets 5, Phillies 3.
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21. September 19, 2022, NL Wild Card Clincher, American Family Field, Milwaukee: Mets 7, Milwaukee Brewers 2.
22. September 30, 2024, NL Wild Card Clincher, Truist Park, Atlanta: Mets 8, Atlanta Braves 7.
23. October 9, 2024, NLDS Game 4, Citi Field: Mets 4, Phillies 1.
Brooklyn Dodgers (Grays 1883-87, Bridegrooms 1888-98, Superbas 1899-13, Robins 1914-31, Dodgers unofficially from the beginning and officially 1932-57)
1. October 13, 1889, Pennant clincher, Recreation Park, Columbus, Ohio: Bridegrooms 2, Columbus Solons 1.
2. September 27, 1890, Pennant clincher, National League Park, Cleveland: Bridegrooms 7, Cleveland Spiders 4.
3. October 7, 1899, Pennant clincher, Washington Park, Brooklyn: Superbas 13, Giants 2.
4. October 3, 1900, Pennant clincher, South End Grounds, Boston: Superbas 6, Boston Beaneaters (Braves) 4.
5. October 3, 1916, Pennant clincher, Ebbets Field: Robins 9, Giants 6.
6. September 26, 1920, Pennant clincher, Ebbets Field: Robins 4, Giants 2.
7. September 25, 1941, Pennant clincher, Braves Field, Boston: Dodgers 6, Boston Braves 0.
8. September 17, 1947, Pennant clincher, Forbes Field, Pittsburgh: Dodgers 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 2.
9. October 2, 1949, Pennant clincher, Shibe Park (later renamed Connie Mack Stadium), Philadelphia: Dodgers 9, Philadelphia Phillies 7.
10. September 23, 1952, Pennant clincher, Ebbets Field: Dodgers 5, Philadelphia Phillies 4.
11. September 12, 1953, Pennant clincher, Milwaukee County Stadium: Dodgers 5, Milwaukee Braves 2.
12. September 8, 1955, Pennant clincher, Milwaukee County Stadium: Dodgers 10, Milwaukee Braves 2. Earliest Pennant-clinching in NL history.
13. October 4, 1955, World Series Game 7, Yankee Stadium: Dodgers 2, Yankees 0.
14. September 30, 1956, Pennant clincher, Ebbets Field: Dodgers 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 6.
New York Giants
1. October 4, 1888, Pennant clincher, Polo Grounds: Giants 1, Chicago White Stockings (Cubs) 0.
2. October 5, 1889, Pennant clincher, League Park, Cleveland: Giants 5, Cleveland Spiders 3.
3. September 22, 1904, Pennant clincher, Polo Grounds: Giants 7, Cincinnati Reds 5.
4. October 1, 1905, Pennant clincher, Redland Field, Cincinnati: Giants 5, Reds 4.
5. October 14, 1905, World Series Game 5, Polo Grounds: Giants 5, Philadelphia Athletics 2.
6. October 6, 1911, Pennant clincher, new Polo Grounds: Giants 10, Philadelphia Phillies 5.
7. September 27, 1912, Pennant clincher, Polo Grounds: Giants 7, Boston Braves 6.
8. September 29, 1913, Pennant clincher, Polo Grounds: Giants 5, Braves 3.
9. September 25, 1917, Pennant clincher, Polo Grounds: Giants lose 5-3 to St. Louis Cardinals, but clinch anyway when Phillies lose 3-0 to Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field.
10. September 26, 1921, Pennant clincher, Sportsman's Park, St. Louis: Giants 4, Cardinals 1.
11. October 13, 1921, World series Game 8, Polo Grounds: Giants 1, Yankees 0.
12. September 27, 1922, Pennant clincher, Polo Grounds: Giants 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2. This was also the major league debut of future Hall-of-Famer Travis Jackson.
13. October 8, 1922, World Series Game 5, Polo Grounds: Giants 5, Yankees 3.
14. September 30, 1923, Pennant clincher, Polo Grounds: Giants 4, Braves 3.
15. September 27, 1924, Pennant clincher, Polo Grounds: Giants 5, Phillies 1.
16. September 25, 1933, Pennant clincher: Giants are idle, but clinch anyway when Pittsburgh Pirates lose 6-3 to Cardinals.
17. October 7, 1933, World Series Game 5, Griffith Stadium, Washington: Giants 4, Washington Senators 3 in 10 innings.
18. September 25, 1936, Pennant clincher, Braves Field, Boston: Giants 3, Braves 2.
19. October 2, 1937, Pennant clincher, Ebbets Field, Brooklyn: Giants 3, Dodgers 2. They clinch away to their arch-rivals.
