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{{Short description|Major League Baseball franchise in New York City}}

{{MLB infobox |

{{redirect|Yankees|other uses|New York Yankees (disambiguation)|and|Yankee (disambiguation)}}

name = New York Yankees </br> "The Bronx Bombers" |

{{redirect|Bronx Bombers|the theatrical play|Bronx Bombers (play){{!}}''Bronx Bombers'' (play)}}

established = 1901 |

{{pp|small=yes}}

misc = '''Based in New York since [[1903 in baseball|1903]]''' |

{{pp-move}}

logo = NY Yankees Logo.png |

{{good article}}

uniformlogo = Yankees cap logo.PNG|

{{Use American English|date=July 2022}}

WS = (26) |

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}

WORLD CHAMPIONS = 2000&nbsp;•&nbsp;1999&nbsp;•&nbsp;1998&nbsp;•&nbsp;1996</br>1978&nbsp;•&nbsp;1977&nbsp;•&nbsp;1962&nbsp;•&nbsp;1961</br>1958&nbsp;•&nbsp;1956&nbsp;•&nbsp;1953&nbsp;•&nbsp;1952</br>1951&nbsp;•&nbsp;1950&nbsp;•&nbsp;1949&nbsp;•&nbsp;1947</br>1943&nbsp;•&nbsp;1941&nbsp;•&nbsp;1939&nbsp;•&nbsp;1938</br>1937&nbsp;•&nbsp;1936&nbsp;•&nbsp;1932&nbsp;•&nbsp;1928</br>1927&nbsp;•&nbsp;1923 ||

{{Infobox MLB

LEAGUE = AL |

| name = New York Yankees

P = (39) |

| established = 1903 <!-- The 1901–02 Baltimore Orioles are considered to be a separate franchise. Please do not change to 1901. -->

PENNANTS = 2003&nbsp;•&nbsp;2001&nbsp;•&nbsp;2000&nbsp;•&nbsp;1999</br>1998&nbsp;•&nbsp;1996&nbsp;•&nbsp;1981&nbsp;•&nbsp;1978</br>1977&nbsp;•&nbsp;1976&nbsp;•&nbsp;1964&nbsp;•&nbsp;1963</br>1962&nbsp;•&nbsp;1961&nbsp;•&nbsp;1960&nbsp;•&nbsp;1958</br>1957&nbsp;•&nbsp;1956&nbsp;•&nbsp;1955&nbsp;•&nbsp;1953</br>1952&nbsp;•&nbsp;1951&nbsp;•&nbsp;1950&nbsp;•&nbsp;1949</br>1947&nbsp;•&nbsp;1943&nbsp;•&nbsp;1942&nbsp;•&nbsp;1941</br>1939&nbsp;•&nbsp;1938&nbsp;•&nbsp;1937&nbsp;•&nbsp;1936</br>1932&nbsp;•&nbsp;1928&nbsp;•&nbsp;1927&nbsp;•&nbsp;1926</br>1923&nbsp;•&nbsp;1922&nbsp;•&nbsp;1921 |

| logo = New York Yankees Primary Logo.svg

misc1 = |

| uniformlogo = NewYorkYankees caplogo.svg

OTHER PENNANTS = |

| current league = American League

DIV = East |

| y1 = 1903

DV = (15)&nbsp;^[1][2] |

| division = [[American League East|East Division]]

Division Champs = 2006&nbsp;•&nbsp;2005&nbsp;•&nbsp;2004&nbsp;•&nbsp;2003&nbsp;•&nbsp;2002</br>2001&nbsp;•&nbsp;2000&nbsp;•&nbsp;1999&nbsp;•&nbsp;1998</br>1996&nbsp;•&nbsp;1981&nbsp;•&nbsp;1980&nbsp;•&nbsp;1978</br>1977&nbsp;•&nbsp;1976 |

misc5| y2 = |1969

| Uniform = MLB-ALE-NYY-Uniform.png

OTHER DIV CHAMPS = |

| retirednumbers = {{hlist| [[Billy Martin|1]] | [[Derek Jeter|2]] | [[Babe Ruth|3]] | [[Lou Gehrig|4]] | [[Joe DiMaggio|5]] | [[Joe Torre|6]] | [[Mickey Mantle|7]] | [[Yogi Berra|8]] | [[Bill Dickey|8]] | [[Roger Maris|9]] | [[Phil Rizzuto|10]] | [[Thurman Munson|15]] | [[Whitey Ford|16]] | [[Jorge Posada|20]] | [[Paul O'Neill (baseball)|21]] | [[Don Mattingly|23]] | [[Elston Howard|32]] | [[Casey Stengel|37]] | [[Mariano Rivera|42]] | [[Reggie Jackson|44]] | [[Andy Pettitte|46]] | [[Ron Guidry|49]] | [[Bernie Williams|51]] | [[Jackie Robinson|42]]}}

WC = (2) |

| colors = Midnight navy blue, white<ref name="yankeestiffany">{{cite news|last=Hoch|first=Bryan|title=NYPD & Tiffany: The story behind Yanks' logo|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-new-york-logo-origin|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|date=February 4, 2021|access-date=October 21, 2022|quote=The interlocking "NY" of the Yankees' logo is arguably the most recognizable in all of professional sports, spotted on streets from The Bronx to Beijing, Manhattan to Melbourne. Their navy blue and white caps have transcended baseball, becoming a global cultural touchstone.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Hoch|first=Bryan|title=Yankees making Stadium greener than ever|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/yankee-stadium-among-greenest-parks-in-sports|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|website=Yankees.com|date=April 22, 2021|access-date=October 22, 2023|quote=The official colors of the Yankees' uniforms are midnight navy and white, but thanks to the sustainability initiatives incorporated by the organization over the past several seasons, Yankee Stadium has become one of the greenest facilities in the Majors.}}</ref><br />{{color box|#132448}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}}

Wild Card = 1997&nbsp;•&nbsp;1995 |

misc6| y3 = 1913

| nicknames = The Bronx Bombers

<small>[1] - In [[1981 in baseball|1981]], a [[1981 baseball strike|players' strike]] in the middle of the season forced the season to be split into two halves. New York had the best record in the East Division when play was stopped and was declared the first-half division winner. The Yankees had the third best record in the division when considering the entire season, two games behind [[Milwaukee Brewers|Milwaukee]] and [[Baltimore Orioles|Baltimore]].<BR>

* The Yanks

[2] - In [[1994 in baseball|1994]], a [[1994 baseball strike|players' strike]] wiped out the last eight weeks of the season and all post-season. New York was in first place in the East Division by six and a half games when play was stopped. No official titles were awarded in 1994.<BR></small> |

* The Pinstripers

current league = American League |

* The Evil Empire<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/new-york/yankees/post/_/id/98107/the-evil-empire-strikes-back-why-the-yankees-being-good-is-great-for-baseball|title=The Evil Empire Strikes Back! Why the Yankees being good is great for baseball|last=Schoenfield|first=David|date=March 28, 2018|website=[[ESPN]]|access-date=February 27, 2023}}</ref>

y1 = 1901 |

| pastnames =

division = [[American League East|East Division]] |

* New York Highlanders ({{by|1903}}–{{by|1912}})

y2 = 1969 |

| ballpark = [[Yankee Stadium|Yankee Stadium (II)]]

misc2 = |

| y4 = 2009

nickname = New York Yankees |

| pastparks =

y3 = 1913 |

* [[Shea Stadium]] ({{by|1974}}–{{by|1975}})

pastnames =New York Highlanders ([[1903 in baseball|1903]]-[[1912 in baseball|1912]])

* [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium (I)]] ({{by|1923}}–{{by|1973}}, {{by|1976}}–{{by|2008}})

*[[New York Yankees|Baltimore Orioles]] ([[1901 in baseball|1901]]-[[1902 in baseball|1902]])

* [[Polo Grounds|Polo Grounds (IV)]] ({{by|1913}}–{{by|1922}})

<small>(Also referred to as "Americans" 1903-1909 and "Yankees" 1910-1912)</small> |

* [[Hilltop Park]] ({{by|1903}}–{{by|1912}})

ballpark = [[Yankee Stadium]] |

y4| WS = 1923 |(27)

| WORLD CHAMPIONS = {{hlist| {{wsy|1923}} | {{wsy|1927}} | {{wsy|1928}} | {{wsy|1932}} | {{wsy|1936}} | {{wsy|1937}} | {{wsy|1938}} | {{wsy|1939}} | {{wsy|1941}} | {{wsy|1943}} | {{wsy|1947}} | {{wsy|1949}} | {{wsy|1950}} | {{wsy|1951}} | {{wsy|1952}} | {{wsy|1953}} | {{wsy|1956}} | {{wsy|1958}} | {{wsy|1961}} | {{wsy|1962}} | {{wsy|1977}} | {{wsy|1978}} | {{wsy|1996}} | {{wsy|1998}} | {{wsy|1999}} | {{wsy|2000}} | {{wsy|2009}} }}

pastparks =[[Shea Stadium]] ([[1974 in baseball|1974]]-[[1975 in baseball|1975]])

| LEAGUE = AL

*[[Yankee Stadium]] ([[1923 in baseball|1923]]-[[1973 in baseball|1973]])

| P = (41)

*[[Polo Grounds|Polo Grounds (IV)]] ([[1913 in baseball|1913]]-[[1922 in baseball|1922]])

| PENNANTS = {{hlist| [[1921 New York Yankees season|1921]] | [[1922 New York Yankees season|1922]] | [[1923 New York Yankees season|1923]] | [[1926 New York Yankees season|1926]] | [[1927 New York Yankees season|1927]] | [[1928 New York Yankees season|1928]] | [[1932 New York Yankees season|1932]] |

**a.k.a. Brush Stadium ([[1913 in baseball|1913]]-[[1919 in baseball|1919]])

[[1936 New York Yankees season|1936]] | [[1937 New York Yankees season|1937]] | [[1938 New York Yankees season|1938]] | [[1939 New York Yankees season|1939]] | [[1941 New York Yankees season|1941]] | [[1942 New York Yankees season|1942]] | [[1943 New York Yankees season|1943]] | [[1947 New York Yankees season|1947]] | [[1949 New York Yankees season|1949]] | [[1950 New York Yankees season|1950]] | [[1951 New York Yankees season|1951]] | [[1952 New York Yankees season|1952]] | [[1953 New York Yankees season|1953]] | [[1955 New York Yankees season|1955]] | [[1956 New York Yankees season|1956]] | [[1957 New York Yankees season|1957]] | [[1958 New York Yankees season|1958]] | [[1960 New York Yankees season|1960]] | [[1961 New York Yankees season|1961]] | [[1962 New York Yankees season|1962]] | [[1963 New York Yankees season|1963]] | [[1964 New York Yankees season|1964]] | {{alcsy|1976}} | {{alcsy|1977}} | {{alcsy|1978}} | {{alcsy|1981}} | {{alcsy|1996}} | {{alcsy|1998}} | {{alcsy|1999}} | {{alcsy|2000}} | {{alcsy|2001}} | {{alcsy|2003}} | {{alcsy|2009}} | {{alcsy|2024}} }}

*[[Hilltop Park]] ([[1903 in baseball|1903]]-[[1912 in baseball|1912]])

| misc1 =

*[[Oriole Park]] (Baltimore) ([[1901 in baseball|1901]]-[[1902 in baseball|1902]]) |

| OTHER PENNANTS =

Uniform = Al 2005 newyork 01.gif |

| DIV = AL East

retirednumbers =1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 23, 32, 37, 44, 49 |

| DV = (21)

Team = Yankees |

| Division Champs = {{hlist| [[1976 New York Yankees season|1976]] | [[1977 New York Yankees season|1977]] | [[1978 New York Yankees season|1978]] | [[1980 New York Yankees season|1980]] | [[1981 New York Yankees season|1981]] | [[1996 New York Yankees season|1996]] | [[1998 New York Yankees season|1998]] | [[1999 New York Yankees season|1999]] | [[2000 New York Yankees season|2000]] | [[2001 New York Yankees season|2001]] | [[2002 New York Yankees season|2002]] | [[2003 New York Yankees season|2003]] | [[2004 New York Yankees season|2004]] | [[2005 New York Yankees season|2005]] | [[2006 New York Yankees season|2006]] | [[2009 New York Yankees season|2009]] | [[2011 New York Yankees season|2011]] | [[2012 New York Yankees season|2012]] | [[2019 New York Yankees season|2019]] | [[2022 New York Yankees season|2022]] | [[2024 New York Yankees season|2024]] }}

Team1 = Yankees|

| misc5 =

Uniform logo = Al 2005 newyork 01.gif |

| OTHER DIV CHAMPS =

| WC = (10)

| Wild Card = {{hlist| [[1995 New York Yankees season|1995]] | [[1997 New York Yankees season|1997]] | [[2007 New York Yankees season|2007]] | [[2010 New York Yankees season|2010]] | [[2015 New York Yankees season|2015]] | [[2017 New York Yankees season|2017]] | [[2018 New York Yankees season|2018]] | [[2020 New York Yankees season|2020]] | [[2021 New York Yankees season|2021]] | [[2025 New York Yankees season|2025]]}}

| misc6 =

| owner = [[Yankee Global Enterprises]]<br />([[Hal Steinbrenner]], chairman)<ref>{{cite news|title=Yankees Front Office|url=https://www.mlb.com/yankees/team/front-office|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|website=Yankees.com|access-date=October 17, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kepner|first=Tyler|title=Steinbrenner Son Elected Chairman of Yankees|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/29/sports/baseball/29hal.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 29, 2007|access-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605114006/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/29/sports/baseball/29hal.html|archive-date=June 5, 2015}}</ref>

| president = [[Randy Levine]]

| manager = [[Aaron Boone]]

| gm = [[Brian Cashman]]

| presbo =

| website = {{url|https://www.mlb.com/yankees|mlb.com/yankees}}

}}

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{{redirect|Yankees}}{{about|the Major League Baseball team|defunct football teams of the same name|New York Yankees (football)}}

The '''New York Yankees''' are an American professional [[baseball]] team based in the [[Boroughs of New York City|New York City borough]] of [[the Bronx]]. The Yankees compete in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) as a member club of the [[American League]] (AL) [[American League East|East Division]]. They are one of two major league clubs based in [[New York City]] alongside the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] (NL)'s [[New York Mets]]. The team was founded in {{by|1903}} when [[Frank J. Farrell|Frank Farrell]] and [[William Stephen Devery|Bill Devery]] purchased the franchise rights to the defunct [[Baltimore Orioles (1901–1902)|Baltimore Orioles]]{{efn|No relation to the [[Baltimore Orioles|current Orioles]]}} after it ceased operations and used them to establish the '''New York Highlanders'''.<ref name="YankeesTimeline1900s">{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Yankees Timeline – 1900s |url=https://www.mlb.com/yankees/history/timeline-1900s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407133105/https://www.mlb.com/yankees/history/timeline-1900s |archive-date=April 7, 2019 |access-date=July 4, 2022 |website=Yankees.com |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref>{{efn|Although the history of the New York Yankees can be traced back to the 1901–1902 Baltimore Orioles, the Orioles team is considered a separate team by [[Baseball-Reference.com]],<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last1=Lynch |first1=Mike |title=1901–02 Orioles Removed from Yankees History |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2014/07/1901-02-orioles-removed-from-yankees-history/ |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |access-date=July 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320080018/https://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2014/07/1901-02-orioles-removed-from-yankees-history/ |archive-date=March 20, 2021 |date=July 21, 2014}}</ref> official Major League Baseball historian [[John Thorn (baseball historian)|John Thorn]],<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Baseball-Reference.com removes 1901–02 Baltimore Orioles from Yankees history |url=https://sabr.org/latest/baseball-reference-com-removes-1901-02-baltimore-orioles-from-yankees-history/ |website=[[Society for American Baseball Research]] |access-date=July 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030040827/https://sabr.org/latest/baseball-reference-com-removes-1901-02-baltimore-orioles-from-yankees-history/ |archive-date=October 30, 2021}}</ref> and the official Yankees history.<ref name="YankeesTimeline1900s" />}} The Highlanders were officially renamed the Yankees in {{by|1913}}.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Yankees Timeline – 1910s |url=https://www.mlb.com/yankees/history/timeline-1910s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409182411/https://www.mlb.com/yankees/history/timeline-1910s |archive-date=April 9, 2022 |access-date=July 4, 2022 |website=Yankees.com |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref>

The '''New York Yankees''' are a [[Major League Baseball]] team, based in the borough of [[The Bronx]], in [[New York City]]. The Yankees are one of two major league baseball franchises in the City of New York. The team name is often shortened to the '''Yanks''', and the nicknames the '''Bronx Bombers''' and '''Pinstripers''' are also used.

The team is owned by [[Yankee Global Enterprises]], a [[limited liability company]] that is controlled by the family of the late [[George Steinbrenner]]. Steinbrenner purchased the team from [[CBS]] in 1973. Currently, [[Brian Cashman]] is the team's general manager, [[Aaron Boone]] is the team's [[manager (baseball)|field manager]], and [[Aaron Judge]] is the [[captain (baseball)|team captain]]. The team's home games were played at the [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|original Yankee Stadium]] in the Bronx from 1923 to 1973 and from 1976 to 2008. In 1974 and 1975, the Yankees shared [[Shea Stadium]] with the Mets, in addition to the [[New York Jets]] and the [[New York Giants]]. In 2009, they moved into a [[Yankee Stadium|new ballpark of the same name]] that was constructed adjacent to the previous facility, which was closed and demolished.<ref name="Wancho 2009">{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Wancho |first=Joseph |date=April 16, 2009 |title=Indians throttle Yankees in grand opening of new Yankee Stadium |work=[[Society for American Baseball Research]] |url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/april-16-2009-indians-throttle-yankees-in-grand-opening-of-new-yankee-stadium/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708134723/https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/april-16-2009-indians-throttle-yankees-in-grand-opening-of-new-yankee-stadium/ |archive-date=July 8, 2021}}</ref> The team is perennially among the leaders in [[List of Major League Baseball attendance figures|MLB attendance]].<ref name="Baseball Reference">{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums, and Park Factors |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/attend.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407214145/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/attend.shtml |archive-date=April 7, 2022 |access-date=July 4, 2022 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref>

The club was founded in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]] in 1901, and moved to New York in 1903. From 1923 to the present, the Yankees have played at [[Yankee Stadium]]. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Yankees have been Major League Baseball's most storied franchise, winning 26 [[World Series]] titles in 39 appearances. Their 26 titles makes them the most successful franchise in North American pro sports history (passing the [[Montreal Canadiens]]' 24 titles with their 1999 championship). They are also the only team represented at every position in the [[Baseball Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]].

Arguably the most successful professional sports franchise in the United States,<ref name="Acocella">{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Acocella |first=Nick |title=History of a dynasty |publisher=[[ESPN]] |url=https://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/New_York_Yankees.html |access-date=July 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201135517/http://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/New_York_Yankees.html |archive-date=December 1, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Robertson |first=Matthew |date=June 21, 2022 |title=The Houston Astros remain the class of the AL West and will provide tough test for both Mets, Yankees |work=[[New York Daily News]] |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/ny-astros-scouting-report-20220621-z7ri72uvxfhz5ophjnjqmlmt2m-story.html |access-date=July 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624110924/https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/ny-astros-scouting-report-20220621-z7ri72uvxfhz5ophjnjqmlmt2m-story.html |archive-date=June 24, 2022}}</ref> the Yankees have won 21 [[Major League Baseball division winners|American League East Division titles]], 41 [[List of American League pennant winners|American League pennants]], and 27 [[List of World Series champions|World Series championships]], all of which are MLB records.<ref name="win25">{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=World Series History: 1999 |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=1999 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610153013/http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=1999 |archive-date=June 10, 2022 |access-date=July 4, 2022 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]]}}</ref><ref name="BestRecord"/> The team has won more titles than any other franchise in the [[Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada|major North American sports leagues]], after briefly trailing the [[National Hockey League|NHL]]'s [[Montreal Canadiens]] between 1993 and 1999.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Stainkamp |first=Michael |date=August 17, 2010 |title=A brief history: Montreal Canadiens |work=[[National Hockey League|NHL.com]] |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/a-brief-history-montreal-canadiens/c-535852 |access-date=July 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624225757/https://www.nhl.com/news/a-brief-history-montreal-canadiens/c-535852 |archive-date=June 24, 2021}}</ref> The Yankees have had [[List of New York Yankees in the Baseball Hall of Fame|52 players and 11 managers]] inducted into the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame]], including many of the most iconic figures in the sport's history, such as [[Babe Ruth]], [[Lou Gehrig]], [[Joe DiMaggio]], [[Mickey Mantle]], [[Yogi Berra]], [[Whitey Ford]], and [[Reggie Jackson]]; more recent inductees include [[Mariano Rivera]] and [[Derek Jeter]], who received the two highest vote percentages of all Hall of Fame members.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Casella |first=Paul |date=January 21, 2020 |title=Highest voting percentages in HOF history |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]] |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/highest-vote-total-percentages-for-baseball-hall-of-fame |access-date=July 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613234548/https://www.mlb.com/news/highest-vote-total-percentages-for-baseball-hall-of-fame |archive-date=June 13, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=New York Yankees Hall of Fame Register |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/hof.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610213847/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/hof.shtml |archive-date=June 10, 2022 |access-date=July 4, 2022 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref> According to ''[[Forbes]]'', the Yankees are the [[Forbes' list of the most valuable sports teams|fourth-highest valued sports franchise]] in the world with an estimated value in 2024 of approximately $7.55 billion.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Knight |first=Brett |title=The World's 50 Most Valuable Sports Teams 2024 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brettknight/2024/12/12/the-worlds-50-most-valuable-sports-teams-2024/ |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> The team has garnered enormous popularity and a dedicated fanbase, as well as widespread enmity from fans of other MLB teams.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Team profile: The worldwide phenomenon of the New York Yankees |url=https://sport.yougov.com/team-profile-the-worldwide-phenomenon-of-the-new-york-yankees/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127103143/https://sport.yougov.com/team-profile-the-worldwide-phenomenon-of-the-new-york-yankees/ |archive-date=November 27, 2021 |access-date=July 4, 2022 |website=[[YouGov]]}}</ref><ref name="Enten 2017">{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Enten |first=Harry |author-link=Harry Enten |date=July 20, 2017 |title=America Has Spoken: The Yankees Are The Worst |work=[[FiveThirtyEight]] |url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/america-has-spoken-the-yankees-are-the-worst/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118203637/https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/america-has-spoken-the-yankees-are-the-worst/ |archive-date=January 18, 2022}}</ref> The team's [[Yankees–Red Sox rivalry|rivalry]] with the [[Boston Red Sox]] is one of the most well-known rivalries in North American sports.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=October 20, 2004 |title=Red Sox-Yankees is baseball's ultimate rivalry |work=[[USA Today]] |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/playoffs/2004-10-20-yanks-sox-rivalry_x.htm |access-date=July 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024113545/https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/playoffs/2004-10-20-yanks-sox-rivalry_x.htm |archive-date=October 24, 2007}}</ref> [[Logos and uniforms of the New York Yankees|The team's logo]] is internationally known as a fashion item and an icon of New York City and the United States.<ref name=Borden>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Borden |first=Sam |date=June 25, 2019 |title=Borden: Why the Yankees hat has become a global fashion sensation |publisher=[[ESPN]] |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/27055049/sam-borden-why-yankees-hat-become-global-fashion-sensation |access-date=July 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417122710/https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/27055049/sam-borden-why-yankees-hat-become-global-fashion-sensation |archive-date=April 17, 2021}}</ref>

==DIANE==

===Origins===

At the end of the [[1900 in sports|1900]] season the American League (AL) re-organized and, with its president [[Ban Johnson]] as the driving force, decided to assert itself as a new major league. Known as the Western League until 1899, the AL carried over five of its previous locations and added three more on the East Coast, including one in [[Baltimore, Maryland]], which had lost its [[Baltimore Orioles (NL)|National League team]] when that league contracted the year before. The intention of Johnson and the American League had been to place a team in [[New York City]], but their efforts had been stymied by the political connections that owners of the National League [[San Francisco Giants|New York Giants]] had with [[Tammany Hall]].

From 1903 through the 2024 season, the Yankees' overall win–loss record is {{Win–loss record|w=10,778|l=8,148|t=88}} (a {{winpct|10778|8148|88}} [[winning percentage]]).<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|date=September 30, 2024 |title=New York Yankees Team History & Encyclopedia {{!}} Baseball-Reference.com |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/index.shtml |access-date=September 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115103432/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/index.shtml |archive-date=November 15, 2022 }}</ref>

When the team began play as the ''Baltimore Orioles'' in [[1901 in baseball|1901]], it was managed by [[John McGraw (baseball)|John McGraw]]. As a result of a feud with league president Ban Johnson, who rigidly enforced rules about rowdiness on the field of play, McGraw jumped leagues to manage the New York Giants in the middle of the [[1902 in sports|1902]] season. A week later the owner of the Giants also gained controlling interest of the Orioles and raided the team for players, after which the league took control of the team, still intending to move the franchise to New York when and if possible.

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In January [[1903 in sports|1903]], the American and National Leagues held a "peace conference" to settle conflicts over player contract disputes and to agree on future cooperation. The NL also agreed that the "junior circuit" could establish a franchise in New York. The AL's Baltimore franchise became the New York franchise when its new owners, [[Frank Farrell]] and [[William Devery]], were able to find a ballpark ___location not blocked by the Giants. Farrell and Devery both had deep ties in city politics and gambling. Farrell owned a casino and several pool halls, while Devery had served as a blatantly corrupt chief of the New York City police and had just been forced out of the department at the start of 1902.

{{Main|History of the New York Yankees}}

===1901–1902: Origins in Baltimore {{anchor|Baltimore}}===

===The Highlanders===

{{Main|Baltimore Orioles (1901–1902)}}

[[Image:Highlanders.gif|thumb|left|The original Highlanders logo]]

In 1900, [[Ban Johnson]], the president of a [[Minor League Baseball|minor league]] known as the [[Western League (original)|Western League]] (1894–1899),<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=The National Game, from Coast to Coast: From Minor to Major |url=https://www.loc.gov/exhibitions/baseball-americana/about-this-exhibition/origins-and-early-days/the-national-game-from-coast-to-coast/from-minor-to-major/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614223955/https://www.loc.gov/exhibitions/baseball-americana/about-this-exhibition/origins-and-early-days/the-national-game-from-coast-to-coast/from-minor-to-major/ |archive-date=June 14, 2021 |website=[[Library of Congress]]}}</ref> changed the Western League name to the American League (AL) and asked the National League to classify it as a major league.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Buege |first=Bob |date=2001 |title=The Birth of the American League |work=[[Society for American Baseball Research]] |url=https://sabr.org/journal/article/the-birth-of-the-american-league/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115110939/https://sabr.org/journal/article/the-birth-of-the-american-league/ |archive-date=January 15, 2022}}</ref> Johnson held that his league would operate on friendly terms with the National League, but the National League demanded concessions which Johnson did not agree with and he declared major league status for the AL in 1901 anyway.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Frommer |first=Harvey |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YOcPDQAAQBAJ&q=1900&pg=PA115 |title=Old Time Baseball: America's Pastime in the Gilded Age |date=October 1, 2016 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9781630760076}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=October 12, 1899 |title=Change The Name: Old Western Is Now the New American League |pages=8 |work=[[Chicago Inter Ocean]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99940319/change-the-name-old-western-is-now-the/ |url-access=registration |access-date=July 4, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Lynch |first=Mike |title=1899–1901 American League Winter Meetings: War on the Horizon |work=[[Society for American Baseball Research]] |url=https://sabr.org/journal/article/1899-1901-american-league-winter-meetings/ |access-date=January 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116042737/https://sabr.org/journal/article/1899-1901-american-league-winter-meetings/ |archive-date=January 16, 2022}}</ref>

The franchise's first park in New York was located at 165th Street and [[Broadway (New York City)|Broadway]] in [[Manhattan]], near the highest point on the island. Consequently the field was known as [[Hilltop Park]] and the team quickly became known as the ''New York Highlanders''. The name was also a reference to the noted British military unit [[The Gordon Highlanders]], as the team president from 1903 to 1906 was named Joseph Gordon. Today the site of the original Hilltop Park is occupied by buildings of the [[Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center]].

Plans to add an AL team in New York City were blocked by the NL's [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]].<ref name="Fox Sports 2016">{{#invoke:Cite|web|date=October 20, 2016 |title=Origin of each MLB franchise |url=http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/gallery/origin-of-each-modern-era-baseball-franchise-team-110911 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023090412/http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/gallery/origin-of-each-modern-era-baseball-franchise-team-110911 |archive-date=October 23, 2017 |access-date=July 4, 2022 |website=[[Fox Sports]]}}</ref> A team was instead placed in [[Baltimore]], Maryland, in 1901 and named the Orioles.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Weeks |first=Jonathan |url= |title=Baseball's Dynasties and the Players Who Built Them |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2016 |isbn=9781442261570 |pages=89}}</ref> The Orioles were managed by [[John McGraw]], who was also a part owner. After many personal clashes with Johnson, during the {{baseball year|1902}} season McGraw jumped to become the new manager of the Giants, taking many players with him.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tygiel |first=Jules |url=https://archive.org/details/pasttimebaseball0000tygi_m3p1/page/52/mode/2up |title=Past Time: Baseball as History |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2000 |isbn=9780195089585 |pages=53 |url-access=registration}}</ref> The Orioles limped through the remainder of the season under league control, using a roster of players loaned from the rest of the AL clubs. The Orioles were disbanded at the end of the season.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Klingaman |first=Mike |date=June 16, 2022 |title=Retro: Although met with great fanfare, the 1902 Orioles season was marked by losses, warring leagues |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/features/retro-baltimore/bs-fe-retro-1902-orioles-20220616-2j3zjvehifbiloxrhpcd5ntvpi-story.html |access-date=July 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617080734/https://www.baltimoresun.com/features/retro-baltimore/bs-fe-retro-1902-orioles-20220616-2j3zjvehifbiloxrhpcd5ntvpi-story.html |archive-date=June 17, 2022}}</ref>

As the Highlanders, the team enjoyed success only twice, finishing in second place in [[1904 in sports|1904]] and [[1910 in sports|1910]]; but otherwise, much of its first fifteen years in New York was spent in the cellar. Its somewhat corrupt ownership, along with the questionable activities of some players - notably first baseman [[Hal Chase]] - raised suspicions of game-fixing, but little of that was ever proven.

In early 1903, the two leagues decided to settle their disputes and try to coexist.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|date=January 10, 1903 |title=1903 AL-NL Peace Agreement |url=http://roadsidephotos.sabr.org/baseball/1903AL-NL.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911004435/http://roadsidephotos.sabr.org/baseball/1903AL-NL.htm |archive-date=September 11, 2012 |access-date=July 4, 2022 |website=[[Society for American Baseball Research]]}}</ref> At a conference, Johnson requested that an AL team be put in New York, to play alongside the NL's Giants.<ref name="Secyclo">{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/al/nyyanks/yankees.html|title=New York Yankees (1903–present)|publisher=Sports E-cyclopedia|access-date=March 12, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207135151/http://sportsecyclopedia.com/al/nyyanks/yankees.html|archive-date=February 7, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> It was put to a vote, and 15 of the 16 major league owners agreed on it.<ref name="Fox Sports 2016" /> The franchise was awarded to [[Frank J. Farrell]] and [[William S. Devery]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=September 17, 1912 |title="Billy" Burbridge Dead |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/09/17/100548991.pdf |access-date=July 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407063024/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/09/17/100548991.pdf |archive-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Stout |first=Glenn |title=Yankees Century: 100 Years of New York Yankees Baseball |publisher=[[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]] |year=2002 |isbn=9780618085279 |editor-last=Johnson |editor-first=Richard |pages=9–14}}</ref>

[[Image:hilltop4.jpg|thumb|left|Hilltop Park, home of the Highlanders]]

==={{visible anchor|1903–1912}}: Establishment in New York and the Highlanders years===

The Highlanders' best chance came on the last day of the 1904 season at the Hilltop. New York pitcher [[Jack Chesbro]] threw a [[wild pitch]] in the ninth inning which allowed the eventual pennant-winning run to score for the [[Boston Red Sox|Boston Americans]]. This event had historical significance in several ways. First, the presence of the Highlanders in the race had led the Giants to announce the team would not participate in the World Series against a "minor league" team. Although Boston had won the pennant, the Giants still refused to participate. The resulting tongue-lashing of the Giants by the media stung its owner, [[John T. Brush]], who then led a committee that formalized the rules governing the World Series. 1904 was the last year a Series was not played, until the [[1994 baseball strike|strike]]-truncated year of 1994. For fans of the team formally named the Red Sox in 1908, the 1904 season ending game would prove to be the last time for a century that Boston would defeat the Yankees in a pennant-deciding game.

[[File:hilltop4.jpg|thumb|left|[[Hilltop Park]], home of the Highlanders|alt=Wide shot of a black-and-white photograph of a baseball field, with spectators in the foreground and background.]]

The team's new ballpark, [[Hilltop Park]] (formally known as "American League Park"),<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Krisel |first=Brandon |date=September 21, 2018 |title=Plaque Honors Yankees' Original Washington Heights Stadium |work=[[Patch (website)|Washington Heights-Inwood Patch]] |url=https://patch.com/new-york/washington-heights-inwood/plaque-honors-yankees-original-washington-heights-stadium |access-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407063024/https://patch.com/new-york/washington-heights-inwood/plaque-honors-yankees-original-washington-heights-stadium |archive-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref> was constructed in one of [[Upper Manhattan]]'s highest points—between 165th and 168th Streets in the [[Washington Heights, Manhattan|Washington Heights]] neighborhood.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Lamb |first=Bill |title=Hilltop Park (New York) |work=[[Society for American Baseball Research]] |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/park/hilltop-park-new-york/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126053638/https://sabr.org/bioproj/park/hilltop-park-new-york/ |archive-date=January 26, 2022}}</ref> The team was named the New York Highlanders.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Calcaterra |first=Craig |date=April 10, 2020 |title=Today in Baseball History: The Yankees become The Yankees |work=[[NBC Sports]] |url=https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2020/04/10/today-in-baseball-history-the-yankees-become-the-yankees/ |access-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202132616/https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2020/04/10/today-in-baseball-history-the-yankees-become-the-yankees/ |archive-date=December 2, 2020}}</ref> Fans believed the name was chosen because of the team's elevated ___location in Upper Manhattan, or as a nod to team president Joseph Gordon's Scottish-Irish heritage (the [[Gordon Highlanders]] were a well known Scottish military unit).<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Lamb |first=Bill |title=Joseph Gordon |work=[[Society for American Baseball Research]] |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/joseph-gordon/ |access-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319044610/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/joseph-gordon/ |archive-date=March 19, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Appel 2012">{{Cite book |last=Appel |first=Marty |title=Pinstripe Empire: The New York Yankees From Before the Babe to After the Boss |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]] |year=2012 |isbn=9781608194926 |language=en |author-link=Marty Appel}}</ref>{{rp|pages=18}} The land was owned by the [[New York Institute for Special Education|New York Institute for the Education of the Blind]] and was leased to the Highlanders for 10 years.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Landlord to the New York Yankees |url=https://www.nyise.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=391560&type=d&pREC_ID=888556 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822104710/https://www.nyise.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=391560&type=d&pREC_ID=888556 |archive-date=August 22, 2021 |access-date=January 20, 2023 |website=[[New York Institute for Special Education]]}}</ref>

Initially, the team was commonly referred to as the New York Americans.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Krell |first=David |title=April 22, 1903: New York makes its American League debut as Highlanders fall to Washington on Opening Day |work=[[Society for American Baseball Research]] |url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/april-22-1903-new-york-makes-its-american-league-debut-as-highlanders-fall-to-washington-on-opening-day/ |access-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317034645/https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/april-22-1903-new-york-makes-its-american-league-debut-as-highlanders-fall-to-washington-on-opening-day/ |archive-date=March 17, 2022}}</ref> The team was also referred to as the "Invaders" in the ''[[New York Evening Journal|Evening Journal]]'' and ''[[The Evening World]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Worth |first=Richard |title=Baseball Team Names: A Worldwide Dictionary, 1869–2011 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |year=2013 |isbn=9780786491247 |pages=203 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=February 16, 1914 |title=Some Facts About "Live Wire" Baseball |pages=12 |work=[[The Evening World]] |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1914-02-16/ed-1/seq-12/ |access-date=July 5, 2022 |via=[[Library of Congress]]}}</ref> ''[[New York Press (historical)|New York Press]]'' Sports Editor [[James R. Price|Jim Price]] coined the unofficial nickname Yankees (or "Yanks") for the club as early as 1904, because it was easier to fit in headlines.<ref name="Hoch 2021">{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Hoch |first=Bryan |date=December 1, 2021 |title=How they came to be called the Yankees |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]] |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/new-york-yankees-team-name-origin |access-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125192653/https://www.mlb.com/news/new-york-yankees-team-name-origin |archive-date=January 25, 2021}}</ref> The Highlanders finished second in the AL in 1904, 1906, and 1910.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Howell |first=Brian |url= |title=New York Yankees |publisher=ABDO |year=2015 |isbn=9781629688312 |pages=15 |language=en}}</ref> In 1904, they lost the deciding game on a [[wild pitch]] to the [[1904 Boston Americans season|Boston Americans]], who later became the Boston Red Sox.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Jack Chesbro |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/chesbro-jack |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006005801/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/chesbro-jack |archive-date=October 6, 2021 |access-date=July 5, 2022 |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=McArdle |first=Tommy |date=May 2, 2019 |title=Why Boston's baseball team is called the Red Sox |work=[[Boston.com]] |url=https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-red-sox/2019/05/02/how-did-the-red-sox-get-their-name/ |access-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211013024808/https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-red-sox/2019/05/02/how-did-the-red-sox-get-their-name/ |archive-date=October 13, 2021}}</ref> That year, Highlander pitcher [[Jack Chesbro]] set the single-season wins record at 41.<ref name="Sandomir 1994">{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Sandomir |first=Richard |date=September 11, 1994 |title=The Series That Never Was; 90 Years Ago, the Event Was Canceled Because of an Owners' Feud |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/11/sports/series-that-never-was-90-years-ago-event-was-canceled-because-owners-feud.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701130201/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/11/sports/series-that-never-was-90-years-ago-event-was-canceled-because-owners-feud.html |archive-date=July 1, 2019 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> At this time there was no formal World Series agreement wherein the AL and NL winners would play each other.<ref name="Sandomir 1994" />

[[Image:Polo Grounds after 1911.JPG|thumb|right|The [[Polo Grounds]], home of the Yankees from 1913 to 1922]]

===1913–1922: New owners, a new home, and a new name: Years at the Polo Grounds===

From [[1913 in sports|1913]] to [[1922 in sports|1922]] the team would play in the [[Polo Grounds]], a park owned by its National League rivals, the Giants. Relations between the clubs had warmed when the Giants were allowed to lease Hilltop Park while the Polo Grounds was being rebuilt in 1911 following a disastrous fire. During the early 1900s, the nickname "Yankees" was occasionally applied to the club, as a variant on "Americans." Publisher [[William Randolph Hearst]]'s ''[[New York Evening Journal]]'' called the team the "Invaders" in 1903, but switched to "Highlanders" in the spring of [[1904]]. On [[April 7]], [[1904 in sports|1904]], a spring training story from [[Richmond, Virginia]] carried the headline: "Yankees Will Start Home From South To-Day." The [[April 14]], [[1904 in sports|1904]] opening day headline on page one of the ''[[New York Evening Journal]]'' screamed: "YANKEES BEAT BOSTON."<ref>The Big Apple: Yankees (American League Baseball team) http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/yankees_american_league_baseball_team/</ref> The name grew in popularity over the team's first decade. With the change of parks in 1913, the "Highlanders" reference became obsolete, and the team nickname became exclusively "Yankees". Before very long, "New York Yankees" had become the official name of the club.

[[File:Polo Grounds after 1911.JPG|thumb|The [[Polo Grounds]], home of the Yankees from 1913 to 1922, was demolished in 1964, after the [[Mets]] had moved to [[Shea Stadium]] in Flushing.|alt=Photograph from the sky showing a baseball stadium.]]

The [[Polo Grounds]],{{Efn|The [[Polo Grounds]] were actually four different stadiums,<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last1=Thornley |first1=Stew |title=Polo Grounds (New York) |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/park/polo-grounds-new-york/ |publisher=[[Society for American Baseball Research]] |access-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604215555/https://sabr.org/bioproj/park/polo-grounds-new-york/ |archive-date=June 4, 2022}}</ref> the stadiums mentioned in this article are [[Polo Grounds#Polo Grounds III and IV|Polo Grounds III and IV]].}} located on the shore of the [[Harlem River]] in Washington Heights, was home to the [[New York Giants (baseball)|New York Giants]] of the National League.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|magazine|date=September 27, 1954 |title=The Polo Grounds |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1954/09/27/the-polo-grounds |access-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413022926/https://vault.si.com/vault/1954/09/27/the-polo-grounds |archive-date=April 13, 2021}}</ref> The Giants were inter-city rivals with the Highlanders, dating back to when Giants manager [[John McGraw]] feuded with Ban Johnson after McGraw jumped from the Orioles to the Giants.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last1=Steinberg |first1=Steve |last2=Spatz |first2=Lyle |date=Fall 2009 |title=1921: The Yankees, the Giants, and the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York |url=https://sabr.org/journal/article/1921-the-yankees-the-giants-and-the-battle-for-baseball-supremacy-in-new-york/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114123618/https://sabr.org/journal/article/1921-the-yankees-the-giants-and-the-battle-for-baseball-supremacy-in-new-york/ |archive-date=January 14, 2022 |access-date=July 5, 2022 |website=[[Society for American Baseball Research]]}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Dufresne |first=Chris |date=September 15, 1994 |title=BASEBALL '94: Going, Going. . .Gone : In a Way, It's 1904 All Over : History: Ninety years ago, the World Series was not played because of a personality feud between the sport's power brokers. |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-09-15-sp-38854-story.html |access-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224173416/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-09-15-sp-38854-story.html |archive-date=February 24, 2021}}</ref> Polo Grounds III burned down in 1911 and the Highlanders shared Hilltop Park with the Giants during a two-month renovation period.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=October 2, 1921 |title=Polo Grounds is Historic Diamond |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times-polo-grounds-is-histo/157298322/ |access-date=October 17, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XewwDwAAQBAJ&q=highlanders+allowed+giants+to+play+at+hilltop+when+polo+grounds+burned+down+in+1911&pg=PT289|title=100 Things Yankees Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die|last=Fischer|first=David|date=April 15, 2018|publisher=Triumph Books|isbn=9781633199743}}</ref> Later, from 1913 to 1922, the Highlanders shared the Polo Grounds with the Giants after their lease with Hilltop Park expired.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Epting |first=Chris |title=The Early Polo Grounds |publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]] |year=2009 |isbn=9780738562872 |pages=25 |language=en}}</ref> While playing at the Polo Grounds, the name "Highlanders" fell into disuse among the press.<ref name="Hoch 2021" /> In 1913 the team became officially known as the New York Yankees.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Worth |first=Richard |title=Baseball Team Names: A Worldwide Dictionary, 1869–2011 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |year=2013 |isbn=9780786491247 |pages=203 |language=en}}</ref>

In the mid‑1910s, the Yankees finished towards the bottom of the standings.<ref name="Appel 2012" />{{rp|pages=66–69}} The relationship between Farrell and Devery became strained due to money issues and the team performance.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last1=Gunderman |first1=Dan |title=A look at the latter portion of William 'Big Bill' Devery's life, from crooked NYC top cop to becoming part of the Yankees dynasty |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/portion-william-big-bill-devery-life-article-1.3015319 |access-date=July 5, 2022 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |date=April 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401211744/https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/portion-william-big-bill-devery-life-article-1.3015319 |archive-date=April 1, 2017}}</ref> At the start of 1915, the pair sold the team to Colonel [[Jacob Ruppert]], a brewer, and Captain [[Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston]], a contractor-engineer.<ref name="YankeesTimeline1900s" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fortune.com/2011/09/04/the-yankees-fortune-classics-1946/|title=The Yankees (Fortune Classics, 1946)|website=Fortune|access-date=April 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402174939/http://fortune.com/2011/09/04/the-yankees-fortune-classics-1946/|archive-date=April 2, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Ruppert and Huston paid $350,000 ({{inflation|US|350000|1915|2021|r=-3|fmt=eq}}) with both men contributing half of the total price.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|title=Sale of the Yanks Is Finally Consummated |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75837251/sale-of-the-yanks-is-finally-consummated/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=July 5, 2022 |work=[[The Washington Herald]] |date=January 31, 1915 |page=2 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> After the purchase, Ruppert assumed the role of team president with Huston becoming team secretary and [[treasurer]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|title=Sold At Last! Yes, Yankees Change Hands |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75777323/sold-at-last-yes-yankees-change-hands/ |url-access=subscription |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=January 1, 1915 |page=15 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

By the mid 1910s, owners Farrell and Devery had become estranged and both were in need of money. At the start of [[1915 in sports|1915]], they sold the team to Colonel [[Jacob Ruppert]] and Captain [[Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston]]. Ruppert inherited a brewery fortune and had also been tied to the Tammany Hall machine, serving as a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Congressman]] for eight years. He later said, "For $450,000 we got an orphan ball club, without a home of its own, without players of outstanding ability, without prestige." But now ''with'' an owner possessing deep pockets, and a willingness to dig into them to produce a winning team, the Yankees were on their way to acquiring more prestige than Ruppert could have envisioned.

