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New York Yankees [25] 1,164,015 St. Louis Browns [9] 247,879 1926 New York Yankees [25] 1,027,675 Philadelphia Phillies [26] 240,600 1925 Philadelphia Athletics [26] 869,703 Boston Red Sox [10] 267,782 1924 New York Yankees [25] 1,053,533 Boston Braves [8] 177,478 1923 New York Yankees [25] 1,007,066 Boston Braves [8] 227,802 1922 New York ...
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]
Chesbro won 41 games in New York's 1904 season, still an AL record. [17] New York contended for the AL pennant with the Boston Americans (later nicknamed the Red Sox); Johnson aided New York by helping the team acquire multiple players in trades, including Boston's Patsy Dougherty. Boston and New York faced each other in a season-ending five ...
September 15 – The Los Angeles Dodgers become the first team in major league history to draw 3 million fans in a season. September 24 – Ron Guidry of the New York Yankees ties an American League record for left-handed pitchers with his ninth shutout of the season, blanking the Cleveland Indians, 4–0.
October 15 – The St. Louis Cardinals take an early lead in the deciding World Series Game Seven over the New York Yankees. Lou Brock hits a fifth-inning home run to give pitcher Bob Gibson a 6–0 lead. Mickey Mantle, Clete Boyer and Phil Linz homer for New York, but the Yankees fall short. The Cardinals win the game 7–5 and are the World ...
Initially, the team was commonly referred to as the New York Americans. [44] The team was also referred to as the "Invaders" in the Evening Journal and The Evening World. [45] [46] New York Press Sports Editor Jim Price coined the unofficial nickname Yankees (or "Yanks") for the club as early as 1904, because it was easier to fit in headlines. [47]
The regular season ended on September 25, with the Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 29th World Series on September 28 and ended with Game 4 on October 2.
The Yankees have played home games in the current Yankee Stadium since 2009. The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the Bronx, a borough of New York City. Also known as "the Bronx Bombers" and "the Pinstripers", [1] [2] the Yankees play in the East Division of Major League Baseball's (MLB) American League (AL).