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In 1900, Ban Johnson, the president of a minor league known as the Western League (1894–1899),{{#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}} changed the Western League name to the American League (AL) and asked the National League to classify it as a major league.{{#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}} 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.{{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}}{{#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}}{{#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}}

Plans to add an AL team in New York City were blocked by the NL's New York Giants.{{#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}} A team was instead placed in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1901 and named the Orioles.{{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}} 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.{{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}} 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.{{#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}}

In early 1903, the two leagues decided to settle their disputes and try to coexist.{{#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}} At a conference, Johnson requested that an AL team be put in New York, to play alongside the NL's Giants.{{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}} It was put to a vote, and 15 of the 16 major league owners agreed on it. The franchise was awarded to Frank J. Farrell and William S. Devery.{{#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}}{{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}}

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The team's new ballpark, Hilltop Park (formally known as "American League Park"),{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Krisel |first=Brandon |date=September 21, 2018 |title=Plaque Honors Yankees' Original Washington Heights Stadium |work=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}} was constructed in one of Upper Manhattan's highest points—between 165th and 168th Streets in the Washington Heights neighborhood.{{#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}} The team was named the New York Highlanders.{{#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}} 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).{{#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}}{{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}}{{rp|pages=18}} The land was owned by the New York Institute for the Education of the Blind and was leased to the Highlanders for 10 years.{{#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}}

Initially, the team was commonly referred to as the New York Americans.{{#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}} The team was also referred to as the "Invaders" in the Evening Journal and The Evening World.{{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}}{{#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}} New York Press Sports Editor Jim Price coined the unofficial nickname Yankees (or "Yanks") for the club as early as 1904, because it was easier to fit in headlines.{{#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}} The Highlanders finished second in the AL in 1904, 1906, and 1910.{{Cite book |last=Howell |first=Brian |url= |title=New York Yankees |publisher=ABDO |year=2015 |isbn=9781629688312 |pages=15 |language=en}} In 1904, they lost the deciding game on a wild pitch to the Boston Americans, who later became the Boston Red Sox.{{#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}}{{#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}} That year, Highlander pitcher Jack Chesbro set the single-season wins record at 41.{{#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}} At this time there was no formal World Series agreement wherein the AL and NL winners would play each other.

File:Polo Grounds after 1911.JPG, 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,{{#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}} the stadiums mentioned in this article are Polo Grounds III and IV.}} located on the shore of the Harlem River in Washington Heights, was home to the New York Giants of the National League.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}}{{#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}} Polo Grounds III burned down in 1911 and the Highlanders shared Hilltop Park with the Giants during a two-month renovation period.{{#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}}{{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}} Later, from 1913 to 1922, the Highlanders shared the Polo Grounds with the Giants after their lease with Hilltop Park expired.{{Cite book |last=Epting |first=Chris |title=The Early Polo Grounds |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |year=2009 |isbn=9780738562872 |pages=25 |language=en}} While playing at the Polo Grounds, the name "Highlanders" fell into disuse among the press. In 1913 the team became officially known as the New York Yankees.{{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}}

In the mid‑1910s, the Yankees finished towards the bottom of the standings.{{rp|pages=66–69}} The relationship between Farrell and Devery became strained due to money issues and the team performance.{{#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}} 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.{{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}} Ruppert and Huston paid $350,000 ({{inflation|US|350000|1915|2021|r=-3|fmt=eq}}) with both men contributing half of the total price.{{#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}} After the purchase, Ruppert assumed the role of team president with Huston becoming team secretary and treasurer.{{#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}}

File:Babe Ruth2.jpg (1895–1948) ushered in an offensive-oriented era of baseball and helped lead the Yankees to four World Series titles.|alt=Full body shot of baseball player Babe Ruth, holding a bat and wearing a "NY" hat.]]

In the years around 1920, the Yankees, the Red Sox, and the Chicago White Sox had a détente.{{#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 }} The trades between the three ball clubs antagonized Ban Johnson and garnered the teams the nickname "The Insurrectos".{{#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}}{{#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}} 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.{{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}}{{#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}} 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.{{#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}} 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}}

Ruth's multitude of home runs proved so popular that the Yankees began drawing more people than their National League counterpart, the Giants. In 1921 — the year after acquiring Ruth — the Yankees played in their first World Series.{{#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}}{{#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}} They competed against the Giants,{{#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}} and all eight games of the series were played in the Polo Grounds.{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=October 13, 1921 |title=Giants Win Series |pages=1 |work=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}}{{Failed verification|date=April 2025}} After the 1922 season, the Yankees were told to move out of the Polo Grounds.{{#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}} Giants manager John McGraw became upset with the increase of Yankees attendance along with the number of home runs.{{#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}} He was said to have commented that the Yankees should "move to some out-of-the-way place, like Queens",{{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}} but they instead broke ground for a new ballpark in the Bronx, right across the Harlem River from the Polo Grounds.{{#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}} In 1922, the Yankees returned to the World Series again and were dealt a second defeat at the hands of the Giants.{{#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}} Manager Miller Huggins and general manager Ed Barrow were important newcomers in this period.{{#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}} The hiring of Huggins by Ruppert in 1918 caused a rift between the owners that eventually led to Ruppert buying Huston out in 1923.{{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}}

File:Lou Gehrig as a new Yankee 11 Jun 1923.jpg (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.]]

In 1923, the Yankees moved to their new home, Yankee Stadium,{{#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}} which took 11 months to build and cost $2.5 million ({{Inflation|US|2500000|1923|2021|fmt=eq|r=-6}}).{{#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}} The team announced that 99,200 fans showed up on Opening Day and 25,000 were turned away.{{#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}} In the first game at Yankee Stadium, Ruth hit a home run.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}} At the end of the season, the Yankees faced the Giants in the World Series for the third straight year and won their first championship.{{#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}}

In the 1927 season, the Yankees featured a lineup that became known as "Murderers' Row",{{#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}} 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).{{#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}} The name originated from The Tombs, a jail complex in Lower Manhattan that had specific cell block for murderers.{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Thorn |first=John |author-link=John Thorn |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}} That season, the Yankees became the first team in baseball to occupy first place every day of the season, winning 110 games.{{#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}} The team also swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in the World Series.{{#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}} 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. Meanwhile, first baseman Lou Gehrig had his first big season, batting .373 with 47 home runs and 175 runs batted in (RBI),{{#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}} beating Ruth's single-season RBI mark which he had set in 1921.{{#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}} The Yankees won the World Series again in 1928.{{#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}}

