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    New York Yankees Franchise Information

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    Established:1903
    Stadium:Yankee Stadium
    Colours:Navy blue, gray & white
    Hall of Famers:Jack Chesbro, Willie Keeler, Ed Barrow, Yogi Berra, Earle Combs, Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Whitey Ford, Lou Gehrig, Lefty Gomez, Joe Gordon, Goose Gossage, Waite Hoyt, Miller Huggins, Reggie Jackson, Derek Jeter, Tony Lazzeri, Mickey Mantle, Joe McCarthy, Herb Pennock, Mariano Rivera, Phil Rizzuto, Red Ruffing, Babe Ruth, George Weiss & Dave Winfield
    Hall of Fame General Managers: Jacob Ruppert, Joe Torre & Casey Stengel
    Rivals:Boston Red Sox
    Legends:Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Derek Jeter, Whitey Ford, Mariano Rivera, Alex Rodriguez, Bernie Williams, Roy White, Thurman Munson, Graig Nettles & Earle Combs
    Retired Numbers:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 20, 23, 32, 37, 42, 44, 46, 49 & 51
    League: American League
    Division:East Division
    World Series Championships: 27: 1923, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1977, 1978, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 & 2009

    New York Yankees History

    No team in Major League Baseball has been as successful as the New York Yankees. The Bronx Bombers have 27 World Series titles, the most of any club in the sport. The team has also been the home to some of the most iconic baseball players in the sport’s history.

    The New York Yankees started playing in 1903 as the New York Highlanders. The team began play in the American League following a request among AL owners to have an AL team in New York to compete with the National League’s New York Giants. 

    The team’s name came from Hilltop Park being at the highest elevation in Manhattan between 165th and 168th Streets. The club was renamed the Yankees in 1913. The team had been referred to as the “Yankees” or “Yanks” by local newspapers before then, as those names were easier to write for headlines than the Highlanders.

    The Yankees were mostly stuck in the middle of the AL in the 1910s. The team had been in competition with the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox. But things changed for the Yankees in 1920, when the Red Sox traded outfielder and pitcher Babe Ruth to the Yankees for money to finance a stage play. 

    Ruth’s dominance, along with the Red Sox falling apart after the trade and the White Sox collapsing after fixing the 1919 World Series, helped the Yankees become the most prominent team of the 1920s.

    Ruth led the sport in home runs in ten seasons while with the Yankees. He hit 60 home runs in 1927 and had 714 career dingers, two records that stood for decades. While he had been a pitcher with the Red Sox, he opted to focus on batting and fielding while with the Yankees.

    The Yankees reached the World Series for the first time in 1921. The team won its first World Series title in 1923, the same year the team moved to the first Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. The Yankees defeated the New York Giants in that year’s World Series. It was the third-straight year the two New York clubs met in the Series.

    The Yankees won the Series again in 1927, 1928, and 1932. The 1927 club is considered one of the greatest in baseball history. The team went 110-44 and featured Ruth with 60 home runs, Lou Gehrig with 47 and 175 RBI, and Tony Lazzeri with eighteen home runs. The team scored 975 runs that season.

    The 1931 Yankees team scored 1,067 runs, the most scored by a team in a single season. But the 94-59 Yankees finished in second in the American League, as they were 13.5 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. But the club came back in 1932 to sweep the Chicago Cubs in the World Series.

    The Yankees won four consecutive World Series titles from 1936 to 1939. Manager Joe McCarthy led the Yankees to all four titles, winning a hundred games or more in three of those seasons. The 1936 club scored 1,065 runs with a 102-51 record, with newcomer Joe DiMaggio hitting .323 with 29 home runs in his first year with the team. 

    DiMaggio played with the Yankees from 1936 to 1951 with a break from 1943 to 1945 to serve in the military. He had a .325 career average with the club. He also had a hit in 56 consecutive games in 1941.

    Lou Gehrig retired from the game in 1939 after contracting ALS, a degenerative disease known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, which he died from two years later. Gehrig was the AL MVP in 1927 and 1936 and played in 2,130 consecutive games.

    The Yankees won the 1941 World Series with a 101-53 record. The team beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in five games to win the Series. DiMaggio had a .357 average, with much of his success coming from his 56-game hitting streak.

    The Yankees’ next World Series win came in 1943, as the 98-56 Yanks defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in five games. The roster was depleted, as many of the team’s top players entered the military following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Pitcher Spud Chandler was the AL MVP with a 20-4 record and a 1.64 ERA and five shutouts.

    Casey Stengel took over as the Yankees’ manager in 1949. He stuck with the team until 1960, going 1149-696 and winning ten AL pennants. The team won seven World Series titles under his reign.

    The club won five straight World Series titles from 1949 to 1953, plus they won in 1956 and 1958. The club was dominated by a thorough lineup of legends like Mickey Mantle, Phil Rizzuto, Yogi Berra, Billy Martin, Whitey Ford, Eddie Lopat and Johnny Sain. The Yankees also had 104 wins in 1954, but they lost the AL pennant to the Cleveland Guardians, who had 111 victories.