===The1923–1935: RuthSluggers and the Stadium: Ruth, Gehrig, and Murderer's eraRow===

[[File:Babe Ruth.jpg|alt=Full body shot of baseball player Babe Ruth, holding a bat and wearing a "NY" hat.|thumb|240x240px|With his hitting prowess, [[Babe Ruth]] (1895–1948) ushered in an offensive-oriented era of baseball and helped lead the Yankees to four World Series titles.]]

Perhaps one of the greatest ironies of the Yankees' dominance comes from its roots. The Yankees detente with the [[Boston Red Sox]] and [[Chicago White Sox]] circa 1920 (all three collectively known as the "Insurrectos") paid off well. Over the next few years the new owners would begin to enlarge the payroll. Many of the newly acquired players who would later contribute to the team's success came from the Boston Red Sox, whose owner, theater impresario [[Harry Frazee]], had bought his team on credit and needed money to pay off his loans and purchase Fenway Park from the Fenway Park Trust. Further, as Frazee owned the strongest of the "Insurrectos" franchises, which antagonized A.L. President Ban Johnson, Frazee faced most of the legal battles which proved costly.<ref name="move">When the Yankees nearly moved to Boston http://espn.go.com/mlb/s/2002/0718/1407265.html</ref> From [[1919 in sports|1919]] to [[1922 in sports|1922]], the Yankees acquired pitchers [[Waite Hoyt]], [[Carl Mays]] and [[Herb Pennock]], catcher [[Wally Schang]], shortstop [[Everett Scott]] and third baseman [[Joe Dugan]], all from the Red Sox.

In the years around 1920, the Yankees, the Red Sox, and the [[Chicago White Sox]] had a [[détente]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/trade-partners.cgi?franch_ID_1=BOS&franch_ID_2=NYY |title=Find Franchise Trade History between Boston Red Sox & New York Yankees |publisher=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |access-date=July 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830115322/http://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/trade-partners.cgi?franch_ID_1=BOS&franch_ID_2=NYY |archive-date=August 30, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> The trades between the three ball clubs antagonized Ban Johnson and garnered the teams the nickname "The [[wikt:insurrecto#English|Insurrectos]]".<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=August 4, 1919 |title=Owners Of Yanks To Enjoin Johnson; Colonels Ruppert and Huston Will Carry Fight for Carl Mays Into Court. Refuse To Attend Meeting Big Baseball Battle Precipitated by Ban's Belated Action Against Former Boston Pitcher. Will Enjoin President. Statement of Owners. Parting of the Ways |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1919/08/04/archives/owners-of-yanks-to-enjoin-johnson-colonels-ruppert-and-huston-will.html |url-status=live |access-date=July 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409182940/https://www.nytimes.com/1919/08/04/archives/owners-of-yanks-to-enjoin-johnson-colonels-ruppert-and-huston-will.html |archive-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Stout 2002">{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Stout |first=Glenn |date=July 18, 2002 |title=When the Yankees nearly moved to Boston |publisher=[[ESPN]] |url=http://static.espn.go.com/mlb/s/2002/0718/1407265.html |access-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115141204/http://static.espn.go.com/mlb/s/2002/0718/1407265.html |archive-date=January 15, 2016}}</ref> This détente paid off well for the Yankees as they increased their payroll. Most new players who later contributed to the team's success came from the Red Sox, whose owner, [[Harry Frazee]], was trading them for large sums of money to finance his theatrical productions.<ref>{{cite book|last=Montville|first=Leigh|title=The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth|publisher=Random House|year=2006|pages=101–104|author-link=Leigh Montville}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Vecsey |first=George |author-link=George Vecsey |date=September 24, 2004 |title=A Myth That Should Not Be Perpetuated |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/24/sports/baseball/a-myth-that-should-not-be-perpetuated.html |access-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112023709/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/24/sports/baseball/a-myth-that-should-not-be-perpetuated.html |archive-date=November 12, 2020}}</ref> Pitcher-turned-outfielder [[Babe Ruth]] was the most talented of all the acquisitions from Boston, and the outcome of that trade would haunt the Red Sox for the next 86 years, a span in which the team did not win a single World Series championship.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Kepner |first=Tyler |date=October 28, 2004 |title=Red Sox Erase 86 Years of Futility in 4 Games |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/28/sports/baseball/red-sox-erase-86-years-offutility-in-4-games.html |url-status=live |access-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502132853/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/28/sports/baseball/red-sox-erase-86-years-offutility-in-4-games.html |archive-date=May 2, 2019 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> This phenomenon eventually became known as the [[Curse of the Bambino]], which was coined by writer [[Dan Shaughnessy]] in the 1990 book of the same name.{{sfn|Shaughnessy|2005|pp=7–8}}

[[Image:Ruth1920.jpg|thumb|175px|left|Babe Ruth in 1920, the first year he joined the Yankees]]

However, pitcher-turned-outfielder [[Babe Ruth]] was the most talented of them all. Frazee traded Ruth to the Yankees in January of [[1920 in sports|1920]], citing Ruth's demand for a raise after being paid the highest salary in baseball, and despite owning the single season home run record at the time of the trade (hitting 29 home runs in 1919).<ref>Year-by-Year League Leader for Home Runs http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/HR_leagues.shtml</ref> Frazee also wished to aid the Yankees, as giving the Yankees a box office draw would strengthen a legal ally, and reduce the pressure he faced.<ref name="move" /> Ruth was also regarded as a problem, a carouser. That would continue during his Yankees years, but the New York ownership was more tolerant, provided he brought fans and championships to the ballpark.

Ruth's multitude of home runs proved so popular that the Yankees began drawing more people than their National League counterpart, the Giants.<ref name="Stout 2002" /> In 1921 — the year after acquiring Ruth — the [[1921 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] played in their [[1921 World Series|first World Series]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Schumach |first=Murray |date=August 17, 1948 |title=Babe Ruth, Baseball's Great Star and Idol of Children, Had a Career Both Dramatic and Bizarre |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0206.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215225306/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0206.html |archive-date=December 15, 2018 |access-date=July 5, 2022 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=1921 MLB Season History – Major League Baseball |url=http://www.espn.com/mlb/history/season/_/year/1921 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502132841/http://www.espn.com/mlb/history/season/_/year/1921 |archive-date=May 2, 2019 |access-date=July 5, 2022 |publisher=[[ESPN]]}}</ref> They competed against the [[1921 New York Giants season|Giants]],<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Hanna |first=William |date=October 5, 1921 |title=Teams in Final Drill on Eve of World Series |pages=6 |work=[[New York Herald]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-herald-giants-and-yanks-ready-f/158590352/ |access-date=November 7, 2024}}</ref> and all eight games of the series were played in the Polo Grounds.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=October 13, 1921 |title=Giants Win Series |pages=1 |work=[[Elizabeth City Daily Advance|The Daily Advance]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-advance-giants-win-series/170424266/ |access-date=July 5, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=April 2025}} After the 1922 season, the Yankees were told to move out of the Polo Grounds.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Spector |first=Jesse |date=September 21, 2008 |title=Touching Base: Yankees had homes before becoming Bronx Bombers |work=[[New York Daily News]] |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/touching-base-yankees-homes-bronx-bombers-article-1.324015 |access-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502132853/https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/touching-base-yankees-homes-bronx-bombers-article-1.324015 |archive-date=May 2, 2019}}</ref> Giants manager [[John McGraw]] became upset with the increase of Yankees attendance along with the number of home runs.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Jensen |first=Don |title=John McGraw |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/john-mcgraw-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005090248/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/John-McGraw-2/ |archive-date=October 5, 2022 |access-date=January 20, 2023 |website=[[Society for American Baseball Research]]}}</ref> He was said to have commented that the Yankees should "move to some out-of-the-way place, like Queens",<ref>{{Cite book |last=Healey |first=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kmPVDwAAQBAJ&dq=John+McGraw+%22move+to+some+out-of-the-way+place%2C+like+Queens%22&pg=PT59 |title=Gotham Baseball: New York's All-Time Team |publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]] |year=2021 |isbn=9781439669563 |language=en}}</ref> but they instead broke ground for a new ballpark in [[the Bronx]], right across the [[Harlem River]] from the Polo Grounds.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=February 6, 1921 |title=Yankee Stadium on North Bank of Harlem River |pages=45 |work=[[New York Herald]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-herald-yankee-stadium-on-north/158590228/ |access-date=November 7, 2024}}</ref> In 1922, the [[1922 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] returned to the [[1922 World Series|World Series]] again and were dealt a second defeat at the hands of the [[1922 New York Giants season|Giants]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=1922 MLB Season History – Major League Baseball – ESPN |url=http://www.espn.com/mlb/history/season/_/year/1922 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502132843/http://www.espn.com/mlb/history/season/_/year/1922 |archive-date=May 2, 2019 |access-date=July 5, 2022 |publisher=[[ESPN]]}}</ref> Manager [[Miller Huggins]] and general manager [[Ed Barrow]] were important newcomers in this period.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=April 10, 1928 |title=Huggins Still in Dark on Shocker's Return; Says He Has Received No Word From Pitcher |pages=24 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1928/04/10/archives/huggins-still-in-dark-on-shockers-return-says-he-has-received-no.html |access-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227190832/https://www.nytimes.com/1928/04/10/archives/huggins-still-in-dark-on-shockers-return-says-he-has-received-no.html |archive-date=February 27, 2018}}</ref> The hiring of Huggins by Ruppert in 1918 caused a rift between the owners that eventually led to Ruppert buying Huston out in 1923.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Spatz |first1=Lyle |url= |title=Bridging Two Dynasties: The 1947 New York Yankees |date=April 2013 |publisher=[[University of Nebraska Press]] |isbn=9780803240940 |pages=1}}</ref>

The perceived outcome of the trade in favor of the Yankees would haunt the Boston club for the next 84 years. The Red Sox ended up not winning a [[World Series]] from 1919 until 2004 (see [[Curse of the Bambino]]), often finding themselves out of the World Series hunt as a result of the success of the Yankees. Frazee would not have to wait that long to produce success from the Ruth trade - on Broadway. In [[1925]] he scored a hit with the musical comedy ''[[No, No, Nanette|No No Nanette]]'', a production perhaps financed with at least some of the proceeds from the Ruth trade.

[[File:Lou Gehrig as a new Yankee 11 Jun 1923.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|[[Lou Gehrig]] (1903–1941) was the first Yankees player to have his number retired, in 1939, which was the same year that he retired from baseball due to a crippling disease.|alt=Medium shot of baseball player Lou Gehrig smiling and wearing a "NY" shirt and hat.]]

Other important newcomers in this period were manager [[Miller Huggins]] and general manager [[Ed Barrow]]. Huggins was hired in 1919 by Ruppert while Huston was serving in Europe with the American army (this would lead to a break between the two owners, with Ruppert eventually buying Huston out in 1923). Barrow came on board after the 1920 season, and like many of the new Yankee players had previously been a part of the Red Sox organization, having managed the team since [[1918 in sports|1918]]. Barrow would act as general manager or president of the Yankees for the next 25 years and may deserve the bulk of the credit for the team's success during that period. He was especially noted for development of the Yankees' farm system.

In 1923, the Yankees moved to their new home, [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]],<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|magazine|last=Durant |first=John |date=April 22, 1923 |title=April 1923: First Day at Yankee Stadium |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1963/04/22/april-1923-first-day-at-yankee-stadium |access-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418234832/https://vault.si.com/vault/1963/04/22/april-1923-first-day-at-yankee-stadium |archive-date=April 18, 2022}}</ref> which took 11 months to build and cost $2.5 million ({{Inflation|US|2500000|1923|2021|fmt=eq|r=-6}}).<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last1=Acocella |first1=Nick |title=Yankees' Stadium opens in 1923 |url=https://www.espn.com/classic/s/add_New_York_Yankees.html |access-date=July 6, 2022 |publisher=[[ESPN]] |date=November 19, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407134400/http://www.espn.com/classic/s/add_New_York_Yankees.html |archive-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref> The team announced that 99,200 fans showed up on Opening Day and 25,000 were turned away.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Allen |first=Erika |date=April 18, 2014 |title=April 18, 1923: Yankee Stadium Opens to Public |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/times-insider/2014/04/18/april-18-1923-yankee-stadium-opens-to-public/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421055307/http://www.nytimes.com/times-insider/2014/04/18/april-18-1923-yankee-stadium-opens-to-public/ |archive-date=April 21, 2014}}</ref> In the first game at Yankee Stadium, Ruth hit a home run.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=October 16, 2004 |title=Babe Ruth's first Yankee Stadium home run bat up for auction |publisher=[[ESPN]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=http://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=mlb&id=1903102 |access-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050131213244/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=mlb&id=1903102 |archive-date=January 31, 2005}}</ref> The stadium was nicknamed "The House That Ruth Built", due mainly to the fact that Ruth had doubled Yankees' attendance, which helped the team pay for the new stadium.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Smith |first=Red |date=April 11, 1976 |title=The House That Ruth Built—rebuilt |pages=200 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/04/11/archives/the-house-that-ruth-built-rebuilt.html |access-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407134359/https://www.nytimes.com/1976/04/11/archives/the-house-that-ruth-built-rebuilt.html |archive-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref> At the end of the season, the [[1923 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] faced the [[1923 New York Giants season|Giants]] in the [[1923 World Series|World Series]] for the third straight year and won their first championship.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|magazine|date=October 15, 2013 |title=New York Yankees 27 World Championships |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2013/10/15/new-york-yankees-27-world-championships#gid=ci0255c77ff0012781&pid=1923 |access-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127130024/https://www.si.com/mlb/2013/10/15/new-york-yankees-27-world-championships |archive-date=January 27, 2022}}</ref>

In the 1927 [[1927 Major League Baseball season|season]], the [[1927 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] featured a lineup that became known as "[[Murderers' Row]]",<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|magazine|date=August 23, 2017 |title=1927 New York Yankees |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/08/23/best-team-ever-standings-27-new-york-yankees |access-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706123015/https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/08/23/best-team-ever-standings-27-new-york-yankees |archive-date=July 6, 2022}}</ref> and some consider this team to be the best in the history of baseball (though similar claims have been made for other Yankee squads, notably those of 1939, 1961 and 1998).<ref name="1927best">{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Koppett |first=Leonard |title=1927 "Murderers' Row" New York Yankees: No Team Has Ever Been Better |url=http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/history/2002/1927_murderers_row.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070407214215/http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/history/2002/1927_murderers_row.htm |archive-date=April 7, 2007 |access-date=June 4, 2007 |publisher=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]}}</ref> The name originated from [[The Tombs]], a jail complex in [[Lower Manhattan]] that had specific cell block for [[murder]]ers.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Thorn |first=John |author-link=John Thorn (baseball historian) |date=August 26, 2016 |title=Thorn: Why were the 1927 Yankees called 'Murderers' Row'? |url=https://sabr.org/latest/thorn-why-were-the-1927-yankees-called-murderers-row/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203180932/https://sabr.org/latest/thorn-why-were-the-1927-yankees-called-murderers-row/ |archive-date=December 3, 2022 |access-date=January 20, 2023 |website=[[Society for American Baseball Research]]}}</ref> That season, the Yankees became the first team in baseball to occupy first place every day of the season, winning 110 games.<ref name="Daniels 2008">{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Daniels |first=Christine |date=January 27, 2008 |title=1927 Yankees |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-27-sp-daniels27-story.html |access-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407134359/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-27-sp-daniels27-story.html |archive-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref> The team also swept the [[1927 Pittsburgh Pirates season|Pittsburgh Pirates]] in the [[1927 World Series|World Series]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Rice |first=Grantland |date=October 9, 1927 |title=Thrilling Plays in Last Game |pages=50 |work=[[The Pittsburgh Press]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-press-thrilling-plays-in/170424314/ |access-date=July 6, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Ruth's home run total of 60 in 1927 set a single-season home run record that stood until it was broken by [[Roger Maris]] in 1961, although Maris had eight additional games in which to break the record.<ref name="Daniels 2008" /> Meanwhile, first baseman [[Lou Gehrig]] had his first big season, batting .373 with 47 home runs and 175 runs batted in (RBI),<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Donaghy |first=Jim |date=April 30, 1989 |title=Remembering the Day Lou Gehrig Sat Down |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-04-30-sp-3160-story.html |access-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407134400/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-04-30-sp-3160-story.html |archive-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref> beating Ruth's single-season RBI mark which he had set in 1921.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Single-Season Leaders & Records for Runs Batted in |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/RBI_season.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601121051/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/RBI_season.shtml |archive-date=June 1, 2022 |access-date=July 6, 2022 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref> The Yankees won the World Series again in 1928.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=1928 World Series |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=1928 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108195501/http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=1928 |archive-date=January 8, 2022 |access-date=July 6, 2022 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref>

The home run hitting exploits of Ruth proved popular with the public, to the extent that the Yankees were soon outdrawing their landlords, the Giants. In [[1921 in sports|1921]], when the Yankees made their first [[1921 World Series|World Series]] appearance, against the Giants, the Yankees were told to move out of the Polo Grounds after the 1922 season. At that time, John McGraw was said to have commented that the Yankees should "move to some out-of-the-way place, like Queens". Instead, to McGraw's chagrin, the Yankees broke ground for a new ballpark just across the Harlem River from the Polo Grounds. In 1922 the Yankees returned to the [[1922 World Series|Series]] again, and were again defeated by the Giants. Meanwhile, the construction crew moved with remarkable speed and finished the big new ballpark in less than a year. In [[1923 in sports|1923]] the Yankees moved into [[Yankee Stadium]] (at East 161st Street and River Avenue) in [[the Bronx]]. The site for the Stadium was chosen because the [[Interborough Rapid Transit|IRT]] [[IRT Jerome Avenue Line|Jerome Avenue subway line]] (now the [[New York City Transit Authority|NYCTA]]'s [[4 (New York City Subway service)|number 4]] train) has a station stop practically on top of Yankee Stadium's right-field wall. The Stadium was the first triple-deck venue in baseball and seated an astounding 58,000. In the first game at Yankee Stadium, Babe Ruth hit a home run. He would end the year with "only" 41 home runs, but he was walked a then record 170 times and he batted .393, which is still the highest batting average for a Yankee playing in Yankee Stadium. Because of his success and all the fans that he brought to see the Yankees, the Stadium became known as "[[The House that Ruth Built]]".

In 1931, [[Joe McCarthy (manager)|Joe McCarthy]], who was previously manager of the [[Chicago Cubs]], was hired as manager and brought the [[1931 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] back to the top of the AL.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=McMurray |first=John |title=Joe McCarthy |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/joe-mccarthy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604215607/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/joe-mccarthy/ |archive-date=June 4, 2022 |access-date=July 6, 2022 |website=[[Society of American Baseball Research]]}}</ref> They swept the Chicago Cubs in the [[1932 World Series]], and brought the team's streak of consecutive World Series game wins to 12.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Gallico |first=Paul |date=October 3, 1932 |title=Yankees sweep Cubs to win World Series in 1932 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/yankees-sweep-cubs-win-world-series-1932-article-1.2372825 |access-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706124916/https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/yankees-sweep-cubs-win-world-series-1932-article-1.2372825 |archive-date=July 6, 2022}}</ref> This series was made famous by Babe Ruth's "[[Babe Ruth's Called Shot|Called Shot]]" in game three of the series at [[Wrigley Field]], in which Ruth pointed to center field before hitting a home run.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Fernandez |first=Gabriel |date=October 1, 2020 |title=Lou Gehrig confirmed Babe Ruth's famous 'called shot' in the 1932 World Series in recently found audio clip |work=[[CBS Sports]] |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/lou-gehrig-confirmed-babe-ruths-famous-called-shot-in-the-1932-world-series-in-recently-found-audio-clip/ |access-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008093016/https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/lou-gehrig-confirmed-babe-ruths-famous-called-shot-in-the-1932-world-series-in-recently-found-audio-clip/ |archive-date=October 8, 2020}}</ref> In 1935, Ruth left the Yankees to join the NL's [[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Rothman |first1=Lily |title=The Disappointing Reason Babe Ruth Left Baseball |url=https://time.com/3896371/babe-ruth-1935-retirement/ |access-date=July 6, 2022 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=June 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407134359/https://time.com/3896371/babe-ruth-1935-retirement/ |archive-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref> and he made his last major league baseball appearance on May 30 of that year.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last1=Bowman |first1=Mark |title=The story behind the final stop of Babe Ruth's career |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/babe-ruth-ends-career-with-boston-braves |access-date=July 6, 2022 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]] |date=February 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121020206/https://www.mlb.com/news/babe-ruth-ends-career-with-boston-braves |archive-date=January 21, 2021}}</ref>

[[Image:Lou_Gehrig.jpg|thumb|175px|right|Lou Gehrig]]

===1936–1951: Joltin' Joe DiMaggio===

In 1923 the Yanks faced the Giants for a third straight year in the [[1923 World Series|Series]], finally turning the tables on the Giants. Giants outfielder [[Casey Stengel]], who even then was being called "Old Case", hit two homers to win the two games the Giants came away with. Stengel would later come to the Yankees as a successful manager.

[[File:DiMaggio cropped.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.75|In 1941, [[Joe DiMaggio]] (1914–1999) set an MLB record with a 56-game hitting streak that stands to this day and will probably never be broken.|alt=Medium-wide shot of baseball player Joe DiMaggio, wearing a "NY" hat and shirt.]]

After Ruth left the Yankees following the [[1934 New York Yankees season|1934 season]], Gehrig finally had a chance to take center stage, but it was only one year before a new star appeared, [[Joe DiMaggio]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Rosenbaum |first=Art |date=May 24, 1995 |title=DiMaggio: Gehrig 'One of a Kind' |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |url=https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/DiMaggio-Gehrig-One-of-a-Kind-3032775.php |access-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128205829/https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/DiMaggio-Gehrig-One-of-a-Kind-3032775.php |archive-date=January 28, 2022}}</ref> The team won an unprecedented four straight World Series titles from 1936 to 1939.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Blevins |first=Dave |title=The Sports Hall of Fame Encyclopedia |publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]] |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-8108-6130-5 |pages=837 |language=en}}</ref> For most of 1939, however, they had to do it without Gehrig, who took himself out of the lineup on May 2 and retired due to [[amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]], which was later known as "Lou Gehrig's Disease" in his memory.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Sandomir |first=Richard |date=September 3, 2009 |title=Gehrig's Final Hit: A Single on a Cold April Day in the Bronx |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/04/sports/baseball/04gehrig.html |url-status=live |access-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407134416/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/04/sports/baseball/04gehrig.html |archive-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Fact Sheet |url=https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/patient-caregiver-education/fact-sheets/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis-als-fact-sheet |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701060925/https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/patient-caregiver-education/fact-sheets/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis-als-fact-sheet |archive-date=July 1, 2022 |access-date=July 6, 2022 |website=[[National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke]] |publisher=[[National Institutes of Health]]}}</ref> The Yankees declared July 4, 1939, to be "Lou Gehrig Day", on which they retired his number 4, the first [[retired number]] in baseball.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Donovan |first=Pete |date=May 16, 2017 |title=A number of nuggets about retired numbers around the Major League |work=[[The Desert Sun]] |url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/sports/baseball/pete-donovan/2017/05/16/number-nuggets-retired-numbers-around-major-league/325373001/ |access-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409182940/https://www.desertsun.com/story/sports/baseball/pete-donovan/2017/05/16/number-nuggets-retired-numbers-around-major-league/325373001/ |archive-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref> Gehrig made a famous speech in which he declared himself to be "the luckiest man on the face of the earth."<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|magazine|date=July 4, 2009 |title=Full text of Lou Gehrig's farewell speech |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2009/07/05/gehrig-text |access-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309003719/https://www.si.com/mlb/2009/07/05/gehrig-text |archive-date=March 9, 2021}}</ref> He died two years later on June 2, 1941.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=June 3, 1941 |title=Gehrig, 'Iron Man' of Baseball, Dies at the Age of 37 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1941/06/03/archives/gehrig-iron-man-of-baseball-dies-at-the-age-of-37-rare-disease.html |access-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310020848/https://www.nytimes.com/1941/06/03/archives/gehrig-iron-man-of-baseball-dies-at-the-age-of-37-rare-disease.html |archive-date=March 10, 2018}}</ref> The acclaimed movie [[The Pride of the Yankees]] about Gehrig was released in 1942.

The 1941 season was often described as the last year of the "Golden Era" before the United States entered [[World War II]] and other realities intervened.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gutman |first=Bill |title=The golden age of baseball, 1941–1963 |publisher=[[Gallery Publishing Group|Gallery Books]] |year=1989 |isbn=0831739118 |pages=6–7 |language=en}}</ref> Numerous achievements were made in the early 1940s including [[Ted Williams]] of the Red Sox hitting for the elusive .400 [[Batting average (baseball)|batting average]] and Joe DiMaggio getting hits in consecutive ballgames.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Kramer |first=Daniel |date=August 15, 2016 |title=Was Williams or Joe D. the true AL MVP in 1941? |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]] |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/ted-williams-joe-dimaggio-1941-al-mvp-revote-c195667656 |access-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111230752/https://www.mlb.com/news/ted-williams-joe-dimaggio-1941-al-mvp-revote-c195667656 |archive-date=November 11, 2020}}</ref> By the end of his [[hitting streak]], DiMaggio [[Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak|hit in 56 consecutive games]], the current major league record and one often [[List of Major League Baseball records considered unbreakable|deemed unbreakable]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Bowen |first=Fred |date=May 12, 2021 |title=Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak still a record 80 years later |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/dimaggio-hitting-streak/2021/05/12/d22cb5b0-a959-11eb-bca5-048b2759a489_story.html |access-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731202218/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/dimaggio-hitting-streak/2021/05/12/d22cb5b0-a959-11eb-bca5-048b2759a489_story.html |archive-date=July 31, 2021}}</ref>

The [[1927 in sports|1927]] team was so potent that it became known as "[[Murderers' Row]]" and is sometimes considered to have been the best team in the history of baseball (though similar claims have been made for other Yankee squads, notably those of [[1939 World Series|1939]], [[1961 World Series|1961]] and [[1998 World Series|1998]]). The Yankees won an AL record 110 games against only 44 losses and swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in the [[1927 World Series]]. Ruth's home run total of 60 in 1927 set a single-season record which would stand for 34 years. Ruth also batted .356 and drove in 164 runs. Meanwhile, first baseman [[Lou Gehrig]] had his first big season, batting .373 with 47 round-trippers. He also broke Ruth's single season RBI mark (171 in 1921) with 175. Ruth hit third in the order and Gehrig fourth. However, right behind them were two more sluggers: [[Bob Meusel|Bob "The Rifle" Meusel]], who played either of the corner outfield positions, and [[Tony Lazzeri]], who played second base. Lazzeri actually ranked third in the league in home runs in 1927 with 18, and he hit .309 with 102 RBI. Meusel hit .337 with 103 RBI. Speed was another weapon used by both: Meusel's 24 stolen bases were second best in the league, while Lazzeri swiped 22. All of these numbers were due in part to the leadoff man [[Earle Combs]] who played center field. Combs hit .356 and lead the AL with 231 hits that year (a team record until [[Don Mattingly]] broke it with 238 in 1986), and had a .414 on base percentage. The 1927 Yankees' team batting average was .307.

Two months after the Yankees beat the [[1941 Brooklyn Dodgers season|Brooklyn Dodgers]] in the [[1941 World Series]], the first of seven October meetings between the two crosstown rivals before the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles.<ref name=Corcoran2013/> As a result of the [[Conscription in the United States#World War II|mandatory draft]] following the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]], more than 90 percent of the players, including DiMaggio, were forced to suspend their playing careers and enter the military.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bullock |first=Steve |date=Spring 2000 |title=Playing for Their Nation: The American Military and Baseball During World War II |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43609950 |journal=Journal of Sport History |publisher=[[University of Illinois Press]] |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=67–89 |jstor=43609950 |issn=0094-1700 |eissn=2155-8450 |url-access=registration}}</ref> Despite losing many of their players, the Yankees still managed to pull out a win against the [[1943 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis Cardinals]] in the [[1943 World Series]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=1943 World Series |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=1943 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108195324/http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=1943 |archive-date=January 8, 2022 |access-date=July 6, 2022 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref> Following Jacob Ruppert's death in 1939, his heirs assumed control on the team.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Maeder |first=Jay |date=March 2, 1999 |title=Jacob Ruppert The Old Ball Game |work=[[New York Daily News]] |url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/1999-03-02/news/18105274_1_jacob-ruppert-babe-ruth-colonel/4 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130035929/http://articles.nydailynews.com:80/1999-03-02/news/18105274_1_jacob-ruppert-babe-ruth-colonel/4 |archive-date=November 30, 2012}}</ref> In 1945 construction and real estate magnate [[Del Webb]] along with partners [[Dan Topping]] and [[Larry MacPhail]] purchased the team from the Ruppert estate for $2.8 million (equivalent to roughly $47.8&nbsp;million in 2023);<ref name="Shapiro 2010">{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Shapiro |first=Michael |date=July 23, 2010 |title=The Del Webb Yankees |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |url=https://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/the-del-webb-yankees |access-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616134541/http://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/the-del-webb-yankees |archive-date=June 16, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=July 5, 1974 |title=Builder Del Webb Dead at Age 75 |pages=1 |work=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |agency=[[List of assets owned by The New York Times Company#Media properties|''The New York Times'' News Service]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-daily-star-builder-del-webb-dead/170424348/ |access-date=July 6, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> MacPhail, who was the team president, treasurer, and general manager, was bought out following the [[1947 World Series]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=October 20, 1947 |title=Sport: Larry Says Goodbye |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,804338,00.html |access-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706193716/https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,804338,00.html |archive-date=July 6, 2022}}</ref>

The Yankees would repeat as American League champions in 1928, fighting off the resurgent [[Oakland Athletics|Philadelphia Athletics]], and would go on to sweep the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] in the [[1928 World Series|Series]]. Ruth got 10 hits in 16 at-bats for a single Series record batting average of .625; three of those hits were home runs. Meanwhile, Gehrig went 6 for 11 (.545), with four of those six hits being round-trippers. After three also-ran seasons went to the [[Oakland Athletics|Philadelphia Athletics]], the Yankees returned to the American League top perch under new manager [[Joe McCarthy (baseball)|Joe McCarthy]] in 1932 and swept the [[Chicago Cubs]] in the [[1932 World Series|Series]], running the team's streak of consecutive World Series game wins to 12, a mark which would stand until the Yankees bested it in the [[2000 World Series]]. Babe Ruth hit his famous "[[Babe Ruth's Called Shot|Called Shot]]" home run in [[Wrigley Field]] in Game Three of that Series, a fitting "[[Swan Song]]" to his illustrious post-season career.

After a few slumping seasons, McCarthy left the organization in 1946.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=P. Dawson |first=James |date=May 25, 1946 |title=M'Carthy Resigns; Dickey Yank Plot; Yankee Catcher Named Manager as McCarthy Resigns |pages=23 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1946/05/25/archives/mcarthy-resigns-dickey-yank-pilot-yankee-catcher-named-manager-as.html |access-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706194935/https://www.nytimes.com/1946/05/25/archives/mcarthy-resigns-dickey-yank-pilot-yankee-catcher-named-manager-as.html |archive-date=July 6, 2022}}</ref> A few interim managers later, [[Bucky Harris]] took the job, righting the ship and taking the Yankees to a hard-fought series victory against the [[1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season|Dodgers]].<ref name="joe">{{cite web |title =Joe DiMaggio Biography |url =https://www.biography.com/athlete/joe-dimaggio |website =biography.com |date = May 28, 2020 |access-date = March 2, 2021 }}

===The DiMaggio era===

</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Contois |first=John |title=Bucky Harris |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/bucky-harris/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604215548/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/bucky-harris/ |archive-date=June 4, 2022 |access-date=July 6, 2022 |website=[[Society for American Baseball Research]]}}</ref> Despite finishing only three games behind the [[1948 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] in the 1948 pennant race, Harris was relieved of his duties and replaced by [[Casey Stengel]], who had a reputation of being a clown and managing bad teams.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Creamer |first=Robert |title=Stengel: His Life and Times |publisher=[[University of Nebraska Press]] |year=1996 |isbn=9780803263673 |pages=210–211 |language=en |author-link=Robert Creamer}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Lucas |first=Ed |author-link=Ed Lucas |date=April 6, 2017 |title=New Casey Stengel biography reveals the man behind the pranks |work=[[The Jersey Journal]] via [[NJ.com]] |url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2017/04/new_casey_stengel_biography_reveals_the_man_behind.html |access-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116224522/https://www.nj.com/hudson/2017/04/new_casey_stengel_biography_reveals_the_man_behind.html |archive-date=January 16, 2021}}</ref> His tenure as Yankees' field manager, however, was marked with success.<ref name="Bishop">{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Bishop |first=Bill |title=Casey Stengel |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/casey-stengel/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326223357/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/casey-stengel/ |archive-date=March 26, 2022 |access-date=July 6, 2022 |website=[[Society of American Baseball Research]]}}</ref> The "underdog" Yankees came from behind to catch and surprise a powerful [[1949 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]] team on the last two days of the 1949 season, a face-off that fueled the beginning of the modern [[Yankees–Red Sox rivalry]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vaccaro |first=Mike |title=Emperors and Idiots: The Hundred Year Rivalry Between the Yankees and Red Sox, From the Very Beginning to the End of the Curse |publisher=[[Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group]] |year=2007 |isbn=9780307418951 |pages=322–325 |language=en |author-link=Mike Vaccaro}}</ref> By this time, however, DiMaggio's career was winding down, and the "Yankee Clipper" retired after the 1951 season after numerous injuries.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Young |first=Dick |author-link=Dick Young (sportswriter) |date=December 12, 1951 |title=Joe DiMaggio ends his legendary Yankees career in 1951 – 'DiMag Quits as Player for TV Post' |work=[[New York Daily News]] |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/dimag-quits-player-tv-post-article-1.2010069 |access-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502081356/https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/dimag-quits-player-tv-post-article-1.2010069 |archive-date=May 2, 2019}}</ref> That year marked the arrival of [[Mickey Mantle]], who was one of several rookies to fill the gap.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=April 17, 1951 |title=Mickey Mantle's Natural Swing is Biggest Asset |pages=12 |work=[[The Daily Times (Salisbury, Maryland)|The Salisbury Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-times-mickey-mantles-natural/170424388/ |access-date=July 6, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

The Yankees' run during the 1930s could also be called the "McCarthy era", as manager Joe McCarthy (no relation to the [[Joseph McCarthy|Senator]] of the same name) would guide the Yankees to new heights. Just as Gehrig stepped out of Ruth's considerable shadow, a new titan appeared on the horizon, in the person of [[Joe DiMaggio]]. The young center fielder from [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] had an immediate impact, batting .323 and hitting 29 homers while driving in 125 runs in his rookie season of 1936.

===1951–1959: Stengel's Squad===

Behind the Yankee bats of DiMaggio, Gehrig and [[Frank Crosetti]], and a pitching staff led by [[Red Ruffing]] and [[Lefty Gomez]] and anchored by catcher [[Bill Dickey]], the team reeled off an unprecedented four consecutive World Series wins during 1936 to 1939. They did it without Gehrig for most of 1939, as the superstar's retirement due to [[amyotrophic lateral sclerosis|ALS]] saddened the baseball world.

[[File:Photograph of President Truman preparing to throw out the first ball at the opening game of the 1951 baseball season... - NARA - 200292.jpg|thumb|[[Opening Day]] of the 1951 baseball season at [[Griffith Stadium]]. President [[Harry Truman]] throws out the first ball as [[Bucky Harris]] and [[Casey Stengel]] look on.|alt=A wide shot with United States president Harry Truman in the center throwing a baseball.]]

Bettering the clubs managed by Joe McCarthy, the Yankees won the World Series five consecutive times from {{wsy|1949}} to {{wsy|1953}} under Stengel, which remains an MLB record.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Adler |first=David |date=November 6, 2021 |title=Every back-to-back World Series champ |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]] |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/back-to-back-world-series-champions-c297636124#:~:text=1949%2D53%20Yankees%20(five%20straight%20World%20Series%20wins)&text=And%20they've%20won%20five,dawn%20of%20the%20Mantle%20era. |access-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327032145/https://www.mlb.com/news/back-to-back-world-series-champions-c297636124 |archive-date=March 27, 2022}}</ref> Led by players like center fielder [[Mickey Mantle]], pitcher [[Whitey Ford]], and catcher [[Yogi Berra]], Stengel's teams won ten pennants and seven World Series titles in his 12 seasons as the Yankees manager.<ref name="Bishop" /> The {{wsy|1950}} title was the only one of those five championships not to be won against either the [[Subway Series|New York Giants or Brooklyn Dodgers]]; it was won in four straight games against the [[Whiz Kids (baseball)|Whiz Kids]] of the [[1950 Philadelphia Phillies season|Philadelphia Phillies]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Lawrence |first=Thomas |title=Whitey Ford wins Game 4 of 1950 World Series |url=https://baseballhall.org/discover/inside-pitch/ford-wins-game-4-of-1950-world-series |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415190021/https://baseballhall.org/discover/inside-pitch/ford-wins-game-4-of-1950-world-series |archive-date=April 15, 2022 |access-date=July 6, 2022 |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Fitzpatrick |first=Frank |date=November 28, 2020 |title=In memory of Bob Miller: Curt Simmons and Bob Miller, the last two Phillies Whiz Kids, keep the memories alive |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |url=https://www.inquirer.com/phillies/whiz-kids-curt-simmons-bob-miller-1950-philadelphia-phillies-20200829.html |access-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730115412/https://www.inquirer.com/phillies/whiz-kids-curt-simmons-bob-miller-1950-philadelphia-phillies-20200829.html |archive-date=July 30, 2021}}</ref>

In 1954, the [[1954 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] won 103 games, but the [[1954 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] took the pennant with a then-AL record 111 wins; 1954 was famously referred to as "The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant".<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Wancho |first=Joseph |title=June 2, 1954: Yankees score seven runs in first inning, but lose to Indians in extras |url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/june-2-1954-yankees-score-seven-runs-in-first-inning-but-lose-to-indians-in-extras/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709172233/https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/june-2-1954-yankees-score-seven-runs-in-first-inning-but-lose-to-indians-in-extras/ |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |access-date=July 6, 2022 |website=[[Society for American Baseball Research]]}}</ref> The term was coined by writer [[Douglass Wallop]], who wrote [[The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant|a novel of the same name]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=September 5, 1954 |title=The Stuff of Dreams |pages=80 |work=[[Hartford Courant]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-the-stuff-of-dreamsa-w/170640675/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=July 6, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> The novel was then adapted into a musical called ''[[Damn Yankees]]''.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=April 5, 1985 |title=John Douglass Wallop Dies; Author of Novel on Yankees |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1985/04/04/damn-yankees-novelist-douglass-wallop-64/738addbd-f238-441f-a5cf-750bbd0e327d/ |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122110624/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/05/arts/john-douglass-wallop-dies-author-of-novel-on-yankees.html |archive-date=November 22, 2021}}</ref> In {{wsy|1955}}, the [[1955 Brooklyn Dodgers season|Dodgers]] finally beat the [[1955 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] in the World Series, after five previous Series losses to them. The Yankees came back strong the next year.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=New York Yankees Official Program and Score Card, 1956 |url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1064409 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707104723/https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1064409 |archive-date=July 7, 2022 |access-date=July 7, 2022 |website=[[National Museum of American History]]}}</ref> In Game 5 of the [[1956 World Series]] against the [[1956 Brooklyn Dodgers season|Dodgers]], pitcher [[Don Larsen]] threw the only [[Perfect game (baseball)|perfect game]] in World Series history,<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Acocella |first=Nick |title=Larsen had one perfect day |publisher=[[ESPN]] |url=https://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/Larsen_Don.html |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325150333/https://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/Larsen_Don.html |archive-date=March 25, 2022}}</ref> which remains the only perfect game in postseason play and the only postseason [[no-hitter]] until 2010.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Waldstein |first=David |date=October 6, 2010 |title=In New Realm, In Command |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/sports/baseball/07phillies.html |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716053943/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/sports/baseball/07phillies.html |archive-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref>

The strongest competition for the Yankees during that stretch were the [[Detroit Tigers]], who won two pennants before that Yankees four-year stretch, and one after. When the Yankees did get into the Series, they had little trouble. During Game Two of the [[1936 World Series|1936 Series]], they pounded the Giants 18-4, still the World Series record (through 2005) for most runs by a team in one game. They took the Giants four games to two in that Series, and four games to one the next year. The Yankees also swept the [[Chicago Cubs]] in [[1938 World Series|1938]], and the [[Cincinnati Reds]] in [[1939 World Series|1939]].

