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The 2000 New York Yankees season was the 98th season for the Yankees. New York was managed by Joe Torre.The team finished first in the American League East with a record of 87–74, 2.5 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox, after losing 15 of their final 18 games, including their last 7.
The following is a list of players, both past and current, who appeared in at least one game for the New York Yankees franchise, including the 1901–02 Baltimore Orioles, and the 1903–12 New York Highlanders. Players in bold are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Players in italics have had their numbers retired by the team.
The Yankees have used 58 different Opening Day starting pitchers in their 110 seasons. Since the franchise's beginning in 1901 , the 58 starters have a combined Opening Day record of 58 wins , 36 losses , 1 tie (57–36–1), and 18 no decisions .
A total of 81 Japanese-born [1] [2] players have played in at least one Major League Baseball (MLB) game. Of these players, eleven are on existing MLB rosters.The first instance of a Japanese player playing in MLB occurred in 1964, when the Nankai Hawks, a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) team, sent three exchange prospects to the United States to gain experience in MLB's minor league system.
The New York Yankees are a Major League Baseball team based in The Bronx, New York.The team competes as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Established in 1901 as the Baltimore Orioles (no relation to the modern Baltimore Orioles), the team relocated to New York in 1903 as the New York Highlanders, they officially renamed to their current name in 1913.
Ten teams hit at least 200 home runs each, [2] while for the first time since 1989 and only the fifth since 1949 no pitcher pitched a no-hitter. Also, no team reached 100 in either the win or loss column. The separate American and National League offices were dissolved; with this, Major League Baseball became a single unified organization.
Former Yankees pitcher (1967–1968) [63] [54] [62] Billy Connors: 1989–1990 1994–1995, 2000 Served as interim pitching coach while Stottlemyre was ill (2000). [64] [65] [66] Tony Cloninger: 1992–1993 — [23] [67] Nardi Contreras: 1995 — [65] Mel Stottlemyre + 1996–2005 Former Yankees pitcher (1964–1974) [68] [69] Ron Guidry + 2006 ...
The club began play in 1903 as the Highlanders, after owners Frank Farrell and William S. Devery had bought the defunct Baltimore Orioles and moved the team to New York City; in 1913, the team changed its nickname to the Yankees. [1] From 1903 to 2024, the franchise has won more than 10,000 games and 27 World Series championships. [2]