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	SEASON		TEAM		LEAGUE		W		L		PCT		GB		ATTENDANCE
	2007		New York Yankees		American League		94		68		.580		2.0		4,271,083
	2006		New York Yankees		American League		97		65		.599		-		4,243,780
	2005		New York Yankees		American League		95		67		.586		-		4,090,440
	2004		New York Yankees		American League		101		61		.623		-		3,775,294
	2003		New York Yankees		American League		101		61		.623		-		3,465,600
	2002		New York Yankees		American League		103		58		.640		-		3,465,807
	2001		New York Yankees		American League		95		65		.594		-		3,264,847
	2000		New York Yankees		American League		87		74		.540		-		3,227,657
	1999		New York Yankees		American League		98		64		.605		-		3,293,259
	1998		New York Yankees		American League		114		48		.704		-		2,919,046
	1997		New York Yankees		American League		96		66		.593		2.0		2,580,325
	1996		New York Yankees		American League		92		70		.568		-		2,250,877
	1995		New York Yankees		American League		79		65		.549		7.0		1,705,263
	1994		New York Yankees		American League		70		43		.619		-		1,675,556
	1993		New York Yankees		American League		88		74		.543		7.0		2,416,965
	1992		New York Yankees		American League		76		86		.469		20.0		1,748,733
	1991		New York Yankees		American League		71		91		.438		20.0		1,863,733
	1990		New York Yankees		American League		67		95		.414		21.0		2,006,436
	1989		New York Yankees		American League		74		87		.460		14.5		2,170,485
	1988		New York Yankees		American League		85		76		.528		3.5		2,633,701
	1987		New York Yankees		American League		89		73		.549		9.0		2,427,672
	1986		New York Yankees		American League		90		72		.556		5.5		2,268,030
	1985		New York Yankees		American League		97		64		.602		2.0		2,214,587
	1984		New York Yankees		American League		87		75		.537		17.0		1,821,815
	1983		New York Yankees		American League		91		71		.562		7.0		2,257,976
	1982		New York Yankees		American League		79		83		.488		16.0		2,041,219
	1981		New York Yankees		American League		59		48		.551		2.0		1,614,353
	1980		New York Yankees		American League		103		59		.636		-		2,627,417
	1979		New York Yankees		American League		89		71		.556		13.5		2,537,765
	1978		New York Yankees		American League		100		63		.613		-		2,335,871
	1977		New York Yankees		American League		100		62		.617		-		2,103,092
	1976		New York Yankees		American League		97		62		.610		-		2,012,434
	1975		New York Yankees		American League		83		77		.519		12.0		1,288,048
	1974		New York Yankees		American League		89		73		.549		2.0		1,273,075
	1973		New York Yankees		American League		80		82		.494		17.0		1,262,103
	1972		New York Yankees		American League		79		76		.510		6.5		966,328
	1971		New York Yankees		American League		82		80		.506		21.0		1,070,771
	1970		New York Yankees		American League		93		69		.574		15.0		1,136,879
	1969		New York Yankees		American League		80		81		.497		28.5		1,067,996
	1968		New York Yankees		American League		83		79		.512		20.0		1,185,666
	1967		New York Yankees		American League		72		90		.444		20.0		1,259,514
	1966		New York Yankees		American League		70		89		.440		26.5		1,124,648
	1965		New York Yankees		American League		77		85		.475		25.0		1,213,552
	1964		New York Yankees		American League		99		63		.611		-		1,305,638
	1963		New York Yankees		American League		104		57		.646		-		1,308,920
	1962		New York Yankees		American League		96		66		.593		-		1,493,574
	1961		New York Yankees		American League		109		53		.673		-		1,747,725
	1960		New York Yankees		American League		97		57		.630		-		1,627,349
	1959		New York Yankees		American League		79		75		.513		15.0		1,552,030