The [[1957 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] lost the [[1957 World Series]] to the [[1957 Milwaukee Braves season|Milwaukee Braves]] when [[Lew Burdette]] won three games for the Braves and was awarded [[World Series Most Valuable Player Award|World Series MVP]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|magazine|last=Maglie |first=Sal |date=October 14, 1957 |title=Braves' New World |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1957/10/14/braves-new-world |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524190117/https://vault.si.com/vault/1957/10/14/braves-new-world |archive-date=May 24, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=February 7, 2007 |title=Lew Burdette, 80; pitcher was MVP of 1957 World Series |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-feb-07-me-burdette7-story.html |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707105714/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-feb-07-me-burdette7-story.html |archive-date=July 7, 2022}}</ref> Following the Series, the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers both left for [[San Francisco]] and [[Los Angeles]], respectively.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Landers |first=Chris |date=January 25, 2019 |title=Just why did the Dodgers and Giants move from New York to California? |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]] |url=https://www.mlb.com/cut4/why-did-the-dodgers-and-giants-move-to-california-c303090362 |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622204039/https://www.mlb.com/cut4/why-did-the-dodgers-and-giants-move-to-california-c303090362 |archive-date=June 22, 2022}}</ref> This left the Yankees as New York's only baseball team. In the [[1958 World Series]], the Yankees got their revenge against the Braves and became the second team to win the Series after being down 3–1.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Haudricourt |first=Tom |date=November 2, 2016 |title=Milwaukee Braves knew pain of blowing 3–1 World Series lead |work=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]] |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/2016/11/02/milwaukee-braves-knew-pain-blowing-3-1-world-series-lead/93158672/ |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707110543/https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/2016/11/02/milwaukee-braves-knew-pain-blowing-3-1-world-series-lead/93158672/ |archive-date=July 7, 2022}}</ref> For the decade, the Yankees won six World Series championships (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958) and eight American League pennants (those six plus 1955 and 1957).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fischer |first=David |title=The New York Yankees of the 1950s: Mantle, Stengel, Berra, and a Decade of Dominance |publisher=[[Lyons Press]] |year=2019 |isbn=9781493038930 |language=en}}</ref> Led by Mantle, Ford, Berra, [[Elston Howard]] (the Yankees' first African-American player),<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|magazine|last=Rosengren |first=John |date=April 13, 2015 |title=Elston Howard became the Yankees' Jackie Robinson 60 years ago |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2015/04/13/elston-howard-new-york-yankees-debut |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628111226/https://www.si.com/mlb/2015/04/13/elston-howard-new-york-yankees-debut |archive-date=June 28, 2022}}</ref> and the newly acquired [[Roger Maris]], the Yankees entered the 1960s seeking to replicate their success of the 1950s.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Miller |first=Randy |date=May 3, 2020 |title=Yankees' Mount Rushmore: Picking 4 best Bombers of 1960s {{!}} Roger Maris makes the cut |work=[[NJ.com]] |url=https://www.nj.com/yankees/2020/04/yankees-mount-rushmore-picking-4-best-bombers-of-1960s-roger-maris-makes-the-cut.html |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616181722/https://www.nj.com/yankees/2020/04/yankees-mount-rushmore-picking-4-best-bombers-of-1960s-roger-maris-makes-the-cut.html |archive-date=June 16, 2021}}</ref>

[[Image:Joe_DiMaggio.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Joe DiMaggio]]

===1960–1964: Mantle and Maris===

After an off season came the Summer of 1941, a much-celebrated year, often described by sportswriters as the last great year of the "Golden Era", before [[World War II]] and other realities intervened. [[Ted Williams]] of the Red Sox was in the hunt for the elusive .400 batting average, which he achieved on the last day of the season. Meanwhile, DiMaggio, who had once hit in 61 straight games as a minor leaguer with the [[San Francisco Seals (PCL)|San Francisco Seals]], began a hitting streak on [[May 15]] which stretched to an astonishing 56 games.

[[File:Mickey Mantle 1957 (cropped).jpg|alt=Medium-wide shot of baseball player Mickey Mantle, swinging a bat and wearing a "NY" shirt and hat.|thumb|244x244px|[[Mickey Mantle]] (1931–1995) was one of the franchise's most celebrated hitters, highlighted by his 1956 Triple Crown and World Series championship.]]

[[Arnold Johnson (industrialist)|Arnold Johnson]], owner of the [[Kansas City Athletics]], was a longtime business associate of Yankees co-owners [[Del Webb]] and [[Dan Topping]].<ref name="Shapiro 2010" /> Because of this "special relationship" with the Yankees, he traded young players to them in exchange for cash and aging veterans.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Appel |first=Marty |title=Casey Stengel: Baseball's Greatest Character |publisher=[[Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group]] |year=2018 |isbn=9781101911747 |pages=246 |language=en |author-link=Marty Appel}}</ref> Invariably, these trades ended up being heavily tilted in the Yankees' favor, leading to accusations that the Athletics were little more than a Yankees farm team at the major league level.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Neyer |first=Rob |title=Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders: A Complete Guide to the Worst Decisions and Stupidest Moments in Baseball History |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |year=2007 |isbn=9781416592143 |pages=84–85 |language=en |author-link=Rob Neyer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Katz |first=Jeff |title=The Kansas City A's & the Wrong Half of the Yankees |publisher=[[University of Michigan Press]] via Maple Street Press |year=2007 |isbn=9780977743650 |language=en}}</ref> Kansas City had been home to the Yankees' top farm team, the [[Kansas City Blues (American Association)|Kansas City Blues]], for almost 20 years before the Athletics moved there from Philadelphia in 1954.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last1=Weiss |first1=Bill |author-link=Bill Weiss |last2=Wright |first2=Marshall |author-link2=Marshall Wright (historian) |title=Top 100 Teams: The Kansas City Blues |url=https://origin.milb.com/milb/history/top100.jsp?idx=12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313085339/https://origin.milb.com/milb/history/top100.jsp?idx=12 |archive-date=March 13, 2014 |access-date=July 7, 2022 |website=[[Minor League Baseball]]}}</ref>

In 1960, [[Charles O. Finley]] purchased the Athletics and put an end to the trades with the Yankees.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=January 12, 1964 |title=A Dream Becomes a Nightmare in Kansas City |pages=Section S, Page 2 |work=[[The New York Times]] |agency=[[United Press International]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/12/archives/a-dream-becomes-a-nightmare-in-kansas-city-joy-of-big-league.html |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707130930/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/12/archives/a-dream-becomes-a-nightmare-in-kansas-city-joy-of-big-league.html |archive-date=July 7, 2022}}</ref> At that point, however, the Yankees had already strengthened their supply of future prospects, which included a young outfielder named [[Roger Maris]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Chesterton |first=Eric |date=December 11, 2017 |title=58 years ago, the Yankees traded for Roger Maris and turned him into a home run king |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]] |url=https://www.mlb.com/cut4/58-years-ago-the-yankees-traded-for-roger-maris-and-turned-him-into-a-home-run-k |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606185626/https://www.mlb.com/cut4/58-years-ago-the-yankees-traded-for-roger-maris-and-turned-him-into-a-home-run-k |archive-date=June 6, 2022}}</ref> In 1960, Maris led the league in slugging percentage, RBI, and extra-base hits.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Roger Maris |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/marisro01.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609113822/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/marisro01.shtml |archive-date=June 9, 2022 |access-date=July 7, 2022 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref> He finished second in home runs (one behind [[Mickey Mantle]]) and total bases, and won a [[Gold Glove]], which garnered enough votes for the American League MVP award.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Gorman |first=Robert |title=Roger Maris hits his 61st homerun (October 1, 1961) |url=https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/documents/Roger-Maris-Hits-His-61st-Homerun.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328165357/https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/documents/Roger-Maris-Hits-His-61st-Homerun.pdf |archive-date=March 28, 2022 |access-date=July 7, 2022 |website=[[Library of Congress]]}}</ref>

A popular song by [[Les Brown (bandleader)|Les Brown]] celebrated this event, as [[Betty Bonney]] and the band members sang it: "He tied the mark at 44 / July the First, you know / Since then he's hit a good 12 more / Joltin' Joe DiMaggio / Joe, Joe DiMaggio, we want you on ''our'' side."

The year 1961 was one of the most memorable in Yankees history.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=J. Rebilas |first=Mark |date=June 30, 2017 |title=New York Yankees: A Look Back at the 1961 Lineup |work=[[USA Today]] via [[Fox Sports]] |url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/new-york-yankees-a-look-back-at-the-1961-lineup |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827120728/https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/new-york-yankees-a-look-back-at-the-1961-lineup |archive-date=August 27, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Houk |first1=Ralph |title=Season of Glory: The Amazing Saga of the 1961 New York Yankees |last2=Creamer |first2=Robert |publisher=[[G. P. Putnam's Sons|Putnam]] |year=1988 |isbn=9780399132605 |language=en |author-link=Ralph Houk |author-link2=Robert Creamer}}</ref>{{rp|n12}} Mantle and Maris hit home runs at a fast pace and became known as the "[[M&M Boys]]".<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Beschloss |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Beschloss |date=May 22, 2015 |title=The M&M Boys: A Profile in Civility |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/23/upshot/the-mm-boys-a-profile-in-civility.html |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624155235/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/23/upshot/the-mm-boys-a-profile-in-civility.html |archive-date=June 24, 2022}}</ref> Ultimately, a severe hip infection forced Mantle to leave the lineup at the end of the regular season.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Drebinger |first=John |author-link=John Drebinger |date=September 29, 1961 |title=Mantle Is Hospitalized, but Yankees Expect Him to Play in World Series |pages=40 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/09/29/archives/mantle-is-hospitalized-but-yankees-expect-him-to-play-in-world.html |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213213933/https://www.nytimes.com/1961/09/29/archives/mantle-is-hospitalized-but-yankees-expect-him-to-play-in-world.html |archive-date=December 13, 2020}}</ref> Maris continued though, and on October 1, the last day of the regular season, he hit home run number 61, surpassing Babe Ruth's single-season home run record of 60.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Acocella |first=Nick |title=Maris battled Mantle, media and Babe's legacy |work=[[ESPN]] |url=http://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/maris_roger.html |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407214718/https://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/maris_roger.html |archive-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref> However, MLB Commissioner [[Ford Frick]] decreed that since Maris had played in a 162-game season, and Ruth (in 1927) had played in a 154-game season.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|magazine|last=Bingham |first=Walter |author-link=Walter Bingham (sportswriter) |title=Assault on the Record |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1961/07/31/assault-on-the-record |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424010452/https://vault.si.com/vault/1961/07/31/assault-on-the-record |archive-date=April 24, 2021}}</ref> They were considered two separate records for 30 years, until MLB reversed course and stated Maris held the record alone.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Povich |first=Shirley |date=September 7, 1991 |title=Frick's 'Asterisk' Demeaned Maris |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1991/09/07/fricks-asterisk-demeaned-maris/8c1ca5be-d589-481e-8ebe-a0ec8c99d4b0/ |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707141415/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1991/09/07/fricks-asterisk-demeaned-maris/8c1ca5be-d589-481e-8ebe-a0ec8c99d4b0/ |archive-date=July 7, 2022}}</ref> His record would be broken by [[Mark McGwire]], who hit 70 home runs in 1998.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Justice |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Justice (sports journalist) |date=September 8, 1998 |title=McGwire Surpasses Maris With 62nd Home Run |pages=C1 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/baseball/longterm/chase/articles/mac9.htm |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016081504/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/baseball/longterm/chase/articles/mac9.htm |archive-date=October 16, 2018}}</ref> Maris held the American League record until 2022 when [[Aaron Judge]] hit 62.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Axisa |first=Mike |date=October 1, 2016 |title=On this date in baseball history: Roger Maris hits record 61st home run in 1961 |work=[[CBS Sports]] |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/on-this-date-in-baseball-history-roger-maris-hits-record-61st-home-run-in-1961/ |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319055033/https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/on-this-date-in-baseball-history-roger-maris-hits-record-61st-home-run-in-1961/ |archive-date=March 19, 2022}}</ref>

The last game of the streak came on [[July 16]] at Cleveland's [[League Park]]. The streak was finally snapped in a game at [[Cleveland Stadium]] the next night before a huge crowd at the lakefront. A crucial factor in ending the streak was the fielding of Cleveland third baseman [[Ken Keltner]], who stopped two balls that DiMaggio hit hard to the left.

The Yankees won the pennant with a 109–53 record and went on to defeat the [[1961 Cincinnati Reds season|Cincinnati Reds]] in the [[1961 World Series]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Miller |first=Mark |title=October 9, 1961: Yankees blast Reds to capture 19th World Series championship |url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-9-1961-yankees-blast-reds-to-capture-19th-world-series-championship/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205033125/https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-9-1961-yankees-blast-reds-to-capture-19th-world-series-championship/ |archive-date=February 5, 2022 |access-date=July 7, 2022 |website=[[Society of American Baseball Research]]}}</ref> The team finished the year with 240 home runs, which was an MLB record until surpassed by the [[1996 Baltimore Orioles season|1996 Baltimore Orioles]] team with 257 home runs.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Olney |first=Buster |author-link=Buster Olney |date=September 3, 1996 |title=5 HRs power Orioles past Angels, 12–8 Zeile hits 2; O's climb to 4th all time with 221 homers for season; 15 in 5 games since trade; Tie for wild-card lead as Mussina wins 18th |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1996-09-03-1996247109-story.html |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624070401/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1996-09-03-1996247109-story.html |archive-date=June 24, 2021}}</ref> In 1962, the sports scene in New York changed when the National League added an expansion team, the New York Mets.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=March 27, 2019 |title=1962: The Bumbling Beginning |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/27/sports/baseball/mets-1962-first-season.html |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622234901/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/27/sports/baseball/mets-1962-first-season.html |archive-date=June 22, 2022}}</ref> The Mets played at the Giants' former home, the [[Polo Grounds]], for two seasons while Shea Stadium was under construction in nearby [[Flushing, Queens]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Lardner |first=Rex |date=April 26, 1970 |title=Meet the Mets |pages=5 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/04/26/archives/meet-the-mets-meet-the-mets.html |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707145732/https://www.nytimes.com/1970/04/26/archives/meet-the-mets-meet-the-mets.html |archive-date=July 7, 2022}}</ref> This restored New York as a city with more than one team, as it had been from the late 1800s until 1957.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Lehman |first=Bert |date=February 8, 2019 |title=From 1947–1957 New York had three Major League Baseball teams |url=https://sportscollectorsdigest.com/cards/new-york-had-three-major-league-teams |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122035142/https://sportscollectorsdigest.com/cards/new-york-had-three-major-league-teams |archive-date=January 22, 2022 |access-date=July 7, 2022 |website=[[Sports Collectors Digest]]}}</ref> The Yankees won the [[1962 World Series]], their tenth in the past sixteen years, defeating the [[1962 San Francisco Giants season|San Francisco Giants]] 4–3.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Munder |first=Craig |title=Yankees hold off Giants in Game 7 to Win 1962 World Series |url=https://baseballhall.org/discover/inside-pitch/yankees-win-game-7-1962-world-series |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220034556/https://baseballhall.org/discover/inside-pitch/yankees-win-game-7-1962-world-series |archive-date=December 20, 2021 |access-date=July 7, 2022 |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]}}</ref> It was the Yankees' last championship until [[1977 World Series|1977]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Kepner |first=Tyler |date=June 24, 2007 |title=In 1962, Richardson Had Ball, But No Hat |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/24/sports/baseball/24richardson.html |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707155856/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/24/sports/baseball/24richardson.html |archive-date=July 7, 2022}}</ref>

Modern baseball historians regard it as unlikely that anyone will ever hit .400 again, barring a change to the way the game is played, and that it will be extremely difficult to approach DiMaggio's 56-game streak, which is far beyond second place (44) and a modern day phenomenon.

The [[1963 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] easily reached the [[1963 World Series]] when they won the pennant by 10.5 games, but they scored only four runs in the series and were swept by the [[1963 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Los Angeles Dodgers]] and their ace pitcher, [[Sandy Koufax]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=McCue |first=Andy |title=October 6, 1963: Koufax stifles Yankee bats again as Dodgers sweep World Series |url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-6-1963-koufax-stifles-yankee-bats-again/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707160941/https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-6-1963-koufax-stifles-yankee-bats-again/ |archive-date=July 7, 2022 |access-date=July 7, 2022 |website=[[Society for American Baseball Research]]}}</ref> The series was the first between the Yankees and the new Los Angeles Dodgers, after their move in 1958.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Branch |first=John |author-link=John Branch (journalist) |date=June 4, 2014 |title=New York vs. Los Angeles: Rivalry Revived |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/05/sports/hockey/new-york-and-la-together-again-in-a-sports-final.html |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616223903/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/05/sports/hockey/new-york-and-la-together-again-in-a-sports-final.html |archive-date=June 16, 2022}}</ref> After the season, Yogi Berra, who had just retired from playing, took over managerial duties.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=October 17, 1964 |title=Yogi Gets New Post—Yanks Consider Keane and Dark |pages=1 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/17/archives/yogi-gets-new-postyanks-consider-keane-and-dark.html |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707161308/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/17/archives/yogi-gets-new-postyanks-consider-keane-and-dark.html |archive-date=July 7, 2022}}</ref> The aging [[1964 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] returned the next year for [[1964 World Series|a fifth straight World Series]], but were beaten 4–3 by the [[1964 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis Cardinals]]. It would be the Yankees' last World Series appearance until 1976.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|magazine|last=Leggett |first=William |date=October 26, 1964 |title=Speed Won the World Series |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1964/10/26/speed-won-the-world-series |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513004120/https://vault.si.com/vault/1964/10/26/speed-won-the-world-series |archive-date=May 13, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Kelly |first=Matt |title=Bob Gibson wills Cardinals to Game 7 Victory in 1964 World Series |url=https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/stories/inside-pitch/gibson-cardinals-victory-1964-world-series |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226124658/https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/stories/inside-pitch/gibson-cardinals-victory-1964-world-series |archive-date=February 26, 2022 |access-date=July 7, 2022 |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]}}</ref>

The Yankees made short work of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the [[1941 World Series|1941 Series]]. Two months and one day after the final game of the Yanks' four-games-to-one win, the [[Pearl Harbor]] attacks occurred, and many of the best ballplayers went off to [[World War II]]. The war-thinned ranks of the major leagues nonetheless found the Yanks in the post-season again, as the team traded World Series wins with the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] during 1942 and 1943.

===1965–1972: New ownership and a steep decline===

The team then went into a bit of a slump, and manager McCarthy was let go early in the 1946 season. After a couple of interim managers had come and gone, [[Bucky Harris]] was brought in and the Yankees righted the ship again, winning the 1947 pennant and facing a much-tougher Dodgers team than their 1941 counterparts, in a Series that took the Yankees seven games to win, and was a harbinger of things to come for much of the next decade.

After the 1964 season, broadcasting company [[CBS]] purchased 80% of the Yankees from Topping and Webb for $11.2 million (equivalent to ${{inflation|US|11.2|1964|r=1}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation/year|US}}).<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=August 14, 1964 |title=C.B.S. Buys 80% of Stock In Yankee Baseball Team |pages=1 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/08/14/archives/cbs-buys-80-of-stock-in-yankee-baseball-team-american-league-clubs.html |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127215806/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/08/14/archives/cbs-buys-80-of-stock-in-yankee-baseball-team-american-league-clubs.html |archive-date=January 27, 2022}}</ref> With the new ownership, the team began to decline.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Appel |first=Marty |author-link=Marty Appel |title=Yankees Magazine: Yankees in the '70s |url=http://www.appelpr.com/?page_id=401 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518052848/https://www.appelpr.com/?page_id=401 |archive-date=May 18, 2021 |access-date=July 7, 2022 |website=Marty Appel|date=March 21, 2014 }}</ref> The [[1965 New York Yankees season|1965 edition of the team]] posted a record of 77–85 — the Yankees' first losing record in 40 years.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=H. Wolf |first=Gregory |title=Mel Stottlemyre |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/mel-stottlemyre/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326225040/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/mel-stottlemyre/ |archive-date=March 26, 2022 |access-date=July 7, 2022 |website=[[Society for American Baseball Research]]}}</ref> In 1966, the [[1966 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] finished in last place in the AL for the first time since 1912.<ref>{{Cite book |last=J. Ryczek |first=William |title=The Yankees in the Early 1960s |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |year=2007 |isbn=9780786429967 |edition= |pages=226 |language=en}}</ref> It also marked their first consecutive losing seasons since 1917 and 1918.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=H. Wolf |first=Gregory |title=April 14, 1967: Red Sox's Billy Rohr misses no-hitter by one out in MLB debut |url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/april-14-1967-red-soxs-billy-rohr-misses-no-hitter-by-one-out-in-mlb-debut/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418170448/https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/april-14-1967-red-soxs-billy-rohr-misses-no-hitter-by-one-out-in-mlb-debut/ |archive-date=April 18, 2022 |access-date=July 7, 2022 |website=[[Society for American Baseball Research]]}}</ref> The [[1967 New York Yankees season|1967 season]] was not much better; they finished only ahead of the [[History of the Oakland Athletics|Kansas City Athletics]] in the American League.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=1967 Baseball Standings |url=https://www.mlb.com/standings/league/1967 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707203346/https://www.mlb.com/standings/league/1967 |archive-date=July 7, 2022 |access-date=July 7, 2022 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref> While their fortunes improved somewhat in the late 1960s and early 1970s, they finished higher than fourth only once during CBS' ownership, in [[1970 New York Yankees season|1970]].<ref name="boss">{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Gaines |first=Cork |date=March 25, 2015 |title=George Steinbrenner's purchase of the New York Yankees paid off big time for his family |work=[[Business Insider]] |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/george-steinbrenners-purchase-of-new-york-yankees-paid-off-2015-3 |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407063032/https://www.businessinsider.com/george-steinbrenners-purchase-of-new-york-yankees-paid-off-2015-3 |archive-date=April 7, 2022}}

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The Yankees were not able to replace their aging superstars with promising young talent, as they had consistently done in the previous five decades.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|magazine|last=Mann |first=Jack |date=June 21, 1965 |title=Decline and Fall of a Dynasty |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1965/06/21/decline-and-fall-of-a-dynasty |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923025223/https://vault.si.com/vault/1965/06/21/decline-and-fall-of-a-dynasty |archive-date=September 23, 2020}}</ref> As early as the 1961–62 off-season, longtime fans noticed that the pipeline of talent from the [[List of New York Yankees minor league affiliates|minor league affiliates]] had started to dry up.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=LeConte |first1=Walter |title=The Yankee Encyclopedia |last2=Gallagher |first2=Mark |publisher=Sports Publishing |year=2003 |isbn=9781582616834 |pages=343 |language=en}}</ref> This was worsened by the introduction of the [[Major League Baseball Draft|amateur draft]] that year, which meant that the Yankees could no longer sign any player they wanted.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Manuel |first=John |author-link=John Manuel (writer) |date=Summer 2010 |title=The History and Future of the Amateur Draft |url=https://sabr.org/journal/article/the-history-and-future-of-the-amateur-draft/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205180347/https://sabr.org/journal/article/the-history-and-future-of-the-amateur-draft/ |archive-date=February 5, 2022 |access-date=July 7, 2022 |website=[[Society for American Baseball Research]]}}</ref> The Yankees were one of four teams who voted against the establishment of the draft, with the Dodgers, Mets, and Cardinals also objecting.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=December 3, 1964 |title=Baseball's Minors Follow Pro Football Pattern in Backing Free-Agent Draft |pages=64 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/12/03/archives/baseballs-minors-follow-pro-football-pattern-in-backing-freeagent.html |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707205244/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/12/03/archives/baseballs-minors-follow-pro-football-pattern-in-backing-freeagent.html |archive-date=July 7, 2022}}</ref> While the Yankees usually drafted fairly early during this period due to their lackluster records, [[Thurman Munson]] was the only pick who lived up to his billing.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Sheehan |first=Joseph |date=March 24, 1970 |title=Munson Bats Way Into Yankee Line-Up |pages=77 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/03/24/archives/munson-bats-way-into-yankee-lineup-no1-draft-choice-in-l968-earns.html |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707205920/https://www.nytimes.com/1970/03/24/archives/munson-bats-way-into-yankee-lineup-no1-draft-choice-in-l968-earns.html |archive-date=July 7, 2022}}</ref>

Despite finishing only three games behind the pennant-winning [[Cleveland Indians]] in 1948, Harris was released, and the Yankees brought in [[Casey Stengel]] as the team's manager. Casey had a reputation for being somewhat of a clown and had been associated with managing particularly bad teams such as the mid-1930s [[Atlanta Braves|Boston Braves]], so his selection was met with no little skepticism. His tenure would prove to be the most successful in the Yankees' history up to that point. The [[1949 in sports|1949]] Yankees team was seen as "underdogs" that came from behind to catch and surpass the powerful Red Sox on the last two days of the season, in a faceoff that fueled the beginning of the modern intense rivalry between these teams. The post-season proved to be a bit easier, as the Yankees knocked off their cross-town [[Flatbush]] rivals - the Dodgers - four games to one.

===1973–1981: Steinbrenner, Martin, Jackson, and Munson: the Bronx Zoo===

By this time, the great DiMaggio's career was winding down. It has often been reported that he said he wanted to retire before he became an "ordinary" player. He was also hampered by bone spurs in his heel, which hastened the final docking of the "[[Yankee Clipper]]". As if on cue, new superstars began arriving, including the "Oklahoma Kid", [[Mickey Mantle]], whose first year ([[1951 in sports|1951]]) was DiMaggio's curtain call.

[[File:George Steinbrenner 1980 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|A group of investors led by [[George Steinbrenner]] purchased the team in 1973.]]

On January 3, 1973, CBS announced they were selling the club to a group of investors, led by [[Cleveland]]-based shipbuilder [[George Steinbrenner]] (1930–2010), for $10 million (equivalent to ${{inflation|US|10|1973|r=1}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation/year|US}}).<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Durso |first=Joseph |date=January 4, 1973 |title=C.B.S. Sells the Yankees for $10-Million |pages=1 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/04/archives/cbs-sells-the-yankees-for-10million-cb-s-sells-the-yankees-to.html |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615122554/https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/04/archives/cbs-sells-the-yankees-for-10million-cb-s-sells-the-yankees-to.html |archive-date=June 15, 2022}}</ref> [[E. Michael Burke]], who assumed the role of team president in 1966, resigned as president in April but stayed with the organization as a consultant to the owner.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=May 10, 1973 |title=Yankees Redefine Burke's New Role |pages=58 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/05/10/archives/yankees-redefine-burkes-new-role-aba-playoffs.html |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708001350/https://www.nytimes.com/1973/05/10/archives/yankees-redefine-burkes-new-role-aba-playoffs.html |archive-date=July 8, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Chass |first=Murray |author-link=Murray Chass |date=April 30, 1973 |title=Burke Resigns Active Role With Yanks But Remains an Owner and Consultant |pages=39 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/04/30/archives/burke-resigns-active-role-with-yanks-but-remains-an-owner-and.html |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315053523/https://www.nytimes.com/1973/04/30/archives/burke-resigns-active-role-with-yanks-but-remains-an-owner-and.html |archive-date=March 15, 2018}}</ref> Within a year, Steinbrenner bought out most of his other partners and became the team's principal owner, although Burke continued to hold a minority share into the 1980s.<ref name="boss"/>

One of Steinbrenner's major goals was to renovate Yankee Stadium.<ref name="Waldron 1975">{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Waldron |first=Martin |author-link=Martin Waldron |date=December 1, 1975 |title=Yanks Get Windfall As City Shifts Plans |pages=1 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/01/archives/yanks-get-windfall-as-city-shifts-plans-upgrading-of-stadium-area.html |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708002826/https://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/01/archives/yanks-get-windfall-as-city-shifts-plans-upgrading-of-stadium-area.html |archive-date=July 8, 2022}}</ref> Both the stadium and the surrounding neighborhood had deteriorated by the late 1960s.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Williams |first=Timothy |date=May 9, 2006 |title=A Resurgence in the Bronx Is Finally Putting the Grand Back in the Concourse |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/09/nyregion/a-resurgence-in-the-bronx-is-finally-putting-the-grand-back-in-the.html |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403234032/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/09/nyregion/a-resurgence-in-the-bronx-is-finally-putting-the-grand-back-in-the.html |archive-date=April 3, 2022}}</ref> CBS initially suggested renovations, but the team needed to play elsewhere, and the Mets refused to open their home, Shea Stadium, to the Yankees.<ref name="Ranzal 1973">{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Ranzal |first=Edward |date=November 10, 1973 |title=City Seeks to Aid Yankees at Shea |pages=35 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/11/10/archives/city-seeks-to-aid-yankees-at-shea-plan-asks-1ayear-lease-for-the.html |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708004019/https://www.nytimes.com/1973/11/10/archives/city-seeks-to-aid-yankees-at-shea-plan-asks-1ayear-lease-for-the.html |archive-date=July 8, 2022}}</ref> A new stadium in [[New Jersey Meadowlands|the Meadowlands]], across the [[Hudson River]] in [[New Jersey]], was suggested (and was eventually built, as [[Giants Stadium]], specifically for football).<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Lucas |first=Ed |author-link=Ed Lucas |date=September 2, 2016 |title=How Yankees almost ended up in the Meadowlands |work=[[The Jersey Journal]] via [[NJ.com]] |url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2016/09/how_yankees_almost_ended_up_in_the_meadowlands_luc.html |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912152647/https://www.nj.com/hudson/2016/09/how_yankees_almost_ended_up_in_the_meadowlands_luc.html |archive-date=September 12, 2021}}</ref> Finally, in mid-1972, Mayor [[John Lindsay]] stepped in. The city bought the stadium and began an extensive two-year renovation period.<ref name="Waldron 1975" /> Since the city also owned Shea Stadium, the Mets were forced to allow the Yankees to play two seasons there.<ref name="Ranzal 1973" /> The renovations modernized the look of the stadium, significantly altered the dimensions, and reconfigured some of the seating.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|date=February 10, 2006 |title=Yankee Stadium Project |url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/nyy_stadium/pdf/feis.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217174845/https://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/nyy_stadium/pdf/feis.pdf |archive-date=February 17, 2022 |access-date=July 8, 2022 |website=[[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]] |page=182}}</ref>

[[Image:Casey_Stengel_Time_Cover.jpg|thumb|200px|Casey Stengel on a 1955 cover of Time Magazine]]

===The 1950s===

Bettering the McCarthy-era clubs, Stengel's squad won the World Series in his first five years as manager, [[1949 in sports|1949]] through [[1953 in sports|1953]]. The Yankees won over 100 games in 1954, but finished second to the Indians who won an AL record 111 games; that record stood for 44 years until the 1998 Yankees surpassed it. The five consecutive championships won by the Yankees during this period remains the major league record. Led by players like center fielder [[Mickey Mantle]], pitcher [[Whitey Ford]], and catcher [[Yogi Berra]], Stengel's teams won 10 pennants and seven World Series titles in his twelve seasons as Yankee manager. Casey Stengel was also a master at publicity for the team and for himself, even landing a cover story in ''Time'' magazine in 1955.

In 1973, Steinbrenner instituted a [[New York Yankees appearance policy|personal appearance policy]] that included being clean-shaven, with long hair slicked back or trimmed.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Hoch |first=Bryan |date=December 3, 2020 |title=If you're a Yankee, you shave' – here's why |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-grooming-policy-origins |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506033715/https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-grooming-policy-origins |archive-date=May 6, 2022 |access-date=May 5, 2022 |website= |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[The New York Times]]'', Steinbrenner stated the policy was to " instill a certain sense of order and discipline" in the players.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Hoch |first=Bryan |date=December 18, 2019 |title=Cole's 1st side effect in pinstripes? Razor burn |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/gerrit-cole-shaves-to-stay-in-line-with-yankee-policy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110203422/https://www.mlb.com/news/gerrit-cole-shaves-to-stay-in-line-with-yankee-policy |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |access-date=July 8, 2022 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref> The policy originated from Steinbrenner's service in the [[United States Air Force]], which had a similar appearance policy.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Goldstein |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Goldstein (writer, born 1942) |date=July 13, 2010 |title=George Steinbrenner, Who Built Yankees Into Powerhouse, Dies at 80 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/14/sports/baseball/14steinbrenner.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511122637/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/14/sports/baseball/14steinbrenner.html |archive-date=May 11, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Garrity |first=Tanner |date=July 7, 2020 |title=Andrew McCutchen Is Right to Question the Yankees' Outdated Grooming Policy |work=Inside Hook |url=https://www.insidehook.com/article/sports/andrew-mccutchen-yankees-hair-policy |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118234139/https://www.insidehook.com/article/sports/andrew-mccutchen-yankees-hair-policy |archive-date=January 18, 2022}}</ref> This rule was enforced by his sons after George's passing,<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Buckner |first=Candace |date=April 21, 2022 |title=Baseball is changing its uniforms. The culture needs some updating, too. |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/04/21/mlb-jersey-patches-baseball/ |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422085436/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/04/21/mlb-jersey-patches-baseball/ |archive-date=April 22, 2022}}</ref> until it was modified to allow well-groomed beards in 2025.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hoch |first=Bryan |title=Yanks amend facial hair policy, to allow 'well-groomed beards' |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-change-facial-hair-policy |work=MLB.com |publisher=MLB Advanced Media |date=February 21, 2025 |access-date=February 21, 2025}}</ref> The [[Cincinnati Reds]] had the same personal appearance policy from 1967 until 1999.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Rosecrans |first=C. Trent |date=June 12, 2015 |title=Once banned, Reds now embrace facial hair |work=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]] |url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/redsblog/2015/06/12/cincinnati-reds-now-embrace-once-banned-facial-hair/71131456/ |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708104146/https://www.cincinnati.com/story/redsblog/2015/06/12/cincinnati-reds-now-embrace-once-banned-facial-hair/71131456/ |archive-date=July 8, 2022}}</ref>

The 1950s was also a decade of significant individual achievement for Yankee players. For example, in 1956 Mantle won the major league [[triple crown (baseball)|triple crown]], leading both leagues in batting average (.353), home runs (52), and RBIs (130).

[[File:Yankee Stadium aerial from Blackhawk.jpg|thumb|left|During 1974 and 1975, [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]] was renovated into its final shape and structure, as shown here in 2002, seven years before demolition.|alt=Overhead picture of the old Yankee Stadium.]]

In 1955, the Dodgers finally beat the Yankees in the World Series, after five Series losses to the Yankees in '41, '47, '49, '52 and '53. [[Image:Yogi_larsen.jpg|thumb|180px|left|Yogi Berra and Don Larsen after Larsen's perfect World Series game.]]But the Yankees came back strong the next year. On [[October 8]], [[1956 in sports|1956]], in Game Five of the [[1956 World Series]] against the Dodgers, pitcher [[Don Larsen]] threw the only [[perfect game]] in World Series history. Not only was it the only perfect game to be pitched in World Series play, it also remains the only [[no-hitter]] of any kind to be pitched in postseason play. The Yankees went on to win yet another World Series that season, and Larsen earned World Series MVP honors.

After the [[1974 Major League Baseball season|1974 season]], Steinbrenner made a move that started the modern era of [[Free agent|free agency]], signing star pitcher [[Catfish Hunter]] away from Oakland.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Crass |first=Murray |date=January 1, 1975 |title=Yankees Sign Up Catfish Hunter In Estimated $3.75-Million Deal |pages=1 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/01/01/archives/yankees-sign-up-catfish-hunter-in-estimated-375million-deal-hunter.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506032641/https://www.nytimes.com/1975/01/01/archives/yankees-sign-up-catfish-hunter-in-estimated-375million-deal-hunter.html |archive-date=May 6, 2022}}</ref> Midway through the 1975 [[1975 Major League Baseball season|season]], the team hired former second baseman [[Billy Martin]] as manager.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Durso |first=Joseph |date=August 3, 1975 |title=Martin Starts Job With Yanks; Players Are Divided on Virdon |pages=159 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/08/03/archives/martin-starts-job-with-yanks-players-are-divided-on-virdon-brat-of.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708121154/https://www.nytimes.com/1975/08/03/archives/martin-starts-job-with-yanks-players-are-divided-on-virdon-brat-of.html |archive-date=July 8, 2022}}</ref> With Martin at the helm, the [[1976 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] reached the [[1976 World Series]], but were swept by the [[1976 Cincinnati Reds season|Cincinnati Reds]] and their famed "[[Big Red Machine]]."<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Wancho |first=Joseph |title=October 21, 1976: Big Red Machine sweeps Yankees for second straight World Series championship |url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-21-1976-big-red-machine-sweeps-yankees-for-second-straight-world-series-championship/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301205529/https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-21-1976-big-red-machine-sweeps-yankees-for-second-straight-world-series-championship/ |archive-date=March 1, 2022 |access-date=July 8, 2022 |website=[[Society for American Baseball Research]]}}</ref>

After the 1976 campaign, Steinbrenner added star Oakland outfielder [[Reggie Jackson]]—who had spent 1976 with the [[Baltimore Orioles]]—to his roster.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Chass |first=Murray |author-link=Murray Chass |date=November 30, 1976 |title=Jackson Signs Yankee Contract For Five Years and $2.9 Million |pages=1 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/11/30/archives/jackson-signs-yankee-contract-for-five-years-and-29-million-jackson.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616231102/http://www.nytimes.com/1976/11/30/archives/jackson-signs-yankee-contract-for-five-years-and-29-million-jackson.html |archive-date=June 16, 2022}}</ref>

Yankee players also dominated the [[MLB Most Valuable Player Award|American League MVP]] award, with a Yankee claiming ownership six times in the decade (1950 Rizzuto, 1951 Berra, 1954 Berra, 1955 Berra, 1956 Mantle, 1957 Mantle). Pitcher [[Bob Turley]] also won the [[Cy Young Award]] in [[1958 in sports|1958]], the award's third year of existence.

During spring training of 1977, Jackson alienated his teammates with controversial remarks about the Yankees captain, catcher [[Thurman Munson]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Loumena |first=Dan |date=October 5, 2013 |title=Reggie Jackson tries to set record straight on Thurman Munson quote |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-reggie-jackson-autobiography-20131004-story.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407152953/https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-reggie-jackson-autobiography-20131004-story.html |archive-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref> He had bad blood with manager Billy Martin, who had managed the [[Detroit Tigers]] when Jackson's [[Oakland Athletics|Athletics]] defeated them in the [[1972 American League Championship Series|1972 playoffs]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Acocella |first=Nick |title=Billy battled opponents, himself |publisher=[[ESPN]] |url=https://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/Martin_Billy.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620040539/https://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/Martin_Billy.html |archive-date=June 20, 2022}}</ref> Jackson, Martin, and Steinbrenner repeatedly feuded with each other throughout Jackson's 5-year contract. Martin was hired and fired by Steinbrenner five times over the next 13 years.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|magazine|last=Keith |first=Larry |date=July 31, 1978 |title=A Bunt That Went Boom! |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1978/07/31/a-bunt-that-went-boom-for-bunting-when-manager-billy-martin-ordered-him-to-swing-away-reggie-jackson-was-suspended-and-so-began-a-chain-of-tumultuous-events-that-culminated-in-martins-resignation |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317093009/https://vault.si.com/vault/1978/07/31/a-bunt-that-went-boom-for-bunting-when-manager-billy-martin-ordered-him-to-swing-away-reggie-jackson-was-suspended-and-so-began-a-chain-of-tumultuous-events-that-culminated-in-martins-resignation |archive-date=March 17, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Webley 2010">{{Cite magazine |last=Webley |first=Kayla |date=July 13, 2010 |title=Top 10 George Steinbrenner Moments: Hiring and Firing Billy Martin |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2003503_2003501_2003497,00.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117181659/http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2003503_2003501_2003497,00.html |archive-date=November 17, 2021}}</ref> This conflict, combined with the extremely rowdy Yankees fans of the late 1970s and the bad conditions of the Bronx, led to the Yankees organization and stadium being referred to as the "[[Bronx Zoo]]".<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Lucas |first=Ed |date=June 22, 2017 |title=5 things to know about 'Bronx Zoo' 1977 Yankees {{!}} Lucas |work=[[NJ.com]] |url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2017/06/10_things_to_know_about_bronx_zoo_1977_yankees_luc.html# |access-date=January 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127140551/https://www.nj.com/hudson/2017/06/10_things_to_know_about_bronx_zoo_1977_yankees_luc.html |archive-date=January 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=McCarron |first=Anthony |date=July 14, 2010 |title=New York Yankees great Bucky Dent: 1970s was 'a great time to be a Yankee' under George Steinbrenner |work=[[New York Daily News]] |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/new-york-yankees-great-bucky-dent-1970s-great-time-yankee-george-steinbrenner-article-1.464203 |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708105952/https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/new-york-yankees-great-bucky-dent-1970s-great-time-yankee-george-steinbrenner-article-1.464203 |archive-date=July 8, 2022}}</ref> Despite the turmoil, Jackson hit four home runs in the [[1977 World Series]]; hit three of those home runs on the first pitch of his at bats in the fourth, fifth and eighth innings of the sixth game of the World Series; earned the [[World Series MVP Award|Series MVP Award]]; and got the nickname "Mr. October."<ref name="MrOctober">{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Reggie Jackson |url=http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers/detail.jsp?playerId=116439 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326172458/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/jackson-reggie |archive-date=March 26, 2022 |access-date=July 8, 2022 |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]}}</ref>

[[File:Reggie Jackson - New York Yankees - 1981.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|[[Reggie Jackson]]'s tenure with the Yankees defined their "[[Bronx Zoo]]" era of the late 1970s.]]

The Yankees lost the [[1957 World Series]] to the Milwaukee Braves. Following the Series, the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers left New York City for California, leaving the Yankees as New York's only team. In the [[1958 World Series]], the Yankees got their revenge against the Braves, and became the second team to win the Series after being down three games to one.

