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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.
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.
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]
New York won 90 of its last 134 games, and broke the franchise single-season record by hitting 244 home runs. [285] Another club record was broken by Jeter, who passed Gehrig as the Yankees' all-time hits leader on September 11. [286] New York posted 103 wins in 2009 and beat out the Red Sox for the division title by eight games.
Suffering from ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, the New York Yankee called it a career at 35, knowing he wasn't long for this world. Then came the famous " Luckiest Man " speech. Two years later, the ...
Pages in category "New York Yankees players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,675 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
It's been 20 years since baseball legend Mickey Mantle left us on Aug. 13, 1995. At 63, he died too soon, of liver cancer that spread throughout his body. But the on-field legacy he left behind is ...
The KC-NY rivalry has since faded, but a new chapter will be added this week when the Royals and Yankees meet in an American League Division Series. Here is a look at their playoff history: 1976 ALCS