	1958		New York Yankees		American League		92		62		.597		-		1,428,438
	1957		New York Yankees		American League		98		56		.636		-		1,497,134
	1956		New York Yankees		American League		97		57		.630		-		1,491,784
	1955		New York Yankees		American League		96		58		.623		-		1,490,138
	1954		New York Yankees		American League		103		51		.669		8.0		1,475,171
	1953		New York Yankees		American League		99		52		.656		-		1,537,811
	1952		New York Yankees		American League		95		59		.617		-		1,629,665
	1951		New York Yankees		American League		98		56		.636		-		1,950,107
	1950		New York Yankees		American League		98		56		.636		-		2,081,380
	1949		New York Yankees		American League		97		57		.630		-		2,283,676
	1948		New York Yankees		American League		94		60		.610		2.5		2,373,901
	1947		New York Yankees		American League		97		57		.630		-		2,178,937
	1946		New York Yankees		American League		87		67		.565		17.0		2,265,512
	1945		New York Yankees		American League		81		71		.533		6.5		881,845
1944	New York Yankees	American League	83	71	.539	6.0	789,995
1943	New York Yankees	American League	98	56	.636	-	618,330
1942	New York Yankees	American League	103	51	.669	-	922,011
1941	New York Yankees	American League	101	53	.656	-	964,722
1940	New York Yankees	American League	88	66	.571	2.0	988,975
1939	New York Yankees	American League	106	45	.702	-	859,785
1938	New York Yankees	American League	99	53	.651	-	970,916
1937	New York Yankees	American League	102	52	.662	-	998,148
1936	New York Yankees	American League	102	51	.667	-	976,913
1935	New York Yankees	American League	89	60	.597	3.0	657,508
1934	New York Yankees	American League	94	60	.610	7.0	854,682
1933	New York Yankees	American League	91	59	.607	7.0	728,014
1932	New York Yankees	American League	107	47	.695	-	962,320
1931	New York Yankees	American League	94	59	.614	13.5	912,437
1930	New York Yankees	American League	86	68	.558	16.0	1,169,230
1929	New York Yankees	American League	88	66	.571	18.0	960,148
1928	New York Yankees	American League	101	53	.656	-	1,072,132
1927	New York Yankees	American League	110	44	.714	-	1,164,015
1926	New York Yankees	American League	91	63	.591	-	1,027,675
1925	New York Yankees	American League	69	85	.448	28.5	697,267
1924	New York Yankees	American League	89	63	.586	2.0	1,053,533
1923	New York Yankees	American League	98	54	.645	-	1,007,066
1922	New York Yankees	American League	94	60	.610	-	1,026,134
1921	New York Yankees	American League	98	55	.641	-	1,230,696
1920	New York Yankees	American League	95	59	.617	3.0	1,289,422
1919	New York Yankees	American League	80	59	.576	7.5	619,164
1918	New York Yankees	American League	60	63	.488	13.5	282,047
1917	New York Yankees	American League	71	82	.464	28.5	330,294
1916	New York Yankees	American League	80	74	.519	11.0	469,211
1915	New York Yankees	American League	69	83	.454	32.5	256,035
1914	New York Yankees	American League	70	84	.455	30.0	359,477
1913	New York Yankees	American League	57	94	.377	38.0	357,551
1912	New York Highlanders	American League	50	102	.329	55.0	242,194
1911	New York Highlanders	American League	76	76	.500	25.5	302,444
1910	New York Highlanders	American League	88	63	.583	14.5	355,857
1909	New York Highlanders	American League	74	77	.490	23.5	501,700
1908	New York Highlanders	American League	51	103	.331	39.5	305,500
1907	New York Highlanders	American League	70	78	.473	21.0	350,020
1906	New York Highlanders	American League	90	61	.596	3.0	434,700
1905	New York Highlanders	American League	71	78	.477	21.5	309,100
1904	New York Highlanders	American League	92	59	.609	1.5	438,919
1903	New York Highlanders	American League	72	62	.537	17.0	211,808