Throughout the late 1970s, the race for the pennant was often a close competition between the Yankees and the Red Sox. Despite that, during the [[1978 New York Yankees season|1978 season]], the [[1978 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]] were {{frac|14|1|2}} games ahead of the Yankees in July.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|magazine|date=May 10, 2018 |title='14 Back': The Epic 1978 Red Sox-Yankees Rivalry To Be Featured in Upcoming SI TV Documentary |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2018/05/10/new-york-yankees-boston-red-sox-documentary-14-back |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226230609/https://www.si.com/mlb/2018/05/10/new-york-yankees-boston-red-sox-documentary-14-back |archive-date=February 26, 2021}}</ref> In late July, Martin suspended Reggie Jackson and fined him $9,000 (equivalent to ${{inflation|US|9000|1978|r=-3|fmt=c}} in {{Inflation/year|US}}) for "defiance" after he bunted while Martin had the "swing" signal on.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Crass |first=Murray |date=July 19, 1978 |title=Reggie Jackson Penalized: 5 Days, $9,000 |pages=19 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/07/19/archives/new-jersey-pages-reggie-jackson-penalized-5-days-9000-indefinite.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708110434/https://www.nytimes.com/1978/07/19/archives/new-jersey-pages-reggie-jackson-penalized-5-days-9000-indefinite.html |archive-date=July 8, 2022}}</ref> Upon Jackson's return, Martin made a famous statement against both Jackson and owner Steinbrenner: "They deserve each other. One's a born liar; the other's convicted."<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Crass |first=Murray |date=July 25, 1978 |title=Martin Resigns |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/07/25/archives/new-jersey-pages-martin-resigns-bob-lemon-to-manage-yankees-rosen.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726003035/https://www.nytimes.com/1978/07/25/archives/new-jersey-pages-martin-resigns-bob-lemon-to-manage-yankees-rosen.html |archive-date=July 26, 2021}}</ref> Martin was forced to resign the next day and was replaced by [[Bob Lemon]]. This came while the team was winning five games in a row and Boston was losing five in a row.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Lupica |first=Mike |author-link=Mike Lupica |date=January 16, 2000 |title=Lemon Will Be Remembered for Yankees Summer of '78 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-16-sp-54493-story.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207172951/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-16-sp-54493-story.html |archive-date=December 7, 2020}}</ref>

The Yankees continued to win games, and by the time they met Boston for a pivotal four-game series at [[Fenway Park]] in early September, the Yankees were four games behind the Red Sox. The Yankees swept the Red Sox in what became known as the "Boston Massacre", winning the games 15–3, 13–2, 7–0, and 7–4.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rawlings |first=Nate |date=January 31, 2012 |title=Top 10 NYC-vs.-Boston Showdowns: Yankees vs. Red Sox, 1978 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2105715_2105714_2105723,00.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219075738/http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2105715_2105714_2105723,00.html |archive-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Boswell |first=Thomas |author-link=Thomas Boswell |date=September 11, 1978 |title=Red Sox Keep Falling, 7–4, Into Tie With Yankees |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1978/09/11/red-sox-keep-falling-7-4-into-tie-with-yankees/bb235500-f3e2-4ad2-94f6-d88895141857/ |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708123700/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1978/09/11/red-sox-keep-falling-7-4-into-tie-with-yankees/bb235500-f3e2-4ad2-94f6-d88895141857/ |archive-date=July 8, 2022}}</ref> The third game was a shutout pitched by [[Ron Guidry]], who led the majors with nine shutouts, a 25–3 record, and a 1.74 ERA.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Feinsand |first=Mark |date=June 14, 2018 |title=The year 'Louisiana Lightning' lit up the Bronx |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/remembering-ron-guidry-s-amazing-1978-season-c281063816 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625121431/https://www.mlb.com/news/remembering-ron-guidry-s-amazing-1978-season-c281063816 |archive-date=June 25, 2021 |access-date=July 8, 2022 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref> On the last day of the season, the two clubs finished in a tie for first place in the AL East, and a tiebreaker game was held at Fenway Park. With Guidry pitching against former Yankee [[Mike Torrez]], the Red Sox took an early 2–0 lead. In the seventh inning, light-hitting Yankee shortstop [[Bucky Dent]] drove a three-run home run over the Fenway Park's [[Green Monster]], putting the Yankees up 3–2. Reggie Jackson's solo home run in the following inning sealed the eventual 5–4 win that gave the Yankees their one-hundredth win of the season and their third straight AL East title. Guidry earned his 25th win of the season.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Muder |first=Craig |title=Legendary Yankees vs. Red Sox Playoff Game Featured Five Future Hall of Famers |url=https://baseballhall.org/discover/inside-pitch/legendary-yankees-vs-red-sox-playoff-game-featured-five-future-hall-of-famers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322175058/https://baseballhall.org/discover/inside-pitch/legendary-yankees-vs-red-sox-playoff-game-featured-five-future-hall-of-famers |archive-date=March 22, 2022 |access-date=July 8, 2022 |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Wancho |first=Joseph |title=October 2, 1978: Bucky Dent's home run spurs Yankees to division title in AL East tiebreaker |url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-2-1978-bucky-dents-home-run-spurs-yankees-to-division-title-in-al-east-tiebreaker/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131042346/https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-2-1978-bucky-dents-home-run-spurs-yankees-to-division-title-in-al-east-tiebreaker/ |archive-date=January 31, 2022 |access-date=July 8, 2022 |website=[[Society for American Baseball Research]]}}</ref>

For the decade, the Yankees won six World Series championships ('50, 51, '52, '53, '56, '58) and eight American League pennants (those six plus '55 and '57). Led by Mantle, Ford, Berra, [[Elston Howard]], and the newly acquired [[Roger Maris]], the Yankees burst into the new decade seeking to replicate the remarkable success of the 1950s.

After defeating the [[Kansas City Royals]] for the third consecutive year in the [[1978 American League Championship Series|ALCS]], the Yankees faced the Los Angeles Dodgers in the [[1978 World Series|World Series]]. They lost the first two games in Los Angeles, but won all three games at Yankee Stadium and Game 6 back in Los Angeles, winning their 22nd world championship.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=1978 World Series |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=1978 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108195527/http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=1978 |archive-date=January 8, 2022 |access-date=July 8, 2022 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref> Changes occurred during the 1979 season. Former Cy Young Award-winning closer [[Sparky Lyle]] was traded to the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] for several players, including [[Dave Righetti]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Bogen |first=Mike |date=August 2, 2008 |title=Some baseball deals, like Danny Cater for Sparky Lyle, have ripple effects |work=[[The Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts)|MassLive]] |url=https://www.masslive.com/sports/2008/08/some_baseball_deals_like_danny.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516035339/https://www.masslive.com/sports/2008/08/some_baseball_deals_like_danny.html |archive-date=May 16, 2020}}</ref> [[Tommy John]] was acquired from the Dodgers and [[Luis Tiant]] from the Red Sox to bolster the pitching staff.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Boswell |first=Thomas |author-link=Thomas Boswell |date=April 1, 1979 |title=AL Starts With a Team Better Than the Yanks |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1979/04/01/al-starts-with-a-team-better-than-the-yanks/c5a6bdc7-9748-4cee-bfe9-6482da92847b/ |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708151237/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1979/04/01/al-starts-with-a-team-better-than-the-yanks/c5a6bdc7-9748-4cee-bfe9-6482da92847b/ |archive-date=July 8, 2022}}</ref> During the season, Bob Lemon was replaced by Billy Martin, who was serving his second stint as Yankees manager.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Anderson |first=Dave |author-link=Dave Anderson (sportswriter) |date=October 30, 1979 |title='I'm the Same Billy Martin' — Sadly |pages=15 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/30/archives/im-the-same-billy-martin-sadly-sports-of-the-times-his-fifth.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708151426/https://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/30/archives/im-the-same-billy-martin-sadly-sports-of-the-times-his-fifth.html |archive-date=July 8, 2022}}</ref>

===The hgiojiopryjiortwio but the American League owners forced him to sell the Stadium as a condition of purchasing the Athletics. Johnson was also a longtime business associate of then-Yankees owners [[Del Webb]] and [[Dan Topping]].

[[File:Munson Gear.jpg|thumb|left|The mask and catcher's mitt of [[Thurman Munson]], the team captain who was killed in a plane crash in 1979|alt=A catcher's mitt, "NY" shirts, catcher's mask, and bat.]]

[[Image:Mickeymantle.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Mickey Mantle]]

On August 2, 1979, catcher Thurman Munson died when his private plane crashed while he was practicing [[touch-and-go landing]]s.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=August 3, 1979 |title=Munson Dies in Plane Crash |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1979/08/03/munson-dies-in-plane-crash/941e3d8b-109f-4f2b-a6f2-675d9fb86c80/ |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708152109/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1979/08/03/munson-dies-in-plane-crash/941e3d8b-109f-4f2b-a6f2-675d9fb86c80/ |archive-date=July 8, 2022}}</ref> Four days later, the entire team flew out to [[Canton, Ohio|Canton]], Ohio, for the funeral, despite having a game later that day against the [[1979 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=August 7, 1979 |title=Hundreds at Funeral Of Yankees' Munson |pages=1 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/07/archives/hundreds-at-funeral-of-yankees-munson-somebody-special-hundreds.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708152453/https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/07/archives/hundreds-at-funeral-of-yankees-munson-somebody-special-hundreds.html |archive-date=July 8, 2022}}</ref> [[Bobby Murcer]], a close friend of Munson's, along with [[Lou Piniella]], were chosen to give the eulogy at his funeral.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Boswell |first=Thomas |author-link=Thomas Boswell |date=August 7, 1979 |title=A Hero Buried In Ohio |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1979/08/07/a-hero-buried-in-ohio/dcb86fcb-c52e-485e-82f6-102f944afb64/ |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708153547/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1979/08/07/a-hero-buried-in-ohio/dcb86fcb-c52e-485e-82f6-102f944afb64/ |archive-date=July 8, 2022}}</ref> In a nationally televised and emotional game, Murcer used Munson's bat (which he gave to Munson's wife after the game), and drove in all five of the team's runs in a dramatic 5–4 walk-off victory.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Axisa |first=Mike |date=August 2, 2013 |title=Today is the 34th anniversary of Thurman Munson's death |work=[[CBS Sports]] |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/today-is-the-34th-anniversary-of-thurman-munsons-death/ |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708154222/https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-trends-matt-olson-chasing-ultra-rare-60-double-season-one-reason-why-the-giants-arent-repeating-2021/xhr/?showTaboola=false |archive-date=July 8, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Sandomir |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Sandomir |date=August 2, 2007 |title=Murcer Revisits Emotional Night About Munson |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/02/sports/baseball/02sandomir.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116204024/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/02/sports/baseball/02sandomir.html |archive-date=January 16, 2018}}</ref> Before the game, Munson's locker sat empty except for his catching gear, a sad reminder for his teammates. His locker, labeled with his number 15, has remained empty in the Yankees clubhouse as a memorial. When the Yankees moved across the street, Munson's locker was torn out and installed in the new stadium's museum.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Jones |first=Chris |date=December 3, 2008 |title=The Things We Forget, Part 10: Thurman Munson's old locker in Yankee Stadium |work=[[ESPN The Magazine]] |url=https://www.espn.com/espnmag/story?section=magazine&id=3741115 |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708155416/https://www.espn.com/espnmag/story?section=magazine&id=3741115 |archive-date=July 8, 2022}}</ref> Immediately after Munson's death, the team announced his number 15 would be [[Retired number|retired]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Bock |first=Hal |date=August 4, 1979 |title=Yankees, O's, Fans In Munson Tribute |pages=1 |work=[[The Vindicator (Ohio newspaper)|Youngstown Vindicator]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4epIAAAAIBAJ&pg=3645 |access-date=July 8, 2022}}</ref>

The 1980 season brought more changes. Billy Martin was fired once again and [[Dick Howser]] took his place.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=October 29, 1979 |title=Yanks Fire Martin |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1979/10/29/yanks-fire-martin/4bfc6841-667f-4dbd-b97a-86d4f4cf0c3d/ |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124194946/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1979/10/29/yanks-fire-martin/4bfc6841-667f-4dbd-b97a-86d4f4cf0c3d/ |archive-date=January 24, 2020}}</ref> [[Chris Chambliss]] was traded to the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] for catcher [[Rick Cerone]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Rosenstein |first=Mike |date=August 6, 2020 |title=Ex-Yankees catcher Rick Cerone, Seton Hall star, heads to National College Baseball Hall of Fame |work=[[NJ.com]] |url=https://www.nj.com/yankees/2020/08/ex-yankees-catcher-rick-cerone-seton-hall-star-heads-to-national-college-baseball-hall-of-fame.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821090632/https://www.nj.com/yankees/2020/08/ex-yankees-catcher-rick-cerone-seton-hall-star-heads-to-national-college-baseball-hall-of-fame.html |archive-date=August 21, 2020}}</ref> Reggie Jackson hit .300 for the only time in his career with 41 homers, and finished second in the MVP voting to Kansas City's [[George Brett]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Reggie Jackson |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jacksre01.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702110520/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jacksre01.shtml |archive-date=July 2, 2022 |access-date=July 8, 2022 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=1980 Awards Voting |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1980.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506103530/https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1980.shtml |archive-date=May 6, 2022 |access-date=July 8, 2022 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref> The [[1980 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] won 103 games and the AL East by three games over the [[1980 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]], but were swept by the [[1980 Kansas City Royals season|Royals]] in the [[1980 American League Championship Series|ALCS]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=1980 New York Yankees Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1980.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616010500/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1980.shtml |archive-date=June 16, 2022 |access-date=July 8, 2022 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref>

During Johnson's ownership, the Athletics traded many young players to the Yankees for cash and aging veterans, thus significantly improving the Yankees' future prospects. [[Roger Maris]] had been acquired by the Yankees in one such trade, going to New York in a seven-player deal in December 1959. Many fans, and even other teams, frequently accused the Athletics of being operated effectively as a farm team for the Yankees. Once Finley purchased the Athletics, he immediately terminated the team's "special relationship" with the Yankees, thus cutting off their easy supply of promising players.

After the season ended, the Yankees signed [[Dave Winfield]] to a 10-year contract.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Murray |first=Janey |title=Winfield signs record-setting deal with Yankees |url=https://baseballhall.org/discover/inside-pitch/winfield-signs-record-setting-deal-with-yankees |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213223105/https://baseballhall.org/discover/inside-pitch/winfield-signs-record-setting-deal-with-yankees |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |access-date=July 8, 2022 |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]}}</ref> A contract misunderstanding led to a feud between Winfield and Steinbrenner.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Webley |first=Kayla |date=July 13, 2010 |title=Top 10 George Steinbrenner Moments: Banned for Life |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2003503_2003501_2003499,00.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515191824/http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2003503_2003501_2003499,00.html |archive-date=May 15, 2019}}</ref> The team fired Howser and replaced him with [[Gene Michael]]. Under Michael, the Yankees led the AL East before a [[1981 Major League Baseball strike|strike]] hit in June 1981.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Goldstein |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Goldstein (writer, born 1942) |date=September 7, 2017 |title=Gene Michael, Whose Yankee Teams Won 4 World Series, Dies at 79 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/sports/baseball/gene-michael-dead-yankees.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231113807/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/sports/baseball/gene-michael-dead-yankees.html |archive-date=December 31, 2021}}</ref> The Yankees struggled under Bob Lemon, who replaced Michael for the second half of the season.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=September 4, 1981 |title=Bob Lemon Named Yankees' Manager |work=[[The Daily Times (Salisbury, Maryland)|The Daily Times]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pbhQAAAAIBAJ&pg=5034,641892&dq=bob+lemon&hl=en |access-date=July 8, 2022 |via=[[Google News]]}}</ref> Thanks to the split-season playoff format, the Yankees faced the second-half winner [[Milwaukee Brewers]] in the special [[1981 American League Division Series]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=McCalvy |first=Adam |date=October 8, 2021 |title='We should have won': '81 Crew paved way |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/brewers-recall-first-postseason-team-in-1981 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011194717/https://www.mlb.com/news/brewers-recall-first-postseason-team-in-1981 |archive-date=October 11, 2021 |access-date=July 8, 2022 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref> After defeating Milwaukee 3–2, they swept the Oakland Athletics in a three-game [[1981 American League Championship Series|ALCS]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|title=Oakland A's playoff history |work=[[NBC Sports Bay Area]] |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/athletics/oakland-playoff-history |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726192327/https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/athletics/oakland-playoff-history |archive-date=July 26, 2021}}</ref> In the [[1981 World Series|World Series]], the Yankees won the first two games against the Los Angeles Dodgers. But the Dodgers fought back to win the next four games to claim the World Series title.<ref name=Corcoran2013>{{#invoke:Cite|magazine|last=Corcoran |first=Cliff |date=June 18, 2013 |title=Fall Classics: The 11 World Series showdowns between the Yankees and Dodgers |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2013/06/18/fall-classics-the-11-world-series-showdowns-between-the-yankees-and-dodgers |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127121433/https://www.si.com/mlb/2013/06/18/fall-classics-the-11-world-series-showdowns-between-the-yankees-and-dodgers |archive-date=January 27, 2022}}</ref>

In 1960, Roger Maris - the former Athletic, now Yankee - led the league in slugging percentage, RBIs, and extra base hits; he finished second in home runs (one behind Mickey Mantle) and total bases, won a Golden Glove, and won the American League Most Valuable Player award. All of this was a prelude to the remarkable year that would follow.

===1982–1995: Struggles during the Mattingly years===

[[1961 in baseball|Nineteen sixty-one]] was one of the most memorable years in Yankee history. Throughout the summer Mantle and Maris, the reigning MVP, hit home runs at a record pace as both chased Babe Ruth's single season home run record of 60. The duo's home run prowess led the media and fans to christen them the "M & M Boys". Ultimately, Mantle was forced to bow out in mid-September with 54 home runs when a severe hip infection forced him from the lineup. On [[October 1]], the final day of the season, Maris broke the record when he sent a pitch from Boston's [[Tracy Stallard]] into the right field stands at Yankee Stadium for his 61st home run. However, by decree of Commissioner [[Ford Frick]], separate single-season home run records were maintained to reflect the fact that Ruth hit his 60 home runs during a 154-game season, while Maris hit his 61 in the first year of the new 162-game season. Some 30 years later, on [[September 4]], [[1991 in baseball|1991]], an eight-member Committee for Historical Accuracy appointed by Major League Baseball did away with the dual records, giving Maris sole possession of the single-season home run record until it was broken by [[Mark McGwire]] on [[September 8]], [[1998 in baseball|1998]]. (McGwire's record was later broken by [[Barry Bonds]], whose 73 home runs in [[2001 in baseball|2001]] remains the major league record. Maris still holds the American League record.)

[[File:Don Mattingly Strikes Out.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Don Mattingly]] headlined a Yankees franchise that struggled in the 1980s.|alt=A medium-wide shot of baseball player Don Mattingly holding a bat and looking down.]]

Following the team's loss to the Dodgers in the 1981 World Series, the Yankees began their longest absence from the playoffs since 1921.<ref>{{Cite book |last=D. Fetter |first=Henry |title=Taking on the Yankees: Winning and Losing in the Business of Baseball, 1903–2003 |publisher=[[W. W. Norton & Company]] |year=2003 |isbn=9780393057195 |pages=356 |language=en}}</ref> Steinbrenner announced his plan to transform the Yankees from the "Bronx Bombers" into the "Bronx Burners", increasing the Yankees' ability to win games based on speed and defense instead of relying on home runs.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=D'Addona |first=Dan |date=Fall 2011 |title=Baseball's Forgotten Era: The '80s |url=http://sabr.org/research/baseball-s-forgotten-era-80s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107093340/http://sabr.org/research/baseball-s-forgotten-era-80s |archive-date=November 7, 2014 |access-date=August 14, 2014 |website=[[Society for American Baseball Research]]}}</ref> As a first step towards this end, the Yankees signed [[Dave Collins (baseball)|Dave Collins]] from the [[Cincinnati Reds]] during the 1981 off-season.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=McCarron |first=Anthony |date=June 12, 2010 |title=Switch-hitting OF Dave Collins' time with New York Yankees short but sweet |work=[[New York Daily News]] |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/switch-hitting-dave-collins-time-new-york-yankees-short-sweet-article-1.184705 |access-date=July 8, 2022}}</ref> Collins was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays after the 1982 season in a deal that also included future All-Stars [[Fred McGriff]] and [[Mike Morgan (baseball)|Mike Morgan]]. In return the Yankees got [[Dale Murray]] and [[Tom Dodd (baseball)|Tom Dodd]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Kuty |first=Brendan |date=December 3, 2016 |title=Yankees' 7 worst trades of all time |work=[[NJ.com]] |url=https://www.nj.com/yankees/2016/12/yankees_7_worst_trades_of_all_time.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708205058/https://www.nj.com/yankees/2016/12/yankees_7_worst_trades_of_all_time.html |archive-date=July 8, 2022}}</ref>

The Yankees of the 1980s were led by All-Star first baseman [[Don Mattingly]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Miller |first=Randy |date=May 3, 2020 |title=Yankees' Mount Rushmore: Picking 4 best Bombers of 1980s |work=[[NJ.com]] |url=https://www.nj.com/yankees/2020/04/yankees-mount-rushmore-picking-4-best-bombers-of-1980s-welcome-to-the-don-mattingly-show.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615182011/https://www.nj.com/yankees/2020/04/yankees-mount-rushmore-picking-4-best-bombers-of-1980s-welcome-to-the-don-mattingly-show.html |archive-date=June 15, 2021}}</ref> In spite of accumulating the most total wins of any major league team, they failed to win a World Series (the 1980s were the first decade since the 1910s in which the Yankees did not win at least two Series) and had only two playoff appearances.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fans voicing displeasure with Yankees' ownership|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=August 31, 1989|page=A18|agency=Associated Press|quote=Steinbrenner said..."You have to look at the record. We didn't win a World Series this decade, but we had the best record of the 1980s of any team in the major leagues."...This is the first Yankee team since 1910–1919 to go an entire decade without winning a World Series title.}}</ref> They consistently had a powerful offense, with Mattingly and Winfield competing for the best average in the AL for the [[1984 New York Yankees season|1984 season]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=October 1, 1984 |title=Mattingly Edges Winfield for AL Batting Title |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1984/10/01/mattingly-edges-winfield-for-al-batting-title/4f1775ca-297d-4bf5-b89d-daf1b9808d0f/ |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708213803/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1984/10/01/mattingly-edges-winfield-for-al-batting-title/4f1775ca-297d-4bf5-b89d-daf1b9808d0f/ |archive-date=July 8, 2022}}</ref> Despite their offense, the Yankees teams of the 1980s lacked sufficient starting pitching to win a championship in the 1980s.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Chass |first=Murray |date=May 23, 1990 |title=Unhappy Yankee Tradition; Pitching Deals of the 1980's Were Disappointing |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/23/sports/unhappy-yankee-tradition-pitching-deals-of-the-1980-s-were-disappointing.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525202721/http://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/23/sports/unhappy-yankee-tradition-pitching-deals-of-the-1980-s-were-disappointing.html |archive-date=May 25, 2015}}</ref> After posting a 22–6 record in 1985, arm problems caught up with Guidry, and his performance declined over the next three years. He retired after the 1988 season.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Chass |first=Murray |date=July 11, 1989 |title=Guidry To Retire As Yanks Spurn Bid |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/11/sports/guidry-to-retire-as-yanks-spurn-bid.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404052650/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/11/sports/guidry-to-retire-as-yanks-spurn-bid.html |archive-date=April 4, 2019}}</ref> Of the remaining mainstays of the Yankees' rotation, only [[Dave Righetti]] stood out, pitching a [[no-hitter]] on July 4, 1983, but he was moved to the bullpen the next year where he helped to define the closer role.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=July 4, 1983 |title=No Hitter for Yankees' Righetti |pages=19 |work=[[Honolulu Star-Bulletin]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/honolulu-star-bulletin-no-hitter-for-yan/170640702/ |access-date=July 8, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Martinez |first=Michael |date=December 19, 1989 |title=Righetti Starts Over As Yankee Reliever |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/19/sports/righetti-starts-over-as-yankee-reliever.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220023535/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/19/sports/righetti-starts-over-as-yankee-reliever.html |archive-date=December 20, 2017}}</ref>

[[Image:rogermaris.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Roger Maris]]

The Yankees won the pennant with a 109-53 record and went on to defeat the [[Cincinnati Reds]] in five games to win the [[1961 World Series]]. The 109 regular season wins posted by the '61 club remains the third highest single-season total in franchise history, behind only the 1998 team's 114 regular season wins and 1927 team's 110 wins. The 1961 Yankees also clubbed a then-major league record for most home runs by a team with 240, a total not surpassed until the [[1996 in baseball|1996]] Baltimore Orioles hit 257 with the aid of the [[designated hitter]]. Maris won his second consecutive MVP Award while Whitey Ford captured the Cy Young.

Despite the Yankees' lack of pitching success during the 1980s, they had three of the premier pitchers of the early 1990s on their roster during these years in [[Al Leiter]], [[Doug Drabek]] and [[José Rijo]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Anderson |first=Dave |author-link=Dave Anderson (sportswriter) |date=May 2, 1989 |title=Impatience Not a Virtue For Yanks |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/02/sports/sports-of-the-times-impatience-not-a-virtue-for-yanks.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219150637/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/02/sports/sports-of-the-times-impatience-not-a-virtue-for-yanks.html |archive-date=December 19, 2017}}</ref> All were mismanaged and dealt away before they could reach their full potential, with only Rijo returning much value – he was traded to the Oakland A's in the deal that brought Henderson to New York.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Chass |first=Murray |date=December 6, 1984 |title=Yankees and A's Complete Deal for Henderson |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/02/sports/sports-of-the-times-impatience-not-a-virtue-for-yanks.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407063032/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/06/sports/yanks-and-a-s-complete-deal-for-henderson.html |archive-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref> The team came close to winning the AL East in [[1985 New York Yankees season|1985]] and [[1986 New York Yankees season|1986]], finishing second to the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] and Boston Red Sox, respectively, but fell to fourth place in [[1987 New York Yankees season|1987]] and fifth in [[1988 New York Yankees season|1988]], despite having mid-season leads in the AL East both years.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last1=Best |first1=Neil |author1-link=Neil Best (journalist) |title=1985 Yankees getting well-deserved time in spotlight as current team matches 11-game winning streak |url=https://www.newsday.com/sports/columnists/neil-best/yankees-11-game-winning-streak-1985-2021-e73171 |access-date=July 8, 2022 |work=[[Newsday]] |date=August 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708221016/https://www.newsday.com/sports/columnists/neil-best/yankees-11-game-winning-streak-1985-2021-e73171 |archive-date=July 8, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=1986 Major League Team Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/1986.shtml |publisher=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127004536/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/1986.shtml |archive-date=November 27, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=1987 Major League Team Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/1987.shtml |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121020833/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/1987.shtml |archive-date=November 21, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=1988 Major League Team Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/1988.shtml |publisher=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201153442/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/1988.shtml |archive-date=December 1, 2021}}

Because of the excellence of Maris, Mantle, and World Series-MVP Ford, a fine pitching staff, stellar team defense, the team's strong depth and power, and its overall dominance, the 1961 Yankees are universally considered to be one of the greatest teams in the history of baseball, compared often to their pinstriped-brethren, the 1927 Yankees, the 1939 Yankees, and the 1998 Yankees.

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By the end of the decade, the Yankees' offense declined. Henderson and third baseman [[Mike Pagliarulo]] had departed by the middle of [[1989 New York Yankees season|1989]],<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Axisa |first=Mike |date=August 1, 2016 |title=MLB Trade Deadline: Usually buyers, Yankees show they can be good at selling |work=[[CBS Sports]] |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-trade-deadline-usually-buyers-yankees-show-they-can-be-good-at-selling-too/ |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328012638/http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-trade-deadline-usually-buyers-yankees-show-they-can-be-good-at-selling-too/ |archive-date=March 28, 2017}}</ref> while back problems hampered both Winfield (who missed the entire 1989 season)<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=November 9, 1989 |title=Winfield Set For '90 Season |work=[[The New York Times]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/09/sports/winfield-set-for-90-season.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220234100/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/09/sports/winfield-set-for-90-season.html |archive-date=December 20, 2017}}</ref> and Mattingly (who missed almost the entire second half of 1990).<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|magazine|last=Jaffe |first=Jay |date=December 10, 2014 |title=JAWS and the 2015 Hall of Fame ballot: Don Mattingly |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2014/12/10/jaws-2015-hall-of-fame-ballot-don-mattingly |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511062716/https://www.si.com/mlb/2014/12/10/jaws-2015-hall-of-fame-ballot-don-mattingly |archive-date=May 11, 2021}}</ref> Winfield's tenure with the team ended when he was dealt to the [[Los Angeles Angels|California Angels]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Bloom |first=Earl |title=This Date in Angels History, 1990: Dave Winfield refuses to be traded to the Angels |work=[[Orange County Register]] |date=May 11, 2016 |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2016/05/11/this-date-in-angels-history-1990-dave-winfield-refuses-to-be-traded-to-the-angels/ |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708224729/https://www.ocregister.com/2016/05/11/this-date-in-angels-history-1990-dave-winfield-refuses-to-be-traded-to-the-angels/ |archive-date=July 8, 2022}}</ref> From 1989 to 1992, the team had a losing record, spending significant money on free-agents and draft picks who did not live up to expectations.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pennington |first=Bill |title=Chumps to Champs: How the Worst Teams in Yankees History Led to the '90s Dynasty |publisher=[[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]] |year=2019 |isbn=9781328849854 |pages=6 |language=en |author-link=Bill Pennington}}</ref> In 1990, the [[1990 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] had the worst record in the American League, and their fourth last-place finish in franchise history.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|magazine|last=Delessio |first=Joe |date=September 10, 2015 |title=Despite critics, John Sterling a fixture behind radio microphone for Yankees |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2015/09/10/john-sterling-yankees-broadcaster-joe-delessio |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618010005/https://www.si.com/mlb/2015/09/10/john-sterling-yankees-broadcaster-joe-delessio |archive-date=June 18, 2021}}</ref>

In 1962, the Yankees once again had an intra-city rival, as the New York Mets came into existence. That year the Mets would lose a record 120 games while the Yankees would win the [[1962 World Series]], their tenth in the past sixteen years, defeating the [[San Francisco Giants]] in seven games.

During the 1990 season, Yankee fans started to chant "[[1918!]]" to taunt the Red Sox, reminding them of the last time they won a World Series one weekend the Red Sox were there in 1990.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Maske |first=Mark |date=September 25, 1990 |title=Pennant Chases in East Still Flying High, West All but Flagged |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1990/09/25/pennant-chases-in-east-still-flying-high-west-all-but-flagged/54e04b92-79ac-427f-952d-1755a5cc3281/ |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709000601/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1990/09/25/pennant-chases-in-east-still-flying-high-west-all-but-flagged/54e04b92-79ac-427f-952d-1755a5cc3281/ |archive-date=July 9, 2022}}</ref> Each time the Red Sox were at Yankee Stadium afterward, chants of "1918!" echoed through the stadium.<ref name="1918!Chants">{{harvnb|Shaughnessy|2005|page=26}}</ref> Yankee fans also taunted the Red Sox with signs saying "CURSE OF THE BAMBINO", pictures of Babe Ruth, and wearing "1918!" T-shirts each time they were at the stadium.<ref name="1918!Chants"/> These fans came to be known as the [[Bleacher Creatures]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Dwyer |first=Jim |date=May 14, 1996 |title=Faithful cowbell finally tolls for Yankee bleacher leader |pages=186 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-faithful-cowbell-finally-toll/170640741/ |access-date=July 8, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

The Yankees would again reach the Fall Classic in [[1963 World Series|1963]], but they were swept in four games by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Behind World Series-MVP [[Sandy Koufax]], [[Don Drysdale]], and [[Johnny Podres]], the Dodgers' starting pitchers threw four complete games and combined to give up just four runs all Series. This was the first time the Yankees were swept in a World Series.

The poor showings in the 1980s and early 1990s soon changed. Steinbrenner hired [[Howard Spira]] to uncover damaging information on Winfield and was subsequently suspended from day-to-day team operations by Commissioner [[Fay Vincent]] for two years when the plot was revealed.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Hudson |first=Maryann |date=July 31, 1990 |title=The Steinbrenner Decision |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-07-31-sp-1099-story.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709001348/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-07-31-sp-1099-story.html |archive-date=July 9, 2022}}</ref> This turn of events allowed management to implement a coherent acquisition and development program without owner interference. General Manager [[Gene Michael]], along with manager [[Buck Showalter]], shifted the club's emphasis from high-priced acquisitions to developing talent through the [[farm system]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Olney |first=Buster |author-link=Buster Olney |date=September 7, 2017 |title=Olney: Gene 'Stick' Michael's stubbornness was the heart of Yankees' Core Four |publisher=[[ESPN]] |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/buster-olney/post/_/id/17320/olney-gene-stick-michaels-stubbornness-was-the-heart-of-yankees-core-four |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004130752/http://www.espn.com/blog/buster-olney/post/_/id/17320/olney-gene-stick-michaels-stubbornness-was-the-heart-of-yankees-core-four |archive-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref> This new philosophy developed key players such as outfielder [[Bernie Williams]], shortstop [[Derek Jeter]], catcher [[Jorge Posada]], and pitchers [[Andy Pettitte]] and [[Mariano Rivera]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pepe |first=Phil |title=Core Four: The Heart and Soul of the Yankees Dynasty |publisher=[[Triumph Books]] |year=2014 |isbn=9781623688707 |at=Chapter: Hello Columbus |language=en |author-link=Phil Pepe}}</ref> The first significant success came in [[1994 New York Yankees season|1994]], when the Yankees had the best record in the AL, but the season was cut short by a [[1994–95 Major League Baseball strike|players' strike]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Curry |first=Jack |author-link=Jack Curry |date=August 26, 2002 |title=BASEBALL; Lost Games, Lost Dreams |pages=D1 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/26/sports/baseball-lost-games-lost-dreams.html?pagewanted=print |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308130602/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/26/sports/baseball-lost-games-lost-dreams.html?pagewanted=print |archive-date=March 8, 2021}}</ref> Since the Yankees' last post season appearance was also in a season cut short by a [[1981 Major League Baseball strike|strike]], the news media constantly reminded the Yankees about the parallels between these two Yankees teams, which included both teams having division leads taken away by strike.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/07/sports/baseball-flashback-to-81-another-lead-another-strike.html?pagewanted=1&pagewanted=print|title=Flashback to '81: Another Lead, Another Strike|date=August 7, 1994|first=Jack|last=Curry|newspaper=The New York Times|page=A1|author-link=Jack Curry|access-date=February 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107071318/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/07/sports/baseball-flashback-to-81-another-lead-another-strike.html?pagewanted=1&pagewanted=print|archive-date=November 7, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Kawakami |first=Tim |date=August 10, 1994 |title='81, '94 Yankees Both Winners but Worlds Apart in Personality |page=C2 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> Throughout October, the media continued to speculate about what might have been if there had not been a strike, making references to the day's games in the postseason would have been played.<ref name="LostWorldSeries">{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=O'Connell |first=Jack |date=April 25, 1995 |title=Finishing What They Started |page=G2 |newspaper=[[Hartford Courant]] |url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1995-04-25-9504260842-story.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220709003958/https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2001-06-10-0106102710-story.html |archive-date=July 9, 2022}}</ref>

Feeling burnt out after the season, Houk left the manager's chair to become the team's general manager and Berra, who himself had just retired from playing, was named the new manager of the Yankees.

A year later, the team qualified for the playoffs in the new wild card slot in the strike-shortened 1995 season. In the memorable [[1995 American League Division Series]] against the [[Seattle Mariners]], the Yankees won the first two games at home and lost the next three in Seattle. Although Mattingly batted .417 with a home run and six RBI in the only postseason series of his career, his back problems led him to retire after the 1997 season after sitting out the 1996 season.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Lupica |first=Mike |author-link=Mike Lupica |date=February 9, 2022 |title=When Mattingly recaptured Donnie Baseball in '95: 'I was me again' |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/don-mattingly-on-1995-rebound-playing-in-postseason |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209142547/https://www.mlb.com/news/don-mattingly-on-1995-rebound-playing-in-postseason |archive-date=February 9, 2022 |access-date=July 8, 2022 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Curry |first=Jack |author-link=Jack Curry |date=January 23, 1997 |title=Mattingly Says Farewell, and So Does His Number |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/23/sports/mattingly-says-farewell-and-so-does-his-number.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610014346/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/23/sports/mattingly-says-farewell-and-so-does-his-number.html |archive-date=June 10, 2021}}</ref>

The aging Yankees returned for a fifth straight World Series in [[1964 World Series|1964]] -- their fourteenth World Series appearance in the past sixteen years -- to face the St. Louis Cardinals in a Series immortalized by [[David Halberstam]]'s book, ''October 1964''. Despite a valiant performance by Mantle, including a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth of Game Three off of Cardinals' reliever Barney Schultz, the Yankees fell to the Cardinals in seven games, and Berra was fired. It was to be the last World Series appearance by the Yankees for 12 years.

===1996–2007: Core Four: Jeter, Posada, Pettitte, and Rivera===

After the [[1964 in baseball|1964]] season, [[CBS]] purchased 80 percent of the Yankees from Topping and Webb for $11.2 million. Jokesters at the time wondered if [[Walter Cronkite]] would become the manager, perhaps with Yogi Berra doing the newscasts. Topping and Webb had owned the Yankees for 20 years, missing the World Series only five times, and going 10-5 in the World Series.

[[File:Key Three.jpg|thumb|right|The Yankees' success in the late 1990s and early 2000s was built from a [[Core Four|core of productive players]] that included [[Jorge Posada]], [[Mariano Rivera]], and [[Derek Jeter]].|alt=Wide shot of catcher Jorge Posada to the left with pitcher Mariano Rivera and shortstop Derek Jeter talking on the pitcher's mound.]]

Joe Torre had a mediocre run as a manager in the National League,<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|magazine|date=July 27, 2014 |title=Joe Torre inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2014/07/27/ap-bbo-hall-fame-torre |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709005730/https://www.si.com/mlb/2014/07/27/ap-bbo-hall-fame-torre |archive-date=July 9, 2022}}</ref> and the choice was initially derided ("Clueless Joe" was a headline in the ''[[New York Daily News]]'').<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=O'Connor |first=Ian |author-link=Ian O'Connor |date=October 27, 1996 |title=Joe proves the skeptics were off base |page=630 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-joe-proves-the-skeptics-were/170640778/ |access-date=July 8, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> However, his calm demeanor proved to be a good fit, and his tenure was the longest under George Steinbrenner's ownership.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Landers |first=Chris |date=June 5, 2015 |title=Joe Torre will be helping American Pharoah's trainer keep calm before the Belmont Stakes |url=https://www.mlb.com/cut4/joe-torre-to-help-keep-american-pharoah-trainer-calm/c-128799744 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709010254/https://www.mlb.com/cut4/joe-torre-to-help-keep-american-pharoah-trainer-calm/c-128799744 |archive-date=July 9, 2022 |access-date=July 9, 2022 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Gavin |first=Mike |date=July 13, 2010 |title=Joe Torre on Steinbrenner |work=[[Newsday]] |url=https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/yankees/joe-torre-on-steinbrenner-y34096 |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709010606/https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/yankees/joe-torre-on-steinbrenner-y34096 |archive-date=July 9, 2022}}</ref> Torre was announced as the new Yankees manager in November 1995.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Curry |first=Jack |author-link=Jack Curry |date=November 3, 1995 |title=Yet Another Era Begins as the Yankees Hire Torre |pages=B11 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/03/sports/baseball-yet-another-era-begins-as-the-yankees-hire-torre.html |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603161346/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/03/sports/baseball-yet-another-era-begins-as-the-yankees-hire-torre.html |archive-date=June 3, 2020}}</ref>

The [[1996 New York Yankees season|1996 season]] saw the rise of three Yankees who formed the core of the team for years to come: rookie shortstop [[Derek Jeter]], second-year starting pitcher [[Andy Pettitte]], and second-year pitcher [[Mariano Rivera]], who served as [[setup man]] in 1996 before becoming [[closer (baseball)|closer]] in 1997.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Keidel |first=Jason |date=June 10, 2016 |title=Remembering The 1996 Yankees: Core Was Truly A Fantastic 4 |work=[[CBS News]] |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/remembering-the-1996-yankees-jeter-posada-pettitte-rivera/ |access-date=July 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224020749/https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/remembering-the-1996-yankees-jeter-posada-pettitte-rivera/ |archive-date=February 24, 2022}}</ref> Aided by these young players, the Yankees won their first AL East title in 15 years.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Curry |first=Jack |author-link=Jack Curry |date=October 14, 1996 |title=Yankees in Series After 15 Years in Wilderness |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/14/sports/yankees-in-series-after-15-years-in-wilderness.html |access-date=July 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526164210/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/14/sports/yankees-in-series-after-15-years-in-wilderness.html |archive-date=May 26, 2015}}</ref> They defeated the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] in the [[1996 American League Division Series|ALDS]],<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=1996 AL Division Series |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1996_ALDS2.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326170635/https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1996_ALDS2.shtml |archive-date=March 26, 2022 |access-date=July 9, 2022 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref> and in [[1996 American League Championship Series|ALCS]] beat the Baltimore Orioles 4–1, which included a notable fan interference by [[Jeffrey Maier]] that was called as a home run for the Yankees.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=April 6, 2020 |title=Jeffrey Maier opens up about life after robbing the Orioles in the 1996 ALCS |work=[[NBC Sports Washington]] |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/orioles/jeffrey-maier-opens-about-life-after-robbing-orioles-1996-alcs |access-date=July 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203121750/https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/orioles/jeffrey-maier-opens-about-life-after-robbing-orioles-1996-alcs |archive-date=February 3, 2021}}</ref> In the [[1996 World Series|World Series]] the team rebounded from an 0–2 series deficit and defeated the defending champion [[1996 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta Braves]], ending an 18-year championship drought.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Hoch |first=Bryan |date=January 22, 2022 |title=For Yankees, 1996 was the birth of a dynasty |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-1996-world-series-championship-revisited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506034629/https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-1996-world-series-championship-revisited |archive-date=May 6, 2022 |access-date=July 9, 2022 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref> Jeter was named Rookie of the Year.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Curry |first=Jack |author-link=Jack Curry |date=November 5, 1996 |title=It's No Contest as Jeter Captures Rookie of the Year |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/05/sports/it-s-no-contest-as-jeter-captures-rookie-of-the-year.html |access-date=July 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507215228/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/05/sports/it-s-no-contest-as-jeter-captures-rookie-of-the-year.html |archive-date=May 7, 2022}}</ref> In 1997, the Yankees lost the [[1997 American League Division Series|1997 ALDS]] to the [[Cleveland Indians]] 3–2.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=1997 AL Division Series |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1997_ALDS1.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101035532/https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1997_ALDS1.shtml |archive-date=January 1, 2022 |access-date=July 9, 2022 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref> General manager [[Bob Watson]] stepped down and was replaced by assistant general manager [[Brian Cashman]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Acquavella |first=Katherine |date=May 15, 2020 |title=Bob Watson, former Yankees general manager and Astros All-Star, dies at 74 |work=[[CBS Sports]] |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/bob-watson-former-yankees-general-manager-and-astros-all-star-dies-at-74/ |access-date=July 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717103538/https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/bob-watson-former-yankees-general-manager-and-astros-all-star-dies-at-74/ |archive-date=July 17, 2020}}</ref>

By contrast, the CBS-owned teams never went to the World Series, and in the first year of the new ownership - [[1965 in baseball|1965]] - the Yankees finished in the [[second division (baseball)|second division]] for the first time in 40 years; the introduction of the major league amateur draft in 1965 also meant that the Yankees could no longer sign any player they wanted. Webb sold his 10 percent of the Yankees that year.

The [[1998 New York Yankees season|1998 Yankees]] are widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest teams in baseball history, compiling a record of 114–48, a then–AL record for the most wins in a season.<ref>

In [[1966 in baseball|1966]] the team finished last in the AL for the first time since [[1912 in sports|1912]]. Johnny Keane, the winning Cards manager in 1964 who joined the Yankees to manage in '65, was fired during the season, and GM Ralph Houk did double duty as field manager until the end of the year. Topping, who had stayed on as 10-percent owner and team president, quit at the end of the season and sold his share to CBS, who then appointed Michael Burke as president.