In 1931, Joe McCarthy, who was previously manager of the Chicago Cubs, was hired as manager and brought the Yankees back to the top of the AL.{{#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}} They swept the Chicago Cubs in the 1932 World Series, and brought the team's streak of consecutive World Series game wins to 12.{{#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}} This series was made famous by Babe Ruth's "Called Shot" in game three of the series at Wrigley Field, in which Ruth pointed to center field before hitting a home run.{{#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}} In 1935, Ruth left the Yankees to join the NL's Boston Braves,{{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 |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}} and he made his last major league baseball appearance on May 30 of that year.{{#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}}

File:DiMaggio cropped.jpg (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 season, Gehrig finally had a chance to take center stage, but it was only one year before a new star appeared, Joe DiMaggio.{{#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}} The team won an unprecedented four straight World Series titles from 1936 to 1939.{{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}} 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.{{#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}}{{#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}} The Yankees declared July 4, 1939, to be "Lou Gehrig Day", on which they retired his number 4, the first retired number in baseball.{{#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}} Gehrig made a famous speech in which he declared himself to be "the luckiest man on the face of the earth."{{#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}} He died two years later on June 2, 1941.{{#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}} 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.{{Cite book |last=Gutman |first=Bill |title=The golden age of baseball, 1941–1963 |publisher=Gallery Books |year=1989 |isbn=0831739118 |pages=6–7 |language=en}} Numerous achievements were made in the early 1940s including Ted Williams of the Red Sox hitting for the elusive .400 batting average and Joe DiMaggio getting hits in consecutive ballgames.{{#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}} By the end of his hitting streak, DiMaggio hit in 56 consecutive games, the current major league record and one often deemed unbreakable.{{#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}}

Two months after the Yankees beat the 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. As a result of the 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.{{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}} Despite losing many of their players, the Yankees still managed to pull out a win against the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1943 World Series.{{#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}} Following Jacob Ruppert's death in 1939, his heirs assumed control on the team.{{#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}} 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 million in 2023);{{#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}}{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=July 5, 1974 |title=Builder Del Webb Dead at Age 75 |pages=1 |work=Arizona Daily Star |agency=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}} MacPhail, who was the team president, treasurer, and general manager, was bought out following the 1947 World Series.{{Cite magazine |date=October 20, 1947 |title=Sport: Larry Says Goodbye |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}}

After a few slumping seasons, McCarthy left the organization in 1946.{{#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}} 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 Dodgers.{{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 }}

{{#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}} Despite finishing only three games behind the 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.{{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}}{{#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}} His tenure as Yankees' field manager, however, was marked with success.{{#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}} The "underdog" Yankees came from behind to catch and surprise a powerful 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.{{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}} By this time, however, DiMaggio's career was winding down, and the "Yankee Clipper" retired after the 1951 season after numerous injuries.{{#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}} That year marked the arrival of Mickey Mantle, who was one of several rookies to fill the gap.{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=April 17, 1951 |title=Mickey Mantle's Natural Swing is Biggest Asset |pages=12 |work=The Salisbury Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-times-mickey-mantles-natural/170424388/ |access-date=July 6, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}

File:Photograph of President Truman preparing to throw out the first ball at the opening game of the 1951 baseball season... - NARA - 200292.jpg 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.{{#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}} 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. The {{wsy|1950}} title was the only one of those five championships not to be won against either the New York Giants or Brooklyn Dodgers; it was won in four straight games against the Whiz Kids of the Philadelphia Phillies.{{#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}}{{#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}}

In 1954, the Yankees won 103 games, but the 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".{{#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}} The term was coined by writer Douglass Wallop, who wrote a novel of the same name.{{#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}} The novel was then adapted into a musical called Damn Yankees.{{#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}} In {{wsy|1955}}, the Dodgers finally beat the Yankees in the World Series, after five previous Series losses to them. The Yankees came back strong the next year.{{#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}} In Game 5 of the 1956 World Series against the Dodgers, pitcher Don Larsen threw the only perfect game in World Series history,{{#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}} which remains the only perfect game in postseason play and the only postseason no-hitter until 2010.{{#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}}

The Yankees lost the 1957 World Series to the Milwaukee Braves when Lew Burdette won three games for the Braves and was awarded World Series MVP.{{#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}}{{#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}} Following the Series, the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers both left for San Francisco and Los Angeles, respectively.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}} 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).{{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}} Led by Mantle, Ford, Berra, Elston Howard (the Yankees' first African-American player),{{#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}} and the newly acquired Roger Maris, the Yankees entered the 1960s seeking to replicate their success of the 1950s.{{#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}}

File:Mickey Mantle 1953.jpg (1931–1995) was one of the franchise's most celebrated hitters, highlighted by his 1956 Triple Crown and World Series championship.|alt=Medium-wide shot of baseball player Mickey Mantle, swinging a bat and wearing a "NY" shirt and hat.]]

Arnold Johnson, owner of the Kansas City Athletics, was a longtime business associate of Yankees co-owners Del Webb and Dan Topping. Because of this "special relationship" with the Yankees, he traded young players to them in exchange for cash and aging veterans.{{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}} 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.{{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}}{{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}} Kansas City had been home to the Yankees' top farm team, the Kansas City Blues, for almost 20 years before the Athletics moved there from Philadelphia in 1954.{{#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}}

In 1960, Charles O. Finley purchased the Athletics and put an end to the trades with the Yankees.{{#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}} At that point, however, the Yankees had already strengthened their supply of future prospects, which included a young outfielder named Roger Maris.{{#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}} In 1960, Maris led the league in slugging percentage, RBI, and extra-base hits.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}}

The year 1961 was one of the most memorable in Yankees history.{{#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}}{{Cite book |last1=Houk |first1=Ralph |title=Season of Glory: The Amazing Saga of the 1961 New York Yankees |last2=Creamer |first2=Robert |publisher=Putnam |year=1988 |isbn=9780399132605 |language=en |author-link=Ralph Houk |author-link2=Robert Creamer}}{{rp|n12}} Mantle and Maris hit home runs at a fast pace and became known as the "M&M Boys".{{#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}} Ultimately, a severe hip infection forced Mantle to leave the lineup at the end of the regular season.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}} They were considered two separate records for 30 years, until MLB reversed course and stated Maris held the record alone.{{#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}} His record would be broken by Mark McGwire, who hit 70 home runs in 1998.{{#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}} Maris held the American League record until 2022 when Aaron Judge hit 62.{{#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}}

The Yankees won the pennant with a 109–53 record and went on to defeat the Cincinnati Reds in the 1961 World Series.{{#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}} The team finished the year with 240 home runs, which was an MLB record until surpassed by the 1996 Baltimore Orioles team with 257 home runs.{{#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}} In 1962, the sports scene in New York changed when the National League added an expansion team, the New York Mets.{{#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}} The Mets played at the Giants' former home, the Polo Grounds, for two seasons while Shea Stadium was under construction in nearby Flushing, Queens.{{#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}} This restored New York as a city with more than one team, as it had been from the late 1800s until 1957.{{#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}} The Yankees won the 1962 World Series, their tenth in the past sixteen years, defeating the San Francisco Giants 4–3.{{#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}} It was the Yankees' last championship until 1977.{{#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}}

The 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 Los Angeles Dodgers and their ace pitcher, Sandy Koufax.{{#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}} The series was the first between the Yankees and the new Los Angeles Dodgers, after their move in 1958.{{#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}} After the season, Yogi Berra, who had just retired from playing, took over managerial duties.{{#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}} The aging Yankees returned the next year for a fifth straight World Series, but were beaten 4–3 by the St. Louis Cardinals. It would be the Yankees' last World Series appearance until 1976.{{#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}}{{#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}}

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}} million in {{Inflation/year|US}}).{{#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}} With the new ownership, the team began to decline.{{#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 }} The 1965 edition of the team posted a record of 77–85 — the Yankees' first losing record in 40 years.{{#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}} In 1966, the Yankees finished in last place in the AL for the first time since 1912.{{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}} It also marked their first consecutive losing seasons since 1917 and 1918.{{#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}} The 1967 season was not much better; they finished only ahead of the Kansas City Athletics in the American League.{{#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}} While their fortunes improved somewhat in the late 1960s and early 1970s, they finished higher than fourth only once during CBS' ownership, in 1970.{{#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}}

The Yankees were not able to replace their aging superstars with promising young talent, as they had consistently done in the previous five decades.{{#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}} As early as the 1961–62 off-season, longtime fans noticed that the pipeline of talent from the minor league affiliates had started to dry up.{{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}} This was worsened by the introduction of the amateur draft that year, which meant that the Yankees could no longer sign any player they wanted.{{#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}} The Yankees were one of four teams who voted against the establishment of the draft, with the Dodgers, Mets, and Cardinals also objecting.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}}

File:George Steinbrenner 1980 (cropped).jpg 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}} million in {{Inflation/year|US}}).{{#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}} 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.{{#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}}{{#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}} 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.

One of Steinbrenner's major goals was to renovate Yankee Stadium.{{#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}} Both the stadium and the surrounding neighborhood had deteriorated by the late 1960s.{{#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}} CBS initially suggested renovations, but the team needed to play elsewhere, and the Mets refused to open their home, Shea Stadium, to the Yankees.{{#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}} A new stadium in the Meadowlands, across the Hudson River in New Jersey, was suggested (and was eventually built, as Giants Stadium, specifically for football).{{#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}} Finally, in mid-1972, Mayor John Lindsay stepped in. The city bought the stadium and began an extensive two-year renovation period. Since the city also owned Shea Stadium, the Mets were forced to allow the Yankees to play two seasons there. The renovations modernized the look of the stadium, significantly altered the dimensions, and reconfigured some of the seating.{{#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}}

In 1973, Steinbrenner instituted a personal appearance policy that included being clean-shaven, with long hair slicked back or trimmed.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}} The policy originated from Steinbrenner's service in the United States Air Force, which had a similar appearance policy.{{#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}}{{#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}} This rule was enforced by his sons after George's passing,{{#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}} until it was modified to allow well-groomed beards in 2025.{{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}} The Cincinnati Reds had the same personal appearance policy from 1967 until 1999.{{#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}}

File:Yankee Stadium aerial from Blackhawk.jpg 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.]]

After the 1974 season, Steinbrenner made a move that started the modern era of free agency, signing star pitcher Catfish Hunter away from Oakland.{{#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}} Midway through the 1975 season, the team hired former second baseman Billy Martin as manager.{{#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}} With Martin at the helm, the Yankees reached the 1976 World Series, but were swept by the Cincinnati Reds and their famed "Big Red Machine."{{#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}}

After the 1976 campaign, Steinbrenner added star Oakland outfielder Reggie Jackson—who had spent 1976 with the Baltimore Orioles—to his roster.{{#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}}

During spring training of 1977, Jackson alienated his teammates with controversial remarks about the Yankees captain, catcher Thurman Munson.{{#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}} He had bad blood with manager Billy Martin, who had managed the Detroit Tigers when Jackson's Athletics defeated them in the 1972 playoffs.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}}{{Cite magazine |last=Webley |first=Kayla |date=July 13, 2010 |title=Top 10 George Steinbrenner Moments: Hiring and Firing Billy Martin |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}} 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".{{#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}}{{#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}} 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 Series MVP Award; and got the nickname "Mr. October."{{#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}}

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

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 season, the Red Sox were {{frac|14|1|2}} games ahead of the Yankees in July.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}} 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."{{#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}} 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.{{#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}}

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.{{Cite magazine |last=Rawlings |first=Nate |date=January 31, 2012 |title=Top 10 NYC-vs.-Boston Showdowns: Yankees vs. Red Sox, 1978 |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}}{{#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}} 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.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}}{{#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}}

After defeating the Kansas City Royals for the third consecutive year in the ALCS, the Yankees faced the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 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.{{#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}} Changes occurred during the 1979 season. Former Cy Young Award-winning closer Sparky Lyle was traded to the Texas Rangers for several players, including Dave Righetti.{{#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=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}} Tommy John was acquired from the Dodgers and Luis Tiant from the Red Sox to bolster the pitching staff.{{#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}} During the season, Bob Lemon was replaced by Billy Martin, who was serving his second stint as Yankees manager.{{#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}}

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

On August 2, 1979, catcher Thurman Munson died when his private plane crashed while he was practicing touch-and-go landings.{{#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}} Four days later, the entire team flew out to Canton, Ohio, for the funeral, despite having a game later that day against the Orioles.{{#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}} Bobby Murcer, a close friend of Munson's, along with Lou Piniella, were chosen to give the eulogy at his funeral.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}}{{#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}} 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.{{#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}} Immediately after Munson's death, the team announced his number 15 would be retired.{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Bock |first=Hal |date=August 4, 1979 |title=Yankees, O's, Fans In Munson Tribute |pages=1 |work=Youngstown Vindicator |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4epIAAAAIBAJ&pg=3645 |access-date=July 8, 2022}}