YANKEES POSTSEASON RESULTS

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2007	AL Division Series	Cleveland Indians	Lost, 3-1
2006	AL Division Series	Detroit Tigers	Lost, 3-1
2005	AL Division Series	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	Lost, 3-2
2004	AL Championship Series	Boston Red Sox	Lost, 3-4
	AL Division Series	Minnesota Twins	Won, 3-1
2003	World Series	Florida Marlins	Lost, 4-2
	AL Championship Series	Boston Red Sox	Won, 4-3
	AL Division Series	Minnesota Twins	Won, 3-1
2002	AL Division Series	Anaheim Angels	Lost, 3-1
2001	World Series	Arizona Diamondbacks	Lost, 4-3
	AL Championship Series	Seattle Mariners	Won, 4-1
	AL Division Series	Oakland A's	Won, 3-2
2000	World Series	New York Mets	Won, 4-1
	AL Championship Series	Seattle Mariners	Won, 4-2
	AL Division Series	Oakland A's	Won, 3-2
1999	World Series	Atlanta Braves	Won, 4-0
	AL Championship Series	Boston Red Sox	Won, 4-1
	AL Division Series	Texas Rangers	Won, 3-0
1998	World Series	San Diego Padres	Won, 4-0
	AL Championship Series	Cleveland Indians	Won, 4-2
	AL Division Series	Texas Rangers	Won, 3-0
1997	AL Division Series	Cleveland Indians	Lost, 3-2
1996	World Series	Atlanta Braves	Won, 4-2
	AL Championship Series	Baltimore Orioles	Won, 4-1
	AL Division Series	Texas Rangers	Won, 3-1
1995	AL Division Series	Seattle Mariners	Lost, 3-2
1981	World Series	Los Angeles Dodgers	Lost, 4-2
	AL Championship Series	Oakland Athletics	Won, 3-0
	Eastern Division Series	Milwaukee Brewers	Won, 3-2
1980	AL Championship Series	Kansas City Royals	Lost, 3-0
1978	World Series	Los Angeles Dodgers	Won, 4-2
	AL Championship Series	Kansas City Royals	Won, 3-1
1977	World Series	Los Angeles Dodgers	Won, 4-2
	AL Championship Series	Kansas City Royals	Won, 3-2
1976	World Series	Cincinnati Reds	Lost, 4-0
	AL Championship Series	Kansas City Royals	Won, 3-2
1964	World Series	St. Louis Cardinals	Lost, 4-3
1963	World Series	Los Angeles Dodgers	Lost, 0-4
1962	World Series	San Francisco Giants	Won, 4-3
1961	World Series	Cincinnati Reds	Won, 4-1
1960	World Series	Pittsburgh Pirates	Lost, 4-3
1958	World Series	Milwaukee Braves	Won, 4-3
1957	World Series	Milwaukee Braves	Lost, 4-3
1956	World Series	Brooklyn Dodgers	Won, 4-3
1955	World Series	Brooklyn Dodgers	Lost, 4-3
1953	World Series	Brooklyn Dodgers	Won, 4-2
1952	World Series	Brooklyn Dodgers	Won, 4-3
1951	World Series	New York Giants	Won, 4-2
1950	World Series	Philadelphia Phillies	Won, 4-0
1949	World Series	Brooklyn Dodgers	Won, 4-1
1947	World Series	Brooklyn Dodgers	Won, 4-3
1943	World Series	St. Louis Cardinals	Won, 4-1
1942	World Series	St. Louis Cardinals	Lost, 4-1
1941	World Series	Brooklyn Dodgers	Won, 4-1
1939	World Series	Cincinnati Reds	Won, 4-0
1938	World Series	Chicago Cubs	Won, 4-0
1937	World Series	New York Giants	Won, 4-1
1936	World Series	New York Giants	Won, 4-2
1932	World Series	Chicago Cubs	Won, 4-0
1928	World Series	St. Louis Cardinals	Won, 4-0
1927	World Series	Pittsburgh Pirates	Won, 4-0
1926	World Series	St. Louis Cardinals	Lost, 4-3
1923	World Series	New York Giants	Won, 4-2
1922	World Series	New York Giants	Lost, 4-0
1921	World Series	Giants	Lost, 5-3

Some Yankee History...

The New York Yankees first played ball in 1903 and since that time over 1,200 ball players have had the privilege of putting on the Yankee pinstripes. Since their introduction to the game, the Yankees have dominated the sport and have won a total of 35 Pennants and 24 World Series. It all started in 1903 when Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchased the Baltimore franchise for $18,000 and moved it to New York. The team first starting playing at the famous 10,000 seat Hilltop Park. The team was then called the Highlanders as the stadium sat on Broadway and 168th Street in Upper Manhattan. The Highlanders first coach was Clark Griffith, who was also a pitcher and won 14 games in 1903, who was hired away from the Chicago Whitesox. In the first year of existence, the highlanders finished in fourth place. The following year the great Jack Chesbro won an incredible 41 games, but the Highlanders still finished second behind Boston.
In 1913, the team changed its name to the Yankees. With the name change also came a move from Hilltop Park to the Polo Grounds. The Yankees were so popular that they outgrew Hilltop Park as fans gathered and overfilled the ballpark. Without much success and little money, Farrell and Devery sold the team to Colonels Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston and Jacob Ruppert for the sum of $460,000. At that time the new ownership wanted to change the name of team to the "Knickerbockers" after Ruppert's beer business as a part of a promotional plan. Major outcry from the fans and media caused Ruppert to change his mind and keep the name "Yankees". After three more years of more unsuccessful seasons, the Yankees decided to hire the great Miller Huggins. Huggins had an immediate impact on the team as they started moving up in the standings. But as we all know, they greatest player ever to play the game was about to make his impact on the sport. The only downside was that we would have to wait until 1920.