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</ref> On May 17, 1998, [[David Wells]] pitched a [[David Wells' perfect game|perfect game]] against the [[Minnesota Twins]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|magazine|last=Jaffe |first=Jay |date=May 17, 2013 |title=15 years ago today: David Wells' perfect game |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2013/05/17/david-wells-perfect-game-anniversary-yankees |access-date=July 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301014110/https://www.si.com/mlb/2013/05/17/david-wells-perfect-game-anniversary-yankees |archive-date=March 1, 2021}}</ref>

The Yankees went on to sweep the [[San Diego Padres]] in the [[1998 World Series|World Series]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=1998 World Series |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1998_WS.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326190752/https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1998_WS.shtml |archive-date=March 26, 2022 |access-date=July 9, 2022 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref> Their 125 combined regular and postseason wins remains an MLB single-season record.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Paine |first=Neil |date=June 24, 2022 |title=The Yankees Are Partying Like It's 1998 |work=[[FiveThirtyEight]] |url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-yankees-are-partying-like-its-1998/ |access-date=July 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701192315/https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-yankees-are-partying-like-its-1998/ |archive-date=July 1, 2022}}</ref> On July 18, 1999, [[David Cone]] pitched a [[David Cone's perfect game|perfect game]] against the [[Montreal Expos]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Dubow |first=Josh |date=July 18, 1999 |title=Cone Accomplishes Perfection vs. Expos |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/baseball/daily/july99/19/cone19.htm |access-date=July 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808175014/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/baseball/daily/july99/19/cone19.htm |archive-date=August 8, 2016}}</ref> The [[1999 American League Championship Series|ALCS]] was the Yankees' first postseason meeting with the rival Red Sox.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=October 4, 2018 |title=Yankees vs. Red Sox: An October History |work=[[NY1]] |url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/sports/2018/10/04/new-york-yankees-boston-red-sox |access-date=July 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005143642/https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/sports/2018/10/04/new-york-yankees-boston-red-sox |archive-date=October 5, 2018}}</ref> The [[1999 New York Yankees season|1999 Yankees]] defeated the Red Sox 4–1 and swept the [[Atlanta Braves|Braves]] in the [[1999 World Series]] giving the 1998–99 Yankees a combined 22–3 record in the (including four series sweeps) in the six post-season series those years.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=1998 New York Yankees Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1998.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207010652/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1998.shtml |archive-date=February 7, 2022 |access-date=July 9, 2022 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=1999 New York Yankees Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1999.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424225818/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1999.shtml |archive-date=April 24, 2022 |access-date=July 9, 2022 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref>

In [[2000 New York Yankees season|2000]], the Yankees faced the Mets in the first New York City [[Subway Series|Subway]] [[2000 World Series|World Series]] in 44 years. The Yankees won the series in 5 games, but a loss in Game 3 snapped their streak of consecutive games won in World Series contests at 14, surpassing the club's previous record of 12 (in 1927, 1928, and 1932). The Yankees are the last MLB team to repeat as World Series champions and after the 2000 season they joined the Yankees teams of 1936–39 and 1949–53, as well as the 1972–74 Oakland Athletics as the only teams to win at least three consecutive World Series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/27/sports/baseball-subway-series-in-5-games-a-third-straight-world-series-trophy.html|title=Baseball: Subway Series; In 5 Games, a Third Straight World Series Trophy|last=Olney|first=Buster|date=October 27, 2000|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=February 21, 2022}}</ref>

The Yankees were next-to-last the following year, 1967, during which former farm director [[Lee MacPhail]] returned to the organization as GM, replacing Houk. After that the team's fortunes improved somewhat, but they would not become serious contenders again until 1974.

In aftermath of the [[September 11 attacks|September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks]], the [[2001 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] defeated the Oakland Athletics in the [[2001 American League Division Series|ALDS]], and the Seattle Mariners in the [[2001 American League Championship Series|ALCS]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=2001 Major League Baseball Team Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2001.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220163150/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2001.shtml |archive-date=February 20, 2022 |access-date=July 9, 2022 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref> By winning the pennant for a fourth straight year, the 1998–2001 Yankees joined the [[San Francisco Giants|1921–24 New York Giants]], and the Yankees teams of 1936–39, 1949–53, 1955–58 and 1960–64 as the only teams to win at least four straight pennants.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=October 22, 2001 |title=Yankees in World Series Again |work=[[The New York Times]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/sports/baseball/yankees-in-world-series-again.html |access-date=July 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709135738/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/22/sports/baseball/yankees-in-world-series-again.html |archive-date=July 9, 2022}}</ref> The Yankees won 11 consecutive postseason series in this 4-year period. In the [[2001 World Series|World Series]] against the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]], the Yankees lost the series when Rivera uncharacteristically blew a save in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Olney |first=Buster |author-link=Buster Olney |date=November 5, 2001 |title=In Final Twist, New York Falls in Ninth |page=A1 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/05/sports/world-series-in-final-twist-new-york-falls-in-ninth.html |access-date=July 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204063221/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/05/sports/world-series-in-final-twist-new-york-falls-in-ninth.html |archive-date=February 4, 2022}}</ref> Also, despite a very poor series overall, batting under .200, Derek Jeter got the nickname, "Mr. November", echoing comparisons to Reggie Jackson's "Mr. October", for his walk-off home run in Game 4, though it began October 31, as the game ended in the first minutes of November 1.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Simpson |first=Jake |date=July 11, 2011 |title=Derek Jeter at 3,000: A Fan Favorite, Even as He Starts to Falter |work=[[The Atlantic]] |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/07/derek-jeter-at-3-000-a-fan-favorite-even-as-he-starts-to-falter/241731/ |access-date=July 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022215542/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/07/derek-jeter-at-3-000-a-fan-favorite-even-as-he-starts-to-falter/241731/ |archive-date=October 22, 2020}}</ref> In addition, Yankee Stadium played host for a memorial service titled "Prayer for America" for the [[Casualties of the September 11 attacks|September 11 victims]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=D. McFadden |first=Robert |author-link=Robert D. McFadden |date=September 24, 2001 |title=In a Stadium of Heroes, Prayers for the Fallen and Solace for Those Left Behind |page=B7 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/24/nyregion/nation-challenged-service-stadium-heroes-prayers-for-fallen-solace-for-those.html |access-date=July 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405153555/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/24/nyregion/nation-challenged-service-stadium-heroes-prayers-for-fallen-solace-for-those.html |archive-date=April 5, 2022}}</ref>

Various reasons have been given for the decline, but the single biggest one was the Yankees' inability to replace their aging superstars with new ones, as they had done consistently in the previous five decades. The Yankees' "special relationship" with the Athletics may have been a way to mask this problem. By the mid-1960s, the Yankees had little to offer in the way of trades, and Charles Finley had taken the Athletics in a new direction. Some have suggested the Yankees paid the price for bringing black players into the organization later than other teams, though this theory is controversial.

A vastly revamped Yankees team finished the 2002 season with an AL-best record of 103–58. The season was highlighted by [[Alfonso Soriano]] becoming the first second baseman ever to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in a season.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=August 18, 2002 |title=Soriano Sets Mark, Yankees Roll On |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/2002/08/18/soriano-sets-mark-yankees-roll-on/24f01dfa-50ca-4031-85e6-40ada2c12e9c/ |access-date=July 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709141134/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/2002/08/18/soriano-sets-mark-yankees-roll-on/24f01dfa-50ca-4031-85e6-40ada2c12e9c/ |archive-date=July 9, 2022}}</ref> In the [[2002 American League Division Series|ALDS]] the Yankees lost to the eventual World Series champion [[Anaheim Angels]] 3–1.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=2002 New York Yankees season summary |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/2002.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619231033/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/2002.shtml |archive-date=June 19, 2022 |access-date=May 6, 2022 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref> In 2003, the Yankees again had the best league record (101–61), highlighted by [[Roger Clemens]]' 300th win and 4000th strikeout. In the [[2003 American League Championship Series|ALCS]], they defeated the Boston Red Sox in a dramatic seven-game series, which featured a bench-clearing incident in Game 3 and a series-ending [[walk-off home run]] by [[Aaron Boone]] in the bottom of the 11th inning of Game 7.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Kepner |first=Tyler |date=October 17, 2003 |title=Last Pitch Lands the Yankees in the World Series |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/17/sports/baseball/last-pitch-lands-the-yankees-in-the-world-series.html |access-date=July 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508171859/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/17/sports/baseball/last-pitch-lands-the-yankees-in-the-world-series.html |archive-date=May 8, 2022}}</ref> In the [[2003 World Series|World Series]] the Yankees lost in 6 games to the [[2003 Florida Marlins season|Florida Marlins]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Le Batard |first=Dan |author-link=Dan Le Batard |date=October 27, 2003 |title=Holding the trophy a thrill to Marlins |page=41 |work=[[Miami Herald]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-holding-the-trophy-a-th/170640804/ |access-date=July 9, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

Also during the 1960s, the Yankees lost two of its signature broadcasters. The team fired [[Mel Allen]] after the 1964 season, for reasons the club has not explained to this day. Two years later, [[Red Barber]] -- the former Dodgers voice who joined the Yankees on-air team in 1954 -- was also let go. Some blamed Barber's firing on his on-air mention of a paltry 413-fan attendance at a September 1966 home game against the White Sox. But sports biographer David J. Halberstam (not the ''October 1964'' author) also noted Barber's less-than-happy relationship with [[Joe Garagiola]] and even [[Phil Rizzuto]], ex-major leaguers with whom he shared the booth.

[[File:Alex Rodriguez 2008-04-19.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Alex Rodriguez]] was acquired via trade in 2004, and would go on to win two [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|AL MVP]] awards with the team|alt=Wide shot of Alex Rodriguez batting.]]

===Steinbrenner takes over===

In 2004, the Yankees traded Alfonso Soriano to the Texas Rangers in exchange for star shortstop [[Alex Rodriguez]], who moved to third base from his usual shortstop position to accommodate Jeter.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=February 15, 2004 |title=Selig gives blessing to mega-merger |publisher=[[ESPN]] |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=1735937 |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325150328/https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=1735937 |archive-date=March 25, 2022}}</ref> In the [[2004 American League Championship Series|ALCS]], the Yankees met the [[2004 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] again, and became the first team in professional baseball history, and only the third team in North American professional sports history, to lose a best-of-seven series after taking a 3–0 series lead.<ref name=Kepner2004>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Kepner |first=Tyler |date=October 21, 2004 |title=Back From Dead, Red Sox Bury Yanks and Go to Series |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/21/sports/front%20page/baseball-back-from-dead-red-sox-bury-yanks-and-go-to.html |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407063033/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/21/sports/front%20page/baseball-back-from-dead-red-sox-bury-yanks-and-go-to.html |archive-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=2004 New York Yankees season summary |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/2004.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619212306/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/2004.shtml |archive-date=June 19, 2022 |access-date=July 10, 2022 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref> The Red Sox would go on to defeat the Cardinals in the [[2004 World Series|World Series]], their first championship since 1918.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|magazine|last=West |first=Jenna |date=October 20, 2018 |title=Red Sox Chasing Ninth World Series Title In Franchise History |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2018/10/20/boston-red-sox-world-series-history-wins-record |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110210850/https://www.si.com/mlb/2018/10/20/boston-red-sox-world-series-history-wins-record |archive-date=November 10, 2021}}</ref>

A group of investors, led by [[Cleveland]]-based shipbuilder [[George Steinbrenner]], purchased the club from CBS for $10 million on [[January 3]], [[1973]]. Mike Burke stayed on as president until April, when he quit. Within a year, Steinbrenner bought out most of his other partners and became the team's principal owner, although Burke continued to hold a minority share of the club into the 1980s.

In 2005 Alex Rodriguez won the [[American League]] [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|MVP]] award, becoming the first Yankee to win the award since Don Mattingly in 1985.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/14/sports/baseball/alex-rodriguez-wins-mvp-award.html|title=Alex Rodriguez Wins M.V.P. Award|last=Curry|first=Jack|date=November 14, 2005|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=August 7, 2019}}</ref> The 2006 season was highlighted by a 5-game series sweep of the Red Sox at Fenway Park (sometimes referred to as the "Second Boston Massacre"), outscoring the Red Sox 49–26.<ref>{{cite news|title=Yankees finish off five-game sweep|url=https://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2006/08/21/yankees_finish_off_five_game_sweep/|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|access-date=March 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618204711/http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2006/08/21/yankees_finish_off_five_game_sweep/|archive-date=June 18, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Yankees' streak of nine straight AL East division titles ended in 2007, but they still reached the playoffs with the AL Wild Card.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Kepner |first=Tyler |date=September 29, 2007 |title=Yankees Fall to Orioles and Seal Their Fate as Wild Card |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/29/sports/baseball/29yankees.html |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610093934/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/29/sports/baseball/29yankees.html |archive-date=June 10, 2021}}</ref> For the third year in a row, the team lost in the first round of the playoffs, as the Cleveland Indians defeated the Yankees, 3–1, in the [[2007 American League Division Series|2007 ALDS]]. After the series,<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=2007 AL Division Series |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/2007_ALDS2.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528114147/https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/2007_ALDS2.shtml |archive-date=May 28, 2022 |access-date=July 10, 2022 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref> Joe Torre declined a reduced-length and compensation contract offer from the Yankees and returned to the National League as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|title=Torre turns down offer to return as Yanks' skipper |publisher=[[ESPN]] |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3069115 |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117101910/https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3069115 |archive-date=November 17, 2021}}</ref>

[[Image:Steinbrenner_George.jpg|thumb|175px|left|"The Boss", George Steinbrenner]]

Steinbrenner was in charge during the renovation of Yankee Stadium (planned out by Burke and New York City Mayor John Lindsay), which was performed in a two-year period (1974-75) during which the Yankees played their home games at the Mets' home, [[Shea Stadium]] in [[Flushing, New York|Flushing, Queens]]. After the 1974 season, Steinbrenner made a move that started the modern era of free agency by signing star pitcher [[Catfish Hunter|Jim "Catfish" Hunter]] away from Oakland.

===2008–2016: Championship run, followed by pennant drought===

Midway through the 1975 season, Steinbrenner hired former second baseman [[Billy Martin]] as manager, and over the next 13 years fired and rehired him several times. With Martin at the helm, the Yankees reached the [[1976 World Series]], but were swept by the [[Cincinnati Reds]].

After Torre's departure, the Yankees signed former catcher [[Joe Girardi]] to a three-year contract to manage the club.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Bumbaca |first=Chris |date=October 24, 2019 |title=Philadelphia Phillies hire former Yankees manager Joe Girardi as skipper |work=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/phillies/2019/10/24/joe-girardi-philadelphia-phillies-hire-mlb-manager-skipper/4082211002/ |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805194347/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/phillies/2019/10/24/joe-girardi-philadelphia-phillies-hire-mlb-manager-skipper/4082211002/ |archive-date=August 5, 2020}}</ref> The 2008 [[2008 New York Yankees season|season]] was the last season played at Yankee Stadium. To celebrate the final year and history of Yankee Stadium, the [[2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game]] was played there.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=June 30, 2006 |title=2008 All-Star Game would be fitting send-off for historic Yankee Stadium |work=[[USA Today]] |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/columnist/bodley/2006-06-30-bodley-yankee-stadium_x.htm |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061933/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/columnist/bodley/2006-06-30-bodley-yankee-stadium_x.htm |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> The final regular-season game at Yankee Stadium was played on September 21, 2008, with the Yankees defeating the Orioles.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Kepner |first=Tyler |date=September 21, 2008 |title=A Long Goodbye to an 85-Year Run |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/22/sports/baseball/22yankees.html |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125010743/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/22/sports/baseball/22yankees.html |archive-date=January 25, 2021}}</ref> After the game, Jeter addressed the crowd, thanking them for their support over the years, and urging them to "take the memories of this field, add them to the new memories that will come at the new Yankee Stadium and continue to pass them on from generation to generation."<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Feinsand |first=Mark |date=September 22, 2008 |title=Yankee Stadium's last word goes to captain Derek Jeter |work=[[New York Daily News]] |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/yankee-stadium-word-captain-derek-jeter-article-1.322192 |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009073309/https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/yankee-stadium-word-captain-derek-jeter-article-1.322192 |archive-date=October 9, 2021}}</ref> Despite multiple midseason roster moves, the team was hampered by injuries and missed the playoffs for the first time in 14 seasons.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Araton |first=Harvey |date=July 21, 2008 |title=Yanks' Woes of '08 Eerily Similar to '65 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/sports/baseball/21araton.html |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506040857/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/sports/baseball/21araton.html |archive-date=May 6, 2022}}</ref>

[[File:Yankee Stadium upper deck 2010.jpg|thumb|right|The new Yankee Stadium opened in 2009 and was christened with a World Series victory in the same way that the original Yankee Stadium was christened with a World Series victory when it opened in 1923.|alt=Wide shot of the new Yankee Stadium.]]

[[Image:Reggiejackson.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Reggie Jackson]]

During the off-season, the Yankees retooled their roster with several star free agent acquisitions, including [[CC Sabathia]],<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last1=Olney |first1=Bustey |author-link=Buster Olney |last2=Stark |first2=Jayson |author-link2=Jayson Stark |date=December 10, 2008 |title=Sources: Yanks, Sabathia agree to deal |publisher=[[ESPN]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3759182 |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623171952/https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3759182 |archive-date=June 23, 2022}}</ref> [[Mark Teixeira]],<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Olney |first=Buster |author-link=Buster Olney |date=December 23, 2008 |title=Sources: 'Tex' takes Yanks' 8-year deal |publisher=[[ESPN]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3790141 |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623173146/https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3790141 |archive-date=June 23, 2022}}</ref> and [[A. J. Burnett]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Crasnick |first=Jerry |date=December 12, 2008 |title=Burnett, Yankees agree on 5-year deal |publisher=[[ESPN]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3765754 |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910234440/https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3765754 |archive-date=September 10, 2021}}</ref> At the beginning of the [[2009 New York Yankees season|2009 season]], the Yankees opened the new [[Yankee Stadium]], located just a block north on River Avenue from their former home.<ref name="Wancho 2009" /> The Yankees set a major league record by playing error-free ball for 18 consecutive games from May 14 to June 1, 2009.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Blum |first=Ronald |date=June 2, 2009 |title=Teixeira slide sparks Yanks in 12–3 win over Texas |work=[[Corsicana Daily Sun]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.corsicanadailysun.com/sports/teixeira-slide-sparks-yanks-in-12-3-win-over-texas/article_39f1f6a5-9c1d-5b54-913b-1f299c1e7638.html |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710215855/https://www.corsicanadailysun.com/sports/teixeira-slide-sparks-yanks-in-12-3-win-over-texas/article_39f1f6a5-9c1d-5b54-913b-1f299c1e7638.html |archive-date=July 10, 2022}}</ref> In the [[2009 American League Division Series|ALDS]] they swept the [[2009 Minnesota Twins season|Minnesota Twins]] before defeating the Los Angeles Angels in the [[2009 American League Championship Series|ALCS]], 4–2. They Yankees defeated the [[Philadelphia Phillies]], in the [[2009 World Series|World Series]] 4–2, their 27th World Series title.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Kepner |first=Tyler |date=November 5, 2009 |title=Back on Top, Yankees Add a 27th Title |page=A1 |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/sports/baseball/05series.html?_r=1&ref=global&pagewanted=print |url-status=live |access-date=November 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021061142/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/sports/baseball/05series.html?_r=1&ref=global&pagewanted=print |archive-date=October 21, 2017}}</ref>

Steinbrenner continued his signing of high-priced free agents, by signing star outfielder [[Reggie Jackson]], who had been traded from the Athletics to the [[Baltimore Orioles]] at the beginning of the season, for a then record $600,000 per year. Steinbrenner, Martin and Jackson would repeatedly feud throughout Jackson's five-year contract. Nevertheless, in Game Six of the [[1977 World Series]], Jackson proved his worth by hitting three home runs on three consecutive pitches against three different Dodger pitchers to wrap up the Series for the Yankees, earning himself the nickname "Mr. October".

During the 2010 All-Star break, public address announcer [[Bob Sheppard]] and principal owner [[George Steinbrenner]] died.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=July 12, 2010 |title=Bob Sheppard dies at 99; Yankee Stadium PA announcer |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-bob-sheppard-20100712-story.html |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311224036/http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-bob-sheppard-20100712-story.html |archive-date=March 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=July 13, 2010 |title=New York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner Dies |work=[[NPR]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.npr.org/2010/07/13/128486144/new-york-yankees-owner-george-steinbrenner-dies |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023194858/https://www.npr.org/2010/07/13/128486144/new-york-yankees-owner-george-steinbrenner-dies |archive-date=October 23, 2019}}</ref> Eight days later, another longtime Yankee icon, former player and manager [[Ralph Houk]], died.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Goldstein |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Goldstein (writer, born 1942) |date=July 21, 2010 |title=Ralph Houk, Yankees Manager, Dies at 90 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/sports/baseball/22Houk.html |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617101514/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/sports/baseball/22Houk.html |archive-date=June 17, 2022}}</ref>

Throughout the late '70s, the race for the pennant often came to a close competition between the Yankees and the Red Sox, and for fans of both clubs, every game between the two became important and added to a rivalry that was often bitter and ruthless, with brawls frequently erupting between both players and fans from the two clubs.

In a 22–9 win over the Oakland Athletics on August 25, 2011, the Yankees became the first team in Major League history to hit three [[grand slam (baseball)|grand slams]] in a single game. They were hit by [[Robinson Canó]], [[Russell Martin (baseball)|Russell Martin]], and [[Curtis Granderson]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=August 25, 2011 |title=Yankees hit 3 grand slams in a game – a first |publisher=[[CBS News]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/yankees-hit-3-grand-slams-in-a-game-a-first/ |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618031829/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/yankees-hit-3-grand-slams-in-a-game-a-first/ |archive-date=June 18, 2022}}</ref>

The Yankees-Red Sox rivalry came to a head in the [[1978 in baseball|1978]] season. On July 14, 1978, the Yankees were 14.5 games behind the Red Sox. The Yankees then went on a tear, and by the time they met up with the Sox for a pivotal four-game series at Fenway in early September, the Yankees were only four games out. In what would become known as the "Boston Massacre", the Yankees swept the Red Sox, winning the games 15-3, 13-2, 7-0 and 7-4. The third game was a shutout by [[Ron Guidry]], who would lead the majors with nine shutouts, 25 wins (against only three losses) and a 1.74 ERA. Guidry also finished with 248 strikeouts, but [[Nolan Ryan]]'s 260 strikeouts deprived Guidry of the pitching [[Triple Crown]].

In 2012, the Yankees again finished the season with the AL's best record at 95–67. In mid-July, the Yankees traded two prospects to the Seattle Mariners for [[Ichiro Suzuki]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-acquire-ichiro-from-mariners-for-two-prospects-c35428210|title=Yankees acquire Ichiro for two prospects|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref> They faced the Orioles in the [[2012 American League Division Series|ALDS]]. In Game 3, [[Raúl Ibañez]] became the oldest player to hit two home runs in a game, the oldest to hit a walk-off home run, the first substitute position player in a postseason game to hit two home runs, and the first to hit two home runs in the 9th inning or later in a postseason game, in the Yankees' 3–2 win.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=La Monica |first=Mark |date=October 11, 2012 |title=ALDS Game 3 post-game video: Raul Ibanez |work=[[Newsday]] |url=https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/alds-game-3-post-game-video-raul-ibanez-n40241 |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220711005005/https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/alds-game-3-post-game-video-raul-ibanez-n40241 |archive-date=July 11, 2022}}</ref> The Yankees defeated the Orioles in five games.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=2012 AL Division Series |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/2012_ALDS1.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507164957/https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/2012_ALDS1.shtml |archive-date=May 7, 2022 |access-date=July 10, 2022 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref> However, in the [[2012 American League Championship Series|ALCS]], the Yankees lost to the Tigers again, this time in a four-game sweep, which was compounded with a struggling offense and a season-ending injury to [[Derek Jeter]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Matthews |first=Wallace |date=October 14, 2012 |title=Jeter injury caps catastrophic night |publisher=[[ESPN]] |url=https://www.espn.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/8503901/mlb-playoffs-2012-derek-jeter-injury-ends-catastrophic-night-new-york-yankees |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606224616/https://www.espn.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/8503901/mlb-playoffs-2012-derek-jeter-injury-ends-catastrophic-night-new-york-yankees |archive-date=June 6, 2022}}</ref>

On the last day of the season, the two clubs finished the regular season in a tie for first place in the AL East. A one-game playoff (the 163rd game of the regular season) between the two teams was held to decide who would go on to the pennant race, with the game being held at Boston's [[Fenway Park]]. With Guidry matched up against former Yankee [[Mike Torrez]], the Red Sox took an early 2-0 lead. In the seventh inning, the Yankees drove a stake through the hearts of their rivals' fans when [[Bucky Dent]] drove a three-run home run over the "[[Green Monster]]", putting the Yankees up 3-2. Reggie Jackson's solo home run in the following inning would seal the eventual 5-4 win that gave the Yankees their 100th win of the season and their third straight AL East title; it also gave Guidry his 25th win. (The outcome of this game, for Red Sox fans, was one of several emotional moments in their team's history that had their fans wondering if the Red Sox were under some kind of Yankee [[Curse of the Bambino|curse]].)

On April 12, 2013, the Yankees made their second [[triple play]] ever. It was scored as [[Baseball positions|4–6–5–6–5–3–4]], the first triple play of its kind in baseball history.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=April 2, 2013 |title=Yankees turn key triple play vs. O's |publisher=[[ESPN]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.espn.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/9166237/new-york-yankees-turn-triple-play-baltimore-orioles |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413193352/http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/9166237/new-york-yankees-turn-triple-play-baltimore-orioles |archive-date=April 13, 2013}}</ref> On September 25, the Yankees lost to the [[Tampa Bay Rays]], which for the second time in the wild-card era, eliminated them from playoff contention.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Pouliot |first=Matthew |date=September 25, 2013 |title=Yankees eliminated with Indians' victory |work=[[NBC Sports]] |url=https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2013/09/25/yankees-eliminated-with-indians-victory/ |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127031658/http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/09/25/yankees-eliminated-with-indians-victory/ |archive-date=November 27, 2013}}</ref> They ended the season 85–77, finishing in 3rd place in the AL East.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=2013 New York Yankees Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/2013.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605053938/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/2013.shtml |archive-date=June 5, 2022 |access-date=July 10, 2022 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref>

After beating the [[Kansas City Royals]] for the third consecutive year in the [[1978 American League Championship Series|ALCS]], the Yankees faced the Dodgers again in the [[1978 World Series]]. They lost the first two games on the road, but then came home to win all three games at Yankee Stadium before wrapping up their 22nd World Championship in Game Six in Los Angeles.

On September 25, 2014, Jeter – playing his final home game – hit a walk-off single off pitcher [[Evan Meek]] to defeat the Baltimore Orioles in front of a sold out stadium.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Angell |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Angell |date=September 26, 2014 |title=No Game Today |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |url=https://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/derek-jeter-last-home-game |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022091700/https://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/derek-jeter-last-home-game |archive-date=October 22, 2021}}</ref> Reliever [[Dellin Betances]] finished 3rd in voting for [[Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award|AL Rookie of the Year]], while starting pitcher [[Masahiro Tanaka]] finished 5th.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=2014 Awards Voting |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2014.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116035336/https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2014.shtml |archive-date=November 16, 2018 |access-date=March 25, 2017 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref>

[[Image:Thurman_Munson.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Thurman Munson]]

The 1970s would end on a tragic note: on [[August 2]], [[1979]], Yankees catcher and team captain [[Thurman Munson]] was killed in a plane crash. Four days later, the entire team flew to [[Canton, Ohio]] for his funeral, only to return to New York later that day to play the Baltimore Orioles. In a game that was televised nationally, the emotional contest was highlighted by [[Bobby Murcer]] driving in all five of the team's runs in a dramatic 5-4 victory. Munson's uniform number (15) was retired, and his locker has been unused since his death.

Before the [[2016 New York Yankees season|2016 season]] began, the Yankees acquired closer [[Aroldis Chapman]]. The triumvirate of Betances, Chapman, and Miller became known by fans as "No [[Run–D.M.C.|Runs–D.M.C.]]", owing to the relievers' dominance of opposing hitters.<ref name=rivera102616>{{cite news |last=Rivera |first=Marly |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/75988/former-teammates-andrew-miller-and-aroldis-chapman-applaud-each-others-success |title=From the Bronx to the Fall Classic, Chapman and Miller take different paths to postseason success |work=ESPN.com |date=October 26, 2016 |access-date=October 26, 2016}}</ref> The Yankees struggled through the 2016 season, ending at 4th place in the AL East.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=2016 New York Yankees Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/2016.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629032835/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/2016.shtml |archive-date=June 29, 2022 |access-date=July 10, 2022 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref> The resurgent 2015 experienced by Rodriguez and Teixeira did not carry over, as they batted .200 and .204 for the season, respectively.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|magazine|last=Corcoran |first=Cliff |date=August 5, 2016 |title=As Mark Teixeira announces retirement, how valuable was he for Yankees? |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2016/08/05/mark-teixeira-yankees-retirement |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019060757/http://www.si.com/mlb/2016/08/05/mark-teixeira-yankees-retirement |archive-date=October 19, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Berg |first=Ted |date=August 12, 2016 |title=A-Rod doubles, makes encore at 3B in Yankees finale |work=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2016/08/12/yankees-bid-alex-rodriguez-farewell/88643620/ |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113211036/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2016/08/12/yankees-bid-alex-rodriguez-farewell/88643620/ |archive-date=November 13, 2020}}</ref> At the [[trade deadline]], the Yankees stood at an uninspiring 52–52, and decided to become sellers rather than buyers.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Hoch |first=Bryan |date=November 20, 2018 |title=Revisiting Yankees' big 2016 Deadline moves |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/looking-back-at-yankees-2016-trades-moves-c300969868 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920230209/https://www.mlb.com/news/looking-back-at-yankees-2016-trades-moves-c300969868 |archive-date=September 20, 2019 |access-date=July 10, 2022 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref>

===Postseason drought: 1982 - 1994===

Following the team's loss in the [[1981 World Series]], the Yankees would go into their longest absence from the playoffs since 1921. From 1989 to 1992 they had a losing record, having spent large amounts of money on free-agent players and draft picks that did not perform up to expectations.

===2017–present: The Judge era and return to the World Series===

[[Image:Don_Mattingly.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Don Mattingly]]

[[File:Aaron Judge at Camden Yards 4-4-19(46816281264).jpg|thumb|upright=.90|right|[[Aaron Judge]] quickly emerged as the new face of the franchise, earning multiple MVP honors and eventually being named team captain|alt=Medium-wide shot of Aaron Judge holding a bat and wearing a "NY" shirt and batting helmet.]]

During the 1980s the Yankees, led by their All-Star first baseman [[Don Mattingly]], had the most total wins of any major league team, but failed to win a World Series (the first such decade since the 1910s). The Yankees consistently had powerful offensive teams - besides Mattingly, its rosters included, at one time or another, [[Dave Winfield]], [[Rickey Henderson]], [[Mike Pagliarulo]], [[Steve Sax]] and [[Jesse Barfield]] -- but their starting pitching rarely matched the team's performance at the plate. After posting a 22-6 record in 1985, arm problems caught up with Ron Guidry, and his career went into a steep decline in the next three years. [[Dennis Rasmussen]], who won 18 games the following year, never matched his 1986 performance. [[Rick Rhoden]], acquired from the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] in 1987, won 16 games that year but only went 14-14 in 1988.

The Yankees trades brought a group of players to the team, most notably, Cubs prospect [[Gleyber Torres]]. In discussing the midseason trades, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said that the Yankees recognized the "need to look toward the future."<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Kuty |first=Brendan |date=August 1, 2016 |title=7 Yankees trade deadline takeaways from Brian Cashman |work=[[NJ.com]] |url=https://www.nj.com/yankees/2016/08/yankees_trade_deadline_brian_cashman.html |access-date=July 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325150339/https://www.nj.com/yankees/2016/08/yankees_trade_deadline_brian_cashman.html |archive-date=March 25, 2022}}</ref>

In early August, both Teixeira and Rodriguez revealed their plans to retire by the season's end.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Lacques |first=Gabe |date=August 7, 2016 |title=Alex Rodriguez announces retirement, will play final game Friday |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2016/08/07/alex-rodriguez-yankees-retire/88357576/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013072132/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2016/08/07/alex-rodriguez-yankees-retire/88357576/ |archive-date=October 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Lacques |first=Gabe |date=August 5, 2016 |title=Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira announces retirement |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2016/08/05/mark-teixeira-retiring-new-york-yankees/88287102/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013080652/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2016/08/05/mark-teixeira-retiring-new-york-yankees/88287102/ |archive-date=October 13, 2017}}</ref> Rodriguez played his final game on August 12, 2016, accepting a front office job with the Yankees shortly after.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Waldstin |first=David |date=August 7, 2016 |title=Alex Rodriguez to Retire and Join Yankees as an Adviser |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/08/sports/baseball/alex-rodriguez-to-be-released-and-join-yankees-as-an-adviser.html |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421212357/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/08/sports/baseball/alex-rodriguez-to-be-released-and-join-yankees-as-an-adviser.html |archive-date=April 21, 2022}}</ref> In one of his final games, Teixeira hit a walk-off grand slam against the Boston Red Sox, his 409th and last career home run.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Witz |first=Billy |date=September 28, 2016 |title=Mark Teixeira's Ninth-Inning Grand Slam Lifts Yankees From Brink of Elimination |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/29/sports/baseball/new-york-yankees-boston-red-sox.html |access-date=July 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108140911/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/29/sports/baseball/new-york-yankees-boston-red-sox.html |archive-date=November 8, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Mark Teixeira |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/teixema01.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625071555/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/teixema01.shtml |archive-date=June 25, 2022 |access-date=July 11, 2022 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref> The Yankees called up [[Tyler Austin]] and outfielder [[Aaron Judge]] in August. They made their debuts on August 13, hitting back-to-back home runs in their first career at-bats.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Mazzeo |first=Mike |date=August 13, 2016 |title=Austin, Judge hit back-to-back HRs in 1st at-bats |publisher=[[ESPN]] |url=http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/17294055/new-york-yankees-rookies-tyler-austin-aaron-judge-first-pair-hit-consecutive-homers-first-career-plate-appearances |url-status=live |access-date=July 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231045829/http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/17294055/new-york-yankees-rookies-tyler-austin-aaron-judge-first-pair-hit-consecutive-homers-first-career-plate-appearances |archive-date=December 31, 2016}}</ref> Catcher [[Gary Sánchez]] hit 20 home runs in 53 games, finishing 2nd in [[Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award|AL Rookie of the Year]] voting and setting the record at the time as the fastest to reach 20 career home runs.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Axisa |first=Mike |date=September 27, 2016 |title=Gary Sanchez's 20th home run helps set an MLB record |work=[[CBS Sports]] |url=http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/watch-gary-sanchezs-20th-home-run-helps-set-an-mlb-record/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221092853/http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/watch-gary-sanchezs-20th-home-run-helps-set-an-mlb-record/ |archive-date=December 21, 2016}}</ref> Sanchez, Judge and Austin, as well as the Yankees' prosperous farm system in general, became nicknamed the "Baby Bombers".<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|magazine|last=Reiter |first=Ben |date=August 19, 2016 |title=Baby Bombers: Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez giving Yankees reason for optimism |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2016/08/19/aaron-judge-tyler-austin-gary-sanchez-yankees |access-date=July 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201135535/https://www.si.com/mlb/2016/08/19/aaron-judge-tyler-austin-gary-sanchez-yankees |archive-date=December 1, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Hoch |first=Bryan |title=The Baby Bombers: The Inside Story of the Next Yankees Dynasty |publisher=Diversion Books |year=2018 |isbn=9781635764185 |language=en}}</ref>

The Yankees came close to winning the AL East in 1985 and 1986, finishing second behind the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] and [[Boston Red Sox]], respectively, but fell to fourth place in 1987 and fifth in 1988, despite having mid-season leads in the AL East standings in both seasons. 1988 would be the last season the Yankees had a winning record until 1993.

In 2017, Judge led the American League with 52 home runs, breaking Mark McGwire's major league record for most home runs by a rookie in a single season (McGwire hit 49 in 1987).<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|magazine|last=Jaffe |first=Jay |date=September 25, 2017 |title=Yankees' Aaron Judge breaks Mark McGwire's rookie home run record |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/09/25/aaron-judge-rookie-home-run-record-yankees |url-status=live |access-date=July 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013065245/https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/09/25/aaron-judge-rookie-home-run-record-yankees |archive-date=October 13, 2017}}</ref> Judge won the 2017 [[Home Run Derby (Major League Baseball)|Home Run Derby]], making the Yankees the team with the most players in history to win a Home Run Derby.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=July 11, 2017 |title=2017 Home Run Derby: Aaron Judge becomes fourth New York Yankees player to win |work=[[The Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts)|MassLive]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=http://www.masslive.com/redsox/index.ssf/2017/07/2017_home_run_derby_aaron_judg.html |url-status=live |access-date=July 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013120445/http://www.masslive.com/redsox/index.ssf/2017/07/2017_home_run_derby_aaron_judg.html |archive-date=October 13, 2017}}</ref> Judge would end the season by winning Rookie of the Year, and finishing second in the [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|AL MVP]] voting.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hoch |first=Bryan |date=November 13, 2017 |title=Unanimous decision: Judge named AL ROY |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/aaron-judge-wins-al-rookie-of-the-year-award-c261750412 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref>

By the end of the decade, the Yankees' offense was also on the decline. Henderson and Pagliarulo had departed by the middle of 1989, while back problems caught up with both Winfield (causing him to miss the entire '89 season) and Mattingly (he missed virtually the entire second half of 1990). Winfield's tenure with the team ended when he was dealt to the [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|California Angels]] in May 1990. That year, the Yankees had the worst record in Major League Baseball, and their first last-place finish since 1966. The Bombers would finish at or near the bottom of the division until 1993. In [[1990 in baseball|1990]], pitcher [[Andy Hawkins]] became the first Yankee ever to lose a no-hitter, when the third baseman ([[Mike Blowers]]) committed an error, followed by two walks and an error by the left fielder ([[Jim Leyritz]]) with the bases loaded, scoring all three runners and the batter. The 4-0 loss to the [[Chicago White Sox]] was the largest margin of any no-hitter loss in the 20th century. Ironically, the Yankees (and Hawkins) were again no-hit for six innings in a rain-shortened game with the White Sox eleven days later.

In the 2017–18 off-season, the Yankees made a couple moves including hiring Aaron Boone to succeed Girardi as their new manager.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last1=Kepner |first1=Tyler |last2=Waldstein |first2=David |date=December 1, 2017 |title=Yankees Choose Aaron Boone to Be Their Next Manager |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/sports/yankees-aaron-boone-manager.html |access-date=July 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127215858/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/sports/yankees-aaron-boone-manager.html |archive-date=January 27, 2022}}</ref> and trading for reigning National League Most Valuable Player [[Giancarlo Stanton]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|magazine|last=Chavez |first=Chris |date=December 11, 2017 |title=Giancarlo Stanton puts on his Yankees uniform |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/12/11/giancarlo-stanton-new-york-yankees-press-conference |url-status=live |access-date=July 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211201939/https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/12/11/giancarlo-stanton-new-york-yankees-press-conference |archive-date=December 11, 2017}}</ref> A right fielder who bats right-handed, Stanton hit 59 home runs and drove in 132 runs—both major league highs—in 2017;<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Ronald |first=Blum |date=December 11, 2017 |title=Giancarlo Stanton joins Aaron Judge as Yankees' Towers of Power |work=[[The Denver Post]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2017/12/11/giancarlo-stanton-aaron-judge-yankees-towers-power/ |access-date=July 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409184106/https://www.denverpost.com/2017/12/11/giancarlo-stanton-aaron-judge-yankees-towers-power/ |archive-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref> his contract was the largest player contract in the history of professional sports in North America at the time.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|magazine|last=Jaffe |first=Jay |date=November 17, 2014 |title=Giancarlo Stanton may actually prove to be worth reported $325M contract |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2014/11/17/giancarlo-stanton-miami-marlins-325-million |access-date=July 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710132944/https://www.si.com/mlb/2014/11/17/giancarlo-stanton-miami-marlins-325-million |archive-date=July 10, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/2018.shtml|title=2018 New York Yankees Statistics|website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 18, 2023}}</ref>

In 2019 the Yankees traveled to [[London]] in late June to play the Red Sox in the first ever [[MLB London Series]], in addition to the first MLB games played in Europe.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Engel |first=Matthew |author-link=Matthew Engel |date=July 1, 2019 |title=London's MLB crowd offers baseball a new land of opportunity |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2019/jul/01/london-mlb-red-sox-yankees |access-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708144342/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2019/jul/01/london-mlb-red-sox-yankees |archive-date=July 8, 2022}}</ref> The Yankees [[2019 MLB London Series|swept]] Boston in the two-game series, with the first game lasted 4 hours and 42 minutes, 3 minutes shorter than the longest MLB 9-inning game.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Miller |first=Sam |date=April 4, 2020 |title=We'll miss MLB's London Series, which gave us the weirdest game of 2019 |publisher=[[ESPN]] |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28530871/mlb-london-series-gave-us-weirdest-game-2019 |access-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319171504/https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28530871/mlb-london-series-gave-us-weirdest-game-2019 |archive-date=March 19, 2022}}</ref> The Yankees beat the Twins in a three-game sweep to advance to the ALCS for the second time in three seasons.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Hoch |first=Bryan |date=October 8, 2019 |title=Yanks punch ALCS ticket with sweep of Twins |url=https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-sweep-twins-advance-to-2019-alcs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409184118/https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-sweep-twins-advance-to-2019-alcs |archive-date=April 9, 2022 |access-date=July 11, 2022 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref> However, on October 19, the Houston Astros beat the Yankees in the [[2019 American League Championship Series|ALCS]] 4–2.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|date=October 20, 2019 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/astros-beat-yankees-look-second-world-title-3-seasons-n1068891|title=Astros beat Yankees, look for second world title in 3 seasons|website=NBC News|access-date=October 20, 2019}}</ref> With this loss, the 2010s decade became the first since the 1980s to have the Yankees fail to win a World Series and the first since the 1910s to have the Yankees failing to play in one.<ref name="Boeck 2019">{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Boeck |first=Scott |date=October 20, 2019 |title=Yankees go decade without a World Series trip for first time in 100 years |work=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/yankees/2019/10/20/yankees-world-series-astros-alcs/4043952002/ |access-date=July 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119030918/https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/yankees/2019/10/20/yankees-world-series-astros-alcs/4043952002/ |archive-date=November 19, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/2019.shtml|title=2019 New York Yankees Statistics|website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 18, 2023}}</ref> In addition, with the [[2015 New York Mets season|Mets]] losing the [[2015 World Series]], the 2010s decade also was the first decade since the 1910s in which there was no World Series champion in New York.

During the 2019 offseason, on December 18, 2019, the Yankees signed [[Gerrit Cole]] to a nine-year, $324 million contract.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=December 18, 2019 |title=Gerrit Cole: 'It was my dream' to pitch for Yankees |publisher=[[ESPN]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28326087/gerrit-cole-was-my-dream-pitch-yankees |access-date=July 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409184133/https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28326087/gerrit-cole-was-my-dream-pitch-yankees |archive-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=2020 New York Yankees Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/2020.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704213309/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/2020.shtml |archive-date=July 4, 2022 |access-date=July 11, 2022 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref>

On May 19, 2021, former [[Cy Young Award]] winner [[Corey Kluber]] threw a [[no-hitter]] against the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers.]] This was the Yankees 12th no-hitter of all time, and the first since [[David Cone]]'s perfect game in 1999.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=May 20, 2021 |title=Kluber tosses Yankees' 12th no-hitter, tops Rangers 2–0 |work=[[USA Today]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2021/05/20/kluber-tosses-yankees-12th-no-hitter-tops-rangers-2-0/44187299/ |access-date=July 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615182226/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2021/05/20/kluber-tosses-yankees-12th-no-hitter-tops-rangers-2-0/44187299/ |archive-date=June 15, 2022}}</ref> The Yankees also recorded a record-tying three triple plays throughout the 2021 season.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=June 20, 2021 |title=New York Yankees turn game-ending triple play vs. Oakland Athletics, tie MLB record |publisher=[[ESPN]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31675761/new-york-yankees-turn-game-ending-triple-play-vs-oakland-athletics-tie-mlb-record |access-date=July 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628213704/https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31675761/new-york-yankees-turn-game-ending-triple-play-vs-oakland-athletics-tie-mlb-record |archive-date=June 28, 2022}}</ref>

===The 21st century===

[[Image:Yankees.gif|thumb|left|125px|Modern Yankees print logo]]

In the emotional times of October [[2001]], following the [[September 11, 2001 attacks|September 11]] attack on New York's [[World Trade Center]], the Yankees defeated the Oakland As three games to two in the [[2001 American League Division Series|ALDS]], and then the Seattle Mariners, who had won 116 games, four games to one in the [[2001 American League Championship Series|ALCS]]. By winning the pennant for a fourth straight year, the 1998-2001 Yankees joined the 1921-1924 [[San Francisco Giants|New York Giants]], and the Yankee teams of '36-'39, '49-'53, '55-'58 and '60-'64 as the only dynasties to reach at least four straight [[World Series]]. The Yankees had now won eleven consecutive postseason series in consecutive years.

