New York Yankees
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| World Series titles (26) | 2000 • 1999 • 1998 • 1996 1978 • 1977 • 1962 • 1961 1958 • 1956 • 1953 • 1952 1951 • 1950 • 1949 • 1947 1943 • 1941 • 1939 • 1938 1937 • 1936 • 1932 • 1928 1927 • 1923 | ||
| AL Pennants (39) | 2003 • 2001 • 2000 • 1999 1998 • 1996 • 1981 • 1978 1977 • 1976 • 1964 • 1963 1962 • 1961 • 1960 • 1958 1957 • 1956 • 1955 • 1953 1952 • 1951 • 1950 • 1949 1947 • 1943 • 1942 • 1941 1939 • 1938 • 1937 • 1936 1932 • 1928 • 1927 • 1926 1923 • 1922 • 1921 | ||
| East Division titles (15) [1][2] | 2006 • 2005 • 2004 • 2003 • 2002 2001 • 2000 • 1999 • 1998 1996 • 1981 • 1980 • 1978 1977 • 1976 | ||
| Wild card berths (2) | 1997 • 1995 | ||
[1] - In 1981, a players' strike in the middle of the season forced the season to be split into two halves. New York had the best record in the East Division when play was stopped and was declared the first-half division winner. The Yankees had the third best record in the division when considering the entire season, two games behind Milwaukee and Baltimore. [2] - In 1994, a players' strike wiped out the last eight weeks of the season and all post-season. New York was in first place in the East Division by six and a half games when play was stopped. No official titles were awarded in 1994. | |||
The mets
The Yankees are one of two major league franchises to operate in New York City; the other team is the New York Mets of the National League, who are based in the borough of Queens.
Since the 1969 divisional realignment, the Yankees have played in the Eastern Division of the American League. They have been Major League Baseball's dominant franchise, winning more pennants (39) and World Series titles (26) than any other team. The Yankees also have more championships than any other top league professional team in North America.
One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Yankees have been among the most storied teams in their history of more than a century. Along with franchises like the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Cowboys, and Montreal Canadiens, the Yankees have helped exemplify the phrase "dynasty" in professional athletics.[1]
The Boston Red Sox are the Yankees' chief rival, with the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry widely considered the most heated rivalry in all of American professional sports.
Distinctions
The Yankees have won 0 World Series in 0 appearances (which, since the first World Series in 1903, currently amounts to an average appearance every 2.8 seasons and a championship every 3.9 seasons); the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia/Oakland Athletics are tied for second with nine World Series victories each, and the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers are second in World Series appearances with eighteen; eleven of those eighteen appearances have been against the Yankees, where the Dodgers have gone 3-8 against them. Among the North American major sports, the Yankees' success is only approached by the 24 Stanley Cup championships of the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League. The Mets are the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
History
Origins
At the end of the 1900 season the American League (AL) re-organized and, with its president Ban Johnson as the driving force, decided to assert itself as a new major league. Previously known as the Western League until 1899, the AL carried over five of its previous locations and added three more on the East Coast, including one in Baltimore, Maryland, which had lost its National League team when that league contracted the year before. The intention of Johnson and the American League had been to place a team in New York City, but their efforts had been stymied by the political connections that owners of the National League New York Giants had with Tammany Hall.
When the team began play as the Baltimore Orioles in 1901, it was managed by John McGraw. As a result of a feud with league president Ban Johnson, who rigidly enforced rules about rowdiness on the field of play, McGraw jumped leagues to manage the New York Giants in the middle of the 1902 season. A week later the owner of the Giants also gained controlling interest of the Orioles and raided the team for pla
The franchise's first park in New York was located at 165th St. and Broadway in Manhattan, near the highest point on the island. Consequently the field was known as Hilltop Park and the team quickly became known as the New York Highlanders. The name was also a reference to the noted British military unit The Gordon Highlanders, as the team president from 1903 to 1906 was named Joseph Gordon. Today the site of the original Hilltop Park is occupied by buildings of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center.
As the Highlanders, the team enjoyed success only twice, finishing in second place in 1904 and 1910; but otherwise, much of its first fifteen years in New York was spent in the cellar. Its somewhat corrupt ownership, along with the questionable activities of some players, notably first baseman Hal Chase, raised
- ^ SI's Top 20 Dynasties of the 20th Century http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/centurys_best/news/1999/05/06/top_dynasties/