HOME | ABOUT MyTriState | REPORT ERROR | PRIVACY POLICY
New York Yankees
To read our Yankees blogs, please click here. For more information on past Yankees players... you're in the right place! But first...
New York Yankees Navigation
Yankees 2009 Season
Yankees 08/09 Off Season |
Yankees 2008 Season
Yankees 07/08 Off Season |
Yankees 2007 Season
Bernie Williams Day
A Brief Yankees History
The New York Yankees have been in existence since 1903, first playing in Manhattan at the Polo Grounds, sharing that venue with the New York baseball Giants before moving to the Bronx and their own Yankee Stadium in 1923, where Babe Ruth hits the first MLB home run in the Bronx on April 18th, a venue they would share with the New York football Giants for a time. Since then, the Yankees have won 26 world championships and have boasted such all time greats as Joe DiMaggio and Lou Gehrig - Ruth, Gehrig and DiMaggio are often referred to as the holy trinity in Yankees lore. The next generation of stars included the often quoted Yogi Berra, who coined such phrases as, "Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical." or "It ain't over till it's over." or "It gets late early out there.", Mickey Mantle, Don Larsen, Roger Maris and Whitey Ford. Following in their footsteps was Bobby Murcer, Thurman Munson, Catfish Hunter and Reggie Jackson. During 1974 and 1975, Yankee Stadium was refurbished for a new generation that included Don Mattingly, Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams, Andy Pettitte, David Cone, David Wells, Roger Clemens, Dwight Gooden, Paul O'Neil, and Mariano Rivera, and most of this collection was included in the second Yankees dynasty that won four World Series Championships in 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000. The final generation at the old Yankee Stadium included such notables as Mike Mussina, Alex Rodriguez, Bobby Abreu, Gary Sheffield, Tom Gordon and Jason Giambi. In 2009, the Yankees will move into a new Yankee Stadium across the street from their own building, which will boast state of the art facilities, field views from the concourse and fewer seats than the old Yankee Stadium, but more luxury boxes. A newer generation of Yankees will moving into the new stadium will include Chien-Ming Wang, Joba Chamberlin and Robinson Cano. The Yankees official site has a lot of great historical information.
New York Yankees Achievements
The New York Yankees have made 47 playoff appearances in their history since 1901 through the 2008 season.
The New York Yankees have won 15 Division champions: 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
The New York Yankees have won 39 American League pennants: 1921, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1976, 1977, 1978, 81, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003
The New York Yankees have won 26 World Series titles: 1923, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1977, 1978, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000
The New York Yankees have captured 3 Wild-card berths in 1995, 1997, and 2007
New York Yankees Players
Here, we'll talk about some of our favorite Yankees of all time.
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth was a player way ahead of his time. A great pitcher and hitter, Ruth hit 60 home runs in a single season, giving him more home runs than every team in the American League. That's how much better Base Ruth was than everyone else.
Lou Gehrig
Lou Gehrig, the Iron Horse, was an amazing player who would probably hold a record in every offensive category if not for ALS, which is also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.
Joe DiMaggio
Joe DiMaggio lost several years of playing time due to World Ware II, but still holds very impressive offensive stats, including having a hit in fifty-six games in a row, which is thought will never be broken.
Mickey Mantle
Mickey Mantle was the successor to DiMaggio and forged a legend all his own, with his big coal mine arms, quick hands, speed, switch hitting and more. Mantle had numerous injuries that he usually played through; his shoulder injury made it difficult for him to comb his hair and a knee injury probably robbed him of some speed, but he continued to dazzle Yankees fans until he retired.
Roger Maris
Roger Maris is regarded by this website as the true single season home run record holder with sixty-one home runs in 1961. We will hear no discussion on this. He is the record holder, period. He was also a great right fielder and is still recognized as the American League single season home run record holder.
Don Larsen
Don Larsen has got to be the only person to throw a no hitter in a World Series game.
Whitey Ford
Whitey Ford was a great Yankees left handed pitcher who won the World Series Most Valuable Payer Award in 1961.
Thurman Munson
Thurmon Munson was a Yankee catcher and captain of the team until he died in a plane crash.
Reggie Jaskson
Reggie Jackson is a rare athlete, but then, you don't run across to many people who hit three home runs in one world series game AND refer to themselves in the third person. Now that's something!
Craig Nettles
Craig Nettles was a slick fielding short stop for the Yankees.
Catfish Hunter
One of the great baseball names of all time, Catfish Hunter was a brilliant pitcher.
Ron Guidry
Ron Guidry was one of the great relief pitchers of all time.
Don Mattingly
Don Mattingly is one of the most beloved Yankees of all time. A great first baseman and hitter, he never won a championship with the Yankees.
Dave Winfield
Dave Winfield was a Yankees outfielder.
Willie Randolph
Willie Randolph was a Yankees outfielder.
Rickie Henderson
Rickie Henderson was a Yankees outfielder and great base stealer - amazing wheels on this guy
Dave Righetti
Dave Righetti was a great Yankees pitcher who threw a no hitter for the Yankees in 1983.
Dwight Gooden
Dwight Gooden was a great Yankees pitcher who threw a no hitter for the Yankees in 1996.
Jim Abbott
Jim Abbott threw a no hitter for the Yankees with ONE ARM. Amazing, an unforgettable moment in sports history.
David Wells
David Wells, the man known as Boomer, through a perfect game at Yankee Stadium. He later revealed in his book, Perfect I'm Not: Boomer on Beer, Brawls, Backaches, and Baseball, that he'd been to a Saturday Night Live party the night before and had not slept the entire night and might have been still drunk from the night before. BEAUTIFUL.
David Cone
David Cone through a perfect game at Yankee Stadium a year after David Wells.