In 2022, the Yankees clinched their 30th straight winning season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/2022.shtml|title=2022 New York Yankees Statistics|website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=December 18, 2023}}</ref> On October 4, Aaron Judge hit his 62nd home run, breaking the American League single-season home run record set in 1961 by [[Roger Maris]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Hoch |first=Bryan |date=October 5, 2022 |title=No. 62! Judge breaks Maris' all-time AL HR record |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/aaron-judge-breaks-roger-maris-home-run-record-with-62 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025092324/https://www.mlb.com/news/aaron-judge-breaks-roger-maris-home-run-record-with-62 |archive-date=October 25, 2022 |access-date=January 28, 2023 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]] |language=en}}</ref> In the offseason, [[Jose Trevino (baseball)|Jose Trevino]] would become the first Yankee ever to win the [[Platinum Glove Award]]. Aaron Judge would also win [[AL MVP]] after having an historic season, being the first Yankee to win the award since [[Alex Rodriguez]] did in 2007.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Hoch |first=Bryan |date=November 18, 2022 |title=All Rise! Judge named AL MVP after historic 62-HR year |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/aaron-judge-wins-2022-al-mvp-award |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207165725/https://www.mlb.com/news/aaron-judge-wins-2022-al-mvp-award |archive-date=December 7, 2022 |access-date=January 28, 2023 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]] |language=en}}</ref>

However, the World Series starters for the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]], [[Randy Johnson]] and [[Curt Schilling]] (later named the [[2001 World Series|World Series]] co-[[MVP]]s), kept them in check, starting Games One, Two, Four, Six and Seven; the Diamondbacks won all four games at [[Chase Field|home]], including Game Seven where Yankee star closer Mariano Rivera uncharacteristically lost the lead - and the Series - in the bottom of the ninth inning.

On December 21, 2022, Aaron Judge was named the 16th [[List of New York Yankees captains|captain]] in Yankees history, after getting resigned to a nine-year, $360 million contract.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Joon |date=December 21, 2022 |title=Yankees name Aaron Judge 16th captain in franchise history |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35297571/yankees-name-aaron-judge-16th-captain-franchise-history |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326031135/https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35297571/yankees-name-aaron-judge-16th-captain-franchise-history |archive-date=March 26, 2023 |access-date=May 19, 2024 |work=[[ESPN]]}}</ref> Judge was named the first captain of the team since [[Derek Jeter]] retired in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blum |first=Ronald |date=December 21, 2022 |title=Aaron Judge becomes Yanks captain, with Derek Jeter at side |url=https://apnews.com/article/mlb-sports-don-mattingly-aaron-judge-derek-jeter-d96ebdd0dd0111defaf1b7d52d489746 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405010407/https://apnews.com/article/mlb-sports-don-mattingly-aaron-judge-derek-jeter-d96ebdd0dd0111defaf1b7d52d489746 |archive-date=April 5, 2023 |access-date=May 19, 2024 |work=[[Associated Press News]]}}</ref>

After the 2001 season, fan favorites Paul O'Neill and Scott Brosius retired. [[Tino Martinez]] and [[Chuck Knoblauch]] left for free agency. The Yankees had a lot of reconstructing to do; they needed to rebuild the offense that was shut down by the Johnson-Schilling duo in the [[2001 World Series]]. They did it by signing slugger [[Jason Giambi]], outfielder [[Rondell White]] and third baseman [[Robin Ventura]]. The Yankees also managed to bring back [[David Wells]]. The Yankees finished the [[2002 in baseball|2002]] season with an AL best record of 103-58, winning the division by 10.5 games over the Red Sox. The season was highlighted by [[Alfonso Soriano]] becoming the first second baseman ever to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in a season, as well as Giambi's 41 home runs. In the [[2002 American League Division Series|ALDS]], the Yankees lost to the [[Anaheim Angels]] in four games. The Angels went on to win their first [[2002 World Series|World Series]] title.

On June 28, 2023, [[Domingo Germán]] [[Domingo Germán's perfect game|threw]] the 24th [[Perfect game (baseball)|perfect game]] in MLB history, and fourth in Yankees history.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Easterling |first=Evan |date=June 29, 2023 |title=Yankees Pitcher Throws M.L.B.'s First Perfect Game Since 2012 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/29/sports/baseball/domingo-german-yankees-perfect-game.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230910002317/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/29/sports/baseball/domingo-german-yankees-perfect-game.html |archive-date=September 10, 2023 |access-date=May 19, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> After the 2023 season, shortstop [[Anthony Volpe]] became the first Yankee rookie to win the [[Gold Glove Award]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Hoch |first=Bryan |date=November 5, 2023 |title=Volpe becomes 1st Yankees rookie to win Gold Glove |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/anthony-volpe-wins-2023-gold-glove-award-at-shortstop |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113131405/https://www.mlb.com/news/anthony-volpe-wins-2023-gold-glove-award-at-shortstop |archive-date=November 13, 2023 |access-date=December 18, 2023 |website=[[MLB.com]] |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref> and Gerrit Cole won the [[Cy Young Award|AL Cy Young Award]] after posting a league leading 2.63 ERA and 0.981 WHIP.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hoch |first=Bryan |date=November 16, 2023 |title='One of the absolute best': Cole wins 1st Cy Young in unanimous fashion |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/gerrit-cole-wins-2023-american-league-cy-young-award |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119060001/https://www.mlb.com/news/gerrit-cole-wins-2023-american-league-cy-young-award |archive-date=January 19, 2024 |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=[[MLB.com]] |language=en}}</ref>

In 2003, the Yankees once again had the best league record (101-61), defeated the [[Minnesota Twins]] in the [[2003 American League Division Series|ALDS]], and then defeated their longtime rival Red Sox in a tough seven-game [[2003 American League Championship Series|ALCS]], which featured a bench-clearing brawl in Game Three and a Series-ending [[walk-off home run]] by [[Aaron Boone]] in the bottom of the 11th inning of the final game. The Yankees were then defeated by the [[Florida Marlins]] - a team with a payroll a quarter of the size of the Yankees' - in the [[2003 World Series|World Series]], four games to two.

On December 6, 2023, the Yankees made a blockbuster trade for young superstar [[Juan Soto]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gonzalez |first=Alden |date=December 6, 2023 |title=Yankees acquire Juan Soto in 7-player trade with Padres |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39060328/sources-yankees-acquire-juan-soto-7-player-trade-padres |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516145334/https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39060328/sources-yankees-acquire-juan-soto-7-player-trade-padres |archive-date=May 16, 2024 |access-date=May 19, 2024 |work=[[ESPN]]}}</ref> The addition of Soto helped boost the Yankees to capturing their 21st [[American League East|AL East title]] and securing the top seed in the [[American League]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kirschner |first=Chris |title=Yankees clinch No. 1 seed in American League over Guardians, earn first-round bye in postseason |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5802133/2024/09/28/yankees-clinch-number-one-seed-postseason/ |access-date=2024-11-05 |work=The New York Times |date=September 29, 2024 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> just one season after missing the playoffs entirely. Throughout the 2024 season, Aaron Judge had an historic season once again, leading the MLB in most major offensive categories; while also hitting 50 or more homeruns in a season for the third time, making him one of five players in history to do so.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-25 |title=WATCH: Yankees' Aaron Judge hits 50th home run, becomes fifth player in MLB history with three 50-homer years |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/watch-yankees-aaron-judge-hits-50th-home-run-becomes-fifth-player-in-mlb-history-with-three-50-homer-years/#:~:text=Judge%20has%20now%20cleared%20the,notched%20three%2050-homer%20seasons. |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=CBSSports.com |language=en}}</ref> In the ALCS the Yankees defeated the [[Cleveland Guardians]] in five games, with Soto delivering a game-clinching three-run home run in the 10th inning of Game Five. Giancarlo Stanton was named [[League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award|ALCS MVP]], hitting four homeruns in the series.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stanton wins ALCS MVP as peers agree: 'This is what Big G lives for' |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/giancarlo-stanton-homers-vs-guardians-alcs-game-5-2024#:~:text=Share-,Stanton%20wins%20ALCS%20MVP%20as%20peers%20agree:%20'This%20is,what%20Big%20G%20lives%20for'&text=CLEVELAND%20%E2%80%93%20Giancarlo%20Stanton%20grinned%20as,2024%20American%20League%20Championship%20Series. |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref> The Yankees won their 41st [[List of American League pennant winners|AL Pennant]], and headed to the [[2024 World Series]] to face the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]]. This marked the 12th time ever that the Yankees and Dodgers played each other in the World Series, which is an MLB record.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A look back at every Dodgers-Yankees World Series matchup |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/dodgers-yankees-world-series-history#:~:text=The%20Yankees%20and%20Dodgers%20renewed,matchup%20in%20World%20Series%20history. |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref> The Yankees fell to the Dodgers in a tightly contested five-game series, marking their 14th World Series loss—tying the Dodgers for the most in MLB history.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-31 |title=World Series 2024: Brutal loss in Game 5 sends New York Yankees into the offseason with a lot to regret |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/world-series-2024-brutal-loss-in-game-5-sends-new-york-yankees-into-the-offseason-with-a-lot-to-regret-122605922.html |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=Yahoo Sports |language=en-US}}</ref> Despite close games, the Yankees struggled to capitalize on key moments, with Aaron Judge enduring a postseason slump, batting just .222 in the World Series. Following the season, Judge was announced as AL MVP for the second time in his career. This marks the 22nd Yankees MVP since the BBWAA began voting on the award in 1931, the most of any team. He won the award unanimously joining Mickey Mantle as the only other Yankee to do so.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Unanimous MVPs Judge, Ohtani made it a no-doubter with historic seasons |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-mvp-award-winners-2024#:~:text=Judge%20marks%20the%2022nd%20Yankees,individual%20performances%20people%20anticipated,%20Judge |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}</ref>

After the 2003 season, the Yankees hoped to add more power to a lineup which was shut down in the previous year's Series. They gained two sluggers, signing free agent [[Gary Sheffield]], and trading second-baseman [[Alfonso Soriano]] for [[Alex Rodriguez]]. With Jeter as the Yankees All-Star shortstop, Rodriguez, who had played at shortstop his entire career, agreed to move to third base. Throughout 2004, however, the Yankees' weakness was their starting pitching. Despite this, they managed to win over 100 games with their powerful lineup, the third straight year they had done so, and reach the playoffs. In the [[2004 American League Division Series|ALDS]], the Yankees once again met and defeated the Minnesota Twins three games to one.

==Distinctions==

In the [[2004 American League Championship Series]] against the Red Sox, the Yankees became the first team in professional baseball history, and only the third team in North American pro sports history (it happened in the NHL twice), to lose a best-of-seven series after taking a 3-0 series lead. The Yankees needed to improve their pitching, which faltered in the devastating collapse to the Red Sox, and they signed free-agent pitchers [[Carl Pavano]] and [[Jaret Wright]] and acquired dominant lefty [[Randy Johnson]] from the Arizona Diamondbacks.

[[File:Champ Ring cropped.jpg|right|upright|thumb|[[World Series ring]]s|alt=Closeup shot of a gold ring with "NY" in the middle.]]

{{See also|List of New York Yankees seasons|New York Yankees award winners and league leaders}}

The Yankees have won 27 World Series in 41 appearances, the most in Major League Baseball in addition to major North American professional sports leagues.<ref name="Boeck 2019" /><ref name="Acocella" /> The [[St. Louis Cardinals]] are in second place with 11 World Series championships with their last win in [[2011 Major League Baseball season|2011]]. The Dodgers are second in total World Series appearances with 22.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Postseason History: World Series |url=https://www.mlb.com/postseason/history/world-series |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523233257/https://www.mlb.com/postseason/history/world-series |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |access-date=July 11, 2022 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref> The Yankees have lost 14 World Series which is tied for the most in MLB with the Dodgers.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Teams with the most World Series titles |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/teams-with-the-most-world-series-titles-c299893938 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705182743/https://www.mlb.com/news/teams-with-the-most-world-series-titles-c299893938 |archive-date=July 5, 2022 |access-date=July 11, 2022 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref> The Yankees have faced the Dodgers in 12 World Series, going 8–4 overall.<ref name="Dodgers">{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Season-By-Season World Series Results |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/alltime/worldseries |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711205800/https://www.espn.com/mlb/worldseries/history/winners |archive-date=July 11, 2022 |access-date=July 11, 2022 |publisher=[[ESPN]]}}</ref> Among North American major sports, the Yankees' success is approached by only the 24 [[Stanley Cup]] championships of the [[Montreal Canadiens]] of the [[National Hockey League]]. The Yankees have played in the World Series against every National League pennant winner except the [[Houston Astros]] (who now play in the American League), the [[Colorado Rockies]], and the [[Washington Nationals]].<ref name="WSFeat">{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=World Series History |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/wsmenu.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523002310/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/wsmenu.shtml |archive-date=May 23, 2007 |access-date=January 26, 2023 |publisher=Baseball Almanac}}</ref>

Through 2024, the Yankees have an all-time regular season winning percentage of .569 (a 10,778 – 8,148 record), the best of any team in MLB history.<ref name="BestRecord">{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Major League Teams and Baseball Encyclopedia |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702104214/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ |archive-date=July 2, 2022 |access-date=July 4, 2022 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref> On June 25, 2019, they set a new major league record for homering in 28 consecutive games, breaking the record set by the [[2002 Texas Rangers season|2002 Texas Rangers]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Hoch |first=Bryan |date=June 26, 2019 |title=Yanks HR in 28th straight for all-time MLB mark |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-set-record-homer-in-28-straight-games |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190625234147/https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-set-record-homer-in-28-straight-games |archive-date=June 25, 2019 |access-date=June 25, 2019 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref> The streak would reach 31 games, during which they hit 57 home runs.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|url=https://nypost.com/2019/07/02/yankees-incredible-home-run-streak-finally-ends/ |title=Yankees' incredible home run streak finally ends |first1=Dan |last1=Martin |date=July 2, 2019 |website=nypost.com}}</ref> With the walk-off solo home run by [[DJ LeMahieu]] to win the game against the Oakland Athletics on August 31, 2019, the Yankees ended the month of August that year now holding a new record of 74 home runs hit in the month alone, a new record for the most home runs hit in a month by a single MLB team.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Rivera |first=Marly |title=The second HR of the game for Mike Ford, who has 8 homers and 14 RBI in 95 AB, increases the Yankees August home run total to 64, adding on to the all-time record for most HRs in a single month. |publisher=[[ESPN]] |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/now?nowId=21-41074406-4 |access-date=July 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409184106/https://www.espn.com/espn/now?nowId=21-41074406-4 |archive-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Hoch |first=Bryan |date=August 26, 2019 |title=Yanks break HR record, take 'rowdy' LA series |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-set-mlb-record-for-home-runs-in-a-month |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826122629/https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-set-mlb-record-for-home-runs-in-a-month |archive-date=August 26, 2019 |access-date=September 1, 2019 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref>

[[Image:Alex_Rodriguez,_NYY_uniform,_walking.jpg|thumb|170px|left|Alex Rodriguez, 2005 season American League MVP]]

The 2005 season started slowly for the Yankees, and they spent most of the season chasing the [[Boston Red Sox]] for the division title. The Yankees, however, won the division, clinching it in the second-to-last game of the season against the Red Sox. Alex Rodriguez won the American League Most Valuable Player award, becoming the first Yankee to win the award since Don Mattingly in 1985. Giambi was named [[MLB Comeback Player of the Year Award|Comeback Player of the Year]], as voted by fans, and [[Robinson Canó]] was runner-up in [[MLB Rookie of the Year Award|Rookie of the Year]] voting. Another highlight of the season was the record-setting pitching by journeyman [[Aaron Small]], who became just the fourth pitcher in history to win at least ten games without a loss.

==World Series championships==

In the [[2005 American League Division Series]], the Angels defeated the Yankees in five games in the first round of the postseason, marking the second time in four years that the Angels beat the Yankees in the first round. Alex Rodriguez, the American League's 2005 MVP, had a poor series, hitting .133 with no home runs and no RBIs.

The Yankees have won a record 27 World Series championships. Their most recent one came when the new stadium opened in 2009; they defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in six games under manager Joe Girardi.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Postseason Results |url=https://www.mlb.com/yankees/history/postseason-results |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704033122/https://www.mlb.com/yankees/history/postseason-results |archive-date=July 4, 2022 |access-date=July 10, 2022 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=New York Yankees Team History & Encyclopedia |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/index.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103212941/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/index.shtml |archive-date=January 3, 2022 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref>

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In the 2005-2006 offseason, general manager Brian Cashman was given more control of the direction of the Yankees, and in December 2005, the Yankees signed center fielder [[Johnny Damon]] from the archrival Red Sox. The Yankees also signed [[Kyle Farnsworth]], [[Mike Myers]], [[Octavio Dotel]] and [[Ron Villone]] to improve their bullpen, which had been a weak point during the 2005 season.

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|- style="text-align:center;"

| [[1923 World Series|1923]]|| [[Miller Huggins]] || [[1923 New York Giants season|New York Giants]] || 4–2 || [[1923 New York Yankees season|98–54]]

|- style="text-align:center;"

| [[1927 World Series|1927]]|| Miller Huggins || [[1927 Pittsburgh Pirates season|Pittsburgh Pirates]] || 4–0 || [[1927 New York Yankees season|110–44]]

|- style="text-align:center;"

| [[1928 World Series|1928]]|| Miller Huggins || [[1928 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis Cardinals]] || 4–0 || [[1928 New York Yankees season|101–53]]

|- style="text-align:center;"

| [[1932 World Series|1932]]|| [[Joe McCarthy (manager)|Joe McCarthy]] || [[1932 Chicago Cubs season|Chicago Cubs]] || 4–0 || [[1932 New York Yankees season|107–47]]

|- style="text-align:center;"

| [[1936 World Series|1936]]|| Joe McCarthy || [[1936 New York Giants (MLB) season|New York Giants]] || 4–2 || [[1936 New York Yankees season|102–51]]

|- style="text-align:center;"

| [[1937 World Series|1937]]|| Joe McCarthy || [[1937 New York Giants (MLB) season|New York Giants]]|| 4–1 || [[1937 New York Yankees season|102–52]]

|- style="text-align:center;"

| [[1938 World Series|1938]]|| Joe McCarthy || [[1938 Chicago Cubs season|Chicago Cubs]] || 4–0 || [[1938 New York Yankees season|99–53]]

|- style="text-align:center;"

| [[1939 World Series|1939]]|| Joe McCarthy || [[1939 Cincinnati Reds season|Cincinnati Reds]] || 4–0 || [[1939 New York Yankees season|106–45]]

|- style="text-align:center;"

| [[1941 World Series|1941]]|| Joe McCarthy || [[1941 Brooklyn Dodgers season|Brooklyn Dodgers]] || 4–1 || [[1941 New York Yankees season|101–53]]

|- style="text-align:center;"

| [[1943 World Series|1943]]|| Joe McCarthy || [[1943 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis Cardinals]] || 4–1 || [[1943 New York Yankees season|98–56]]

|- style="text-align:center;"

| [[1947 World Series|1947]]|| [[Bucky Harris]] || [[1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season|Brooklyn Dodgers]] || 4–3 || [[1947 New York Yankees season|97–57]]

|- style="text-align:center;"

| [[1949 World Series|1949]]|| [[Casey Stengel]] || [[1949 Brooklyn Dodgers season|Brooklyn Dodgers]] || 4–1 || [[1949 New York Yankees season|97–57]]

|- style="text-align:center;"

| [[1950 World Series|1950]]|| Casey Stengel || [[1950 Philadelphia Phillies season|Philadelphia Phillies]] || 4–0 || [[1950 New York Yankees season|98–56]]

|- style="text-align:center;"

| [[1951 World Series|1951]]|| Casey Stengel || [[1951 New York Giants (MLB) season|New York Giants]] || 4–2 || [[1951 New York Yankees season|98–56]]

|- style="text-align:center;"

| [[1952 World Series|1952]]|| Casey Stengel || [[1952 Brooklyn Dodgers season|Brooklyn Dodgers]] || 4–3 || [[1952 New York Yankees season|95–59]]

|- style="text-align:center;"

| [[1953 World Series|1953]]|| Casey Stengel || [[1953 Brooklyn Dodgers season|Brooklyn Dodgers]] || 4–2 || [[1953 New York Yankees season|99–51]]

|- style="text-align:center;"

| [[1956 World Series|1956]]|| Casey Stengel || [[1956 Brooklyn Dodgers season|Brooklyn Dodgers]] || 4–3 || [[1956 New York Yankees season|97–57]]

|- style="text-align:center;"

| [[1958 World Series|1958]]|| Casey Stengel || [[1958 Milwaukee Braves season|Milwaukee Braves]] || 4–3 || [[1958 New York Yankees season|92–62]]

|- style="text-align:center;"

| [[1961 World Series|1961]]|| [[Ralph Houk]] || [[1961 Cincinnati Reds season|Cincinnati Reds]] || 4–1 || [[1961 New York Yankees season|109–53]]

|- style="text-align:center;"

| [[1962 World Series|1962]]|| Ralph Houk || [[1962 San Francisco Giants season|San Francisco Giants]] || 4–3 || [[1962 New York Yankees season|96–66]]

|- style="text-align:center;"

| [[1977 World Series|1977]]|| [[Billy Martin]] || [[1977 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Los Angeles Dodgers]] || 4–2 || [[1977 New York Yankees season|100–62]]

|- style="text-align:center;"

| [[1978 World Series|1978]]|| [[Bob Lemon]] || [[1978 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Los Angeles Dodgers]] || 4–2 || [[1978 New York Yankees season|100–63]]

|- style="text-align:center;"

| [[1996 World Series|1996]]|| [[Joe Torre]] || [[1996 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta Braves]] || 4–2 || [[1996 New York Yankees season|92–70]]

|- style="text-align:center;"

| [[1998 World Series|1998]]|| Joe Torre || [[1998 San Diego Padres season|San Diego Padres]] || 4–0 || [[1998 New York Yankees season|114–48]]

|- style="text-align:center;"

| [[1999 World Series|1999]]|| Joe Torre || [[1999 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta Braves]] || 4–0 || [[1999 New York Yankees season|98–64]]

|- style="text-align:center;"

| [[2000 World Series|2000]]|| Joe Torre || [[2000 New York Mets season|New York Mets]] || 4–1 || [[2000 New York Yankees season|87–74]]

|- style="text-align:center;"

| [[2009 World Series|2009]]|| [[Joe Girardi]] || [[2009 Philadelphia Phillies season|Philadelphia Phillies]] || 4–2 || [[2009 New York Yankees season|103–59]]

|- style="text-align:center;"

! style="{{Baseball secondary style|New York Yankees}};" colspan="4"|Total World Series championships:

! style="{{Baseball secondary style|New York Yankees}};"|27

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==Team nicknames==

[[Image:Yankees.JPG|thumb|right|250px|From left to right, [[Derek Jeter]], [[Robinson Cano]], [[Alex Rodriguez]], [[Jason Giambi]], [[Randy Johnson]], [[Jorge Posada]], and [[Joe Torre]]]]

The team has acquired different nicknames over the years by both baseball personalities and the media. Sportswriter [[Fred Lieb]], in a 1922 story for the ''[[Baseball Magazine]]'', said he will call the club "the Yanks" in his articles.<ref name="Appel 2012" />{{rp|pages=18}} He stated the nickname "will fit into heads better".<ref name="Hoch 2021" /> Their most prominently used [[List of baseball nicknames|nickname]] is "the Bronx Bombers" or simply "the Bombers", a reference to their home and their prolific hitting. The nickname "Bronx Bombers" was first used by writer Frank Wallace in a July 5, 1928, article in the ''[[New York Daily News]]''.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Wallace |first=Frank |date=July 5, 1928 |title=Yanks Split Pair With Senators |page=35 |work=[[New York Daily News]] The gang war moved to the national capital today. Bucky Harris' honky tonk mob mixed with Miller Huggins' Bronx bombers, and honors were even after a day of high class killings. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-yanks-split-pair-with-senator/170640831/ |access-date=February 25, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> By 1935, the name had caught on among sportswriters around the country.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Carveth |first=Jack |date=August 18, 1934 |title=Rowe Needs Two More Games To Equal Mark |page=11 |work=[[Detroit Free Press]] The Schoolboy has beaten the Yankees four times and has not been beaten by the Bronx Bombers. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-rowe-needs-two-more-g/170640858/ |access-date=February 25, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Polakoff |first=Joe |date=March 23, 1935 |title=Polley's Chatter, by Joe Polakoff – Sports Editor |page=14 |work=[[The Scranton Republican]] It's an old Yankee recipe—this wearing down process—and practiced by the Bronx Bombers for a goodly number of years now.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tribune-polleys-chatter-by-joe-pol/170640894/ |access-date=February 25, 2024 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

A less used nickname is "the Pinstripes" or "Pinstripers", in reference to the iconic feature on their home uniforms.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Lowitt |first=Bruce |date=February 16, 1988 |title=Pinstriper |page=19 |work=[[Tampa Bay Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tampa-bay-times-pinstriper/170640917/ |access-date=July 11, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> The term "Murderers' Row" has historically been used to refer to both the 1920s Yankees and the team altogether.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Istorico |first=Ray |title=Greatness in Waiting: An Illustrated History of the Early New York Yankees, 1903–1919 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |year=2008 |isbn=9780786432110 |pages=189 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Castrovince |first=Anthony |date=December 26, 2020 |title=These are the 25 best team nicknames of all time |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/best-team-nicknames-of-all-time |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518203701/https://www.mlb.com/news/best-team-nicknames-of-all-time |archive-date=May 18, 2021 |access-date=July 12, 2022 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref> Critics often refer to the team and the organization as "the Evil Empire", a term applied to the Yankees by [[Boston Red Sox]] president [[Larry Lucchino]] in a 2002 interview with ''[[The New York Times]]'' after the Yankees signed pitching prospect [[José Contreras]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=December 26, 2002 |title=Lucchino fires shot at Yanks after losing out on pitcher |publisher=[[ESPN]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=http://static.espn.go.com/mlb/news/2002/1226/1482493.html |access-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127130718/http://static.espn.go.com/mlb/news/2002/1226/1482493.html |archive-date=January 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Jones |first=Ashby |date=February 22, 2013 |title=New York Yankees: Yes, We're 'Evil' |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323549204578320531185286140?mod=e2tw |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815054535/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323549204578320531185286140?mod=e2tw |archive-date=August 15, 2020}}</ref> Ironically, Yankee fans and supporters refer to their team as the "Evil Empire" as a badge of honor and in fact enjoy having their team play the villain.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Shapiro |first=Ben |date=February 23, 2013 |title=The New York Yankees are baseball's evil empire, and they're proud of it |work=[[The Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts)|MassLive]] |url=https://www.masslive.com/redsoxmonster/2013/02/the_new_york_yankees_evil_and.html |access-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409184106/https://www.masslive.com/redsoxmonster/2013/02/the_new_york_yankees_evil_and.html |archive-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref> The team also embraced the label as well, with the stadium playing "[[The Imperial March]]" from ''[[Star Wars]]'', the song associated with antagonist [[Darth Vader]], at home games.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Caple |first=Jim |date=February 27, 2013 |title=MLB's legal Evil Empire? The Yanks! |publisher=[[ESPN]] |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/8992012/yankees-win-legal-right-baseball-evil-empire |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517174812/https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/8992012/yankees-win-legal-right-baseball-evil-empire |archive-date=May 17, 2022}}</ref> A term from the team's tumultuous late 1970s, "the Bronx Zoo", is sometimes used by detractors, as well as the "Damn Yankees", after the [[Damn Yankees|musical of the same name]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Why the Washington Nationals Were Once Known as the Senators |url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Washington_Nationals_Once_Known_as_Senators.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318005108/https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Washington_Nationals_Once_Known_as_Senators.htm |archive-date=March 18, 2021 |access-date=January 26, 2023 |publisher=[[United States Senate]]}}</ref>

Despite losing starting outfielders [[Hideki Matsui]] and [[Gary Sheffield]] to injuries early in the season, the Yankees finished the first half of the 2006 season with 50 wins and 36 losses, three games behind the Red Sox. But they caught up to the Red Sox, and on [[August 18]], the Yankees entered Fenway Park with a 1.5 game lead for a five game series. The series opened up with a doubleheader that the Yankees swept 12-4 and 14-11, echoing the Boston Massacre of 1978, and prompting the ''[[Boston Globe]]'''s [[Dan Shaughnessy]] to dub the doubleheader sweep the "Son of Massacre". The Yankees went on to sweep all five games (calling the series the "Second Boston Massacre"). They outscored the Red Sox by a combined score of 49-26, and left them 6.5 games out of first place.<ref>MLB Recap - Yankees/Red Sox http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260821102</ref> The Red Sox would eventually end the season in third place in the AL East behind the Yankees and [[Toronto Blue Jays]].

==Logos and uniforms==

The division win was the ninth consecutive for the Yankees, making 2006 the first time ever that the both teams from New York have won their respective divisions in the same year. Their 97-65 record tied the [[New York Mets|Mets]] for the best record of the year. Despite New Yorkers' hopes for another Subway Series, the Yankees lost to the Detroit Tigers in four games in the [[2006 American League Division Series]] and the Mets lost the NLCS as well.

{{Main|Logos and uniforms of the New York Yankees}}

The Yankees logo and uniform design has changed throughout the team's history. During the inaugural Highlanders season in [[1903 New York Highlanders season|1903]], the uniform featured a large "N" and a "Y" on each breast.<ref name="2022mediaguide">{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=2022 New York Yankees Media Guide |url=https://pressbox.athletics.com/Publications/MLB%20Media%20Guides/2022%20New%20York%20Yankees%20Media%20Guide.pdf |publisher=New York Yankees via [[MLB Advanced Media]] |access-date=January 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222193630/https://pressbox.athletics.com/Publications/MLB%20Media%20Guides/2022%20New%20York%20Yankees%20Media%20Guide.pdf |archive-date=December 22, 2022}}</ref>{{rp|pages=288}} In 1909, the "N" and "Y" were combined and was added to both the left breast and caps.<ref name="yankeestiffany" /> According to history, the interlocking "NY" letters predates the New York Yankees. The letters appear on the [[New York City Police Department Medal for Valor]], which was established in 1877 and was designed by [[Tiffany & Co.]]<ref name="yankeestiffany" /> Three years later, black [[pinstripes]] were added to the Highlander uniforms for the first time.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=100 years ago, Yankees pinstripes are born |last1=Dittmeier |first1=Bobbie |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/c-28329362 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]] |access-date=January 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108062740/https://www.mlb.com/news/null/c-28329362 |archive-date=January 8, 2018 |date=April 10, 2012}}</ref> The current cap look, a navy blue hat with the white interlocking "NY" letters, was adopted in 1932.<ref name="yankeestiffany" /> Both the home and away uniforms has been relatively unchanged since the 1920s and 1940s, respectively.<ref name="2022mediaguide" /> The away uniform is grey in color with "NEW YORK" across the chest.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last1=Fonseca |first1=Brian |title=Yankees to wear black uniforms during Players Weekend |url=https://www.nj.com/yankees/2019/06/yankees-to-wear-black-uniforms-during-players-weekend-where-how-to-buy-them.html |access-date=January 22, 2023 |work=[[NJ.com]] |date=June 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122183001/https://www.nj.com/yankees/2019/06/yankees-to-wear-black-uniforms-during-players-weekend-where-how-to-buy-them.html |archive-date=January 22, 2023}}</ref>

Days after the ALDS was over, tragedy struck when pitcher [[Cory Lidle]] died on [[October 11]], [[2006]]. The light plane he was piloting [[October 11, 2006 New York City plane crash|crashed]] into a highrise apartment building on 72nd Street, on [[Manhattan]]'s Upper East Side. Lidle is the second active Yankee to be killed in a crash of his own private plane, following [[Thurman Munson|Thurman Munson's]] death in 1979.

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==Distinctions==

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Merchandise with the Yankees logo, such as [[baseball cap]]s, is popular worldwide, including in countries where the sport of baseball is not popular. According to a 2023 ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' report, for instance, Yankees caps (mostly [[Counterfeit consumer goods|counterfeit]]) are "viral" in Brazil. Customers there mostly do not know that the logo represents a baseball team, but think of it as "a classic piece of [[Americana (culture)|Americana]], a status symbol, or a generic—perhaps [[chic]]—emblem of the West".<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Nicas |first=Jack |date=March 29, 2023 |title=The Yankees Cap Goes Viral in Brazil: 'Is It Basketball?' |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/29/world/americas/yankees-caps-brazil.html |access-date=March 29, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

The Yankees have won 26 World Series in 39 appearances (which, since the first World Series in 1903, currently amounts to an average appearance every 2.7 seasons and a championship every 4.0 seasons); the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] are second with ten World Series victories. The [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers]] are second in World Series appearances with eighteen; eleven of those eighteen appearances have been against the Yankees, where the Dodgers have gone 3-8 against them.<ref>Season-By-Season World Series Results http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/alltime/worldseries</ref> Among [[North America]]n major sports, the Yankees' success is only approached by the 24 [[Stanley Cup]] championships of the [[Montreal Canadiens]] of the [[National Hockey League]]. The Yankees are also the only team that is represented at every position in the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]].

==Popularity==

==Uniform and dress code==

===Appearance===

The team colors are navy blue and white. Under [[George Steinbrenner]], long hair and facial hair below the lip are prohibited.<ref>Baseball Beards http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/submit/Kates_Maxwell1.stm</ref> Visible tattoos are also prohibited, and players with one on their arm are often seen wearing a navy blue arm band.

===DesignFan support===

[[File:FreddySez.jpg|left|thumb|upright|"[[Freddy Schuman|Freddy Sez]]" holding one of his signs near the bleachers entrance before a game between the Yankees and the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]|alt=Full body shot of fan Freddy Sez, holding a pan with a shamrock and a sign that says "SCREAM-WHISTLE, KEEP UP NOISE!, IT HELPS YANKS!".]]

Home uniform is white with distinctive pinstripes and a navy blue interlocking "NY" at the chest. Away uniform is gray with "New York" written in capitals across the chest. The player number is on the back of the uniform jersey and is not accompanied by the player name. (The interlocking NY was also used by the [[New York Knicks]] on their warmup jackets, and later shorts from the 1960s to 1990 and remains on the Knicks' throwback uniforms.)

With their recurring success since the 1920s, the Yankees have since been one of the most popular teams in the world,<ref name=brtop50>{{cite web|last=Pumerantz|first=Zack|title=The 50 Most Popular Teams in Sports|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/979699-the-50-most-popular-teams-in-sports/page/50|work=The Bleacher Report|access-date=January 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116140157/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/979699-the-50-most-popular-teams-in-sports/page/50|archive-date=January 16, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> with their fan base coming from much further than the [[New York metropolitan area]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last1=Giratikanon |first1=Tom |last2=Katz |first2=Josh |last3=Leonhardt |first3=David |last4=Quealy |first4=Kevin |date=April 24, 2014 |title=Up Close on Baseball's Borders |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/04/23/upshot/24-upshot-baseball.html |access-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707001532/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/04/23/upshot/24-upshot-baseball.html |archive-date=July 7, 2022}}</ref> The Yankees typically bring an upsurge in attendance at all or most of their various road-trip venues, drawing crowds of their own fans, as well as home-town fans whose interest is heightened when the Yankees come to town.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Roberson |first=Matthew |date=June 27, 2021 |title=Yankees' road games against Blue Jays filled with Bombers' faithful; Mike Ford traded to Rays |work=[[New York Daily News]] |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/ny-yankees-blue-jays-mike-ford-20210617-dz5kesi4v5bsxibgh54togvzua-story.html |access-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725155627/https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/ny-yankees-blue-jays-mike-ford-20210617-dz5kesi4v5bsxibgh54togvzua-story.html |archive-date=July 25, 2021}}</ref>

The Yankees have consistently been the most attended MLB games. The first 1 million-fan season was in 1920, when more than 1.2 millions fans attended Yankee games at the Polo Grounds. According to [[Baseball-Reference.com]], the 2008 season saw the most fans per game in Yankees history, with an average of 53,000 per game.<ref name="Baseball Reference" /> In the past seven years, the Yankees have drawn over three million fans each year, with an American League record-setting 4,090,696 in 2005, becoming only the third franchise in sports history to draw over four million in regular-season attendance in their own ballpark.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=September 24, 2005 |title=Yankees surpass 4 million in home attendance |publisher=[[ESPN]] |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/mlb/news/story?id=2171124 |access-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712152954/https://www.espn.co.uk/mlb/news/story?id=2171124 |archive-date=July 12, 2022}}</ref> The Yankees were the league leaders in "road attendance" each year from 2001 through 2006.<ref name="RoadAttendance">{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=MLB Attendance Report – 2006 |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/attendance?sort=away_pct&year=2006&seasonType=2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712153206/https://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance?sort=away_pct&year=2006&seasonType=2 |archive-date=July 12, 2022 |access-date=July 12, 2022 |publisher=[[ESPN]]}}</ref>

In 1929, the New York Yankees became the first team to make numbers a permanent part of the uniform. Numbers were handed out based on the order in the lineup. In [[1929 in baseball|1929]], [[Earle Combs]] wore #1, [[Mark Koenig]] #2, [[Babe Ruth]] #3, [[Lou Gehrig]] #4, [[Bob Meusel]] #5, [[Tony Lazzeri]] #6, [[Leo Durocher]] #7, [[Johnny Grabowski]] #8, [[Benny Bengough]] #9, and [[Bill Dickey]] #10. While other teams began putting names on the backs of jerseys in the 1960s, the Yankees did not follow the trend. Many companies create jerseys with Yankee names sewn on the back for fans to purchase, but no official Yankee uniform has ever had names on the back. They are also one of the few teams in Major League Baseball to shun the trend of creating a "third jersey".

Some Yankees [[Fan (person)|superfans]] have become notable in their own right. One famous fan was [[Freddy Schuman]], popularly known as "Freddy Sez."<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Bultman |first=Matthew |date=October 20, 2010 |title=New York Yankees fans remember the man with a pan – Freddy 'Sez' |work=[[New York Daily News]] |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/new-york-yankees-fans-remember-man-pan-freddy-sez-article-1.190550 |access-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712153654/https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/new-york-yankees-fans-remember-man-pan-freddy-sez-article-1.190550 |archive-date=July 12, 2022}}</ref> For over 50 years, he came to the Yankees' home games with a baseball cap, a Yankees' jersey (which on the back bears his own name), and a cake pan with a [[shamrock]] painted on it, which was connected to a sign inscribed with words of encouragement for the home team. Schuman died on October 17, 2010, at the age of 85.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Tapper |first=Craig |date=May 22, 2020 |title=When All Else Fails... |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/freddie-sez-yankees-superfan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409184106/https://www.mlb.com/news/freddie-sez-yankees-superfan |archive-date=April 9, 2022 |access-date=July 12, 2022 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref> The popularity of the Yankees also extended internationally. According to a Major League Baseball executive, the Yankees logo is considered a "sign of quality" despite many people not knowing the team.<ref name=Borden /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Krell |first=David |title=The New York Yankees in Popular Culture: Critical Essays |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |year=2019 |isbn=9781476636542 |pages=44–45 |language=en}}</ref>

Although the Yankees have worn the same road uniform since 1918 (with the exception of 1927 to 1930, when the arched "NEW YORK" was replaced by the word "YANKEES", a radical change was proposed in 1974. Marty Appel, in his book ''Now Pitching for the Yankees''<ref>Marty Appel, ''Now Pitching for the Yankees: Spinning the News for Mickey, Billy, and George'', foreword by Yogi Berra (NY:Total Sports, 2001)</ref> describes the proposed uniforms:

<blockquote>

(I)n 1974 I walked into (then-General Manager) [[Gabe Paul]]'s office to find samples of new Yankee road uniforms draped across his sofa. They were the opposite of the home pinstripes — they were navy blue with white pinstripes. The NY logo was in white. Gabe liked them. I nearly fainted. Although the drab gray road uniforms were not exciting, with the plain NEW YORK across the chest, they were just as much the Yankees' look as were the home uniforms. I think my dramatic disdain helped saved (sic) the day and saved the Yankees from wearing those awful pajamas on the field.</blockquote>

===The Bleacher Creatures===

The Yankees wear navy blue caps with a white interlocking "NY" logo with both home and road uniforms.

[[File:BleacherShirt.jpg|thumb|A shirt worn by a number of [[Bleacher Creatures]]|alt=A black shirt with a skull in the middle with the text "Bleacher Creatures" on top and "Bronx, New York" below.]]

{{Main|Bleacher Creatures}}

The "Bleacher Creatures" are a group of fans known for their strict allegiance to the Yankees and are often merciless to opposing fans who sit in the section and cheer for the road team. They occupied Section 39 in the right-field bleachers at the old Yankee Stadium and occupy Section 203 in the new stadium.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Bondy |first=Filip |date=September 22, 2008 |title=Bleacher Creatures won't curtail actions for ESPN |work=[[New York Daily News]] |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/bleacher-creatures-won-curtail-actions-espn-article-1.322152 |access-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514031130/https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/bleacher-creatures-won-curtail-actions-espn-article-1.322152 |archive-date=May 14, 2022}}</ref> The Bleacher Creatures are known for their use of chants and songs, with the "[[Agenda (meeting)|roll call]]" at the beginning of each home game being the most prominent.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Hoch |first=Bryan |date=January 31, 2021 |title='Roll call' is a Yankee Stadium exclusive |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/bleacher-creatures-roll-call-a-yankee-stadium-tradition |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514031129/https://www.mlb.com/news/bleacher-creatures-roll-call-a-yankee-stadium-tradition |archive-date=May 14, 2022 |access-date=July 12, 2022 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref>

The "creatures" got their nickname from ''[[New York Daily News]]'' columnist Filip "Flip" Bondy, who spent the 2004 season sitting in the section for research on his book about the group, ''Bleeding Pinstripes: A Season with the Bleacher Creatures of Yankee Stadium'', published in 2005.<ref>{{cite book|first=Filip|last=Bondy|title=Bleeding Pinstripes: A Season with the Bleacher Creatures of Yankee Stadium|___location=New York|publisher=Sports Publishing|year=2005}}</ref> Throughout the years both at the old and new stadiums, the Bleacher Creatures have attracted controversy for the use of derogatory and [[homophobic]] chants and rowdiness aimed at both opposing fans and players.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Silva |first=Drew |date=October 17, 2010 |title=Yankee Stadium's Bleacher Creatures agree to put a halt to homophobic chant |work=[[NBC Sports]] |url=https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2010/10/17/15542/ |access-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509015515/https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2010/10/17/15542/ |archive-date=May 9, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=April 24, 2022 |title=New York Yankees increase security in stands; Bleacher Creatures taunt Cleveland Guardians OF Myles Straw |publisher=[[ESPN]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33799270/new-york-yankees-increase-security-stands-bleacher-creatures-taunt-cleveland-guardians-myles-straw |access-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630125316/https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33799270/new-york-yankees-increase-security-stands-bleacher-creatures-taunt-cleveland-guardians-myles-straw |archive-date=June 30, 2022}}</ref>

==Popularity==

===Fan support===

With the recurring success of the franchise since the 1920s and its rejuvenated dynasty, the Yankees have always been and continue to be one of the most popular sports teams in the country. They have a large fanbase, noticably bigger than that of the cross-town [[New York Mets]].<ref>Yankees-Mets rivalry hits home http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2449846</ref> Even in road games, especially in towns like [[Baltimore]] and [[Boston]], the Yankees generally draw crowds of their own fans, showing that they not only have support in the New York area, but also around the country.