20. October 3, 1951, NL Pennant Playoff Game 3, Polo Grounds: Giants 5, Dodgers 4. The Bobby Thomson Game.
21. September 21, 1954, Pennant clincher, Ebbets Field: Giants 5, Dodgers 2.
22. October 2, 1954, World Series Game 4, Cleveland Municipal Stadium: Giants 7, Cleveland Indians 4. They clinch away to their arch-rivals again.
New York Yankees
1. October 1, 1921, Pennant clincher, Polo Grounds: Yankees 5, Cleveland Indians 3.
2. September 30, 1922, Pennant clincher, Fenway Park, Boston: Yankees 3, Boston Red Sox 1.
3. September 15, 1923, Pennant clincher, Yankee Stadium, Bronx: Yankees 10, Chicago White Sox 4.
4. October 15, 1923, World Series Game 6, Polo Grounds: Yankees 6, New York Giants 4.
5. September 25, 1926, Pennant clincher, Sportsman's Park, St. Louis: Yankees 10, St. Louis Browns 4.
6. September 13, 1927, Pennant clincher, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 5, Cleveland Indians 3.
7. October 8, 1927, World Series Game 4, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 3.
8. September 19, 1928, Pennant clincher, Navin Field (later renamed Briggs Stadium and Tiger Stadium), Detroit: Yankees 19, Tigers 10.
9. October 9, 1928, World Series Game 4, Sportsman's Park: Yankees 7, St. Louis Cardinals 3.
10. September 13, 1932, Pennant clincher, Cleveland Municipal Stadium: Yankees 9, Indians 3.
11. October 2, 1932, World Series Game 4, Wrigley Field: Yankees 13, Chicago Cubs 6.
12. September 9, 1936, Pennant clincher, League Park, Cleveland: Yankees 11, Indians 3.
13. October 6, 1936, World Series Game 6, Polo Grounds: Yankees 13, Giants 5.
14. September 24, 1937, Pennant clincher, Fenway Park: Yankees 5, Red Sox 1.
15. October 10, 1937, World Series Game 5, Polo Grounds: Yankees 4, Giants 2.
16. September 22, 1938, Pennant clincher, Comiskey Park, Chicago: Yankees 7, White Sox 4.
17. October 9, 1938, World Series Game 4, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 8, Cubs 3.
18. September 16, 1939, Pennant clincher, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 8, Tigers 5.
19. October 8, 1939, World Series Game 4, Crosley Field: Yankees 7, Cincinnati Reds 4.
20. September 4, 1941, Pennant clincher, Fenway Park: Yankees 6, Red Sox 3. This remains the earliest clinch of a 1st-place finish in Major League Baseball history.
21. October 6, 1941, World Series Game 5, Ebbets Field, Brooklyn: Yankees 3, Brooklyn Dodgers 1.
22. September 16, 1942, Pennant clincher, Navin Field, Detroit: Yankees 6, Tigers 5.
23. September 26, 1943, Pennant clincher, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 3, Indians 2.
24. October 11, 1943, World Series Game 5, Sportsman's Park: Yankees 2, Cardinals 0.
25. September 14, 1947, Pennant clincher, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 6, Browns 4.
26. October 6, 1947, World Series Game 7, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 5, Dodgers 2.
27. October 2, 1949, Pennant clincher, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 5, Boston Red Sox 4.
28. October 9, 1949, World Series Game 5, Ebbets Field: Yankees 10, Dodgers 6.
29. September 30, 1950, Pennant clincher, Fenway: Yankees 6, Red Sox 5.
30. October 7, 1950, World Series Game 4, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 5, Philadelphia Phillies 2.
31. September 29, 1951, Pennant clincher, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 4, Red Sox 0. Allie Reynolds pitched a no-hitter.
32. October 10, 1951, World Series Game 6, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 4, Giants 3.
33. September 27, 1952, Pennant clincher, Shibe Park, Philadelphia: Yankees 3, Athletics 2.
34. October 7, 1952, World Series Game 7, Ebbets Field: Yankees 4, Dodgers 2.
35. September 14, 1953, Pennant clincher, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 8, Indians 5.
36. October 5, 1953, World Series Game 6, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 4, Dodgers 3.
37. September 23, 1955, Pennant clincher, Fenway Park: Yankees 3, Red Sox 2.
38. September 18, 1956, Pennant clincher, Comiskey Park: Yankees 3, White Sox 2, in 11 innings.
39. October 10, 1956, World Series Game 7, Ebbets Field: Yankees 9, Dodgers 0.
40. September 25, 1957, Pennant clincher, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 5, Orioles 1.
41. September 14, 1958, Pennant clincher, Municipal Stadium, Kansas City: Yankees 5, Kansas City Athletics 3.
42. October 9, 1958, World Series Game 7, Milwaukee County Stadium: Yankees 6, Milwaukee Braves 2.
43. September 26, 1960, Pennant clincher, Griffith Stadium: Yankees 4, Senators 2, in 10 innings.
44. September 20, 1961, Pennant clincher, Memorial Stadium: Yankees 4, Orioles 2.
45. October 9, 1961, World Series Game 5, Crosley Field: Yankees 13, Reds 5.
46. September 25, 1962, Pennant clincher, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 8, Senators 3.
47. October 16, 1962, World Series Game 7, Candlestick Park: Yankees 1, San Francisco Giants 0.
48. September 13, 1963, Pennant clincher, Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington: Yankees 2, Minnesota Twins 0.
