New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium
The most iconic team in Major League Baseball continues to wow fans in The Bronx and worldwide. The New York Yankees play out of Yankee Stadium, which replaced the iconic original Yankee Stadium in 2009 and currently seats 47,309 for baseball. The Yankees are managed by Aaron Boone, a third-generation player and second-generation manager who is also famous in Yankee lore for hitting a pennant-clinching home run off Pedro Martinez in Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS. The Yankees have won a league record 27 World Series titles (including in 2009, after moving into their new stadium) in addition to 40 American League pennants and 20 AL East championships.
New York Yankees History
The New York Yankees franchise began in 1901 as the Baltimore Orioles, and moved to New York before the 1903 season. The "Highlanders" may have changed their name in 1913, but they truly became the Yankees in 1919, when the franchise purchased Babe Ruth from the Boston Red Sox, also igniting the fiercest rivalry in baseball. The Yankees moved to "The House That Ruth Built" - the original Yankee Stadium - in 1923, after a decade in the Polo Grounds. In 1929, the Yankees were one of the first teams to place player numbers on the backs of uniforms, and in 1939, they were the first to retire a player's number, after Lou Gehrig was forced to retire due to ALS.
For most of the 20th century, the New York Yankees were the most prestigious team in sports, making Ruth, Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle and manager Casey Stengel household names. The Yankees faltered in the late '60s under ownership by CBS, who sold the club to George Steinbrenner in 1973. The Yankees won back-to-back titles in 1977 and 1978 led by Reggie Jackson and managers Billy Martin and Bob Lemon. Another golden era for the Yankees began with the hiring of Joe Torre as manager in 1996, along with the rise of such players as Bernie Williams, Mariano Rivera and Derek Jeter, resulting in four World Series titles from 1996 to 2000. The Yankees won their 20th American League East title in 2020, but were knocked out of the post-season in the Championship Series. In 2022, the Yankees once again reached the ALCS, but were ultimately swept by the Houston Astros in four games.