=== The Judge's Chambers at Yankee Stadium ===

The first one-million fan season was in 1920, when 1,289,422 fans attended Yankee games at the Polo Grounds. The first two-million fan season was in 1946, when 2,265,512 fans attended games at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees have beaten the league average for home attendance 83 out of the last 87 years (only during 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1994 did they not accomplish this). In the past seven years, in the dawn of their new dynasty, the Yankees have drawn over three million fans each year, with an American League record-setting 4,090,696 in 2005, becoming only the third franchise in sports history to draw over four million in regular season attendance in their own ballpark.<ref>[http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20060702&content_id=1535941&vkey=pr_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy Yankees reach four million in tickets sales for second consecutive season]</ref>

In 2017, team management ordered the creation of a special cheer section in Section 104, "the Judge's Chambers", for fans of Yankees outfielder [[Aaron Judge]], a young superstar.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Bondy |first=Filip |date=September 1, 2017 |title=The Yankees' Judge's Chambers: A Promotion to Dismiss? |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/01/sports/baseball/the-yankees-judges-chambers-a-promotion-to-dismiss.html |access-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112040341/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/01/sports/baseball/the-yankees-judges-chambers-a-promotion-to-dismiss.html |archive-date=November 12, 2020}}</ref> They were the second AL team to create a special cheering section, after the [[Seattle Mariners]]' "King's Court" for pitcher [[Félix Hernández]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Walker |first=Ben |date=May 22, 2017 |title=All Rise! The Judge's Chambers, in session at Yankee Stadium |work=[[The Seattle Times]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/all-rise-the-judges-chambers-in-session-at-yankee-stadium/ |access-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929053554/https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/all-rise-the-judges-chambers-in-session-at-yankee-stadium/ |archive-date=September 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Rivera |first=Marly |date=August 14, 2020 |title=New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge is everything MLB could want in a superstar |publisher=[[ESPN]] |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29643753/new-york-yankees-slugger-aaron-judge-everything-mlb-want-superstar |access-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725004022/https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29643753/new-york-yankees-slugger-aaron-judge-everything-mlb-want-superstar |archive-date=July 25, 2021}}</ref> The section's 18 seats are given to lucky ticketholders and their families, along with black judicial robes with the team logo on the front and Judge's 99 jersey number on the back; before the addition of the section, fans were wearing white wigs and judicial robes to games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/cut4/aaron-judge-fans-wore-judge-costumes-to-yankee-stadium/c-229701442|title=The verdict is in: Aaron Judge's fan club members wore judge costumes to Yankee Stadium|date=May 11, 2017|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|access-date=September 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903114912/https://www.mlb.com/cut4/aaron-judge-fans-wore-judge-costumes-to-yankee-stadium/c-229701442|archive-date=September 3, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Occasionally, community organizations, charities and Little League teams are given precedence when selecting participants. The seats, which are close to his position in right field, are surrounded by mahogany wood to emulate the appearance of the city's courthouses.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last1=Clair |first1=Michael |last2=Hoch |first2=Bryan |date=May 23, 2017 |title=Aaron Judge now has very own Judge's Chambers section at Yankee Stadium |url=https://www.mlb.com/cut4/aaron-judge-has-his-own-section-at-yankee-stadium-c231789486 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830114033/https://www.mlb.com/cut4/aaron-judge-has-his-own-section-at-yankee-stadium-c231789486 |archive-date=August 30, 2021 |access-date=July 12, 2022 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=May 22, 2017 |title=Aaron Judge gets 'Judge's Chambers' cheering section at Yankee Stadium |work=[[USA Today]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2017/05/22/all-rise-the-judges-chambers-in-session-at-yankee-stadium/102024744/ |access-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524172453/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2017/05/22/all-rise-the-judges-chambers-in-session-at-yankee-stadium/102024744/ |archive-date=May 24, 2017}}</ref>

===Team ownership===

The Yankees were also the league leaders in "road attendance" in each year from 2001 through 2005, and are at the top again in 2006.<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/attendance?sort=away_pct&year=2006&seasonType=2 ESPN.com - MLB Attendance] </ref>

{{see also|List of New York Yankees owners and executives}}

The Yankees baseball club is owned by [[Yankee Global Enterprises]], a [[holding company]] in turn majorly owned by the [[Steinbrenner family]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Feinsand |first=Mark |date=September 29, 2007 |title=Hal Steinbrenner elected chair of Yankee Global Enterprises |work=[[New York Daily News]] |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/hal-steinbrenner-elected-chair-yankee-global-enterprises-article-1.242285 |access-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712192556/https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/hal-steinbrenner-elected-chair-yankee-global-enterprises-article-1.242285 |archive-date=July 12, 2022}}</ref> Yankee Global Enterprises also has a majority stake in the [[YES Network]], the Yankees main television network.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Hayes |first=Dade |date=August 29, 2019 |title=YES Network Finalizes $3.5B Sale To New York Yankees, Sinclair And Amazon |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |url=https://deadline.com/2019/08/yes-network-amazon-new-york-yankees-sinclair-broadcast-group-disney-fox-1202707647/ |access-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131163507/https://deadline.com/2019/08/yes-network-amazon-new-york-yankees-sinclair-broadcast-group-disney-fox-1202707647/ |archive-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> Since purchasing the team from CBS in 1973, George Steinbrenner was involved in daily team operations, including player and manager signings.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=O'Connor |first=Ian |author-link=Ian O'Connor |date=July 13, 2010 |title=The Boss' legacy bigger than The Babe's |publisher=[[ESPN]] |url=https://www.espn.com/new-york/mlb/columns/story?columnist=oconnor_ian&id=5376485 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407214907/https://www.espn.com/new-york/mlb/columns/story?columnist=oconnor_ian&id=5376485 |archive-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref> Steinbrenner retired from day-to-day team operations in 2005, handing over control to [[Steve Swindal]], his then son-in-law.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=March 7, 2012 |title=Steve Swindal, Steinbrenner's Once Heir Apparent, Finds New Success |work=[[CBS Sports]] |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/steve-swindal-steinbrenners-once-heir-apparent-finds-new-success/ |access-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712193608/https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/steve-swindal-steinbrenners-once-heir-apparent-finds-new-success/ |archive-date=July 12, 2022}}</ref> Swindal was [[Buyout|bought out]] in 2007 with George's son [[Hal Steinbrenner]] becoming chairman of Yankee Global Enterprises and the team's [[Partner (business rank)|managing partner]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=September 28, 2007 |title=Yankees complete buyout of Stephen Swindal |work=[[USA Today]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2007-09-28-101528113_x.htm |access-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712194109/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2007-09-28-101528113_x.htm |archive-date=July 12, 2022}}</ref> George Steinbrenner, citing declining health, formally handed control of the team to both Hal and brother [[Hank Steinbrenner|Hank]] in October 2007.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|title=Steinbrenner Relinquishes Control of Yankees |work=[[NBC Sports]] |url=http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/21293470/ |access-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404142831/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/21293470/ |archive-date=April 4, 2012}}</ref> George Steinbrenner died in 2010 and Hank died ten years later, leaving Hal as the main managing partner.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Kepner |first=Tyler |date=April 14, 2010 |title=Hank Steinbrenner, an Heir to the Yankees, Is Dead at 63 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/sports/baseball/Hank-Steinbrenner-dead.html |access-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526154941/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/sports/baseball/Hank-Steinbrenner-dead.html |archive-date=May 26, 2022}}</ref> In 2008, the Yankees announced a joint venture with the [[National Football League]]'s [[Dallas Cowboys]] to form the basis for a partnership in running food and beverage, and other catering services to both teams' stadiums.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=October 20, 2008 |title=Cowboys, Yankees form concessions company |work=[[NBC News]] |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna27285478 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123162846/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna27285478 |archive-date=November 23, 2020}}</ref>

The Yankees has consistently been one of the most valuable sport teams in the world. In 2013, ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine ranked New York Yankees as the fourth most valuable sports team in the world, behind [[association football]] clubs [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]] of [[La Liga]], [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] of the [[Premier League]] and [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] of La Liga, a value of $2.3 billion.<ref name="Forbes">{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Badenhausen |first=Kurt |date=July 15, 2013 |title=Real Madrid Tops The World's Most Valuable Sports Teams |work=[[Forbes]] |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2013/07/15/real-madrid-tops-the-worlds-most-valuable-sports-teams/ |url-status=live |access-date=January 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224122446/http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2013/07/15/real-madrid-tops-the-worlds-most-valuable-sports-teams/ |archive-date=February 24, 2015}}</ref> In 2017, ''Forbes'' magazine ranked the Yankees as the second most valuable sports team at $3.7 billion behind the Dallas Cowboys, up 9% from 2016.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Badenhausen |first=Kurt |date=July 12, 2017 |title=Full List: The World's 50 Most Valuable Sports Teams 2017 |work=[[Forbes]] |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2017/07/12/full-list-the-worlds-50-most-valuable-sports-teams-2017/?sh=5ca7ffc14a05 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705191230/https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2017/07/12/full-list-the-worlds-50-most-valuable-sports-teams-2017/ |archive-date=July 5, 2022}}</ref> In 2019, Forbes magazine again ranked the Yankees as the most valuable [[MLB teams|MLB team]] at $4.6 billion, up 15% from 2018, behind only the Dallas Cowboys.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Badenhausen |first=Kurt |date=July 22, 2019 |title=The World's 50 Most Valuable Sports Teams 2019 |work=[[Forbes]] |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2019/07/22/the-worlds-50-most-valuable-sports-teams-2019/ |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414131320/https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2019/07/22/the-worlds-50-most-valuable-sports-teams-2019/ |archive-date=April 14, 2022}}</ref> In 2022, the Yankees were again ranked as the second most valuable team behind the Cowboys, valued at $6 billion.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last1=Ozanian|first1=Mike|last2=Teitelbaum|first2=Justin|date=May 26, 2022|title=The World's Most Valuable Soccer Teams 2022: Real Madrid, Worth $5.1 Billion, Is Back On Top|work=[[Forbes]]|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2022/05/26/the-worlds-most-valuable-soccer-teams-2022-real-madrid-worth-51-billion-back-on-top/|access-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702005235/https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2022/05/26/the-worlds-most-valuable-soccer-teams-2022-real-madrid-worth-51-billion-back-on-top/|archive-date=July 2, 2022}}</ref> The team's value rose again in 2023, rising 17% from 2022 to $7.1 billion, and keeping the Yankees as the second most valuable sports team in the world behind the Cowboys.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Lee |first=Joon |date=March 23, 2023 |title=Yankees worth $7.1 billion as MLB team values rise amid TV turmoil |work=[[ESPN]] |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35925638/yankees-worth-71-billion-mlb-team-values-rise-amid-tv-turmoil |access-date=March 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325114006/https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35925638/yankees-worth-71-billion-mlb-team-values-rise-amid-tv-turmoil |archive-date=March 25, 2023}}</ref> In 2024 the team's value rose to $7.55 billion, but the team fell to fourth overall in the ranking with the [[Golden State Warriors]] and [[Los Angeles Rams]] passing the Yankees.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Knight |first=Brett |title=The World's 50 Most Valuable Sports Teams 2024 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brettknight/2024/12/12/the-worlds-50-most-valuable-sports-teams-2024/ |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>

===The Bleacher Creatures===

The "Bleacher Creatures" are a group of season ticket holders who occupy Section 39 in right field, and have gained notoriety over the past decade. Their name was coined by [[New York Daily News]] columnist Filip "Flip" Bondy, who spent a season sitting with them and wrote a book, ''Bleeding Pinstripes: A Season with the Bleacher Creatures of Yankee Stadium'', published in 2005.<ref>Filip Bondy, ''Bleeding Pinstripes: A Season with the Bleacher Creatures of Yankee Stadium '', foreword by David Cone (NY: Sports Publishing, 2005)</ref>

===Criticism===

The Creatures have popularized the "Roll Call," which they chant in the top of the first inning when the Yankees first play defense. In the Roll Call these fans loudly chant each field player's name (usually excluding the pitcher and the catcher, with some exceptions like "Moooooose" Mussina) repeatedly until the player acknowledges the chant by waving, tipping his hat, or something similar. During many games, the creatures taunt the opposing team's rightfielder with songs and insults.

With the long-term success of the franchise and a large Yankee fanbase, many fans of other teams have come to dislike the Yankees.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|title=The sports teams everyone loves to hate |url=https://www.economist.com/culture/2022/10/28/the-sports-teams-everyone-loves-to-hate |access-date=January 26, 2023 |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |date=October 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208010641/https://www.economist.com/culture/2022/10/28/the-sports-teams-everyone-loves-to-hate |archive-date=December 8, 2022}}</ref> When the Yankees are on the road, it is common for the home fans to chant "Yankees Suck".<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last1=Waldstein |first1=David |title=Red Sox Fans, With a Title to Cheer, Choose the Yankees to Jeer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/29/sports/red-sox-yankees-fans-chant.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125121954/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/29/sports/red-sox-yankees-fans-chant.html |archive-date=November 25, 2022}}</ref> According to the opinion poll and analytics website ''[[FiveThirtyEight]]'', the Yankees were MLB's least liked team, with 48% of fans expressing an "unfavorable" view of the team.<ref name="Enten 2017" />

Much of the animosity toward the team may derive from its high payroll and perceptions that it "buys" champions instead of developing players.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Scoenfield |first=David |date=December 25, 2017 |title=Bah, humbug: Why it feels good to hate the Yankees again |publisher=[[ESPN]] |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/84938/bah-humbug-why-it-feels-good-to-hate-the-yankees-again |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319043525/http://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/84938/bah-humbug-why-it-feels-good-to-hate-the-yankees-again |archive-date=March 19, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last1=Costa |first1=Brian |last2=Diamond |first2=Jared |date=October 20, 2019 |title=The Yankees' Decade of Almost: $2 Billion Spent, Zero Titles Won |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-yankees-decade-of-almost-2-billion-spent-zero-titles-won-11571579532 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125214738/https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-yankees-decade-of-almost-2-billion-spent-zero-titles-won-11571579532 |archive-date=January 25, 2022}}</ref> Their payroll was around $200 million at the start of the 2008 season, the highest of any American sports team.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|title=2006 Salary Database |work=[[USA Today]] |url=http://asp.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/salaries/totalpayroll.aspx?year=2006 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 11, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060409100056/http://asp.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/salaries/totalpayroll.aspx?year=2006 |archive-date=April 9, 2006}}</ref> In 2005, the team's average player salary was $2.6 million with the Yankees having the five highest paid players in MLB.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=April 6, 2005 |title=Yankees' payroll tops five teams combined |publisher=[[ESPN]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2031528 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119011538/https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2031528 |archive-date=January 19, 2022}}</ref> During his tenure as team owner, George Steinbrenner attracted controversy for his public criticism of players and managers and for high personnel [[Turnover (employment)|turnover]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=July 13, 1988 |title=Surprise! George Criticizes His Players |work=[[Deseret News]] |url=https://www.deseret.com/1988/7/13/18771781/surprise-george-criticizes-his-players |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714235555/https://www.deseret.com/1988/7/13/18771781/surprise-george-criticizes-his-players |archive-date=July 14, 2022}}</ref> Manager [[Billy Martin]] was hired and fired a total of five times under Steinbrenner.<ref name="Webley 2010" /> ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' columnist [[Mike Royko]] noted, "Hating the Yankees is as American as [[pizza]] pie, [[unwed mother]]s, and cheating on your [[Income tax in the United States|income tax]]."<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=New York Yankee Quotations |url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/yankquot.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070513114515/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/yankquot.shtml |archive-date=May 13, 2007 |access-date=May 11, 2007 |work=[[Baseball Almanac]]}}</ref>

Because of random rowdiness, and the fact that many families now sit in the more affordable bleachers, alcoholic beverages were banned from the bleachers in 2000, but the Bleacher Creatures have continued their antics, perhaps fueled by some clandestine drinking<ref>Bondy, ibid., p. 20-22.</ref> They are popular with the crowd and are known for their strict allegiance to the Yankees and their extreme hatred for the Mets and the Red Sox. Many of the members attend almost every home game, sitting in section 39, cheering on the team in their own inimitable way.

==Fight and theme songs==

===Celebrity fans===

[[File:Yankee Stadium Grounds Crew Performing YMCA on 8-14-16.jpeg|thumb|The grounds crew at Yankee Stadium dancing to "[[Y.M.C.A. (song)|Y.M.C.A.]]"|alt=Wide shot of the ground crew on the baseball field dancing.]]

The Yankees also have one of the biggest celebrity fanbases in all of sports.<ref>[http://www.thebrushback.com/Archives/yanksstadium_full.htm Yankee Stadium Crowd Now 90 Percent Celebrities]</ref>

The official [[fight song]] for the Yankees is "[[Here Come the Yankees]]", written in 1967 by Bob Bundin and Lou Stallman. The song was used extensively in radio and television broadcast introductions. The song, however, did not catch on with fans and has been rarely used past the 1990s.<ref name="Frommer 2017">{{Cite book |last=Frommer |first=Harvey |title=The Ultimate Yankee Book: From the Beginning to Today: Trivia, Facts and Stats, Oral History, Marker Moments and Legendary Personalities—A History and Reference Book About Baseball's Greatest Franchise |publisher=Page Street Publishing |year=2017 |isbn=9781624144332 |language=en}}</ref>{{rp|193–197}} This is contrasted to other, more popular fight songs such as "[[Meet the Mets]]", which is played at every Mets home game.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Krell |first=David |date=Fall 2015 |title=The New York Mets in Popular Culture |url=https://sabr.org/journal/article/the-new-york-mets-in-popular-culture/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110043110/https://sabr.org/journal/article/the-new-york-mets-in-popular-culture/ |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=[[Society for American Baseball Research]]}}</ref> Another song strongly linked to the team is "[[Theme from New York, New York|New York, New York]]", which is played in the stadium after home games. George Steinbrenner started having the song played during the 1980 season. The [[Frank Sinatra]] cover version was traditionally played after victories, and the [[Liza Minnelli]] original version after losses.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Nocera |first=Joe |author-link=Joe Nocera |date=December 11, 2015 |title=How 'New York, New York' Went to the Top of the Heap |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/12/sports/baseball/how-new-york-new-york-became-a-no-1-at-yankees-games.html |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127224831/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/12/sports/baseball/how-new-york-new-york-became-a-no-1-at-yankees-games.html |archive-date=January 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Dodd |first=Rustin |date=June 23, 2020 |title=Steinbrenner and Sinatra: How 'New York, New York' became the Yankees' anthem |work=[[The Athletic]] |url=https://theathletic.com/1853424/2020/06/23/how-new-york-new-york-became-yankees-anthem/ |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128010816/https://theathletic.com/1853424/2020/06/23/how-new-york-new-york-became-yankees-anthem/ |archive-date=November 28, 2021}}</ref> However, due to a complaint from Minnelli, the Yankees began playing the Frank Sinatra version after all home games, regardless of the result.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last1=Hoch |first1=Bryan |title=How Sinatra's classic became Yankees staple |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-long-history-with-new-york-new-york |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]] |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127130029/https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-long-history-with-new-york-new-york |archive-date=January 27, 2022 |date=January 14, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Frommer 2017" />{{rp|108}} Starting in the 2025 season, the team stopped playing the song after losses, instead choosing a rotation of other songs from Sinatra including "[[That's Life (song)|That's Life]]." This change was made after fans criticized the song being played following the [[2024 World Series]] loss at home.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Caldera |first=Pete |title=Yankees will play a different Frank Sinatra song following home losses at Yankee Stadium |url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/mlb/yankees/2025/02/24/marching-out-to-a-different-tune-at-yankee-stadium/79941205007/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=North Jersey Media Group |language=en-US}}</ref>

*Former New York City mayor [[Rudy Giuliani]] is commonly seen at games and flashed on the video screen.

*Actor/Director [[Billy Crystal]] is also frequently seen at games; he directed a memorable movie named ''[[61*]]'' in 2001 which highlighted Roger Maris' chase of Babe Ruth's single-season home run record in 1961.

*Actor [[Adam Sandler]] has flaunted his Yankee loyalty in several of his movies, most notably in [[Anger Management]] where several scenes are actually shot at [[Yankee Stadium]].

A wide selection of songs are played regularly at the stadium, many of them live on the Stadium's [[Hammond organ]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Kreda |first=Allan |date=January 29, 2014 |title=For Organist, the Best of Both Worlds |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/30/sports/hockey/for-organist-the-best-of-both-worlds.html |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616231417/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/30/sports/hockey/for-organist-the-best-of-both-worlds.html |archive-date=June 16, 2022}}</ref> One of the popular songs is "[[God Bless America]]", which has been played during the [[seventh-inning stretch]] since [[September 11 attacks|September 11]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Gardner |first=Steve |date=April 18, 2019 |title=Yankees drop Kate Smith's 'God Bless America' after being told about her racist songs |work=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/yankees/2019/04/18/yankees-drop-kate-smith-god-bless-america-7th-inning-stretch/3510295002/ |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509223539/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/yankees/2019/04/18/yankees-drop-kate-smith-god-bless-america-7th-inning-stretch/3510295002/ |archive-date=May 9, 2022}}</ref> The version typically played for many years since 2001 was an abbreviated version of [[Kate Smith]]'s rendition.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Tsioulcas |first=Anastasia |date=April 22, 2019 |title=Kate Smith's 'God Bless America' Dropped By Two Major Sports Teams |work=[[NPR]] |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/04/22/715918211/kate-smiths-god-bless-america-dropped-by-two-major-sports-teams |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613025530/https://www.npr.org/2019/04/22/715918211/kate-smiths-god-bless-america-dropped-by-two-major-sports-teams |archive-date=June 13, 2022}}</ref> In 2019 the Yankees stopped playing Smith's rendition to allegations of racism in some of her songs.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|magazine|last=Abdeldaiem |first=Alaa |date=April 18, 2019 |title=Yankees Move on From Kate Smith's 'God Bless America' After Investigating Racist Lyrics |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2019/04/18/yankees-stop-playing-kate-smith-god-bless-america-potential-racism |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530221636/https://www.si.com/mlb/2019/04/18/yankees-stop-playing-kate-smith-god-bless-america-potential-racism |archive-date=May 30, 2022}}</ref> The team switched to a live version by the [[stadium organist]] during the stretch in the interim.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Bondy |first=Stefan |date=April 18, 2019 |title=Yankees dump Kate Smith's 'God Bless America' from rotation over singer's racist songs |work=[[New York Daily News]] |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/ny-kate-smith-god-bless-america-20190418-wfkyednrvrherh57sfmb4h7s5y-story.html |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515065706/https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/ny-kate-smith-god-bless-america-20190418-wfkyednrvrherh57sfmb4h7s5y-story.html |archive-date=May 15, 2022}}</ref> In 2021, the organ version was replaced by a recording of the [[Robert Merrill]] cover of the song.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Euchner |first=Charles |title=Stadium Symphonies |url=https://baseballhall.org/discover/short-stops/stadium-symphonies |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228042536/https://baseballhall.org/discover/short-stops/stadium-symphonies |archive-date=February 28, 2021 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]}}</ref> Merrill was the [[The Star-Spangled Banner|national anthem]] singer in the old Yankees Stadium for Opening Day and other special events before passing away in 1998.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Lucas |first=Ed |author-link=Ed Lucas |title=July 2, 2015 |work=[[NJ.com]] |date=July 3, 2015 |url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2015/07/lucas_robert_merrill_made_every_national_anthem_pe.html |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713151250/https://www.nj.com/hudson/2015/07/lucas_robert_merrill_made_every_national_anthem_pe.html |archive-date=July 13, 2022}}</ref> During the 5th inning, the [[Groundskeeping|grounds crew]], while performing their duties, dance to "[[Y.M.C.A. (song)|Y.M.C.A.]]". Former Yankees executive Joseph Molloy said that he saw fans dancing to the song during a spring training game in the mid-1990s.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Grant |first=Sarah |date=October 27, 2015 |title=How 'Y.M.C.A.' Became Baseball's Never-Ending Jam |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/music/how-ymca-became-baseballs-never-ending-jam-7837656 |url-status=live |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204165925/http://www.villagevoice.com/music/how-ymca-became-baseballs-never-ending-jam-7837656 |archive-date=February 4, 2017}}</ref> Molloy told Steinbrenner, who started to play the song at the stadium.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Pearlman |first=Jeff |date=June 2008 |title="Y.M.C.A." (An Oral History) |pages=75–78 |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I8dEa7CkvDwC&dq=george+steinbrenner+ymca&pg=PA78 |access-date=July 13, 2022}}</ref>

Other famous celebrity fans include:

*actor [[Jack Nicholson]]<ref>http://espn.go.com/page2/s/questions/jacknicholson.html 10 burning questions for Jack Nicholson</ref>

*business mogul [[Donald Trump]]<ref>http://donaldtrump.trumpuniversity.com/default.asp?item=172878 Trump University</ref>

*director [[Spike Lee]]

*actor [[Denzel Washington]]

*pro football player [[Tom Brady]]

==Radio and television==

The Yankees' hat is often seen in public worn by rappers to show an identity with New York City. Artists spotted with this look include [[50 Cent]], [[Busta Rhymes]], [[Fred Durst]], [[Jay-Z]], [[P-Diddy]], [[Daddy Yankee]], and [[Jadakiss]].<ref>Celebrity Baseball Caps http://www.capitate.co.uk/Celebrity-Caps.htm</ref>

{{Main|List of New York Yankees broadcasters}}

[[File:Michael Kay, Paul O'Neill, Ken Singleton in broadcast booth.jpg|thumb|Announcers [[Michael Kay (sports broadcaster)|Michael Kay]], [[Paul O'Neill (baseball)|Paul O'Neill]], [[Ken Singleton]], and [[Ryan Ruocco]] in the YES Network broadcast booth at Yankee Stadium in 2009|alt=Wide shot of the Yankees television broadcast booth with Michael Kay to the left, Paul O'Neill and Ken Singleton in the center, and Ryan Ruocco to the right.]]

The [[YES Network|Yankees Entertainment and Sports (YES) Network]] was launched in 2002 and serves as the primary home of the New York Yankees.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Sandomir |first=Richard |date=March 19, 2002 |title=Now on YES, It's Dynasty, For Those Not in the Dark |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/19/sports/now-on-yes-it-s-dynasty-for-those-not-in-the-dark.html |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205130413/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/19/sports/now-on-yes-it-s-dynasty-for-those-not-in-the-dark.html |archive-date=February 5, 2018}}</ref> As of 2022, [[Michael Kay (announcer)|Michael Kay]] is the play-by-play announcer with [[David Cone]], [[John Flaherty]], and [[Paul O'Neill (baseball)|Paul O'Neill]] working as commentators as part of a three-man, or occasionally two-man, booth. [[Bob Lorenz]] hosts both the pre-game and the post-game shows with [[Jack Curry]], and [[Meredith Marakovits]] and [[Nancy Newman]] are the on-site reporters.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Broadcasters |url=https://www.mlb.com/yankees/team/broadcasters |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707222819/https://www.mlb.com/yankees/team/broadcasters |archive-date=July 7, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref> Select games are available streaming only on [[Sports on Prime Video|Amazon Prime]] in the [[New York metropolitan area]]; these games formerly aired on [[WPIX]] and [[WWOR-TV]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Best |first=Neil |date=March 31, 2022 |title=Source: 21 Yankees games headed to Amazon Prime Video instead of WPIX Channel 11 |work=[[Newsday]] |url=https://www.newsday.com/sports/media/yankees-amazon-prime-video-wpix-channel-11-plk37zmj |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401030359/https://www.newsday.com/sports/media/yankees-amazon-prime-video-wpix-channel-11-plk37zmj |archive-date=April 1, 2022}}</ref> Radio broadcasts are on the [[Yankees Radio Network]], the flagship station being [[WFAN (AM)|WFAN]] 660 AM, with [[Dave Sims]] as the play-by-play announcer and [[Suzyn Waldman]] providing the commentary.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-14 |title=Dave Sims will follow Sterling as Yanks radio voice|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/dave-sims-john-sterling-yankees-radio-play-by-play|access-date=November 15, 2024 |website=MLB.com}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=O'Connell |first=James |date=June 10, 2019 |title=WFAN Yankees color analyst Suzyn Waldman nominated for the Radio Hall of Fame |work=[[New York Daily News]] |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/ny-sports-yankees-wfan-suzyn-waldman-nominated-radio-hall-of-fame-20190610-xxxvynej6ba6tcyvoopnsn3b2y-story.html |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611145332/https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/ny-sports-yankees-wfan-suzyn-waldman-nominated-radio-hall-of-fame-20190610-xxxvynej6ba6tcyvoopnsn3b2y-story.html |archive-date=June 11, 2019}}</ref> Spanish-language broadcasts are on [[WADO]] 1280 AM, with [[Rickie Ricardo]] calling the games.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Gold |first=Jon |date=October 2, 2017 |title=Rickie Ricardo, Spanish voice of Yankees and Eagles, in league of his own |publisher=[[ESPN]] |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/20864133/rickie-ricardo-spanish-voice-new-york-yankees-philadelphia-eagles-league-own |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623034656/https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/20864133/rickie-ricardo-spanish-voice-new-york-yankees-philadelphia-eagles-league-own |archive-date=June 23, 2022}}</ref>

===Past announcers===

The popularity of the Yankees' hat has grown to include color patterns not actually used by the Yankees. This is probably most notable in rock band [[Limp Bizkit]]'s video for the song "[[Nookie_%28song%29|Nookie]]", in which lead singer [[Fred Durst]] wore a red Yankees hat.

* [[Mel Allen]] was the team's lead announcer from 1948 to 1964. He was known as "The voice of the Yankees."<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Sandomir |first=Richard |date=June 17, 1996 |title=Mel Allen Is Dead at 83; Golden Voice of Yankees |page=B9 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/17/sports/mel-allen-is-dead-at-83-golden-voice-of-yankees.html |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907042144/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/17/sports/mel-allen-is-dead-at-83-golden-voice-of-yankees.html |archive-date=September 7, 2020}}</ref>

* [[Russ Hodges]] had a brief stint with Mel Allen before he took over as the lead announcer with the New York Giants.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Fried |first=Joseph |date=April 20, 1971 |title=Russ Hodges Dies; Voice of Giants, 61 |page=46 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/04/20/archives/russ-hodgesdies-noioe-olv-galqt-61-best-known-fordescription-of.html |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920084341/https://www.nytimes.com/1971/04/20/archives/russ-hodgesdies-noioe-olv-galqt-61-best-known-fordescription-of.html |archive-date=September 20, 2020}}</ref>

* [[Red Barber]] called Yankees games for 13 seasons, from 1954 to 1966.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=McCarthy |first=Colman |date=October 24, 1992 |title=Remembering Red Barber |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1992/10/24/remembering-red-barber/7b04b262-e7e5-485c-b272-c6748da22b59/ |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220714111800/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1992/10/24/remembering-red-barber/7b04b262-e7e5-485c-b272-c6748da22b59/ |archive-date=July 14, 2022}}</ref>

* [[Jerry Coleman]] called Yankees games from 1963 to 1970. Coleman was the Yankees second baseman from 1949 to 1957.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Brock |first=Corey |title=Oh, Doctor! Coleman synonymous with Padres |url=http://m.padres.mlb.com/news/article/38361922 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306091639/http://m.padres.mlb.com/news/article/38361922 |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Rogers III |first=C. Paul |title=Jerry Coleman |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/jerry-coleman/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326190404/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/jerry-coleman/ |archive-date=March 26, 2022 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |website=[[Society for American Baseball Research]]}}</ref>

* [[Joe Garagiola]] called Yankees games from 1965 to 1967.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Goldstein |first=Richard |date=March 23, 2016 |title=Joe Garagiola, a Catcher Who Called a Better Game on TV, Is Dead at 90 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/24/sports/baseball/joe-garagiola-broadcasting-catcher-dies-at-90.html |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616141347/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/24/sports/baseball/joe-garagiola-broadcasting-catcher-dies-at-90.html |archive-date=June 16, 2022}}</ref>

* [[Frank Messer]], [[Phil Rizzuto]] and [[Bill White (first baseman)|Bill White]] teamed together in the 1970s and 1980s. Rizzuto, with 40 years in the broadcast booth, was the longest-serving broadcaster in the history of the club.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Madden |first=Bill |date=August 15, 2007 |title='As good a shortstop as ever played' |work=[[New York Daily News]] |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/good-shortstop-played-article-1.238393 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104234458/http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/good-shortstop-played-article-1.238393 |archive-date=November 4, 2012}}</ref> Messer and White each worked nearly two decades for the Yankees,<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=November 16, 2001 |title=Frank Messer, 76; Broadcast Yankee, White Sox Games |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-nov-16-me-4889-story.html |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714113230/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-nov-16-me-4889-story.html |archive-date=July 14, 2022}}</ref> with White notably moving on to become president of the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] in 1989.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|magazine|last=Amour |first=Lauren |date=February 4, 2022 |title=Former Phillie Bill White's Journey to First Black NL President |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/phillies/news/former-philadelphia-phillies-bill-white-first-black-national-league-president-mlb-rumors-trade-gossip |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318174938/https://www.si.com/mlb/phillies/news/former-philadelphia-phillies-bill-white-first-black-national-league-president-mlb-rumors-trade-gossip |archive-date=March 18, 2022}}</ref>

* [[Bobby Murcer]] also called games for over twenty years, and continued with the YES Network until shortly before his death from [[brain cancer]] in 2008.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Graziano |first=Dan |date=July 12, 2008 |title=Bobby Murcer, 62, dies of brain cancer |work=[[NJ.com]] |url=https://www.nj.com/yankees/2008/07/bobby_murcer_62_dies_of_brain.html |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528113852/https://www.nj.com/yankees/2008/07/bobby_murcer_62_dies_of_brain.html |archive-date=May 28, 2020}}</ref>

* [[John Sterling (sportscaster)|John Sterling]] called Yankees games on radio from 1989 to 2024, and also hosted select team-related programs on the YES Network.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Legendary Yankees radio voice John Sterling retires |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/john-sterling-retires|access-date=April 15, 2024 |website=MLB.com}}</ref>

===Critics=Personnel==

{{Further|List of New York Yankees coaches|List of New York Yankees managers|New York Yankees award winners and league leaders|New York Yankees team captains}}

With the long-term success of the franchise and a large Yankee fanbase, other teams' fans across the nation have come to hate the Yankees. This is most apparent among New England fans of the [[Boston Red Sox]], but the hatred extends to other places. It has become a tradition at many road games for the home crowd to chant "Yankees Suck!", even - or especially - if the Yankees are winning. During 2002, shirts with this phrase were sold in [[Seattle]] during a Yankees-[[Seattle Mariners|Mariners]] series, which is 2,500 miles away from [[New York]].<ref>April 2002 Archives http://maynardo.everydaylies.com/archives/2002_04.php></ref>

===Active roster===

{{New York Yankees roster}}

===Retired numbers===

Much of the animosity may derive from the Yankees' payroll (which was around $194 million<ref>Salaries Database http://asp.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/salaries/totalpayroll.aspx?year=2006</ref> at the start of the 2006 season, the highest of any American sports team), and the free agent superstars the team attracts - or buys - in the offseason.

{{See also|List of Major League Baseball retired numbers}}

The Yankees have retired 22 numbers for 24 individuals, the most in [[Major League Baseball]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|date=April 5, 2020 |title=Every team's retired numbers |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/every-mlb-team-s-retired-numbers-c300753386 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607110236/https://www.mlb.com/news/every-mlb-team-s-retired-numbers-c300753386 |archive-date=June 7, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Hoch |first=Bryan |date=December 1, 2021 |title=Yankees' all-time retired numbers |url=https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-retired-numbers-c300027600 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713190931/https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-retired-numbers-c300027600 |archive-date=July 13, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref>

{{retired number list|

Other reasons for anti-Yankee feelings go back as long as the 1950s with aging diehard Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants fans - some in New York, some transplanted elsewhere - still feeling the pain of the years that the Yankees repeatedly defeated their teams.<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/statitudes/news/2000/10/18/subway_statitudes/ subway series stats]</ref>

{{retired number|image=BillyMartin1.jpg|name=[[Billy Martin|Billy<br />Martin]]|pos=2B, {{tooltip|M|manager}}|date=<br />August 10, 1986}}

{{retired number|image=DerekJeter2.jpg|name=[[Derek Jeter|Derek<br />Jeter]]|pos=SS|date=<br />May 14, 2017}}

{{retired number|image=BabeRuth3.jpg|name=[[Babe Ruth|Babe<br />Ruth]]|pos=RF|date=<br />June 13, 1948}}

{{retired number|image=LouGehrig4.jpg|name=[[Lou Gehrig|Lou<br />Gehrig]]|pos=1B|date=<br />July 4, 1939}}

{{retired number|image=JoeDiMaggio5.jpg|name=[[Joe DiMaggio|Joe<br />DiMaggio]]|pos=CF|date=<br />April 18, 1952}}

{{retired number|image=JoeTorre6.jpg|name=[[Joe Torre|Joe<br />Torre]]|pos=M|date=<br />August 23, 2014}}

{{retired number|image=MickeyMantle7.jpg|name=[[Mickey Mantle|Mickey<br />Mantle]]|pos=CF, Coach|date=<br />June 8, 1969}}

{{retired number|image=BillDickey8.jpg|name=[[Bill Dickey|Bill<br />Dickey]]|pos=C, M, Coach|date=<br />July 22, 1972}}

{{retired number|image=YogiBerra8.jpg|name=[[Yogi Berra|Yogi<br />Berra]]|pos=C, M, Coach|date=<br />July 22, 1972}}

{{retired number|image=RogerMaris9.jpg|name=[[Roger Maris|Roger<br />Maris]]|pos=RF|date=<br />July 21, 1984}}

{{retired number|image=PhilRizzuto10.jpg|name=[[Phil Rizzuto|Phil<br />Rizzuto]]|pos=SS|date=<br />August 4, 1985}}

{{retired number|image=ThurmanMunson15.jpg|name=[[Thurman Munson|Thurman<br />Munson]]|pos=C|date=<br />August 3, 1979}}

{{retired number|image=WhiteyFord16.jpg|name=[[Whitey Ford|Whitey<br />Ford]]|pos=SP, Coach|date=<br />August 3, 1974}}

{{retired number|image=JorgePosada20.jpg|name=[[Jorge Posada|Jorge<br />Posada]]|pos=C|date=<br />August 22, 2015}}

{{retired number|image=PaulO'Neill21.jpg|name=[[Paul O'Neill (baseball)|Paul<br />O'Neill]]|pos=RF|date=<br />August 21, 2022}}

{{retired number|image=DonMattingly23.jpg|name=[[Don Mattingly|Don<br />Mattingly]]|pos=1B, Coach|date=<br />August 31, 1997}}

{{retired number|image=ElstonHoward32.jpg|name=[[Elston Howard|Elston<br />Howard]]|pos=C, Coach|date=<br />July 21, 1984}}

{{retired number|image=CaseyStengel37.jpg|name=[[Casey Stengel|Casey<br />Stengel]]|pos=M|date=<br />August 8, 1970}}

{{retired number|image=MarianoRivera42.jpg|name=[[Mariano Rivera|Mariano<br />Rivera]]|pos=CP|date=<br />September 22, 2013}}

{{retired number|image=ReggieJackson44.jpg|name=[[Reggie Jackson|Reggie<br />Jackson]]|pos=RF|date=<br />August 14, 1993}}

{{retired number|image=AndyPettitte46.jpg|name=[[Andy Pettitte|Andy<br />Pettitte]]|pos=SP|date=<br />August 23, 2015}}

{{retired number|image=RonGuidry49.jpg|name=[[Ron Guidry|Ron<br />Guidry]]|pos=SP, Coach|date=<br />August 23, 2003}}

{{retired number|image=BernieWilliams51.jpg|name=[[Bernie Williams|Bernie<br />Williams]]|pos=CF|date=<br />May 24, 2015}}

{{retired number|image=Robinson42.jpg|name=[[Jackie Robinson|Jackie<br />Robinson]]|pos=All MLB|honored=<br />April 15, 1997}}

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The retired numbers were displayed behind the old Yankee Stadium's left-field fence and in front of the opposing team's bullpen, forming a little alley that connects Monument Park to the left-field stands. When the franchise moved across the street to the new stadium, the numbers were incorporated into Monument Park that sits in center field between both bullpens.<ref name="Newcomb 2014">{{#invoke:Cite|magazine|last=Newcomb |first=Tim |date=June 27, 2014 |title=Ballpark Quirks: Yankee Stadium's living museum in Monument Park |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2014/06/27/ballpark-quirks-yankee-stadium-monument-park-new-york-yankees |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227203307/https://www.si.com/mlb/2014/06/27/ballpark-quirks-yankee-stadium-monument-park-new-york-yankees |archive-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref> The 21 numbers are placed on the wall in chronological order, beginning with Lou Gehrig's number 4.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Landers |first=Chris |date=July 24, 2018 |title=The long and winding story behind Yankee Stadium's Monument Park |url=https://www.mlb.com/cut4/how-yankee-stadium-s-monument-park-was-created-c286873704 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227204759/https://www.mlb.com/cut4/how-yankee-stadium-s-monument-park-was-created-c286873704 |archive-date=February 27, 2022 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref> This was retired soon after Gehrig left baseball on July 4, 1939, the same day he gave his famous farewell speech. His was the first number retired in Major League Baseball history.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Erardi |first=John |title=History of retired numbers dates back to Lou Gehrig Day |url=https://baseballhall.org/discover/retired-numbers-date-back-to-lou-gehrig-day |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506122308/https://baseballhall.org/discover/retired-numbers-date-back-to-lou-gehrig-day |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]}}</ref> Beneath the numbers are plaques with the names of the players and a descriptive paragraph.<ref name="Newcomb 2014" />

==Fight and theme songs==

The official fight song for the Yankees is "'''[[Here Come the Yankees]]'''", written in 1967 by Bob Bundin and Lou Stallman. While its old form with lyrics is not used as often, it is still heard frequently in instrumental form, most prominently in radio broadcasts.