49. October 3, 1964, Pennant clincher, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 8, Cleveland Indians 3.
50. September 24, 1976, American League Eastern Division clincher, Tiger Stadium: Yankees 8, Tigers 0.
51. October 14, 1976, American League Championship Series Game 5, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 7, Kansas City Royals 6.
52. October 1, 1977, AL East clincher, Yankee Stadium: Yankees lose 10-7 to Tigers, but Red Sox lose to Orioles 8-7, so Yanks back in.
53. October 9, 1977, ALCS Game 5, Royals Stadium (now Kauffman Stadium): Yankees 5, Kansas City Royals 3.
54. October 18, 1977, World Series Game 6, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 8, Los Angeles Dodgers 4.
55. October 2, 1978, AL East Playoff, Fenway Park: Yankees 5, Boston Red Sox 4.
56. October 7, 1978, ALCS Game 4, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 3, Royals 1.
57. October 17, 1978, World Series Game 6, Dodger Stadium: Yankees 7, Los Angeles Dodgers 2.
58. October 4, 1980, AL East Clincher, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 5, Tigers 2.
59. June 9, 1981, AL East Clincher, Royals Stadium, although no one knew it at the time, since it was determined later, after the Strike was settled, that the season would be split into halves, and that the 1st-half winners would have automatic Playoff bids: Yankees 8, Royals 5.
60. October 11, 1981, AL East Clincher, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 7, Milwaukee Brewers 3.
61. October 15, 1981, ALCS Game 3, Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum: Yankees 4, Oakland Athletics 0.
62. October 1, 1995, AL Wild Card Clincher, SkyDome (now Rogers Centre), Toronto: Yankees 6, Toronto Blue Jays 1.
63. September 25, 1996, AL East Clincher, Yankee Stadium: Yankees sweep doubleheader from Brewers, 19-2 and 6-2.
64. October 5, 1996, ALDS Game 4, The Ballpark in Arlington: Yankees 6, Texas Rangers 4.
65. October 13, 1996, ALCS Game 5, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore: Yankees 6, Orioles 4.
66. October 26, 1996, World Series Game 6, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 3, Atlanta Braves 2.
67. September 17, 1997, AL Wild Card Clincher, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 6, Tigers 2.
68. September 9, 1998, AL East Clincher, Fenway Park: Yankees 7, Red Sox 5.
69. October 2, 1998, ALDS Game 3, The Ballpark in Arlington: Yankees 4, Rangers 0.
70. October 13, 1998, ALCS Game 6, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 9, Indians 5.
71. October 21, 1998, World Series Game 4, Qualcommn Stadium, San Diego: Yankees 3, San Diego Padres 1.
72. October 2, 1999, AL East Clincher, Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg: Yankees 3, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2.
73. October 9, 1999, ALDS Game 3, The Ballpark in Arlington: Yankees 3, Rangers 0.
74. October 18, 1999, ALCS Game 5, Fenway Park: Yankees 6, Red Sox 1.
75. October 27, 1999, World Series Game 4, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 4, Atlanta Braves 1.
76. September 29, 2000, AL East Clincher, Camden Yards: Yankees lose to Orioles 13-2, but Red Sox lose to Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8-6, so Yanks back in. This was in a stretch where the Yankees lost 13 out of 16, including Game 1 of the ALDS, and many of us, myself included, were afraid they would blow the Division title.
77. October 8, 2000, ALDS Game 5, Oakland Coliseum: Yankees 7, A's 5.
78. October 17, 2000, ALCS Game 6, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 9, Seattle Mariners 7.
79. October 26, 2000, World Series Game 5, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 4, Mets 2.
80. September 25, 2001, AL East Clincher, Yankee Stadium: Yankees lose to Devils Rays 4-0, but Red Sox lose to Orioles 12-7, so Yanks back in.
81. October 15, 2001, ALDS Game 5, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 5, A's 3.
82. October 22, 2001, ALCS Game 5, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 12, Mariners 3.
83. September 21, 2002, AL East Clincher, Comerica Park, Detroit: Yankees 3, Tigers 2.
84. September 23, 2003, AL East Clincher, Comiskey Park II (now named Guaranteed Rate Field), Chicago: Yankees 7, White Sox 0.