    Mickey Mantle was the star of the team throughout the 1950s. He won three AL MVP titles and had 536 home runs in his eighteen-year career with the Yankees. Pitcher Don Larsen threw a perfect game during the 1956 World Series and it stands as the only perfect game in World Series history.

    Catcher Lawrence “Yogi” Berra also made history with the Yankees by being a part of ten World Series champions. He holds more World Series rings than any player in MLB history. The prominent and always-quotable catcher was an eighteen-time All-Star and three-time AL MVP. He had a .285 average and 358 home runs from 1946 to 1965.

    The next World Series victories for the Yankees came in 1961 and 1962, Ralph Houk’s first two seasons as the manager. The 1961 team went 109-53, with Roger Maris hitting a then-record 61 home runs. Mantle had 54 home runs and was walked 126 times.

    The Yankees saw a significant decline in the 1970s, as the team struggled to reach the playoffs for much of the decade. The team even had to play at Shea Stadium, the home of the New York Mets, from 1974 to 1975 while Yankee Stadium underwent extensive renovations. Shipbuilding magnate George Steinbrenner also acquired the team from CBS in 1973 and his family still owns the team today.

    The Yankees returned to dominance late in the 1970s, as they won the 1977 and 1978 World Series. The team was led by catcher Thurman Munson, who was an All-Star in both seasons. 

    Munson died midway through the 1979 season in a plane crash. His locker at the stadium remained empty, and it has since been moved to a museum at the new Yankee Stadium. The Yankees did not reach the playoffs from 1982 to 1993. The team had a 70-43 record in 1994 and were leading the AL East, but a strike ended the season.

    A new dynasty began in 1996, Joe Torre’s first season as the team’s manager. The club won the first of four World Series in five seasons that year. The team would repeat as champions in 1998, 1999, and 2000, and they were one game shy of winning it again in 2001.

    The 1998 club is considered one of the greatest in Yankee history. The 114-48 Yankees featured a devastating rotation with Andy Pettitte, David Wells, and David Cone leading the way. 

    The club also featured Yankee icons Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada, Bernie Williams, Tino Martinez, Chuck Knoblauch, and Mariano Rivera. Wells also pitched a perfect game that season, a feat that Cone would achieve himself in 1999.

    The Yankees have dominated the AL East since 2000. The team has eleven AL East titles since 2000, and they have made the playoffs in all but four seasons since then. The club’s most recent World Series title came in 2009.

    Yankees relief pitcher Mariano Rivera broke Trevor Hoffman’s record for the most saves in baseball history in 2011. Rivera finished his nineteen-year career with the Yankees with 652 saves. He is also the only player to be unanimously voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

    Outfielder Aaron Judge quickly became the next Yankees legend in the making in 2017. He won the AL Rookie of the Year honor and finished second in MVP voting. Judge had 52 home runs, 127 walks, and a .284 average. At 6-foot-7, he is the tallest player to have at least fifty home runs in a season.

    The Yankees finished in equal second place in the AL East, with a record of 92-70, tying them with the Red Sox. This record was good enough for them to make the playoffs, in a Wild Card game. Unfortunately, the Yankees lost the Wild Card game to the Red Sox.

    The New York Yankees finished the 2022 Major League Baseball season with a record of 99-63, which put them in first place in the American League East Division. They did qualify for the playoffs in 2022. They made it all the way to the American League Championship Series, but once again failed to reach the World Series after losing to the Astros in four games.

    Expert 2023 Picks & Preview on New York Yankees

    If you are a fan of the New York Yankees, then you know that the only thing that matters right now is how they are expected to perform in the 2023 season. Do the New York Yankees have the star power to make it all the way to the World Series in 2023?

    For a franchise that is used to winning titles, 14 years since their last seems like an eternity. However, this years Yankees team has the best chance in a while to return to the top of the baseball mountain where they rightfully belong. 

    Preview on the New York Yankees’ Manager: Aaron Boone

    At the conclusion of his playing career in 2009, Boone served as a guest analyst for the MLB network up until the 2017 season.

    Boone returned to the Yankees organization in 2018 and began his managerial career, replacing the outgoing Joe Girardi.

    Boone led the Yankees to back to back 100+ win seasons in his first and second years in charge of the team, going to the postseason on both occasions and winning the AL East division in 2019.

    Aaron Boone returns as the manager of the New York Yankees, despite being on the hot seat after an American League Championship Series appearance. With all the talent Aaron Boone possesses under his watch, the Yankees still have yet to make a World Series over the last decade and a half.

    A lot of that responsibility falls on Aaron Boone as his team has fallen short time, and time again. He has failed to recapture the magic and success that he had as a player in pinstripes and throughout the rest of his career so far during his managerial career with the Yankees.

    Preview on the New York Yankees’ Key Player: Gerrit Cole

    He is not only New York’s ace but he is also one of the best pitchers in the American League and entire MLB. Gerrit Cole is the key player for the Yankees in 2022. Following stints with the Pirates and Astros, New York signed Cole prior to the 2020 season. Cole’s contract with the Yankees is the largest signed by a pitcher, with an average annual value of $36 million. Admittedly Cole is worth every cent, as he is a three time All-Star, member of the All-MLB First and Second teams, 2019 ERA leader and 2019 strikeout leader, all before the age of 30.

