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New York Yankees "The Bronx Bombers"
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Established in 1901 'Based in New York since 1903'
Major league affiliations
American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present)
Current uniform
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Retired numbers	1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 23, 32, 37, 44, 49
Name
New York Yankees "The Bronx Bombers" (1913–present) New York Highlanders (1903-1912) Baltimore Orioles (1901-1902) (Also referred to as "Americans" 1903-1909 and "Yankees" 1910-1912)
Ballpark
Yankee Stadium (1923–present) Shea Stadium (1974-1975) Yankee Stadium (1923-1973) Polo Grounds (IV) (1913-1922) a.k.a. Brush Stadium (1913-1919) Hilltop Park (1903-1912) Oriole Park (Baltimore) (1901-1902)
Major league titles
World Series titles (26)	2000 • 1999 • 1998 • 1996 1978 • 1977 • 1962 • 1961 1958 • 1956 • 1953 • 1952 1951 • 1950 • 1949 • 1947 1943 • 1941 • 1939 • 1938 1937 • 1936 • 1932 • 1928 1927 • 1923
AL Pennants (39)	2003 • 2001 • 2000 • 1999 1998 • 1996 • 1981 • 1978 1977 • 1976 • 1964 • 1963 1962 • 1961 • 1960 • 1958 1957 • 1956 • 1955 • 1953 1952 • 1951 • 1950 • 1949 1947 • 1943 • 1942 • 1941 1939 • 1938 • 1937 • 1936 1932 • 1928 • 1927 • 1926 1923 • 1922 • 1921
East Division titles (15)	2006 • 2005 • 2004 • 2003 • 2002 2001 • 2000 • 1999 • 1998 1996 • 1981 • 1980 • 1978 1977 • 1976
Wild card berths (2)	1997 • 1995
- In 1981, a 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 and Baltimore. - In 1994, a 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.

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.Their official nickname was previously the Highlanders.

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 Hall of Fame.

The YES Network

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.

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, and the re-airing 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 its beginning. YES has also begun airing programming for the New York Giants and Manchester United.

Retired numbers

The Yankees have retired 16 numbers, the most in Major League Baseball.

Although it has not been officially retired, the Yankees have not reissued number 21 since Paul O'Neill stopped playing.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Team captains

* Guidry and Randolph were co-captains.

Howard W. Rosenberg, a baseball historian and author of Cap Anson 1: When Captaining a Team Meant Something, 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.

Unofficial captains: Upon Gehrig's death, then-manager 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).

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 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.

Current roster

Minor league affiliations

• AAA: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons, International League
• AA: Trenton Thunder, Eastern League
• Advanced A: Tampa Yankees, Florida State League
• A: Charleston RiverDogs, South Atlantic League
• Short A: Staten Island Yankees, New York-Penn League
• Rookie: GCL Yankees, Gulf Coast League

See also

• List of New York Yankees people
• Yankee Stadium
• Curse of the Bambino
• 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
• Active MLB playoff appearance streaks
• October 11, 2006 New York City plane crash

Notes and references

Cited references

1. Retired Uniform Numbers in the American League
2. Yankees retired numbers
3. 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)
4. ^ Minor League Baseball Splits: New York Yankees http://www.minorleaguesplits.com/cgi-bin/org.cgi?org=Nyy

General references

• Johnson, Richard A., Stout, Glenn, and Johnson, Dick (2002). Yankees Century: 100 Years of New York Yankees Baseball. Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 0-618-08527-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• New York Yankees: 40-Man Roster
• New York Yankees: Manager and Coaches
• The Curse of A-Rod

External links

• New York Yankees Official Website on MLB.com
• Baseball-Reference.com - year-by-year franchise index
• Baseball Almanac
• The Baseball Page
• Article on the Yankees Salary
• Sports E-Cyclopedia

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