85. October 5, 2003, ALDS, Metrodome, Minneapolis: Yankees 8, Twins 1.
86. October 16, 2003, ALCS Game 7, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 6, Red Sox 5 in 11 innings.
87. September 30, 2004, AL East Clincher, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 6, Twins 4. No one had any idea at the time, but this would be the last clincher at the old Stadium.
88. October 9, 2004, ALDS, Metrodome: Yankees 6, Twins 5 in 11 innings.
89. October 1, 2005, AL East Clincher, Fenway Park: Yankees 8, Red Sox 4. The Sox turned the tables the next day, to clinch the Wild Card. Everyone was looking forward to a 3rd straight ALCS between them, but both teams lost their ALDS.
90. September 20, 2006, AL East Clincher, Rogers Centre: Blue Jays 3, Yankees 2, but the Red Sox lost to the Twins, so the Yanks backed in.
I was actually at this game, my 1st chance to attend a Yankee clincher of any kind. But Joe Torre started kids, and they came close to getting it done. I got back on the bus at Toronto Coach Terminal not knowing what the Red Sox had done, since they were in Minnesota and an hour behind us. It wasn't until I woke up at the Customs station at the Peace Bridge in Buffalo that I pulled out my Walkman and found out what happened.
(We had the Internet then, but not really social media: Twitter had been founded in March, YouTube the year before, and Facebook the year before that, and hardly anybody was using any of them yet.)
91. September 26, 2007, AL Wild Card Clincher, Tropicana Field: Yankees 12, Devil Rays 4.
92. September 27, 2009, AL East Clincher, Yankee Stadium II: Yankees 4, Red Sox 2. The 1st clincher at the new Stadium wasn't quite full revenge for 2004, but it felt great, even in Williamsburg, Virginia, where I was on that hot Sunday afternoon.
93. October 11, 2009, ALDS, Metrodome: Yankees 4, Twins 1.
94. October 25, 2009, ALCS Game 6, Yankee Stadium II: Yankees 5, Los Angeles Angels 2.
95. November 4, 2009, World Series Game 6: Yankees 7, Phillies 3.
96. September 29, 2010, AL Wild Card Clincher, Rogers Centre: Yankees 6, Blue Jays 1.
97. October 9, 2010, ALDS, Yankee Stadium II: Yankees 6, Twins 1.
98. September 21, 2011, AL East Clincher, Yankee Stadium II: Yankees sweep doubleheader from Rays, both games ending 4-2, the 2nd game clinching.
99. October 3, 2012, AL East Clincher, Yankee Stadium II: Yankees 14, Red Sox 2. That one felt pretty good.
100. October 12, 2012, ALDS, Yankee Stadium II: Yankees 3, Orioles 1.
101. October 1, 2015, AL Wild Card Clincher, Yankee Stadium II: Yankees 4, Red Sox 1. The Yankees, who led the AL East by 7 games on July 28, thus finally, with 3 games to spare, clinch a berth in the AL Wild Card play-in game. It is also the 10,000th win in franchise history. And the cherry on the sundae is that it comes against the Auld Enemy, a.k.a. The Scum.
102. September 23, 2017, AL Wild Card Clincher, Rogers Centre: Yankees 5, Blue Jays 1.
103. October 3, 2017, AL Wild Card Game, Yankee Stadium II: Yankees 8, Twins 4.
104. October 11, 2017, ALDS Game 5, Progressive Field, Cleveland: Yankees 5, Indians 2.
105. September 22, 2018, AL Wild Card Clincher, Yankee Stadium II: Yankees 3, Orioles 2 in 11 innings.
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106. September 19, 2019, AL East Clincher, Yankee Stadium II: Yankees 9, Los Angeles Angels 1.
107. October 7, 2019, ALDS Game 3, Target Field: Yankees 5, Twins 1.
108. September 20, 2020, AL Wild Card Clincher, Fenway Park: Red Sox 10, Yankees 2, but the Mariners lost to the Padres, so the Yanks backed in.
109. September 30, 2020, AL Wild Card Series, Game 2, Progressive Field: Yankees 10, Indians 9.
110. October 5, 2021, AL Wild Card Clincher, Yankee Stadium II: Yankees 1, Rays 0 on a walkoff.
111. September 22, 2022, AL Playoff Berth, Yankee Stadium II: Yankees 5, Red Sox 4 on a 10th-inning walkoff.
112. September 27, 2022, AL East Clincher, Rogers Centre: Yankees 5, Blue Jays 2.
113. September 18, 2022, AL Wild Card Clincher, T-Mobile Park, Seattle: Yankees 2, Mariners 1.
114. September 26, 2024, AL Eastern Division, Yankee Stadium II: Yankees 10, Orioles 1.
115. October 10, 2024, ALDS Game 4, Kauffman Stadium: Yankees 3, Royals 1.
116. October 19, 2024, ALCS Game 5, Progressive Field: Yankees 5, Guardians 2, in 10 innings.
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