Last night a radio host posed a question to me about end of season winning streaks, given the Yankees had won nine in a row (now ten) as they head for the end of the season. The question was, “What are the longest end of season win streaks for teams that made the playoffs?” I can go back to 1920, so here are streaks of at least eight games to end the season, teams going to the playoffs marked with an asterisk.

What I find impressive is that the great majority of these streaks were by teams headed to the playoffs. Note that only two of the teams that made the playoffs with a strong finish went on the win the World Series, the 1970 Orioles and the 2019 Nationals. With eight games left, the Yankees have a shot at beating their own record for the time period.