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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.
Anthony Vincent Rizzo (born August 8, 1989) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the San Diego Padres and Chicago Cubs. Rizzo was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the sixth round of the 2007 MLB draft and became a top minor league ...
The 1913 squad, the first that went by the name "Yankees". The history of the New York Yankees Major League Baseball (MLB) team spans more than a century. Frank J. Farrell and William Stephen Devery bought the rights to an American League (AL) club in New York City after the 1902 season. The team, which became known as the Yankees in 1913 ...
Henry Louis Gehrig Jr. (born Heinrich Ludwig Gehrig Jr. / ɡɛərɪɡ /; [ 1 ] June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941) was an American professional baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees (1923–1939). Gehrig was renowned for his prowess as a hitter and for his durability, which earned him ...
Mark Charles Teixeira (/ teɪˈʃɛərə / tay-SHAIR-ə; born April 11, 1980), nicknamed " Tex ", [ 1 ] is an American professional baseball first baseman who played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and New York Yankees. Before his professional career, he played ...
Joe Pepitone. Joseph Anthony Pepitone (October 9, 1940 – March 13, 2023) was an American professional baseball first baseman and outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs, and Atlanta Braves from 1962 to 1973 and for the Yakult Atoms of Nippon Professional Baseball in 1973.
First basemen. John Ellis (1970) Nick Johnson (2002) Second basemen. Willie Randolph (1976) Alfonso Soriano (2001) Gleyber Torres (2018) Third basemen. Bobby Cox (1968) Miguel Andújar (2018) Shortstops. Tom Tresh (1962) Derek Jeter (1996) Outfielders. Melky Cabrera (2006) Aaron Judge (2017)
Nicholas Thompson Swisher[ 1 ] (born November 25, 1980) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and first baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was a switch hitter who threw left-handed, and played for the Oakland Athletics, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves.