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==Championships== | ==Championships== | ||
The team has had a total of 27 championship-winning seasons since the beginning of major-league baseball's modern [[World Series]] in 1903. This is the most world series championships won by any team in Major League Baseball. They won the World Series in the following years. | The team has had a total of 27 championship-winning seasons since the beginning of major-league baseball's modern [[World Series]] in 1903. This is the most world series championships won by any team in Major League Baseball. They won the World Series in the following years. | ||
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* 1927 | * 1927 | ||
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* 2000 | * 2000 | ||
* 2009 | * 2009 | ||
They were also American League champions, but lost in the World Series, 13 times, in the following years. | |||
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==Retired Numbers== | ==Retired Numbers== | ||
Revision as of 19:48, 16 December 2022
The New York Yankees are a Major League Baseball team based in New York, New York. The team was founded in 1903 as the New York Highlanders in the American League. [1] [2] [3]
Championships
The team has had a total of 27 championship-winning seasons since the beginning of major-league baseball's modern World Series in 1903. This is the most world series championships won by any team in Major League Baseball. They won the World Series in the following years. [4]
- 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
- 2009
They were also American League champions, but lost in the World Series, 13 times, in the following years.
- 1921
- 1922
- 1926
- 1942
- 1955
- 1957
- 1960
- 1963
- 1964
- 1976
- 1981
- 2001
- 2003
Retired Numbers
The following uniform numbers are retired in that players, managers, and coaches of the team will no longer use them. For non-players, the person's role in the organization is also listed. [5] [6]
- 1 Billy Martin (manager, also player)
- 2 Derek Jeter
- 3 Babe Ruth
- 4 Lou Gehrig
- 5 Joe DiMaggio
- 6 Joe Torre (manager)
- 7 Mickey Mantle
- 8 Yogi Berra (player, also manager)
- 8 Bill Dickey
- 9 Roger Maris
- 10 Phil Rizzuto (player and broadcaster)
- 15 Thurman Munson
- 16 Whitey Ford
- 20 Jorge Posada
- 21 Paul O'Neill
- 23 Don Mattingly
- 32 Elston Howard
- 37 Casey Stengel (manager)
- 42 Mariano Rivera
- 42 Jackie Robinson (retired across major league baseball)
- 44 Reggie Jackson
- 46 Andy Pettitte
- 49 Ron Guidry
- 51 Bernie Williams
Notes
- ↑ https://www.mlb.com/yankees/history/timeline-1900s
- ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/
- ↑ https://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/yank.shtml
- ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/world-series.shtml
- ↑ https://www.mlb.com/yankees/history/retired-numbers
- ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/#all_teams_retired_unis_NYY