The 1980 season brought more changes. Billy Martin was fired once again and Dick Howser took his place.{{#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}} Chris Chambliss was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for catcher Rick Cerone.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}}{{#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}} The Yankees won 103 games and the AL East by three games over the Baltimore Orioles, but were swept by the Royals in the ALCS.{{#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}}

After the season ended, the Yankees signed Dave Winfield to a 10-year contract.{{#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}} A contract misunderstanding led to a feud between Winfield and Steinbrenner.{{Cite magazine |last=Webley |first=Kayla |date=July 13, 2010 |title=Top 10 George Steinbrenner Moments: Banned for Life |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}} The team fired Howser and replaced him with Gene Michael. Under Michael, the Yankees led the AL East before a strike hit in June 1981.{{#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}} The Yankees struggled under Bob Lemon, who replaced Michael for the second half of the season.{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=September 4, 1981 |title=Bob Lemon Named Yankees' Manager |work=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}} Thanks to the split-season playoff format, the Yankees faced the second-half winner Milwaukee Brewers in the special 1981 American League Division Series.{{#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}} After defeating Milwaukee 3–2, they swept the Oakland Athletics in a three-game ALCS.{{#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}} In the 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.{{#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}}

File:Don Mattingly Strikes Out.jpg 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.{{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}} 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.{{#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}} As a first step towards this end, the Yankees signed Dave Collins from the Cincinnati Reds during the 1981 off-season.{{#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}} 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. In return the Yankees got Dale Murray and Tom Dodd.{{#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}}

The Yankees of the 1980s were led by All-Star first baseman Don Mattingly.{{#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}} 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.{{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.}} They consistently had a powerful offense, with Mattingly and Winfield competing for the best average in the AL for the 1984 season.{{#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}} Despite their offense, the Yankees teams of the 1980s lacked sufficient starting pitching to win a championship in the 1980s.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}}{{#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}}

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.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}} The team came close to winning the AL East in 1985 and 1986, finishing second to 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 both years.{{#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}}{{#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}}{{#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}}{{#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}}

By the end of the decade, the Yankees' offense declined. Henderson and third baseman Mike Pagliarulo had departed by the middle of 1989,{{#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}} while back problems hampered both Winfield (who missed the entire 1989 season){{#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}} and Mattingly (who missed almost the entire second half of 1990).{{#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}} Winfield's tenure with the team ended when he was dealt to the California Angels.{{#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 |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}} 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.{{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}} In 1990, the Yankees had the worst record in the American League, and their fourth last-place finish in franchise history.{{#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}}

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.{{#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}} Each time the Red Sox were at Yankee Stadium afterward, chants of "1918!" echoed through the stadium.{{harvnb|Shaughnessy|2005|page=26}} 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. These fans came to be known as the Bleacher Creatures.{{#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}}

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.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}} This new philosophy developed key players such as outfielder Bernie Williams, shortstop Derek Jeter, catcher Jorge Posada, and pitchers Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera.{{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}} The first significant success came in 1994, when the Yankees had the best record in the AL, but the season was cut short by a players' strike.{{#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}} Since the Yankees' last post season appearance was also in a season cut short by a 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.{{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}}{{#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}} 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.{{#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}}

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.{{#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}}{{#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}}

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Joe Torre had a mediocre run as a manager in the National League,{{#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}} and the choice was initially derided ("Clueless Joe" was a headline in the New York Daily News).{{#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}} However, his calm demeanor proved to be a good fit, and his tenure was the longest under George Steinbrenner's ownership.{{#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}}{{#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}} Torre was announced as the new Yankees manager in November 1995.{{#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}}

The 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 in 1997.{{#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}} Aided by these young players, the Yankees won their first AL East title in 15 years.{{#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}} They defeated the Texas Rangers in the ALDS,{{#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}} and in 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.{{#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}} In the World Series the team rebounded from an 0–2 series deficit and defeated the defending champion Atlanta Braves, ending an 18-year championship drought.{{#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}} Jeter was named Rookie of the Year.{{#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}} In 1997, the Yankees lost the 1997 ALDS to the Cleveland Indians 3–2.{{#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}} General manager Bob Watson stepped down and was replaced by assistant general manager Brian Cashman.{{#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}}

The 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.

• {{#invoke:Cite|news|last1=Borden |first1=Sam |title=The Yankees, overshadowed? Why the 'best team ever' never got its due |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29302265/the-yankees-overshadowed-why-best-team-ever-never-got-due |access-date=July 9, 2022 |publisher=ESPN |date=June 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917091748/https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29302265/the-yankees-overshadowed-why-best-team-ever-never-got-due |archive-date=September 17, 2021}}
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• {{#invoke:Cite|news|last1=Lacques |first1=Gabe |title='There's no stopping this team': How the Yankees cleaned up their act and became baseball's most dominant squad |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/gabe-lacques/2022/05/18/new-york-yankees-record-al-east-aaron-judge/9820430002/ |access-date=July 9, 2022 |work=USA Today |date=May 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707171553/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/gabe-lacques/2022/05/18/new-york-yankees-record-al-east-aaron-judge/9820430002/ |archive-date=July 7, 2022}}

On May 17, 1998, David Wells pitched a perfect game against the Minnesota Twins.{{#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}}

The Yankees went on to sweep the San Diego Padres in the World Series.{{#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}} Their 125 combined regular and postseason wins remains an MLB single-season record.{{#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}} On July 18, 1999, David Cone pitched a perfect game against the Montreal Expos.{{#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}} The ALCS was the Yankees' first postseason meeting with the rival Red Sox.{{#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}} The 1999 Yankees defeated the Red Sox 4–1 and swept the 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.{{#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}}{{#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}}

In 2000, the Yankees faced the Mets in the first New York City Subway 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.{{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}}

In aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Yankees defeated the Oakland Athletics in the ALDS, and the Seattle Mariners in the ALCS.{{#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}} By winning the pennant for a fourth straight year, the 1998–2001 Yankees joined the 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.{{#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}} The Yankees won 11 consecutive postseason series in this 4-year period. In the 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.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}} In addition, Yankee Stadium played host for a memorial service titled "Prayer for America" for the September 11 victims.{{#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}}

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.{{#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}} In the ALDS the Yankees lost to the eventual World Series champion Anaheim Angels 3–1.{{#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}} In 2003, the Yankees again had the best league record (101–61), highlighted by Roger Clemens' 300th win and 4000th strikeout. In the 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.{{#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}} In the World Series the Yankees lost in 6 games to the Florida Marlins.{{#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}}

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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.{{#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}} In the ALCS, the Yankees met the 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.{{#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}}{{#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}} The Red Sox would go on to defeat the Cardinals in the World Series, their first championship since 1918.{{#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}}

In 2005 Alex Rodriguez won the American League MVP award, becoming the first Yankee to win the award since Don Mattingly in 1985.{{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}} 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.{{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}}

The Yankees' streak of nine straight AL East division titles ended in 2007, but they still reached the playoffs with the AL Wild Card.{{#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}} 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 ALDS. After the series,{{#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}} 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.{{#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}}

After Torre's departure, the Yankees signed former catcher Joe Girardi to a three-year contract to manage the club.{{#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}} The 2008 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.{{#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}} The final regular-season game at Yankee Stadium was played on September 21, 2008, with the Yankees defeating the Orioles.{{#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}} 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."{{#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}} Despite multiple midseason roster moves, the team was hampered by injuries and missed the playoffs for the first time in 14 seasons.{{#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}}

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During the off-season, the Yankees retooled their roster with several star free agent acquisitions, including CC Sabathia,{{#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}} Mark Teixeira,{{#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}} and A. J. Burnett.{{#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}} At the beginning of the 2009 season, the Yankees opened the new Yankee Stadium, located just a block north on River Avenue from their former home. The Yankees set a major league record by playing error-free ball for 18 consecutive games from May 14 to June 1, 2009.{{#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}} In the ALDS they swept the Minnesota Twins before defeating the Los Angeles Angels in the ALCS, 4–2. They Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies, in the World Series 4–2, their 27th World Series title.{{#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}}

During the 2010 All-Star break, public address announcer Bob Sheppard and principal owner George Steinbrenner died.{{#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}}{{#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}} Eight days later, another longtime Yankee icon, former player and manager Ralph Houk, died.{{#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}}

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 slams in a single game. They were hit by Robinson Canó, Russell Martin, and Curtis Granderson.{{#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}}

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.{{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}} They faced the Orioles in the 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.{{#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}} The Yankees defeated the Orioles in five games.{{#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}} However, in the 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.{{#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}}

On April 12, 2013, the Yankees made their second triple play ever. It was scored as 4–6–5–6–5–3–4, the first triple play of its kind in baseball history.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}} They ended the season 85–77, finishing in 3rd place in the AL East.{{#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}}

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.{{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}} Reliever Dellin Betances finished 3rd in voting for AL Rookie of the Year, while starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka finished 5th.{{#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}}

Before the 2016 season began, the Yankees acquired closer Aroldis Chapman. The triumvirate of Betances, Chapman, and Miller became known by fans as "No Runs–D.M.C.", owing to the relievers' dominance of opposing hitters.{{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}} The Yankees struggled through the 2016 season, ending at 4th place in the AL East.{{#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}} The resurgent 2015 experienced by Rodriguez and Teixeira did not carry over, as they batted .200 and .204 for the season, respectively.{{#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}}{{#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}} At the trade deadline, the Yankees stood at an uninspiring 52–52, and decided to become sellers rather than buyers.{{#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}}

File:Aaron Judge at Camden Yards 4-4-19(46816281264).jpg 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.]]

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."{{#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}}

In early August, both Teixeira and Rodriguez revealed their plans to retire by the season's end.{{#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}}{{#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}} Rodriguez played his final game on August 12, 2016, accepting a front office job with the Yankees shortly after.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}}{{#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}} 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.{{#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}} Catcher Gary Sánchez hit 20 home runs in 53 games, finishing 2nd in AL Rookie of the Year voting and setting the record at the time as the fastest to reach 20 career home runs.{{#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}} Sanchez, Judge and Austin, as well as the Yankees' prosperous farm system in general, became nicknamed the "Baby Bombers".{{#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}}{{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}}

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).{{#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}} Judge won the 2017 Home Run Derby, making the Yankees the team with the most players in history to win a Home Run Derby.{{#invoke:Cite|news|date=July 11, 2017 |title=2017 Home Run Derby: Aaron Judge becomes fourth New York Yankees player to win |work=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}} Judge would end the season by winning Rookie of the Year, and finishing second in the AL MVP voting.{{Cite web |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}}

In the 2017–18 off-season, the Yankees made a couple moves including hiring Aaron Boone to succeed Girardi as their new manager.{{#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}} and trading for reigning National League Most Valuable Player Giancarlo Stanton.{{#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}} A right fielder who bats right-handed, Stanton hit 59 home runs and drove in 132 runs—both major league highs—in 2017;{{#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}} his contract was the largest player contract in the history of professional sports in North America at the time.{{#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}}{{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}}

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.{{#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}} The Yankees 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.{{#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}} The Yankees beat the Twins in a three-game sweep to advance to the ALCS for the second time in three seasons.{{#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}} However, on October 19, the Houston Astros beat the Yankees in the ALCS 4–2.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}}{{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}} In addition, with the 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.{{#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}}{{#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}}

On May 19, 2021, former Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber threw a no-hitter against the Texas Rangers. This was the Yankees 12th no-hitter of all time, and the first since David Cone's perfect game in 1999.{{#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}} The Yankees also recorded a record-tying three triple plays throughout the 2021 season.{{#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}}

In 2022, the Yankees clinched their 30th straight winning season.{{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}} 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.{{#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}} In the offseason, 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.{{#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}}

On December 21, 2022, Aaron Judge was named the 16th captain in Yankees history, after getting resigned to a nine-year, $360 million contract.{{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}} Judge was named the first captain of the team since Derek Jeter retired in 2014.{{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}}

On June 28, 2023, Domingo Germán threw the 24th perfect game in MLB history, and fourth in Yankees history.{{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}} After the 2023 season, shortstop Anthony Volpe became the first Yankee rookie to win the Gold Glove Award,{{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}} and Gerrit Cole won the AL Cy Young Award after posting a league leading 2.63 ERA and 0.981 WHIP.{{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}}

On December 6, 2023, the Yankees made a blockbuster trade for young superstar Juan Soto.{{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}} The addition of Soto helped boost the Yankees to capturing their 21st AL East title and securing the top seed in the American League,{{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}} 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.{{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}} 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 ALCS MVP, hitting four homeruns in the series.{{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}} The Yankees won their 41st 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.{{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}} 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.{{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}} 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.{{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}}

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{{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. The St. Louis Cardinals are in second place with 11 World Series championships with their last win in 2011. The Dodgers are second in total World Series appearances with 22.{{#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}} The Yankees have lost 14 World Series which is tied for the most in MLB with the Dodgers.{{#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}} The Yankees have faced the Dodgers in 12 World Series, going 8–4 overall.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}}

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.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}} The streak would reach 31 games, during which they hit 57 home runs.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}}{{#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}}

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.{{#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}}{{#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}}

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.{{rp|pages=18}} He stated the nickname "will fit into heads better". Their most prominently used 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.{{#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}} By 1935, the name had caught on among sportswriters around the country.{{#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}}{{#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}}

A less used nickname is "the Pinstripes" or "Pinstripers", in reference to the iconic feature on their home uniforms.{{#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}} The term "Murderers' Row" has historically been used to refer to both the 1920s Yankees and the team altogether.{{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}}{{#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}} 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.{{#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}}{{#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}} 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.{{#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=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}} 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.{{#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}} 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 musical of the same name.{{#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}}

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The Yankees logo and uniform design has changed throughout the team's history. During the inaugural Highlanders season in 1903, the uniform featured a large "N" and a "Y" on each breast.{{#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}}{{rp|pages=288}} In 1909, the "N" and "Y" were combined and was added to both the left breast and caps. 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. Three years later, black pinstripes were added to the Highlander uniforms for the first time.{{#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}} The current cap look, a navy blue hat with the white interlocking "NY" letters, was adopted in 1932. Both the home and away uniforms has been relatively unchanged since the 1920s and 1940s, respectively. The away uniform is grey in color with "NEW YORK" across the chest.{{#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}}

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Merchandise with the Yankees logo, such as baseball caps, is popular worldwide, including in countries where the sport of baseball is not popular. According to a 2023 New York Times report, for instance, Yankees caps (mostly 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, a status symbol, or a generic—perhaps chic—emblem of the West".{{#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}}

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With their recurring success since the 1920s, the Yankees have since been one of the most popular teams in the world,{{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}} with their fan base coming from much further than the New York metropolitan area.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}}

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. 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.{{#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}} The Yankees were the league leaders in "road attendance" each year from 2001 through 2006.{{#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}}

Some Yankees superfans have become notable in their own right. One famous fan was Freddy Schuman, popularly known as "Freddy Sez."{{#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}} 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.{{#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}} 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.{{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}}

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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.{{#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}} The Bleacher Creatures are known for their use of chants and songs, with the "roll call" at the beginning of each home game being the most prominent.{{#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}}

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.{{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}} 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.{{#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}}{{#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}}

In 2017, team management ordered the creation of a special cheer section within Section 104 for fans of Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge, called "the Judge's Chambers".{{#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}} They were the second AL team to create a special cheering section, following the Seattle Mariners and the "King's Court" for pitcher Félix Hernández.{{#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}} The Judge's Chambers was added in response to his rise as one of the league's most popular young stars.{{#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}} 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; prior to the addition of the section, fans were wearing white wigs and judicial robes to games in support of Judge.{{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}} 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.{{#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}}{{#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}}

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

The Yankees baseball club is formally owned by Yankee Global Enterprises, a holding company in turn majorly owned by the Steinbrenner family.{{#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}} Yankee Global Enterprises also has a majority stake in the YES Network, the Yankees main television network.{{#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}} Since purchasing the team from CBS in 1973, George Steinbrenner was involved in daily team operations, including player and manager signings.{{#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}} Steinbrenner retired from day-to-day team operations in 2005, handing over control to Steve Swindal, his then son-in-law.{{#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}} Swindal was bought out in 2007 with George's son Hal Steinbrenner becoming chairman of Yankee Global Enterprises and the team's managing partner.{{#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}} George Steinbrenner, citing declining health, formally handed control of the team to both Hal and brother Hank in October 2007.{{#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}} George Steinbrenner died in 2010 and Hank died ten years later, leaving Hal as the main managing partner.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}}

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 of La Liga, Manchester United of the Premier League and Barcelona of La Liga, a value of $2.3 billion.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}} In 2019, Forbes magazine again ranked the Yankees as the most valuable MLB team at $4.6 billion, up 15% from 2018, behind only the Dallas Cowboys.{{#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}} In 2022, the Yankees were again ranked as the second most valuable team behind the Cowboys, valued at $6 billion.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}} 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.{{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}}

With the long-term success of the franchise and a large Yankee fanbase, many fans of other teams have come to dislike the Yankees.{{#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}} When the Yankees are on the road, it is common for the home fans to chant "Yankees Suck".{{#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}} 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.

Much of the animosity toward the team may derive from its high payroll and perceptions that it "buys" champions instead of developing players.{{#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}}{{#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}} Their payroll was around $200 million at the start of the 2008 season, the highest of any American sports team.{{#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}} In 2005, the team's average player salary was $2.6 million with the Yankees having the five highest paid players in MLB.{{#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}} During his tenure as team owner, George Steinbrenner attracted controversy for his public criticism of players and managers and for high personnel turnover.{{#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}} Manager Billy Martin was hired and fired a total of five times under Steinbrenner. Chicago Tribune columnist Mike Royko noted, "Hating the Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax."{{#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}}

File:Yankee Stadium Grounds Crew Performing YMCA on 8-14-16.jpeg"|alt=Wide shot of the ground crew on the baseball field dancing.]]

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.{{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}}{{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.{{#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}} Another song strongly linked to the team is "New York, New York", which is played in the stadium after home games. George Steinbrenner started playing the song during the 1980 season. The Frank Sinatra cover version is traditionally played after victories, and the Liza Minnelli original version after losses.{{#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}}{{#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}} However, due to a complaint from Minnelli, the Yankees began playing the Frank Sinatra version after all home games, regardless of the result.{{#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}}{{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." This change was made after fans criticized the song being played following the 2024 World Series loss at home. {{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}}

A wide selection of songs are played regularly at the stadium, many of them live on the Stadium's Hammond organ.{{#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}} One of the popular songs is "God Bless America", which has been played during the seventh-inning stretch since September 11.{{#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}} The version typically played for many years since 2001 was an abbreviated version of Kate Smith's rendition.{{#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}} In 2019 the Yankees stopped playing Smith's rendition to allegations of racism in some of her songs.{{#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}} The team switched to a live version by the stadium organist during the stretch in the interim.{{#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}} In 2021, the organ version was replaced by a recording of the Robert Merrill cover of the song.{{#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}} Merrill was the national anthem singer in the old Yankees Stadium for Opening Day and other special events before passing away in 1998.{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Lucas |first=Ed |author-link=Ed Lucas |title=July 2, 2015 |work=NJ.com |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}} During the 5th inning, the grounds crew, while performing their duties, dance to "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.{{#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}} Molloy told Steinbrenner, who started to play the song at the stadium.{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Pearlman |first=Jeff |date=June 2008 |title="Y.M.C.A." (An Oral History) |pages=75–78 |work=Spin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I8dEa7CkvDwC&dq=george+steinbrenner+ymca&pg=PA78 |access-date=July 13, 2022}}

