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Originally Posted by DocHalladay
I will ask: Is it too early to compare the current era since 35 years still must be played to consider all of the chances the Yankees had in the first 73 year sample?
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Well, it's all we got. So we have to make the best of it.
I only mention it because it seems to me free agency was a pretty significant development in baseball history, and as such it surely must have had an effect. I, for one, would be interested in seeing the authors of the article in the OP do an updated study, only this time comparing teams pre- and post-free agency, and see how much the numbers change.
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Originally Posted by DocHalladay
It would be interesting (if your data covers it) to see how the Yankees fared in the first 38 years of the reserve clause era, and compare that to the last 38 years result.
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I would change that around to ask how well the Yankees did in the 38 years immediately prior to free agency, which would cover 1939-76. In that period, the Yankees appeared in 20 World Series, winning 13. That works out to the club appearing in 53% of World Series, or twice as often as in the post-free agency era.