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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.
Joseph Francis Page (October 28, 1917 – April 21, 1980), nicknamed "Fireman" and "the Gay Reliever", [1] was an American professional baseball relief pitcher.Page, who was left-handed, played in Major League Baseball with the New York Yankees from 1944 to 1950 and with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1954.
The 1950 New York Yankees season was the 48th season for the team. The team finished with a record of 98–56, winning their 17th pennant , finishing 3 games ahead of the Detroit Tigers . In the World Series , they defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in 4 games.
The 1954 New York Yankees season was the team's 52nd season. Having won an unprecedented fifth consecutive World Series title the previous year, the team came up short in its bid for a sixth straight world championship as their 103–51 record was only good enough for in second place in the American League.
May 11, 1955: Enos Slaughter and Johnny Sain were traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Sonny Dixon and cash. [2] July 30, 1955: Ed Lopat was traded by the Yankees to the Baltimore Orioles for Jim McDonald. [3] September 14, 1955: Jerry Staley was selected off waivers by the New York Yankees from the Cincinnati Redlegs. [4]
Allie Pierce Reynolds (February 10, 1917 – December 26, 1994) was an American professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). Reynolds pitched in MLB for the Cleveland Indians (1942–1946) and New York Yankees (1947–1954). A member of the Creek nation, Reynolds was nicknamed "Superchief".
The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the Bronx, New York. They compete in the East Division of Major League Baseball 's (MLB) American League (AL). 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 ...
On May 20, Aker was traded to the Yankees for Fred Talbot. [1] After the trade, he ran up a string of 33 consecutive scoreless innings, still a regular season Yankee record. [9] Aker led the Yankees in saves that year and finished both 1969 and 1970 with ERAs of 2.06, despite career-threatening back surgery in the intervening winter. [1]