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

File:Michael Kay, Paul O'Neill, Ken Singleton in broadcast booth.jpg, 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 Yankees Entertainment and Sports (YES) Network was launched in 2002 and serves as the primary home of the New York Yankees.{{#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}} As of 2022, Michael Kay is the play-by-play announcer with David Cone, John Flaherty, and 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.{{#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}} Select games are available streaming only on Amazon Prime in the New York metropolitan area; these games formerly aired on WPIX and WWOR-TV.{{#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}} Radio broadcasts are on the Yankees Radio Network, the flagship station being WFAN 660 AM, with Dave Sims as the play-by-play announcer and Suzyn Waldman providing the commentary.{{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}}{{#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}} Spanish-language broadcasts are on WADO 1280 AM, with Rickie Ricardo calling the games.{{#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}}

• Mel Allen was the team's lead announcer from 1948 to 1964. He was known as "The voice of the Yankees."{{#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}}
• Russ Hodges had a brief stint with Mel Allen before he took over as the lead announcer with the New York Giants.{{#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}}
• Red Barber called Yankees games for 13 seasons, from 1954 to 1966.{{#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}}
• Jerry Coleman called Yankees games from 1963 to 1970. Coleman was the Yankees second baseman from 1949 to 1957.{{#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}}{{#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}}
• Joe Garagiola called Yankees games from 1965 to 1967.{{#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}}
• Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto and 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.{{#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}} Messer and White each worked nearly two decades for the Yankees,{{#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}} with White notably moving on to become president of the National League in 1989.{{#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}}
• 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.{{#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}}
• John Sterling called Yankees games on radio from 1989 to 2024, and also hosted select team-related programs on the YES Network.{{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}}

{{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}}

{{New York Yankees roster}}

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

The Yankees have retired 22 numbers for 24 individuals, the most in Major League Baseball.{{#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}}{{#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}}

{{retired number list|

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

{{retired number|image=DerekJeter2.jpg|name=Derek
Jeter|pos=SS|date=
May 14, 2017}}

{{retired number|image=BabeRuth3.jpg|name=Babe
Ruth|pos=RF|date=
June 13, 1948}}

{{retired number|image=LouGehrig4.jpg|name=Lou
Gehrig|pos=1B|date=
July 4, 1939}}

{{retired number|image=JoeDiMaggio5.jpg|name=Joe
DiMaggio|pos=CF|date=
April 18, 1952}}

{{retired number|image=JoeTorre6.jpg|name=Joe
Torre|pos=M|date=
August 23, 2014}}

{{retired number|image=MickeyMantle7.jpg|name=Mickey
Mantle|pos=CF, Coach|date=
June 8, 1969}}

{{retired number|image=BillDickey8.jpg|name=Bill
Dickey|pos=C, M, Coach|date=
July 22, 1972}}

{{retired number|image=YogiBerra8.jpg|name=Yogi
Berra|pos=C, M, Coach|date=
July 22, 1972}}

{{retired number|image=RogerMaris9.jpg|name=Roger
Maris|pos=RF|date=
July 21, 1984}}

{{retired number|image=PhilRizzuto10.jpg|name=Phil
Rizzuto|pos=SS|date=
August 4, 1985}}

{{retired number|image=ThurmanMunson15.jpg|name=Thurman
Munson|pos=C|date=
August 3, 1979}}

{{retired number|image=WhiteyFord16.jpg|name=Whitey
Ford|pos=SP, Coach|date=
August 3, 1974}}

{{retired number|image=JorgePosada20.jpg|name=Jorge
Posada|pos=C|date=
August 22, 2015}}

{{retired number|image=PaulO'Neill21.jpg|name=Paul
O'Neill|pos=RF|date=
August 21, 2022}}

{{retired number|image=DonMattingly23.jpg|name=Don
Mattingly|pos=1B, Coach|date=
August 31, 1997}}

{{retired number|image=ElstonHoward32.jpg|name=Elston
Howard|pos=C, Coach|date=
July 21, 1984}}

{{retired number|image=CaseyStengel37.jpg|name=Casey
Stengel|pos=M|date=
August 8, 1970}}

{{retired number|image=MarianoRivera42.jpg|name=Mariano
Rivera|pos=CP|date=
September 22, 2013}}

{{retired number|image=ReggieJackson44.jpg|name=Reggie
Jackson|pos=RF|date=
August 14, 1993}}

{{retired number|image=AndyPettitte46.jpg|name=Andy
Pettitte|pos=SP|date=
August 23, 2015}}

{{retired number|image=RonGuidry49.jpg|name=Ron
Guidry|pos=SP, Coach|date=
August 23, 2003}}

{{retired number|image=BernieWilliams51.jpg|name=Bernie
Williams|pos=CF|date=
May 24, 2015}}

{{retired number|image=Robinson42.jpg|name=Jackie
Robinson|pos=All MLB|honored=
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 place in center field between both bullpens.{{#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}} The 21 numbers are placed on the wall in chronological order, beginning with Lou Gehrig's number 4.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}} Beneath the numbers are plaques with the names of the players and a descriptive paragraph.

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 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.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}}

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.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}} Joe Torre managed the Yankees from 1996 to 2007, winning six pennants and four World Series championships.{{#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}} On May 14, 2017, the Yankees retired number 2 in honor of Derek Jeter.{{#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 }} This leaves 0 as the only single-digit number available for future Yankees, currently worn by pitcher Marcus Stroman.