The number 42 was retired throughout Major League Baseball in honor of [[Jackie Robinson]] on April 15, 1997, the 50th anniversary of his breaking the [[baseball color line|color barrier]]. The day was declared [[Jackie Robinson Day]], and was later observed by all of baseball, with select players from every team wearing the number 42.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last1=Baker |first1=K.C. |last2=McFarland |first2=Stephen |date=April 16, 1997 |title=Jackie Robinson's No. 42 was retired by all MLB teams in 1997 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/golden-anniversary-number-42-big-hit-shea-roc-article-1.758336 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714121824/https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/golden-anniversary-number-42-big-hit-shea-roc-article-1.758336 |archive-date=July 14, 2022}}</ref> Players who wore No. 42 at the time were allowed to continue to wear it until they left the team with which they played on April 15, 1997; [[Mariano Rivera]] was the last active player covered under that [[grandfather clause]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Belson |first=Ken |date=March 13, 2013 |title=Rivera Is Taking Robinson's 42 to Its Last Stop |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/14/sports/baseball/mariano-rivera-carries-banner-for-final-42s-and-for-jackie-robinson.html |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617014133/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/14/sports/baseball/mariano-rivera-carries-banner-for-final-42s-and-for-jackie-robinson.html |archive-date=June 17, 2022}}</ref>

Another song strongly linked to the team is "'''[[Theme from New York, New York|New York, New York]]'''", which is played in the stadium after home games. The [[Frank Sinatra]] cover version is traditionally played after victories, the [[Liza Minnelli]] original version after losses.

In 1972, the number 8 was retired for two players on the same day, in honor of catcher Bill Dickey and his protege, catcher Yogi Berra. Berra inherited Dickey's number in 1948 after Dickey ended his playing career and became a coach.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|magazine|last=Rothschild |first=Richard |date=May 21, 2015 |title=When it comes to retiring numbers, Yankees, Celtics have a low bar |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2015/05/21/retired-numbers-yankees-bernie-williams-boston-celtics |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115154119/https://www.si.com/mlb/2015/05/21/retired-numbers-yankees-bernie-williams-boston-celtics |archive-date=January 15, 2021}}</ref> The numbers 37 and 6, retired for Casey Stengel and Joe Torre respectively, are the only numbers retired by the Yankees for someone who served solely as manager of the team. Stengel managed the Yankees to ten pennants and seven world championships between 1949 and 1960, including a record five consecutive world championships from 1949 through 1953.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=August 9, 1970 |title=Stengel's No. 37 Joins Retired Yank Uniforms |page=133 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/08/09/archives/stengels-no-37-joins-retired-yank-uniforms-yankees-retire-stengels.html |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619183133/https://www.nytimes.com/1970/08/09/archives/stengels-no-37-joins-retired-yank-uniforms-yankees-retire-stengels.html |archive-date=June 19, 2022}}</ref> Joe Torre managed the Yankees from 1996 to 2007, winning six pennants and four World Series championships.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Fordin |first=Spencer |date=May 8, 2014 |title=Yankees to retire Torre's No.6 |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-to-retire-joe-torres-number/c-74780086 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623010728/https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-to-retire-joe-torres-number/c-74780086 |archive-date=June 23, 2022 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]}}</ref> On May 14, 2017, the Yankees retired number 2 in honor of Derek Jeter.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|url=http://m.mlb.com/video/v1214974983/yankees-will-retire-jeters-no-2-in-2017 |title=Jeter to have number retired |publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]] |access-date=March 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326051407/http://m.mlb.com/video/v1214974983/yankees-will-retire-jeters-no-2-in-2017 |archive-date=March 26, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> This leaves 0 as the only single-digit number available for future Yankees.

A wide selection of songs is played at the stadium, many of them live on the Stadium's Hammond organ. '''[[God Bless America]]''' has been played during the 7th inning stretch since September 11th, and is sung by [[Dr. Ronan Tynan]] on the days of major games, complete with long lyrical intro. This practice is criticized by some, as it stretches the break between the innings, throwing off the rhythm of the opposing pitcher.

===Hall of Famers===

During the 5th, the grounds-crew, while performing their duties, dances to "'''[[YMCA (song)|Y.M.C.A.]]'''". "'''[[Cotton-Eyed Joe]]'''" once played during the 7th inning stretch, but is now pushed back to the 8th in favor of "God Bless America". On the Diamond-vision screen, a man in farmer's garb is shown dancing in the stadium's control room, the words "Cotton-Eyed Joey" at the bottom. The organist will sometimes play the "'''[[Zorba the Greek|Zorba the Greek Theme]]'''", accompanied by clapping from the audience, to excite the crowd and encourage a rally.

{{Baseball hall of fame list|Current Team Name=New York Yankees|All Team Names=Yankees or Highlanders|ColorA#=132448|ColorB#=FFFFFF|ColorC#=FFFFFF|ColorD#=132448

|Team Name 1='''Baltimore Orioles'''

|List 1.1=

|List 1.2=[[Roger Bresnahan]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Roger Bresnahan |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/bresnahan-roger |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326192107/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/bresnahan-roger |archive-date=March 26, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Joe Kelley]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Joe Kelley |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/kelley-joe |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131025415/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/kelley-joe |archive-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref>

|List 1.3=[[Joe McGinnity]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Joe McGinnity |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/mcginnity-joe |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023114745/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/mcginnity-joe |archive-date=October 23, 2021}}</ref>

|List 1.4=[[John McGraw]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=John McGraw |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/mcgraw-john |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611200848/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/mcgraw-john |archive-date=June 11, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Wilbert Robinson]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Wilbert Robinson |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/robinson-wilbert |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030135951/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/robinson-wilbert |archive-date=October 30, 2021}}</ref>

|List 1.5=

|Team Name 2='''New York Highlanders'''

Some players have their own songs which are played in celebration of their accomplishments, or to introduce them. Traditional examples include [[Bernie Williams]], whose actions are often accompanied by the lines "Burn (Bern) baby burn (Bern)" from "'''[[Disco Inferno]]'''", and [[Mariano Rivera]], who gets a great ovation from the fans when he comes out from the bullpen to "'''[[Enter Sandman]]'''".

|List 2.1=

|List 2.2='''[[Jack Chesbro]]''' {{dagger}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Jack Chesbro |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/chesbro-jack |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705191526/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/chesbro-jack |archive-date=July 5, 2022}}</ref>

|List 2.3=[[Clark Griffith]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Clark Griffith |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/griffith-clark |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326165339/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/griffith-clark |archive-date=March 26, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Willie Keeler]] {{dagger}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Willie Keeler |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/keeler-willie |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407111456/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/keeler-willie |archive-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref>

|List 2.4=[[Branch Rickey]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Branch Rickey |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/rickey-branch |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415125437/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/rickey-branch |archive-date=April 15, 2022}}</ref>

|List 2.5=

|Team Name 3='''New York Yankees'''

When the Yankees take the field the song, "'''[[You Ready For This]]'''" is played with the fans usually clapping along.

|List 3.1=[[Home Run Baker|Frank "Home Run" Baker]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Home Run Baker |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/baker-frank |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328174033/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/baker-frank |archive-date=March 28, 2022}}</ref><br />'''[[Ed Barrow]]''' {{dagger}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Ed Barrow |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/barrow-ed |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612173812/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/barrow-ed |archive-date=June 12, 2022}}</ref><br />'''[[Yogi Berra]]''' {{dagger}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Yogi Berra |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/berra-yogi |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409184437/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/berra-yogi |archive-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Wade Boggs]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Wade Boggs |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/boggs-wade |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327022416/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/boggs-wade |archive-date=March 27, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Frank Chance]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Frank Chance |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/chance-frank |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118000508/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/chance-frank |archive-date=January 18, 2022}}</ref><br />'''[[Earle Combs]]''' {{dagger}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Earle Combs |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/combs-earle |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326191634/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/combs-earle |archive-date=March 26, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Stan Coveleski]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Stan Coveleski |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/coveleski-stan |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612173358/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/coveleski-stan |archive-date=June 12, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Bobby Cox]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Bobby Cox |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/cox-bobby |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417100016/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/cox-bobby |archive-date=April 17, 2022}}</ref><br />'''[[Bill Dickey]]''' {{dagger}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Bill Dickey |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/dickey-bill |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323231322/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/dickey-bill |archive-date=March 23, 2022}}</ref><br />'''[[Joe DiMaggio]]''' {{dagger}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Joe DiMaggio |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/dimaggio-joe |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705212216/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/dimaggio-joe |archive-date=July 5, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Leo Durocher]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Leo Durocher |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/durocher-leo |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612173402/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/durocher-leo |archive-date=June 12, 2022}}</ref>

|List 3.2='''[[Whitey Ford]]''' {{dagger}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Whitey Ford |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/ford-whitey |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415190015/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/ford-whitey |archive-date=April 15, 2022}}</ref><br />'''[[Lou Gehrig]]''' {{dagger}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Lou Gehrig |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/gehrig-lou |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630053141/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/gehrig-lou |archive-date=June 30, 2022}}</ref><br />'''[[Lefty Gomez]]''' {{dagger}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Lefty Gomez |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/gomez-lefty |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327022707/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/gomez-lefty |archive-date=March 27, 2022}}</ref><br />'''[[Joe Gordon]]''' {{dagger}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Joe Gordon |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/gordon-joe |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603203948/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/gordon-joe |archive-date=June 3, 2022}}</ref><br />'''[[Goose Gossage]]''' {{dagger}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Goose Gossage |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/gossage-goose |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401172724/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/gossage-goose |archive-date=April 1, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Burleigh Grimes]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Burleigh Grimes |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/grimes-burleigh |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612180229/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/grimes-burleigh |archive-date=June 12, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Bucky Harris]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Bucky Harris |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/harris-bucky |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612175927/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/harris-bucky |archive-date=June 12, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Rickey Henderson]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Rickey Henderson |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/henderson-rickey |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703232645/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/henderson-rickey |archive-date=July 3, 2022}}</ref><br />'''[[Waite Hoyt]]''' {{dagger}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Waite Hoyt |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/hoyt-waite |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531025236/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/hoyt-waite |archive-date=May 31, 2022}}</ref><br />'''[[Miller Huggins]]''' {{dagger}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Miller Huggins |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/huggins-miller |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 }}</ref><br />[[Catfish Hunter]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Catfish Hunter |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/hunter-catfish |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407111725/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/hunter-catfish |archive-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref>

|List 3.3='''[[Reggie Jackson]]'''<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Reggie Jackson |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/jackson-reggie |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514102300/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/jackson-reggie |archive-date=May 14, 2022}}</ref><br />'''[[Derek Jeter]]''' {{dagger}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Derek Jeter |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/jeter-derek |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409184437/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/jeter-derek |archive-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Randy Johnson]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Randy Johnson |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/johnson-randy |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326225514/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/johnson-randy |archive-date=March 26, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Jim Kaat]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Jim Kaat |url=https://baseballhall.org/kaat |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714175336/https://baseballhall.org/kaat |archive-date=July 14, 2022}}</ref><br />'''[[Tony Lazzeri]]''' {{dagger}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Tony Lazzeri |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/lazzeri-tony |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326174030/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/lazzeri-tony |archive-date=March 26, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Bob Lemon]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Bob Lemon |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/lemon-bob |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415190507/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/lemon-bob |archive-date=April 15, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Larry MacPhail]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Larry MacPhail |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/macphail-larry |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220150208/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/macphail-larry |archive-date=February 20, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Lee MacPhail]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Lee MacPhail |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/macphail-lee |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220011130/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/macphail-lee |archive-date=February 20, 2022}}</ref><br />'''[[Mickey Mantle]]''' {{dagger}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Mickey Mantle |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/mantle-mickey |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626081510/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/mantle-mickey |archive-date=June 26, 2022}}</ref><br />'''[[Joe McCarthy (manager)|Joe McCarthy]]''' {{dagger}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Joe McCarthy |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/mccarthy-joe |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204011122/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/mccarthy-joe |archive-date=February 4, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Johnny Mize]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Johnny Mize |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/mize-johnny |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619185503/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/mize-johnny |archive-date=June 19, 2022}}</ref>

|List 3.4=[[Mike Mussina]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Mike Mussina |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/mussina-mike |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523223904/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/mussina-mike |archive-date=May 23, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Phil Niekro]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Phil Niekro |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/niekro-phil |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326180814/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/niekro-phil |archive-date=March 26, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Herb Pennock]] {{dagger}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|title=Herb Pennock |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/pennock-herb |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612173925/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/pennock-herb |archive-date=June 12, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Gaylord Perry]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Gaylord Perry |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/perry-gaylord |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327002544/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/perry-gaylord |archive-date=March 27, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Tim Raines]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Tim Raines |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/raines-tim |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422221557/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/raines-tim |archive-date=April 22, 2022}}</ref><br />'''[[Mariano Rivera]]''' {{dagger}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Mariano Rivera |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/rivera-mariano |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409184437/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/rivera-mariano |archive-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref><br />'''[[Phil Rizzuto]]''' {{dagger}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Phil Rizzuto |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/rizzuto-phil |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309202744/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/rizzuto-phil |archive-date=March 9, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Iván Rodríguez]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Iván Rodríguez |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/rodriguez-ivan |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531161338/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/rodriguez-ivan |archive-date=May 31, 2022}}</ref><br />'''[[Red Ruffing]]''' {{dagger}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Red Ruffing |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/ruffing-red |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503223154/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/ruffing-red |archive-date=May 3, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Jacob Ruppert]] {{dagger}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Jacob Ruppert |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/ruppert-jacob |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019172650/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/ruppert-jacob |archive-date=October 19, 2021}}</ref><br />'''[[Babe Ruth]]''' {{dagger}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Babe Ruth |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/ruth-babe |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419202205/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/ruth-babe |archive-date=April 19, 2022}}</ref>

|List 3.5='''[[CC Sabathia]]''' {{dagger}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/sabathia-cc|title=CC Sabathia|website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]|access-date=January 22, 2025}}</ref><br />[[Enos Slaughter]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Enos Slaughter |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/slaughter-enos |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206065401/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/slaughter-enos |archive-date=February 6, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Joe Sewell]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Joe Sewell |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/sewell-joe |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326171245/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/sewell-joe |archive-date=March 26, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Lee Smith (baseball)|Lee Smith]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Lee Smith |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/smith-lee |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612173415/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/smith-lee |archive-date=June 12, 2022}}</ref><br />'''[[Casey Stengel]]''' {{dagger}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Casey Stengel |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/stengel-casey |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419202400/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/stengel-casey |archive-date=April 19, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Ichiro Suzuki]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/suzuki-ichiro|title=Ichiro Suzuki|website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]|access-date=January 22, 2025}}</ref><br />'''[[Joe Torre]]''' {{dagger}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Joe Torre |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/torre-joe |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419003111/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/torre-joe |archive-date=April 19, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Dazzy Vance]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Dazzy Vance |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/vance-dazzy |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610205142/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/vance-dazzy |archive-date=June 10, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Paul Waner]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Paul Waner |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/waner-paul |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326191631/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/waner-paul |archive-date=March 26, 2022}}</ref><br />[[George Weiss (baseball)|George Weiss]] {{dagger}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=George Weiss |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/weiss-george |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617102202/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/weiss-george |archive-date=June 17, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Dave Winfield]] {{dagger}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=Dave Winfield |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/winfield-dave |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518181820/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/winfield-dave |archive-date=May 18, 2022}}</ref>

==The YES Network==

[[Image:IDYES2002.jpg|thumb|right|YES Network ID, 2002.]]

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In 1997, [[Cablevision]] bought [[MSG Network]], home of the Yankees, and became owner of the television rights to all seven [[MLB]], [[NBA]], and [[NHL]] teams in New York City. This monopoly allowed MSG to use such tactics as putting games on channels that were not available to many [[Time Warner Cable]] or [[Comcast]] customers. In 1999, the Yankees and the [[New Jersey Nets]] formed a partnership, and discussed their options. Due to the success of the Yankees in the late 90's, giving their brand name a boost, they decided to leave and form a new network.

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The Yankees Entertainment and Sports (YES) Network launched in 2002, and served as the home of the New York Yankees during the baseball season, and the New Jersy Nets for the rest of the year, giving it live sports coverage for the entire year. It also offered original programming such as [[Yankeeography]], [[CenterStage (YES Network)|CenterStage]], and the reairing of older games under the name [[Yankees Classics]]. They also simulcast the popular New York radio show [[Mike and the Mad Dog]] as it airs on [[WFAN]]. The partnership between the Yankees and Nets ended in 2003, but the Nets still remain the part of YES they were since it's beginning. YES has also begun airing programming for the [[New York Giants]] and [[Manchester United]].

{{Ford C. Frick award list|Current Team Name=New York Yankees|All Team Names=Yankees|ColorA#=132448|ColorB#=FFFFFF|ColorC#=FFFFFF|ColorD#=132448|List 1='''[[Mel Allen]]'''<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=1978 Ford C. Frick Award Winner Mel Allen |url=https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/awards/frick/mel-allen |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215021725/https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/awards/frick/mel-allen |archive-date=February 15, 2022}}</ref><br />'''[[Red Barber]]'''<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=1978 Ford C. Frick Award Winner Red Barber |url=https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/awards/frick/red-barber |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220055001/https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/awards/frick/red-barber |archive-date=February 20, 2022}}</ref>|List 2='''[[Buck Canel]]'''<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=1985 Ford C. Frick Award Winner Buck Canel |url=https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/awards/frick/buck-canel |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820132512/https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/awards/frick/buck-canel |archive-date=August 20, 2021}}</ref><br />[[Jerry Coleman]] **<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=2005 Ford C. Frick Award Winner Jerry Coleman |url=https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/awards/frick/jerry-coleman |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427065245/https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/awards/frick/jerry-coleman |archive-date=April 27, 2022}}</ref>|List 3=[[Joe Garagiola, Sr.|Joe Garagiola]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=1991 Ford C. Frick Award Winner Joe Garagiola |url=https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/awards/frick/joe-garagiola |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326201808/https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/awards/frick/joe-garagiola |archive-date=March 26, 2022}}</ref><br />[[Curt Gowdy]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=1984 Ford C. Frick Award Winner Curt Gowdy |url=https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/awards/frick/curt-gowdy |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918070125/https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/awards/frick/curt-gowdy |archive-date=September 18, 2020}}</ref>|List 4=[[Al Helfer]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=2019 Ford C. Frick Award winner Al Helfer |url=https://baseballhall.org/discover/awards/ford-c-frick/al-helfer |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417000726/https://baseballhall.org/discover/awards/ford-c-frick/al-helfer |archive-date=April 17, 2021}}</ref><br />[[Russ Hodges]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=1980 Ford C. Frick Award Winner Russ Hodges |url=https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/awards/frick/russ-hodges |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218145458/https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/awards/frick/russ-hodges |archive-date=February 18, 2022}}</ref>|List 5=[[Tony Kubek]] **<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=2009 Ford C. Frick Award Winner Tony Kubek |url=https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/awards/frick/tony-kubek |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326201808/https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/awards/frick/tony-kubek |archive-date=March 26, 2022}}</ref>|Footnote1=** Played as a Yankee|Footnote2=|Footnote3=|Footnote4=}}

==Retired numbers==

The Yankees have retired 16 numbers, the most in [[Major League Baseball]].<ref>[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/feats10.shtml Retired Uniform Numbers in the American League] </ref>

==Rivalries==

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The Yankees have multiple rivalries, most notably with the Boston Red Sox. The Yankees have rivalries with former crosstown National League teams the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants, and current crosstown rivals the New York Mets. The storied [[Dodgers–Yankees rivalry]] dates to the Dodgers' tenure in Brooklyn. The two teams have met in the World Series 12 times, including five since the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1958. More recently, the Yankees have formed a rivalry with the Houston Astros after multiple postseason meetings and the revelations of the Astros' [[Houston Astros sign stealing scandal|sign-stealing scandal]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Venook|first=Jeremy|date=2020-01-19|title=The Astros' Cheating Scandal Rewrites a Decade of Baseball History|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/01/the-astros-scandal-rewrites-a-decade-of-mlb-history/605185/|access-date=2020-07-06|website=The Atlantic|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kernan|first=Kevin|date=2020-03-05|title=Yankees furious with MLB in Astros cheating aftermath|url=https://nypost.com/2020/03/04/yankees-furious-with-mlb-in-astros-cheating-aftermath/|access-date=2020-07-06|website=New York Post|language=en-US}}</ref>

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|[[Image:YankeesRetired1.PNG|95px|]]<br><b>[[Billy Martin|Billy<br>Martin]]<br>2B, M<br><font size=1>Retired 1986</font>

|[[Image:YankeesRetired3.PNG|95px|]]<br><b>[[Babe Ruth|Babe<br>Ruth]]<br>RF<br><font size=1>Retired 1948</font>

|[[Image:YankeesRetired4.PNG|95px|]]<br><b>[[Lou Gehrig|Lou<br>Gehrig]]<br>1B<br><font size=1>Retired 1939</font>

|[[Image:YankeesRetired5.PNG|95px|]]<br><b>[[Joe DiMaggio|Joe<br>DiMaggio]]<br>CF<br><font size=1>Retired 1952</font>

|[[Image:YankeesRetired7.PNG|95px|]]<br><b>[[Mickey Mantle|Mickey<br>Mantle]]<br>CF<br><font size=1>Retired 1969</font>

|[[Image:YankeesRetired8.PNG|95px|]]<br><b>[[Yogi Berra|Yogi<br>Berra]]<br>C<br><font size=1>Retired 1972</font>

|[[Image:YankeesRetired8.PNG|95px|]]<br><b>[[Bill Dickey|Bill<br>Dickey]]<br>C<br><font size=1>Retired 1972</font>

|[[Image:YankeesRetired9.PNG|95px|]]<br><b>[[Roger Maris|Roger<br>Maris]]<br>RF<br><font size=1>Retired 1984</font>

|-align="center" bgcolor="lightgrey"

|[[Image:YankeesRetired10.PNG|95px|]]<br><b>[[Phil Rizzuto|Phil<br>Rizzuto]]<br>SS<br><font size=1>Retired 1985</font>

|[[Image:YankeesRetired15.PNG|95px|]]<br><b>[[Thurman Munson|Thurman<br>Munson]]<br>C<br><font size=1>Retired 1979</font>

|[[Image:YankeesRetired16.PNG|95px|]]<br><b>[[Whitey Ford|Whitey<br>Ford]]<br>SP<br><font size=1>Retired 1974</font>

|[[Image:YankeesRetired23.PNG|95px|]]<br><b>[[Don Mattingly|Don<br>Mattingly]]<br>1B<br><font size=1>Retired 1997</font>

|[[Image:YankeesRetired32.PNG|95px|]]<br><b>[[Elston Howard|Elston<br>Howard]]<br>C<br><font size=1>Retired 1984</font>

|[[Image:YankeesRetired37.PNG|95px|]]<br><b>[[Casey Stengel|Casey<br>Stengel]] <br>M<br><font size=1>Retired 1970</font>

|[[Image:YankeesRetired44.PNG|95px|]]<br><b>[[Reggie Jackson|Reggie<br>Jackson]] <br>RF<br><font size=1>Retired 1993</font>

|[[Image:YankeesRetired49.PNG|95px|]]<br><b>[[Ron Guidry|Ron<br>Guidry]] <br>SP<br><font size=1>Retired 2003</font>

|-

|}

===Boston Red Sox===

Although it has not been officially retired, the Yankees have not reissued number 21 since [[Paul O'Neill (baseball player)|Paul O'Neill]] stopped playing.

{{main|Yankees–Red Sox rivalry}}

The Yankees–Red Sox rivalry is one of the oldest, most famous, and fiercest [[List of sports rivalries|rivalries in professional sports]].{{sfn|Shaughnessy|2005|page=21}}{{sfn|Frommer|Frommer|2004|page=78}}<ref name=UltimateRivalry>{{cite news|title=Sport's ultimate rivalry; Yanks-Red Sox epic battles go way back|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/playoffs/2004-10-20-yanks-sox-rivalry_x.htm|date=October 21, 2004|access-date=January 26, 2011|first=Hal|last=Bodley|newspaper=USA Today|page=3C|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211211948/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/playoffs/2004-10-20-yanks-sox-rivalry_x.htm|archive-date=February 11, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> The inaugural game between the two teams occurred in 1903, when the Yankees (then known as the Highlanders) hosted the Red Sox (then named the Americans) at Hilltop Park.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=March 30, 2004 |title=Yankees-Red Sox: An Annotated History |work=[[Hartford Courant]] |url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2003-03-30-0303300640-story.html |access-date=July 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709215849/https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2003-03-30-0303300640-story.html |archive-date=July 9, 2021}}</ref> The rivalry gave rise to the [[Curse of the Bambino]]: after Babe Ruth was traded to the Yankees in 1920, the Red Sox did not win a World Series until [[2004 World Series|2004]], 86 years later.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=McCarron |first=Anthony |date=October 28, 2004 |title=Red Sox conquer the Curse of the Bambino, sweeping Cardinals in 2004 for first World Series since 1918 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/bosox-curse-world-bambino-ghost-boston-roars-article-1.554647 |access-date=July 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817115919/https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/bosox-curse-world-bambino-ghost-boston-roars-article-1.554647 |archive-date=August 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Reints|first=Renae|date=October 26, 2017|title=TBT: The Curse of the Bambino Is Broken|work=[[Boston (magazine)|Boston]]|url=https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2017/10/26/bambino-curse-broken/|access-date=July 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324025057/https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2017/10/26/bambino-curse-broken/|archive-date=March 24, 2022}}</ref>

The rivalry can be a heated subject, especially in the [[Northeastern United States]].{{sfn|Shaughnessy|2005|page=19}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Richinick |first=Michele |date=October 4, 2010 |title=Sox-Yankees rivalry led to attack, police say |page=B2 |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |url=https://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/10/04/sox_yankees_rivalry_led_to_attack_police_say/ |url-status=live |access-date=January 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018055405/http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/10/04/sox_yankees_rivalry_led_to_attack_police_say/ |archive-date=October 18, 2010}}</ref> Since the inception of the [[Major League Baseball wild card|wild card]] team and an added Division Series, the rivals have met in the playoffs five times (the Yankees won the [[1999 American League Championship Series|1999]] and [[2003 American League Championship Series]]; the Red Sox won in the [[2004 American League Championship Series]], [[2018 American League Division Series]], and the [[2021 American League Wild Card Game]]).<ref name="ALCS">{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=DiGiovanna |first=Mike |date=October 12, 2004 |title=They Love to Hate Each Other; Red Sox and Yankees carry bitter rivalry into championship series that starts tonight |page=D1 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Shaughnessy |first=Dan |author-link=Dan Shaughnessy |date=October 21, 2004 |title=A World Series ticket; Sox complete comeback, oust Yankees for AL title |page=A1 |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |url=https://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2004/10/21/a_world_series_party/?page=full |url-status=live |access-date=July 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112200613/http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2004/10/21/a_world_series_party/?page=full |archive-date=January 12, 2012}}</ref> The teams have twice met in the last regular-season series of a season to decide the AL pennant: in [[1904 Major League Baseball season|1904]] (when the Red Sox won) and in [[1949 Major League Baseball season|1949]] (when the Yankees won).<ref name="ALCS"/> Games between the two teams are often broadcast on national television and often yield high television ratings.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Ortiz |first=Jorge L. |date=May 7, 2010 |title=Yankees vs. Red Sox: Long-running drama |page=1C |newspaper=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/SPORTS/usaedition/2010-05-07-yanksox07_cv_U.htm?csp=34 |url-status=live |access-date=September 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628120644/http://www.usatoday.com/SPORTS/usaedition/2010-05-07-yanksox07_cv_U.htm?csp=34 |archive-date=June 28, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Best |first=Neil |date=October 6, 2021 |title=Yankees vs. Red Sox gives ESPN its largest baseball audience this century |work=[[Newsday]] |url=https://www.newsday.com/sports/media/yankees-red-sox-al-wild-card-ratings-h24740 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714201754/https://www.newsday.com/sports/media/yankees-red-sox-al-wild-card-ratings-h24740 |archive-date=July 14, 2022}}</ref>

The retired numbers are displayed behind the left field fence at [[Yankee Stadium]], in a small alley connecting "Monument Park" to the rest of the stadium. [[Image:YankeeRetiredNumbers.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The first four in the row of retired numbers.]]

The teams finished tied for first in [[1978 Major League Baseball season|1978]], when the Yankees, down 14 games to the Sox midway through the season, won a high-profile [[1978 American League East tie-breaker game|tie-breaker playoff]] for the AL East division title.{{sfn|Frommer|Frommer|2004|pages=177–179}}{{sfn|Frommer|Frommer|2004|page=175}} Similarly, the 2004 ALCS saw the Yankees, who led the series 3 games to 0, lost the next four games and the series<ref name=Kepner2004/>—the only time in MLB history that a team has come back from a 0–3 deficit to win a postseason series.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Rieber |first=Anthony |date=May 16, 2010 |title=Bruins' fall brings back memories of 2004 |page=68 |newspaper=[[Newsday]] |url=https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/yankees/bruins-collapse-brings-back-memories-of-2004-yankees-s88476 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714202256/https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/yankees/bruins-collapse-brings-back-memories-of-2004-yankees-s88476 |archive-date=July 14, 2022}}</ref>

The numbers are placed on the wall in chronological order, each with a plaque that has a short history of the player, as well as special plaques for team owner [[Jacob Ruppert]]; general manager [[Ed Barrow]]; manager [[Joe McCarthy]]; pitchers [[Red Ruffing]], [[Lefty Gomez]] and [[Allie Reynolds]]; broadcaster [[Mel Allen]]; public-address announcer [[Bob Sheppard]]; and the victims and rescue workers of the [[9/11 attacks]]. The [[Knights of Columbus]] contributed plaques honoring the papal masses delivered in Yankee Stadium by Popes [[Paul VI]] and [[John Paul II]]. In addition, five marble monuments were dedicated posthumously in Monument Park for former manager [[Miller Huggins]], first baseman [[Lou Gehrig]], and outfielders [[Babe Ruth]], [[Joe DiMaggio]], and [[Mickey Mantle]].

===Subway Series===

Lou Gehrig's #4 was the first number retired in MLB history, right after Gehrig left baseball on July 4, 1939 and it was apparent that he would not live much longer. His speech at Yankee Stadium that day is known as one of the most moving moments in baseball history.

{{for|the current rivalry|Subway Series|Mets–Yankees rivalry}}

{{for|previous teams|Dodgers–Yankees rivalry|Giants–Yankees rivalry}}

The Subway Series is a series of games played between teams based in New York City. The name originates from the [[New York City Subway]] and the accessibility of the each team's stadium within the subway system.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Lazar |first=David |date=August 22, 2022 |title=Subway Series returns to New York Monday and Tuesday |work=[[NY1]] |url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/sports/2022/08/21/subway-series-returns-to-new-york-monday-and-tuesday |access-date=January 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126071954/https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/sports/2022/08/21/subway-series-returns-to-new-york-monday-and-tuesday |archive-date=November 26, 2022}}</ref> Historically, the term "Subway Series" referred to games played between the Yankees and either the [[New York Giants (baseball)|New York Giants]] or the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]].<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Corio |first=Ray |date=October 21, 2000 |title=Subway Series; The First 13 Stops |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/21/sports/baseball-subway-series-the-first-13-stops.html |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527140231/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/21/sports/baseball-subway-series-the-first-13-stops.html |archive-date=May 27, 2015}}</ref> When the Dodgers and Giants moved to California in the late 1950s, the New York Mets were established as an [[expansion team]] in 1962.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Heaphy |first=Leslie |title=New York Mets team ownership history |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/topic/new-york-mets-team-ownership-history/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126095212/https://sabr.org/bioproj/topic/new-york-mets-team-ownership-history/ |archive-date=January 26, 2022 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |website=[[Society for American Baseball Research]]}}</ref> The term's historic usage has been in reference to [[World Series]] games played between New York teams. The Yankees have appeared in all Subway Series games as they have been the only [[American League]] team in the city, and have compiled an 11–3 record in the 14 championship Subway Series.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|title=World Series and MLB Playoffs |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709105516/https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/ |archive-date=July 9, 2022 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref> The most recent World Series between the two New York teams was in [[2000 World Series|2000]], when the Yankees defeated the Mets, in five games.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Rosenstein |first=Mike |date=April 29, 2022 |title=Another Subway World Series? Yankees, Mets are MLB's best teams |work=[[NJ.com]] |url=https://www.nj.com/yankees/2022/04/another-subway-world-series-yankees-mets-are-mlbs-best-teams.html |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608073508/https://www.nj.com/yankees/2022/04/another-subway-world-series-yankees-mets-are-mlbs-best-teams.html |archive-date=June 8, 2022}}</ref> Since 1997, the term Subway Series has also been applied to [[interleague play]] during the regular season between the Yankees and [[National League (baseball)|National League]] New York Mets.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Nightengale |first=Bob |date=September 13, 2021 |title=Cheating allegations, yelling, a three-home run game: Mets, Yankees fire up emotional rivalry |work=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2021/09/13/francisco-lindor-mets-yankees-subway-series-emotions/8314463002/ |access-date=July 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407205143/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2021/09/13/francisco-lindor-mets-yankees-subway-series-emotions/8314463002/ |archive-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref>

==Minor league affiliations==

The #8 of the New York Yankees was retired twice: retired in 1972 for both catchers [[Bill Dickey]] and [[Yogi Berra]]. Berra took the number in 1948 after Dickey ended his playing career and became a coach.

{{Main|List of New York Yankees minor league affiliates}}

Number 42 was retired throughout [[Major League Baseball]] in 1997 in honor of [[Jackie Robinson]], but because of a "[[grandfather clause]]" [[Mariano Rivera]] still wears this number, the last remaining player to do so. The other Major League Baseball teams had placed Robinson's 42 among their retired numbers in their home parks even if they still had players wearing the number. The Yankees did not, and it is unknown if the Yankees will place it there once Rivera retires with his name or with both. Oddly, the official website of the Yankees lists Jackie Robinson's 42 among the Yankees retired numbers, along with biographical information just as the others are.<ref> [http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/nyy/history/retired_numbers.jsp Yankees retired numbers]</ref>

The New York Yankees [[farm team|farm system]] consists of six [[Minor League Baseball|minor league]] affiliates.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/affiliate.cgi?id=NYY|title=New York Yankees Minor League Affiliates|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=October 7, 2023}}</ref>

As the Yankees do not issue #0, the only two single-digit numbers that are still in use are #2 and #6. Presently Team Captain Derek Jeter wears #2 and Manager Joe Torre wears #6. No team in baseball has all of the numbers 1-10 retired.

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

==Team captains==

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

|-

!scope="col" style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Yankees|border=2}}"|Class

! Captain # !! Date(s) !! Name

!scope="col" style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Yankees|border=2}}"|Team

!scope="col" style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Yankees|border=2}}"|League

!scope="col" style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Yankees|border=2}}"|Location

!scope="col" style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Yankees|border=2}}"|Ballpark

!scope="col" style="{{Baseball primary style|New York Yankees|border=2}}"|Affiliated

|-

| [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]]

|1 || [[1912]]|| [[Hal Chase]]

!scope="row"| [[Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders]]

| [[International League]]

| [[Moosic, Pennsylvania]]

| [[PNC Field]]

| align="right"| 2007

|-

| [[Double-A (baseball)|Double-A]]

|2 || [[1914]]-[[1921]]|| [[Roger Peckinpaugh]]

!scope="row"| [[Somerset Patriots]]

| [[Eastern League (1938–present)|Eastern League]]

| [[Bridgewater Township, New Jersey]]

| [[TD Bank Ballpark]]

| align="right"| 2021

|-

| [[High-A]]

|3 || [[May 20]], [[1922]] - [[May 25]], [[1922]] || [[Babe Ruth]]

!scope="row"| [[Hudson Valley Renegades]]

| [[South Atlantic League]]

| [[Wappingers Falls, New York]]

| [[Heritage Financial Park]]

| align="right"| 2021

|-

| [[Single-A]]

|4 || [[1922]]-[[1925]] || [[Everett Scott]]

!scope="row"| [[Tampa Tarpons]]

| [[Florida State League]]

| rowspan=2|[[Tampa, Florida]]

| rowspan=2|[[George M. Steinbrenner Field]]

| align="right"| 1994

|-

| rowspan=2| [[Rookie league|Rookie]]

|5 || [[April 21]], [[1935]] - [[June 2]], [[1941]] || [[Lou Gehrig]]

!scope="row"| [[Florida Complex League Yankees|FCL Yankees]]

|-

| [[Florida Complex League]]

|6 || [[April 17]], [[1976]] - [[August 2]], [[1979]] || [[Thurman Munson]]

| align="right"| 1980

|-

|7 || [[January 29]], [[1982]] - [[March 30]], [[1984]] || [[Graig Nettles]]

|-

|8 || [[March 4]], [[1986]] - [[October 10]], [[1988]] || [[Willie Randolph]]''* ''

|-

|9 || [[March 4]], [[1986]] - [[July 2]], [[1989]] || [[Ron Guidry]]''* ''

|-

|10 || [[February 28]], [[1991]] - [[October 8]], [[1995]] || [[Don Mattingly]]

|-

|11 || [[June 3]], [[2003]] - Present || [[Derek Jeter]]

|-

!scope="row"| [[Dominican Summer League Yankees|DSL Yankees]]

| [[Dominican Summer League]]

| [[Boca Chica]], [[Santo Domingo Province|Santo Domingo]]

| New York Yankees Complex

| align="right"| 1994

|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Guidry and Randolph were co-captains.

== See also ==

Howard W. Rosenberg, a baseball historian and author of ''Cap Anson 1: When Captaining a Team Meant Something'',<ref>The first of a four-volume series, Howard W. Rosenberg, ''Cap Anson 1: When Captaining a Team Meant Something: Leadership in Baseball's Early Years'' (Tile Books, 2003)</ref> has found that the official count of Yankee captains failed to count Hall of Famer [[Clark Griffith]], the 1903-05 captain, and [[Kid Elberfeld]], the one from 1906-09, with 1913 Manager [[Frank Chance]] a strong circumstantial candidate to have been captain that year as well. Therefore, Jeter may in fact be the 13th or 14th Yankees' captain.

* [[List of World Series champions]]

* [[List of New York Yankees managers]]

==Notes==

'''Unofficial captains:''' Upon Gehrig's death, then-manager [[Joe McCarthy (baseball)|Joe McCarthy]] declared that there would never be another Yankee captain. Between Gehrig's retirement and Munson's appointment, the team had players considered on-field leaders if not official captains: [[Bill Dickey]] (1939-46), [[Joe DiMaggio]] (1946-51), [[Phil Rizzuto]] (1952-56), [[Yogi Berra]] (1956-63) and [[Mickey Mantle]] (1964-68).

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==References==

The lack of a unifying figure following Mantle's retirement convinced team owner [[George Steinbrenner]] that the team needed an official captain, and he chose Munson. With Munson's death, Graig Nettles was unofficial captain from 1979 to 1982 until being officially named in 1983. Guidry and Randolph followed unofficially in 1984, officially in 1986, then Mattingly unofficial in 1990, official starting 1991. [[Paul O'Neill (baseball player)|Paul O'Neill]] was unofficial captain from 1996-2001: Steinbrenner never named O'Neill captain but called him "my warrior". Jeter was unofficial in 2002 and officially named in 2003.

===Citations===

{{Reflist|30em}}

==Current roster=Bibliography===

* {{Cite book|title=Baseball's Dynasties and the Players Who Built Them|last=Weeks|first=Jonathan|date=July 18, 2016|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781442261570}}

{{New York Yankees roster}}

* {{cite book|title=Red Sox vs. Yankees: The Great Rivalry|first1=Harvey|last1=Frommer|first2=Frederic J.|last2=Frommer|publisher=Sports Publishing, LLC|year=2004|isbn=1-58261-767-8}}

* {{Cite book|last1=Johnson|first1=Richard A.|last2=Stout|first2=Glenn|author3=Johnson, Dick

==Minor league affiliations==

|title=Yankees Century: 100 Years of New York Yankees Baseball|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company|year=2002|isbn=0-618-08527-0}}

* '''AAA:''' [[Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons]], [[International League]]<ref name="splits">Minor League Baseball Splits: New York Yankees http://www.minorleaguesplits.com/cgi-bin/org.cgi?org=Nyy</ref>

* {{cite book|last=Prato|first=Greg|title=Just Out of Reach: The 1980s New York Yankees|year=2014|publisher=Greg Prato Writer, Corp.|___location=New York|isbn=978-1494931230}}

* '''AA:''' [[Trenton Thunder]], [[Eastern League (U.S. baseball)|Eastern League]]<ref name="splits" />

* {{cite book|last=Shaughnessy|first=Dan|title=Reversing the Curse|year=2005|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company|___location=Boston|isbn=0-618-51748-0|url=https://archive.org/details/reversingcursein00shau}}

* '''Advanced A:''' [[Tampa Yankees]], [[Florida State League]]<ref name="splits" />

* {{cite journal|last=Surdam|first=David G.|title=The New York Yankees Cope with the Great Depression|journal=Enterprise and Society|volume=9|date=Dec 2008|pages=816–40|doi=10.1093/es/khn081|issue=4|issn=1467-2227}}

* '''A:''' [[Charleston RiverDogs]], [[South Atlantic League]]<ref name="splits" />

* [http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/coaches.jsp?c_id=nyy New York Yankees: Manager and Coaches] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070125050934/http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/coaches.jsp?c_id=nyy |date=January 25, 2007 }}

* '''Short A:''' [[Staten Island Yankees]], [[New York-Penn League]]<ref name="splits" />

* '''Rookie:''' [[Gulf Coast Yankees|GCL Yankees]], [[Gulf Coast League]]<ref name="splits" />

==SeeExternal alsolinks==

{{Commons}}

*[[List of New York Yankees people]]

* {{MLBTeam|NewYork|Yankees|NYY}}

*[[Yankee Stadium]]

* [https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip_512-2v2c82552h ''A Boy and His Job''] 1969-06-04. Elliott Ashley, bat boy for the New York Yankees, explains his duties in this documentary produced by [[National Educational Television]], preserved in the [[American Archive of Public Broadcasting]].

*[[Curse of the Bambino]]

* [https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/ Baseball-Reference.com] – year-by-year franchise index

*''[[The Pride of the Yankees]]'' and ''[[Damn Yankees]]''

*[[Yankees-Red Sox rivalry]] and [[Subway Series]]

*[[Jeffrey Maier]]

*[[New York Yankees award winners and league leaders]]

*[[New York Yankees season records]]

*[[New York Yankees team records]]

*[[New York Yankees broadcasters and media]]

*[[New York Yankees managers and ownership]]

*[[Doc Adkins|Highlanders Inaugural Roster]]

*[[Active MLB playoff appearance streaks]]

*[[October 11, 2006 New York City plane crash]]

==Notes and references==

===Cited references===

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===General references===

<div class="references-small">

*{{cite book | author=Johnson, Richard A., Stout, Glenn, and Johnson, Dick |

title=Yankees Century: 100 Years of New York Yankees Baseball| publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company |

year=2002 | id=ISBN 0-618-08527-0}}

*[http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/roster_40man.jsp?c_id=nyy New York Yankees: 40-Man Roster]

*[http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/coaches.jsp?c_id=nyy New York Yankees: Manager and Coaches]

*[http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/64048/the_curse_of_arod_and_why_the_yankees.html The Curse of A-Rod]

</div>

== External links ==

* [http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/index.jsp?c_id=nyy New York Yankees Official Website on MLB.com]

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/ Baseball-Reference.com] - year-by-year franchise index

* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teams/yank.shtml Baseball Almanac]

* [http://www.thebaseballpage.com/present/fp/al/nyy.htm The Baseball Page]

* [http://www.businessofbaseball.com/yankeespayroll.htm Article on the Yankees Salary]

* [http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/al/nyyanks/yankees.html Sports E-Cyclopedia]

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