is the Yankees 101-37 record against the Twins since 2002, including 15-2 in the postseason the most lopsided record in baseball?

[soxhop411]

The last time the twins won a season series vs the Yankees was 2000 and 2001.

This is the twins record vs the Yankees since 2002:


https://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/head2head.cgi?teams=MIN&from=2002&to=2019
I can’t remember seeing a team so thoroughly pummel another team for close to 17 years.

 

[mikeford]

I refuse to believe the Twins have ever actually beaten New York.

 

[Blue Monkey]

Does this include the playoffs? Because that would actually make it even worse.

Edit. Looks like it does

 

[NYCSox]

Does this include the playoffs? Because that would actually make it even worse.

Edit. Looks like it does

It doesn't. It's like another 11-1 on top of this mighty display of prowess.

 

[edoug]

Like the Globetrotters vs Washington Generals, A NY dominating a (formerly) Washington team.

 

[Wingack]

The really wild thing is that the Twins have been a decent to good team during this time span.

 

[jon abbey]

NY missed Berrios in both series this season, that helped. Also Buxton is still out and he might be their MVP, 52-23 when he plays this year and now 9-17 when he doesn't. He has been a solid hitter and is a great baserunner but also he chases down so many rockets that his replacements can't. Their lineup is terrifying now, though, the best it has been at any point in the run under discussion.

 

[jon abbey]

"From @StatsBySTATS: The Yankees have won 13 straight season series against the Twins (2007-19), tied for the longest streak in any matchup since divisional play began in 1969 (Dodgers over Pirates, 2001-13). The record is *37* straight for the Yankees over the A's from 1932-68!"

 

[jon abbey]

Updated number including the playoffs:

"Twins are 37-99 (.272) vs. the Yankees since 2002, including the playoffs, which is equivalent to a 44-118 record in a 162-game season."

 

[Ale Xander]

Hope the Yankees win the last game or 2 vs. the Twins this year. All 4 of the Red Sox WS wins this century have come when Twins win exactly 2 regular season games v. the Yankees.

Edit: Yay, 2-4 now!

 

[jon abbey]

Hope the Yankees win the last game or 2 vs. the Twins this year. All 4 of the Red Sox WS wins this century have come when Twins win exactly 2 regular season games v. the Yankees.

Your wish is granted, season series is now done at 4-2 NY, postseason meetings aren't in that first post.

 

[Spacemans Bong]

It doesn't. It's like another 11-1 on top of this mighty display of prowess.

Brings me back to when Johan Santana would inevitably win Game 1 before the other clowns on the Twins would lose the next three.

 

[NYCSox]

"From @StatsBySTATS: The Yankees have won 13 straight season series against the Twins (2007-19), tied for the longest streak in any matchup since divisional play began in 1969 (Dodgers over Pirates, 2001-13). The record is *37* straight for the Yankees over the A's from 1932-68!"

Yeah but for the second half of that run the A's were literally in the tank to help the Yankees.

 

[terrynever]

Yeah but for the second half of that run the A's were literally in the tank to help the Yankees.

A’s manager/owner Connie Mack invented tanking and selling off star players and he started doing it during World War I.

 

[Mueller's Twin Grannies]

I bet Gardenhire still wakes up in a cold sweat whenever he dreams about the Twins in the playoffs.

Ironically, if they hadn't been so insistent on small ball (including yelling at Ortiz for hitting a double or something in a game where Gardenhire wanted him to bunt), they might have done better.

 

[NYCSox]

A’s manager/owner Connie Mack invented tanking and selling off star players and he started doing it during World War I.

I was referring to their years in Kansas City which was a complete sham.

 

[terrynever]

I was referring to their years in Kansas City which was a complete sham.

And I was, as an old guy, providing unnecessary historical perspective.

 

[soxhop411]

Twins have lost 14 straight postseason games, the longest streak in MLB history


11 straight losses to the Yankees in the post season.

Last postseason win was in 2004!




@jon abbey

The Red Sox!