The day after Christmas in 1919, the greatest deal in the history of sports took place. Harry Frazee was to receive a total of $100,00 in return for George Herman Ruth. Col. Jacob Ruppert also agreed to loan the sum of $300,000 to Frazee to guarantee his mortgage on Fenway Park. Baseball, as we know it today, would forever be changed. The Yankees agreed to pay "The Babe" the sum of $20,000 for the 1920 season. That season Ruth hit an amazing 54 homeruns, more than any team in baseball except the Phillies. The Yankees hit an amazing 115 homeruns as a team. In 1920, Ruth hit .376 and had 137 RBIs, along with a record slugging percentage of .847. Ruth helped baseball overcome the scandal that hit baseball in 1919 called the "Black Sox Scandal" in which White Sox players were accused of throwing the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. Also in 1920, the Yankees finally drew over 1 million fans to the ballpark with a total of 1,289,422. Ruth became the greatest sports hero of all-time surpassing the likes of Red Grange, Bobby Jones, Jack Johnson, and Jack Dempsey. He would change the game of baseball forever and be known by most as the greatest player ever to play the game. There is more great history to come....Check back soon.

The Yankee have amassed a total of 26 World Championships!

History of the Yankee Uniform

What would become the most recognizable insignia in sports—the interlocking "NY"—made its first appearance on the uniforms of the New York Highlanders in 1909. The design was actually created in 1877 by Louis B. Tiffany for a medal to be given by the New York City Police Department to Officer John McDowell, the first NYC policeman shot in the line of duty. Perhaps because one of the club’s owners, Bill Devery, was a former NYC police chief, the design was adopted by the Highlanders. It first appeared on both the cap and on the jersey’s left sleeve, replacing the separated "N" and "Y" which had appeared on the left and right breast each season since 1903 with the exception of 1905. For that season only, the "N" and "Y" were merged side by side into a monogram on the left breast—actually a forerunner of the now legendary emblem.

In 1912, their final season at Hilltop Park, the Yankees—as they were now commonly known—made a fashionable debut at their home opener on April 11. Their traditional white uniforms were now trimmed with black pinstripes, creating a look that would become the most famous uniform design in sports history. The Yankees, however, were not the first team with pinstripes and would actually abandon the look for the next two seasons. By 1915, though, the pinstripes were back for good and, with the exception of the cap, the uniform would remain relatively unchanged.

The Yankees utilized numerous cap designs—including pinstripes—from 1903 until 1922 when they finally settled on a solid navy cap with the interlocking "NY" insignia. Only one more element would now be needed to achieve a look that remains in place today. In 1917, the Yankees removed the "NY" monogram from the jersey and went with a plain, pinstripes-only look. The "NY" remained off the uniform—except for the cap—for the next 20 years until it was reinstated in 1936. The legendary Babe Ruth, therefore, actually played his entire Yankee career without ever wearing the club’s now-legendary insignia on his jersey. With the exception of minor alterations—including bolder pinstripes in the forties—the Yankee uniform has remained unchanged for more than 60 years and has, of course, grown into another of the team’s great traditions.

YANKEES WERE FIRST TO MAKE UNIFORM NUMBERS PERMANENT
In 1929, the New York Yankees became the first team to make numbers a permanent part of the uniform. Other teams quickly adopted the idea and, by 1932, uniform numbers became standard for all teams. The initial distribution of numbers on the Yankees was made according to the player’s position in the batting order. Therefore, in 1929, leadoff hitter Earle Combs wore #1, Mark Koenig #2, Babe Ruth #3, Lou Gehrig #4, Bob Meusel #5, Tony Lazzeri #6, Leo Durocher #7, Johnny Grabowski #8, Benny Bengough #9, Bill Dickey #10 (Grabowski, Bengough and Dickey shared the catching duties).

