New York Yankees vs Pittsburgh Pirates All-Time Record

Interleague
New York Yankees
Pittsburgh Pirates
Yankees lead Pirates27to15since 1927

Retrosheet history through 2025, plus 3 final games from the current feed.

2026 season series: Yankees lead 2-1

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At a glance

All-time since 1927 · current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026

New York Yankees vs Pittsburgh Pirates insights

Current-feed record
+9wins for Yankees
65% Yankees · 35% Pirates

Pirates have closed the gap since the 2023 schedule change: 5-7.

Recent form
11-9last 20

Yankees won 2-0 on Jul 22, 2026

Where it matters
0Postseason games

No postseason meetings since 2002.

Schedule context
  • Yankees built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 13 of 19 decided meetings (68%).
  • Since the schedule balanced out they are 7-5, or 58% to Yankees.

Yankees vs Pirates postseason head-to-head record

New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates have met 42 times since 1927, 11 times in the postseason. The playoff games are included in the all-time total, not added on top of it.

Postseason record
Yankees 7-4
11 postseason games since 1927
Playoff share
26.2%
Share of all meetings
Regular season
31
Recorded non-postseason meetings
Win Percentage
20W
11W
NYY
PIT
65%35%
New York YankeesPittsburgh Pirates

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Jul 22
NYY 3-5 PIT
PIT
Jul 22
NYY 2-0 PIT
NYY
Jul 20
NYY 8-5 PIT
NYY
Apr 6
PIT 5-4 NYY
PIT
Apr 5
PIT 4-10 NYY
NYY
Apr 4
PIT 4-9 NYY
NYY
Sep 29
NYY 6-4 PIT
NYY
Sep 28
NYY 4-9 PIT
PIT
Sep 27
NYY 2-4 PIT
PIT
Sep 17
PIT 3-2 NYY
PIT
Last Meeting
Jul 22, 2026Final
NYY
3
HOME
PIT
5
AWAY
Pirateswon by2runs
Snapped Yankees' streak·Game 31 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
New York Yankees won the most recent meeting
1
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 4.3 runs on average
4.3runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
NYY↓Trending Down
Last 1050%
Archive since 200264.5%
PIT↑Trending Up
Last 1050%
Archive since 200235.5%
Last 10 Results
NYY / PIT

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season31 games
20
11
No postseason meetings appear since 2002.
New York Yankees Biggest Win
16–0+16 runs
Jul 6, 2022
Pittsburgh Pirates Biggest Win
12–5+7 runs
Jun 24, 2008
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓NYY ↕PIT ↕Games ↕
2026213
2025213
2024123
2023213
2022314
2017123
2014213
2008123
2007303
2005303
Home / Away Split
13-4NYY HOME7-7PIT HOME
AWAY
7-7
NYY
AWAY
4-13
PIT
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025

New York Yankees vs Pittsburgh Pirates all-time record, 1927 to 2025

Explore how this matchup changed by decade, where each lineup produced its runs, and the games that pushed the rivalry record book. This archive is a separate source window from the current-feed sections above, which start in 2002.

Games
39
Peak inning
6
Record game
19 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 31 games from 2005 to 2026. History Lab: 39 Retrosheet games from 1927 to 2025. The first refreshes with current finals; Retrosheet's published archive currently ends in 2025.Small historical sample: 39 games. Era and inning rates describe these meetings, but should not be treated as a forecast.

Decade balance

Select an era to inspect pace, scoring and attendance.

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Open source archive

Betting Context

Betting context since 2002

How this pairing has settled: run margins, totals and break-even prices derived from its historical record. These are final-score frequencies, not results against a closing line. We do not hold historical sportsbook prices for these games.

Small sample: 31 decided meetings, under the 50 we treat as the floor for a stable rate. Read the figures below as description, not a forecast. Interleague pairs meet in short bursts, so a single series can move any percentage here by several points.

One-run games
19.4%

Share of the 31 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
80.6%

A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 4.3.

Average total
10.4runs

Final-score average without accounting for park, bullpen or weather.

Home side wins
64.5%

Share of decided meetings won by the listed home team.

Totals ladder

Where the combined score landed against the half-run lines a book normally posts. Half runs cannot push, so every meeting falls on one side.

LineOverUnderOver rate
7.5238
74.2%
8.52011
64.5%
9.5Closest to even1516
48.4%

Fair price from the base rate

The decimal price that corresponds exactly to each club's win share in this archive. It describes the record and does not estimate the next game.

New York Yankees
20 W · 64.5%1.55
Pittsburgh Pirates
11 W · 35.5%2.82

A base rate is not a forecast. Starting pitchers, lineups, injuries and venue all matter more to a single game than a multi-season head-to-head record.

Last 20 meetings vs full history

One-run games
25%vs 19.4% full archive
+5.6% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
75%vs 80.6% full archive
-5.6% in the last 20
Average total
10.3 runsvs 10.4 runs full archive
-0.1 runs in the last 20

Seasons 2014 to 2026. The comparison shows whether the last 20 final scores differ from the longer archive, without assigning a cause or predicting what comes next.

View the break-even percentages in another odds format with the odds converter, or compare current prices for Yankees and Pirates in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: New York Yankees vs Pittsburgh Pirates

What is the New York Yankees vs Pittsburgh Pirates postseason record?

The postseason subset contains 11 games: New York Yankees have 7 wins and Pittsburgh Pirates have 4 wins. Those games are already included in the complete series from 1927 through 2026.

How do recent New York Yankees vs Pittsburgh Pirates results compare with the complete record?

The latest 10 decided meetings are split 5-5. New York Yankees lead the decided record 27-15. The recent window is a subset of the complete series from 1927 through 2026, so the page reports the two separately.

When did the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates first play each other?

The Retrosheet archive's first recorded meeting for this pairing is Oct 5, 1927, when New York Yankees won 5-4 away to Pittsburgh Pirates. The archive covers 39 meetings from 1927 through 2025. The current feed starts in 2002 and is reported separately.

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Methodology & Data Sources

Current MLB game logs come from the balldontlie API and cover the 2002 season onward. Scores and schedule anomalies are checked against the official MLB Stats API. Spring training is excluded, while results from earlier franchise identities are merged into the current club.

The all-time record and the History Lab use Retrosheet game logs through 2025, with inning lines, team totals, attendance, duration and ballpark fields when available. Final games after 2025 come from the current feed, and every section built on that feed alone is labeled as starting in 2002.

The betting context summarizes completed final scores only. It contains no sportsbook closing lines and summarizes only completed games. Report a possible error through our contact page with the matchup and game date.

Read the full H2H data methodology →

Last updated Sources: balldontlie, MLB Stats API, Retrosheet

New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates have met 31 times in this archive, which covers the 2005 season onward.