{{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

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|List 1.2=Roger Bresnahan{{#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}}
Joe Kelley{{#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}}

|List 1.3=Joe McGinnity{{#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}}

|List 1.4=John McGraw{{#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}}
Wilbert Robinson{{#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}}

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|Team Name 2=New York Highlanders

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|List 2.2=Jack Chesbro {{dagger}}{{#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}}

|List 2.3=Clark Griffith{{#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}}
Willie Keeler {{dagger}}{{#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}}

|List 2.4=Branch Rickey{{#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}}

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|Team Name 3=New York Yankees

|List 3.1=Frank "Home Run" Baker{{#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}}
Ed Barrow {{dagger}}{{#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}}
Yogi Berra {{dagger}}{{#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}}
Wade Boggs{{#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}}
Frank Chance{{#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}}
Earle Combs {{dagger}}{{#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}}
Stan Coveleski{{#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}}
Bobby Cox{{#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}}
Bill Dickey {{dagger}}{{#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}}
Joe DiMaggio {{dagger}}{{#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}}
Leo Durocher{{#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}}

|List 3.2=Whitey Ford {{dagger}}{{#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}}
Lou Gehrig {{dagger}}{{#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}}
Lefty Gomez {{dagger}}{{#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}}
Joe Gordon {{dagger}}{{#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}}
Goose Gossage {{dagger}}{{#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}}
Burleigh Grimes{{#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}}
Bucky Harris{{#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}}
Rickey Henderson{{#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}}
Waite Hoyt {{dagger}}{{#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}}
Miller Huggins {{dagger}}{{#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 }}
Catfish Hunter{{#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}}

|List 3.3=Reggie Jackson{{#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}}
Derek Jeter {{dagger}}{{#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}}
Randy Johnson{{#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}}
Jim Kaat{{#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}}
Tony Lazzeri {{dagger}}{{#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}}
Bob Lemon{{#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}}
Larry MacPhail{{#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}}
Lee MacPhail{{#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}}
Mickey Mantle {{dagger}}{{#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}}
Joe McCarthy {{dagger}}{{#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}}
Johnny Mize{{#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}}

|List 3.4=Mike Mussina{{#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}}
Phil Niekro{{#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}}
Herb Pennock {{dagger}}{{#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}}
Gaylord Perry{{#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}}
Tim Raines{{#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}}
Mariano Rivera {{dagger}}{{#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}}
Phil Rizzuto {{dagger}}{{#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}}
Iván Rodríguez{{#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}}
Red Ruffing {{dagger}}{{#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}}
Jacob Ruppert {{dagger}}{{#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}}
Babe Ruth {{dagger}}{{#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}}

|List 3.5=CC Sabathia {{dagger}}{{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}}
Enos Slaughter{{#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}}
Joe Sewell{{#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}}
Lee Smith{{#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}}
Casey Stengel {{dagger}}{{#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}}
Ichiro Suzuki{{#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}}
Joe Torre {{dagger}}{{#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}}
Dazzy Vance{{#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}}
Paul Waner{{#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}}
George Weiss {{dagger}}{{#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}}
Dave Winfield {{dagger}}{{#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}}

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{{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{{#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}}
Red Barber{{#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}}|List 2=Buck Canel{{#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}}
Jerry Coleman **{{#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}}|List 3=Joe Garagiola{{#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}}
Curt Gowdy{{#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}}|List 4=Al Helfer{{#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}}
Russ Hodges{{#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}}|List 5=Tony Kubek **{{#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}}|Footnote1=** Played as a Yankee|Footnote2=|Footnote3=|Footnote4=}}

The Yankees have multiple rivalries across the league, most notably The Boston Red Sox. The Yankees have also had historical rivalries with former crosstown National League teams the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants, and current crosstown rivals the New York Mets. The much storied Dodgers–Yankees rivalry goes back to the Dodgers' tenure in Brooklyn. The two teams have met in the World Series 12 times including five matchups since the Dodgers relocated 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 Houston Astros sign stealing scandal.{{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}}{{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}}

{{main|Yankees–Red Sox rivalry}}

The Yankees–Red Sox rivalry is one of the oldest, most famous, and fiercest rivalries in professional sports.{{sfn|Shaughnessy|2005|page=21}}{{sfn|Frommer|Frommer|2004|page=78}}{{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}} The inaugural game between the two teams occurred more than 100 years ago, in 1903, when the Yankees (then known as the Highlanders) hosted the Red Sox (then named the Americans) at Hilltop Park.{{#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}} One of the major aspects of the rivalry is the Curse of the Bambino, where Babe Ruth was traded to the Yankees in 1920.{{#invoke:Cite|news|last=Reints |first=Renae |date=October 26, 2017 |title=TBT: The Curse of the Bambino Is Broken |work=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}} Following the trade, the Red Sox did not win a World Series for 86 years, until 2004.{{#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}}

The rivalry is sometimes so polarizing that it is often a heated subject, especially in the Northeastern United States.{{sfn|Shaughnessy|2005|page=19}}{{#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}} Since the inception of the wild card team and an added Division Series, the rivals have met in the playoffs five times (with the Yankees winning the 1999 and 2003 American League Championship Series and the Red Sox winning in the 2004 American League Championship Series, 2018 American League Division Series and the 2021 American League Wild Card Game).{{#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}}{{#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}} In addition, the teams have twice met in the last regular-season series of a season to decide the AL pennant, in 1904 (when the Red Sox won) and 1949 (when the Yankees won). Games between the two teams are often broadcast on national television and often yield high television ratings.{{#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}}{{#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}}

The teams also finished tied for first in 1978, when the Yankees won a high-profile tie-breaker playoff for the AL East division title.{{sfn|Frommer|Frommer|2004|pages=177–179}} The 1978 division race is memorable for the Red Sox having held a 14-game lead over the Yankees more than halfway through the season.{{sfn|Frommer|Frommer|2004|page=175}} Similarly, the 2004 ALCS is notable for the Yankees leading 3 games to 0 and ultimately losing the next four games and the series. The Red Sox comeback was the only time in MLB history that a team has come back from a 0–3 deficit to win a postseason series.{{#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}}

{{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.{{#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}} Historically, the term "Subway Series" referred to games played between the Yankees and either the New York Giants or the Brooklyn Dodgers.{{#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}} When the Dodgers and Giants moved to California in the late 1950s, the New York Mets were established as an expansion team in 1962.{{#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}} 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.{{#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}} The most recent World Series between the two New York teams was in 2000, when the Yankees defeated the Mets, in five games.{{#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}} Since 1997, the term Subway Series has also been applied to interleague play during the regular season between the Yankees and National League New York Mets.{{#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}}

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

The New York Yankees farm system consists of six minor league affiliates.{{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}}

• List of World Series champions
• List of New York Yankees managers

{{notelist}}

{{Reflist|30em}}

• {{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}}
• {{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

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

• {{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}}
• {{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}}
• {{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}}
• [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 }}

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• {{MLBTeam|NewYork|Yankees|NYY}}
• [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.
• [https://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.sportsecyclopedia.com/al/nyyanks/yankees.html Sports E-Cyclopedia]

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1959

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1960

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1995

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1940

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1940

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