WHY THE YANKEES?
When the American League moved the Baltimore Orioles to New York for the 1903 season, the club made its home at 168th Street and Broadway, one of the highest spots in Manhattan. The team would, therefore, be known as the "Highlanders" and their field "Hilltop Park." As early as 1905, however, the name "Yankees" began popping up in newspapers whose editors undoubtedly were searching for a shorter name for their headlines. By the time the franchise moved from decaying Hilltop Park to the Polo Grounds in 1913, it officially changed its name to the by then commonly-used "New York Yankees."

Important Dates in Yankee History

January 9, 1903
Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchase the defunct Baltimore franchise of the American League for $18,000 and then move the team to Manhattan.

March 12, 1903
The New York franchise is approved as a member of the American League. The team will play in a hastily constructed, all-wood park at 168th Street and Broadway. Because the site is one of the highest spots in Manhattan, the club will be known as the "Highlanders" and their home field "Hilltop Park."

April 22, 1903
The Highlanders play their first game, a 3-1 loss at Washington.

April 23, 1903
The Highlanders record the first win in franchise history, a 7-2 decision at Washington. Harry Howell recorded the win.

April 30, 1903
The Highlanders notch a 6-2 win vs. Washington in their inaugural home opener at Hilltop Park.

April 11, 1912
Pinstripes first appear on Highlanders' uniforms, creating a look that would become the most famous uniform design in sports.

April, 1913
The Highlanders are officially renamed the "Yankees" after moving to the Polo Grounds, home of the National League's New York Giants.

January 11, 1915
Col. Jacob Ruppert and Col. Tillinghast L’Hommedieu Huston purchase the Yankees for $460,000.

April 24, 1917
George Mogridge becomes the first Yankee to throw a no-hitter in a 2-1 win at Fenway Park.

January 3, 1920
The Yankees purchase the contract of Babe Ruth from the Boston Red Sox for $125,000 and a $350,000 loan against the mortgage on Fenway Park.

September, 1921
The Yankees clinch the first of their 35 A.L. pennants.

May 5, 1922
Construction begins on Yankee Stadium.

May 21, 1922
Col. Ruppert buys out Col. Huston for $1,500,000.

April 18, 1923
Yankee Stadium opens with a 4-1 win over the Boston Red Sox before a reported crowd of 74,200. Babe Ruth hits the Stadium's first home run.

October 15, 1923
The Yankees defeat the New York Giants, after World Series losses to their cross-town rivals in 1921 and 1922, for the first of 25 World Championships.

June 1, 1925
Lou Gehrig begins his record streak of 2,130 consecutive games played, pinch-hitting for Pee Wee Wanniger.

September 30, 1927
Babe Ruth breaks his own Major-League record with his 60th home run on the season's final day.

April 20, 1928
The Yankee's sixth season at Yankee Stadium opens with the left-field stands enlarged to three decks.

April 16, 1929
The Yankees become the first team to make numbers a permanent part of the uniform (numbers would become standard for all teams by 1932).

September 25, 1929
Manager Miller Huggins, who guided the Yankees to their first six A.L. pennants and three World Championships, dies of blood poisoning.

June 3, 1932
Lou Gehrig becomes the first player to hit four home runs in a single game in the Yankees' 20-13 win at Philadelphia. He remains the only Yankee to hit four home runs in one game.

July 14, 1934
Babe Ruth hits the 700th home run of his career off Tommy Bridges in the second inning of a 4-2 Yankees' win at Detroit's Navin Field.

November 21, 1934
The Yankees purchase Joe DiMaggio from the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League for $50,000.

April 20, 1937
The Yankees' 15th season at Yankee Stadium opens with the right-field stands enlarged to three decks. The wooden bleachers are replaced by a concrete structure with the distance to center field dropping from 490 to 461 feet.

May 30, 1938
A franchise-record crowd of 81,841 attends a doubleheader sweep of the Boston Red Sox.

May 2, 1939
Lou Gehrig’s playing streak of 2,130 consecutive games ends when he does not make an appearance in a 22-2 Yankees' win at Detroit. Babe Dahlgren plays first base for the Yankees and contributes a double and a home run.

