New York Yankees is amongst the five baseball teams from Bronx to play in East Division of American League. The logo of the Yankees is an intertwined “NY”. With 13 American League East Division championships, 39 Pennant titles and 26 World Championships the Yankees are one of the baseball leaders today. 

History of New York Yankees

The rocking history of the great Yankees dates back to the beginning of the 20^th century. Earlier known as Baltimore Orioles during the years 1901-1902 and New York Highlanders during 1903-1912 this team played its first match on April 26, 1901 as Baltimore Orioles. The team was renamed as New York Yankees in the year 1913. The team couldn’t hold even a single title before 1920.  

The team emerged to be one of the most prominent names during the period of 1920-1930 with talented players like Babe Ruth. The World Title came to them for the first time in the 1923 World Series. With four successive victories during 1936-1939, the Yankees claimed the Pennant title 11 times between 1920 and 1940.

The New York Yankees regained its dominance during 1940-1964 with the record victories such as World Pennant title 17 times & World Championship 12 times. The awesome New York Yankees team of that time continued to hold the World Championship for a successive 5 years between 1934 and 1953. These victories were made possible with the tremendous efforts of prominent players like Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle. 

Between 1964 and 1997, although they become Division Champion 7 times and World Champion 3 times, they were not the same dominant team as of mid 90s. The World Championship from 1998-2000 and Division Championship from 1998-2004 made them the most powerful team once again. 

New York Yankees owes its fame to the great players such as Earle Combs, Frank Baker, Phil Rizzuto, Joe Sewell, Enos Slaughter, Dazzy Vance, Yogi Berra, Lee MacPhail, Joe McCarthy and Mickey Mantle. 

There are several other prominent names also that make the Yankees a big name in the world of baseball. The eminent retired numbers of the great Yankees are #3 Babe Ruth, #5 Joe DiMaggio, #7 Mickey Mantle, #4 Lou Gehrig, #8 Yogi Berra, #16 White Ford and #10 Phil Rizzuto. 

Stadium History of New York Yankees

Oriole Park was the first stadium for the New York Yankees then known as Baltimore Orioles. They played there for 2 years from 1901-1902. Then they move to Hilltop Park. Hilltop Park, with a capacity of 16,000 seats became the home ground for the Yankees in 1903. The New York Yankees were famous by the name of New York Highlanders at that time. The Yankees continued to play there till the year 1912. 

The team was called up to play at Polo Grounds in 1913, the official area of New York Giants. After playing for 10 years the New York Yankees shifted to Yankees Stadium in 1923. The Yankees played the stadium’s opening game on April 18. Some reconstruction and renewal work undergoing at Yankees Stadium caused them to move to the Shea Stadium in 1973. The Yankees spent two years at Shea Stadium and then returned to Yankees Stadium on April 15, 1976. 

The Yankees Stadium hasn’t observed any drastic transformation since the late 1970s. A few but significant changes have made Yankees Stadium a perfect place for the spectators.