5A: The two teams have faced each other five times in the postseason, with the Yankees winning the 1999 and 2003 ALCS, and the Red Sox winning the next three matchups (2004, 2018 and 2021).

The two teams faced off four times in a five-year span from 1976 to 1980. The Yankees went 3-1 in those series, reaching the World Series in 1976, 1977 and 1978. The Royals got some payback with a ...

The team made it to the ALCS in 1995, 2000 and 2001, but they have yet to reach the Fall Classic. Most common ALCS matchups Yankees-Royals is the most common matchup in ALCS history.

The ALCS winner takes home the William Harridge Award. Harridge was the AL president from 1931 to 1959 and was posthumously elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972.