Also the second longest postseason streak in all of the 4 major sports
View: https://twitter.com/JamesSmyth621/status/1180324953603870722

 

[jon abbey]

Twins have lost 14 straight postseason games, the longest streak in MLB history

Wow! Any idea whose record they broke?

 

[stepson_and_toe]

The Red Sox went 2-20 vs. the Indians in 1954 and lost their first three games against them the next season. That may not be a record but I recall the '54 season when Cleveland, who won 111 in regular season, got swept in the World Series.

If you go back to 1899, the Cleveland Spiders went 20-134, including 11-101 on the road (after their first 16 home game only averaged 199 paid attendance, visiting clubs refused to travel there so the Spiders went traveling and folded after the season).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1899_Cleveland_Spiders_season

 

[SirPsychoSquints]

Just to pick out a random set of years, the Athletics were 33-97 vs the Red Sox from 1937-1942.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/head2head.cgi?teams=OAK&from=1937&to=1942

 

[tims4wins]

These are mostly examples of good teams beating up on bad teams. What makes this streak so crazy is that the Twins have generally been good over the last 15 years.

 

[LogansDad]

Wow! Any idea whose record they broke?

I really want to make a 2004 joke here, but I think you're an okay guy and don't want to make you feel bad.

 

[jon abbey]

Yeah, my post was pushing the line of obnoxiousness, sorry. Also you can't hurt my feelings about 2004, BOS was better than NY in both 2003 and 2004 (after the trading deadline) and was lucky that Grady gave them a year reprieve.

 

[SirPsychoSquints]

These are mostly examples of good teams beating up on bad teams. What makes this streak so crazy is that the Twins have generally been good over the last 15 years.

They’re slightly below 500 but your point still stands

 

[Sad Sam Jones]

The Red Sox went 2-20 vs. the Indians in 1954 and lost their first three games against them the next season. That may not be a record but I recall the '54 season when Cleveland, who won 111 in regular season, got swept in the World Series.

If you go back to 1899, the Cleveland Spiders went 20-134, including 11-101 on the road (after their first 16 home game only averaged 199 paid attendance, visiting clubs refused to travel there so the Spiders went traveling and folded after the season).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1899_Cleveland_Spiders_season

Those Indians teams did even more damage to the Orioles, going 72-16 (.818) against them from 1953-56. Extending it back to 1946, they were 177-65 -- a .731 winning percentage against the Browns/Orioles over an 11-year span. I'd imagine the Yankees had similar if not better stretches against the Browns or Senators, but I'm literally just back-of-the-enevoloping this.

As for current streaks, keep an eye on the Indians-Tigers series over the next couple of years. Cleveland is 58-17 (.773) against Detroit since the start of the 2016 season, including their current 18-game winning streak. That's a smaller sample than the Yankees current stretch against Minnesota, but a much better winning percentage.

 

[soxhop411]

Yankees now have a 101-37 record against the Twins since 2002, including 15-2 in the postseason.

This is the gamelog from the last time the Twins beat the yankees in the Playoffs (2004)
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA200410050.shtml
WP: Johan Santana (1-0) • LP: Mike Mussina (0-1) • SV: Joe Nathan (1)

 

[NYCSox]

Shockingly Nathan didn't piss away that game as well.

 

[jon abbey]

It’s at 111-39 now after NY’s impressive comeback last night.

View: https://twitter.com/aarongleeman/status/1535240365208395776?s=21&t=ExODZVV7Qm4JZcEyNdOvZw

 

[E5 Yaz]

It’s at 111-39 now after NY’s impressive comeback last night.

Impressive? ... The Twins could be leading 22-0 in the 9th with two out and 0-2 on the final Yankee batter -- a pitcher who had to hit because a DH took the field -- and I still wouldn't bet on Minnesota winning.

 

[tims4wins]

To put the 39-111 in perspective (.260), if they played two series a year - a 3 gamer and a 4 gamer - and lost the 3 gamer 2-1 and the 4 gamer 3-1 - they'd have a record of 43-108. It's so unfathomably bad.