    Cole’s first season with the Yankees coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in the season being shortened to 60 games. He ended his first season as a Yankee with a 7-3 record and 2.84 ERA in 73 innings, he also collected 94 strikeouts.

    He has qualified for the All-Star game for four of the last five years and is a five time All-Star. He also led the league in strikeouts last season as well and in 2021 he was the American League wins leader among all pitchers. Last season he posted a 13-8 record with a 3.5 Earned Run Average and logged over 200 innings pitched for the first time in three years.

    Preview on the New York Yankees’ Next Best: Aaron Judge

    Aaron Judge is back in pinstripes after a long off-season of waiting and rumors that he would join the San Francisco Giants. The deal was arguably done before a reporter spoiled it, and Judge changed his mind to return to New York.

    Coming into his seventh season with the New York Yankees, Aaron Judge is the most reliable and most powerful hitter in the Yankees lineup. Judge is a two time All-Star with New York, while also being named the 2017 AL Rookie of the Year, 2017 Silver Slugger and 2017 AL home run leader with the Yankees.

    As talented as he is, Judge’s value is magnified by how important he is to the Yankees offense, who have struggled in recent seasons. Injury and the COVID-19 pandemic hindered his 2020 campaign, however Judge still finished the season with .257/.336/.554 hitting splits, to go along with 9 home runs and 22 RBI over 28 games.

    Last season was incredible for Aaron Judge as he broke the American League home run record once owned by Roger Maris. He is the face of the Bronx Bombers, and if he can replicate the production that he had last season New York will once again find themselves competing for a World Series. 

    New York Yankees Betting & Odds Preview 2023

    The New York Yankees were given +115 odds to win the 2023 American League East division this season. Their odds to win the American League Pennant were +375 prior to the season starting. 

    While their odds to take home the Commissioner’s Trophy and win the World Series were set at +800. Their total over/under for victories this season is set at 94.5, With odds of (-105) for the over and (-115) for the under. Last season they managed to finish the season with a record of 99-63.

    Their odds to win their division are the highest odds out of the five teams. While their odds to win the American League pennant are the highest out of 15 teams. They rank 4th in total odds among the entire league to win the World Series this season out of thirty teams.

    New York Yankees FAQ

    Still got some burning questions about the New York Yankees? Well, we have answered some of the most common questions people have, hopefully, you will find the answer you are looking for below! 

    Where do the New York Yankees play?

    The Yankees play at the second iteration of Yankee Stadium. The ballpark opened in 2009 in the Concourse neighborhood of the Bronx. The ballpark is on East 161st Street and is accessible at the 161st Street-Yankee Stadium station on the 4, B, and D subway lines.

    Who owns the New York Yankees?

    Yankee Global Enterprises owns the Yankees. The organization owns the Yankees and holds shares in the YES Network and the New York City FC soccer team. Hal Steinbrenner, the son of former Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, is the chairman of the organization.

    Have the New York Yankees won an MLB World Series?

    The Yankees have 27 World Series titles, more than twice the amount of the St. Louis Cardinals, who have the second-most titles with eleven.

    Who is the New York Yankees general manager?

    Brian Cashman is the general manager and has been in this position with the team since 1998.

    Do the New York Yankees play tonight?

    Are you wondering if the New York Yankees are playing tonight? Well, SportsTips has all the details you need about upcoming New York Yankees games! Make sure you check this page at the top for all the details you are looking for.

    What is the New York Yankees record?

    The Yankees went 99-63 in 2022. The Yankees haven’t had a losing record since 1992.

    Did the New York Yankees win last night?

    Fans of the New York Yankees are all wanting to know if they won the game last night. You can find more information in relation to the team’s recent form in games on the page at the top.

    How much are the New York Yankees worth?

    The Yankees are the most valuable team in Major League Baseball at $6 billion. For comparison’s sake, the Steinbrenner family acquired the club for about $9 million in 1973.

    Who do the New York Yankees play tonight?

    Like a lot of things in the MLB, things change pretty quickly. So, if you are looking for more information about who the New York Yankees play tonight, you have come to the right place. We have all this information for you in detail, you can find these details for upcoming games at the top of the page.

    How to watch the New York Yankees?

    The Yankee Entertainment and Sports Network, or the YES Network, airs most Yankees games. YES is available throughout the Tri-State area. Some games also air on WPIX, the CW station in New York. You can also watch the Yankees on MLB.tv if they are not on a national broadcast.

    Will the New York Yankees make the playoffs this year?

    The Yankees have reached the playoffs in the last six seasons. They have only missed the playoffs four times since 1995.

    When do the New York Yankees play?

    New York Yankees fans are always looking for more information about when their team plays the next game. For all the information you have been craving and more, be sure to check the top of this page. Here at SportsTips, we list all the information you need like the time of the first pitch, location of the game and the all important MLB odds.

    Where did the New York Yankees finish the season?

    The Yankees finished in 1st place in the AL East in 2022.

    How many games did the New York Yankees win?

    The Yankees won 99 games in 2022.