Current-feed record
+45wins for Yankees
55% Yankees · 45% Rays
The split has held steady across the schedule change: 27-25 since 2023.
Rays vs Yankees: All-Time Head-to-Head Record
AL East rivalry
New York Yankees
Tampa Bay Rays
Yankees lead Rays280to214since 1998
Retrosheet history through 2025, plus 13 final games from the current feed.
2026 season series: Rays lead 7-6
Data updated 6 min read
At a glance
All-time since 1998 · current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026
New York Yankees vs Tampa Bay Rays insights
Recent form
11-9last 20
Yankees on a 2-game streak
Yankees won 6-4 on Sep 24, 2026
Where it matters
5Postseason games
5 postseason games across 1 postseason since 2002.
Schedule context
- Yankees built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 215 of 387 decided meetings (56%).
- Since the schedule balanced out they are 27-25, or 52% to Yankees.
Yankees vs Rays postseason head-to-head record
New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays have met 494 times since 1998, 5 times in the postseason. The playoff games are included in the all-time total, not added on top of it.
- Postseason record
- Rays 3-2
- 5 postseason games since 1998
- Playoff share
- 1.0%
- Share of all meetings
- Regular season
- 489
- Recorded non-postseason meetings
Win Percentage
242W
197W
NYY
TB
55%45%
New York YankeesTampa Bay Rays
Recent Games
Last 10 Games
Sep 24
NYY 6-4 TB
NYYSep 23
NYY 9-2 TB
NYYSep 22
NYY 2-0 TB
NYYSep 22
NYY 1-6 TB
TBJul 9
TB 4-12 NYY
NYYJul 8
TB 3-0 NYY
TBJul 7
TB 6-4 NYY
TBJul 6
TB 1-5 NYY
NYYMay 24
NYY 2-0 TB
NYYMay 22
NYY 2-4 TB
TB| Date | Home | Away | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2026 | NYY | TB | 6–4 | NYY |
| Sep 23, 2026 | NYY | TB | 9–2 | NYY |
| Sep 22, 2026 | NYY | TB | 2–0 | NYY |
| Sep 22, 2026 | NYY | TB | 1–6 | TB |
| Jul 9, 2026 | TB | NYY | 4–12 | NYY |
| Jul 8, 2026 | TB | NYY | 3–0 | TB |
| Jul 7, 2026 | TB | NYY | 6–4 | TB |
| Jul 6, 2026 | TB | NYY | 1–5 | NYY |
| May 24, 2026 | NYY | TB | 2–0 | NYY |
| May 22, 2026 | NYY | TB | 2–4 | TB |
Last Meeting
Sep 24, 2026Final
NYY
6
HOME
TB
4
AWAY
Yankeeswon by2runs
Yankees' 3rd straight in this series·Game 439 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
New York Yankees: 2 consecutive wins
2
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 3.5 runs on average
3.5runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
NYY-Neutral
Last 1060%
Archive since 200255.1%
TB-Neutral
Last 1040%
Archive since 200244.9%
Last 10 Results
NYY / TB
Record since 2002
Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season434 games
240
194
Postseason5 games
2
3
New York Yankees Biggest Win
21–4+17 runs
Jul 22, 2007
Tampa Bay Rays Biggest Win
16–1+15 runs
Apr 19, 2014
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
| Season ↓ | NYY ↕ | TB ↕ | Games ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 2025 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 2024 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2023 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2022 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11 | 19 |
| 2020 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 2019 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| 2018 | 10 | 9 | 19 |
| 2017 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| 2016 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 2015 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| 2014 | 8 | 11 | 19 |
| 2013 | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| 2012 | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| 2011 | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| 2010 | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| 2009 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 2008 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 2007 | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| 2006 | 13 | 5 | 18 |
| 2005 | 8 | 11 | 19 |
| 2004 | 15 | 4 | 19 |
| 2003 | 14 | 5 | 19 |
| 2002 | 13 | 5 | 18 |
All 25 seasons are shown in the table above.
Home / Away Split
AWAY
109-109
NYY
AWAY
88-133
TB
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025
New York Yankees vs Tampa Bay Rays all-time record, 1998 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
- 481
- Peak inning
- EX
- Record game
- 31 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 439 games from 2002 to 2026. History Lab: 481 Retrosheet games from 1998 to 2025. The first refreshes with current finals; Retrosheet's published archive currently ends in 2025.
Decade balance
Select an era to inspect pace, scoring and attendance.
NYYTB
Scoring by inning
Runs per 100 batting innings, adjusted for unequal ninth and extra innings.
NYYTB
55.9
153.6
50.1
242.0
48.9
350.5
55.5
448.4
55.7
549.9
58.8
650.9
51.6
747.3
59.5
841.3
52.3
928.6
64.7
EX47.1
- NYY after scoring first
- 73.4%
- TB after scoring first
- 59.6%
- Lead-change games
- 42.8%
- Beyond nine innings
- 36
The games at the edges
Verified single-game records from the historical matchup log.
Highest total
31 runs
NYY 20, TB 11
Jun 21, 2005
Biggest margin
17 runs
NYY 21, TB 4
Jul 22, 2007
Longest game
14 innings
NYY 5, TB 10
May 2, 2014
Largest crowd
55,771
NYY 4, TB 0
Apr 5, 2002
New York Yankees largest comeback
8-run deficit
NYY 20, TB 11
Jun 21, 2005
Tampa Bay Rays largest comeback
7-run deficit
TB 8, NYY 7
Sep 28, 2011
Full archive stat line
Counting stats across games with complete team totals.
MetricNYYTB
Hits4,0863,974
Home runs629507
Walks1,7301,454
Strikeouts3,5464,010
Errors286298
Where the rivalry lived
- 01225games
Tropicana Field
St. Petersburg, FL
- 02149games
Yankee Stadium II
New York, NY
- 0391games
Yankee Stadium I
New York, NY
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.
One-run games
27.3%
Share of the 439 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.
Won by 2 or more
72.7%
A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 3.5.
Average total
9runs
Final-score average without accounting for park, bullpen or weather.
Home side wins
55.1%
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.
| Line | Over | Under | Over rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 257 | 182 | 58.5% |
| 8.5Closest to even | 221 | 218 | 50.3% |
| 9.5 | 171 | 268 | 39% |
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
242 W · 55.1%1.81
Tampa Bay Rays
197 W · 44.9%2.23
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
15%vs 27.3% full archive
-12.3% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
85%vs 72.7% full archive
+12.3% in the last 20
Average total
8.8 runsvs 9 runs full archive
-0.2 runs in the last 20
Seasons 2025 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 Rays in the oddsmatcher.
Questions about this record: New York Yankees vs Tampa Bay Rays
What is the New York Yankees vs Tampa Bay Rays postseason record?
The postseason subset contains 5 games: New York Yankees have 2 wins and Tampa Bay Rays have 3 wins. Those games are already included in the complete series from 1998 through 2026.
When did the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays first play each other?
The Retrosheet archive's first recorded meeting for this pairing is Jun 3, 1998, when New York Yankees beat Tampa Bay Rays 7-1 at home. The archive covers 481 meetings from 1998 through 2025. The current feed starts in 2002 and is reported separately.
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.
Last updated Sources: balldontlie, MLB Stats API, Retrosheet
New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays have met 439 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.