The 1956 New York Yankees season was the 54th season for the team in New York, and its 56th season overall.
 The team finished with a record of 97–57, winning their 22nd pennant, finishing 9 games ahead of the Cleveland Indians.
 New York was managed by Casey Stengel.
 The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium.
 In the World Series, they defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in 7 games.
 The Series featured the only no-hitter in Series play, a perfect game, delivered by the Yankees' Don Larsen in Game 5.
The 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers, led by manager Leo Durocher, won their first pennant in 21 years, edging the St. Louis Cardinals by 2.5 games.
 They went on to lose to the New York Yankees in the World Series.
The 1959 New York Yankees season was the 57th season for the team in New York and its 59th overall.
 The team finished in third place in the American League with a record of 79–75, 15 games behind the Chicago White Sox.
 New York was managed by Casey Stengel.
 The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium.
The New York Yankees' 2000 season was the 98th season for the Yankees in New York, and their 100th overall going back to their origins in Baltimore.
 New York was managed by Joe Torre.
 The team finished 1st in the AL East with a record of 87–74, 2.5 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox, after losing 15 of their final 18 games and also they ended with a 7 game losing streak.
 Despite having the lowest winning percentage of any postseason qualifier in 2000, the Yankees won the World Series over the New York Mets in 5 games to win their 26th World Series title.
 It is, as of the present, the last World Series with a repeat champion.
The 1958 New York Yankees season was the 56th season for the team in New York, and its 58th season overall.
 The team finished with a record of 92–62, winning their 24th pennant, finishing 10 games ahead of the Chicago White Sox.
 In the World Series, they defeated the Milwaukee Braves in 7 games.
 New York was managed by Casey Stengel.
 The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium.
 In 1958, the Yankees became New York City's only professional baseball team after the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to Los Angeles and the New York Giants left for San Francisco.
 The Yankees would hold this distinction until 1962, when the New York Mets began play.
The 1941 New York Giants season was the franchise's 59th season.
 The team finished in fifth place in the National League with an 74-79 record, 25½ games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers.
The 1961 New York Yankees season was the 59th season for the team in New York, and its 61st season overall.
 The team finished with a record of 109–53, eight games ahead of the Detroit Tigers, and won their 26th American League pennant.
 New York was managed by Ralph Houk.
 The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium.
 In the World Series, they defeated the Cincinnati Reds in 5 games.
The New York Yankees' 1998 season was the 96th season for the Yankees.
 The team finished with a franchise record regular-season standing of 114–48, 22 games ahead of the second-place Boston Red Sox in the American League East.
 These Yankees set an American League record for wins in a season, a record that would stand until 2001, when the Seattle Mariners won 116 games in the regular season against 46 losses (the Yankees still hold the record for most regular season wins by a team that won the World Series).
 New York was managed by Joe Torre.
 The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium in which they celebrated the stadium's 75th Anniversary.
The 2009 New York Yankees season was the 107th season for the New York Yankees franchise.
 The Yankees opened their new Yankee Stadium on April 3, 2009, when they hosted an exhibition game against the Chicago Cubs.
 The new stadium hosted its first regular-season game on April 16, when the team played against the Cleveland Indians and their first playoff game against the Minnesota Twins in the ALDS on October 7, 2009.
 The Yankees swept the Twins in 3 games to win the divisional series.
 They won their 40th American League pennant on October 25, 2009, defeating the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in 6 games to advance to the World Series, where they defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in 6 games to win their 27th World Series on November 4, 2009.
 The Yankees finished the regular season with 103 wins and 59 losses.
The 1952 New York Yankees season was the 50th season for the Yankees in New York and their 52nd overall, going back to their origins in Baltimore.
 The team finished with a record of 95–59, winning their 19th pennant, finishing 2 games ahead of the Cleveland Indians.
 New York was managed by Casey Stengel.
 The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium.
 In the World Series, they defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers in 7 games.
 This was their fourth consecutive World Series win, tying the record they had set during 1936–1937-1938–1939.
 It was also the first season that the Yankees aired their games exclusively on WPIX-TV which would last until the end of the 1998 season.

Question: The team finished what place  in the franchise's 59th season behind the team who went on to lose to the New York Yankees in the World Series?
Answer: fifth place