July 4, 1939
"Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day" is held at Yankee Stadium. His uniform number (4) is the first to be retired in Major League Baseball and Gehrig makes his famous "Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth" speech.

May 15, 1941
Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak begins with a single off Edgar Smith in a 13-1 loss vs. Chicago at Yankee Stadium.

June 2, 1941
Lou Gehrig dies of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis at the age of 37.

July 17, 1941
Joe DiMaggio’s consecutive-game hitting streak ends at 56 when he goes 0-for-3 in a 4-3 Yankees' win at Cleveland. Indians' third baseman Ken Keltner twice robs DiMaggio of hits with great fielding plays. DiMaggio then hits in the next 16 straight games to give him hits in 72 of 73 games.

January 25, 1945
Dan Topping, Del Webb and Larry MacPhail purchase the Yankees for $2,800,000 from the estate of the late Col. Jacob Ruppert. MacPhail replaces Ed Barrow as President and General Manager.

May 28, 1946
The first night game is played at Yankee Stadium and the Yankees suffer a 2-1 loss vs. Washington before 49,917 fans.

April 27, 1947
"Babe Ruth Day" is celebrated throughout Major League Baseball.

June 13, 1948
Babe Ruth’s uniform number (3) is retired at Yankee Stadium's 25th Anniversary celebration. The Babe makes his final Stadium appearance.

August 16, 1948
Babe Ruth dies in New York of throat cancer at age 53.

October 12, 1948
The Yankees announce that Casey Stengel will replace Bucky Harris as manager.

April 17, 1951
Mickey Mantle makes his Major-League debut, going 1-for-4 in a 4-0 win vs. Boston at Yankee Stadium.

September 28, 1951
In Game One of doubleheader vs. Boston at Yankee Stadium, Allie Reynolds tosses his second no-hitter of the season (he had previously no-hit the Indians at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland on July 12).

December 12, 1951
Joe DiMaggio officially announces his retirement.

April 17, 1953
Exactly two years after his Yankee debut, Mickey Mantle hits what is recognized as the game's first "tape-measure" home run, a 565-foot clout off the Senators' Chuck Stobbs at Washington's Griffith Stadium.

October 5, 1953
The Yankees win a record fifth consecutive World Championship.

October 8, 1956
Don Larsen hurls the only perfect game in World Series history, a 2-0 win over Brooklyn in Game Five at Yankees Stadium.

October 1, 1961
Roger Maris hits his 61st home run in the season's final game to establish a Major-League record.

June 24, 1962
Jack Reed’s two-run, 22nd-inning home run ends the longest game in Yankee history, a 9-7 win at Detroit.

November 2, 1964
CBS purchases 80% of Yankees for $11,200,000. The network later buys the remaining 20%.

June 8, 1969
"Mickey Mantle Day" is celebrated at Yankee Stadium and his uniform number (7) is retired.

August 8, 1972
The Yankees sign a 30-year lease to play in a remodeled Yankee Stadium to be completed in 1976.

January 3, 1973
A limited partnership, headed by George M. Steinbrenner III as its managing general partner, purchases the Yankees from CBS.

September 30, 1973
Ralph Houk resigns as manager.

April 6, 1974
The Yankees begin the first of two seasons at Shea Stadium, playing the first home game outside Yankee Stadium since 1922 (go 90-69 there in 1974-75).

December 31, 1974
Free agent Catfish Hunter signs a then-record five-year contract.

August 1, 1975
Billy Martin replaces Bill Virdon for his first of five stints as manager.

April 15, 1976
Remodeled Yankee Stadium opens with an 11-4 win over Minnesota Twins. The Twins' Dan Ford hits the first home run.

October 14, 1976
Chris Chambliss’ ninth-inning home run off Mark Littell in Game Five of the ALCS vs. Kansas City gives the Yankees their 30th pennant.

November 29, 1976
Free agent Reggie Jackson signs a five-year contract.

October 18, 1977
Reggie Jackson hits three home runs in Game Six of the World Series vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers at Yankee Stadium.

June 16, 1978
Ron Guidry establishes a franchise record by striking out 18 batters in the Yankees' 4-0 win vs. California at Yankee Stadium.

July 24, 1978
Billy Martin resigns as manager.

July 25, 1978
Bob Lemon is named manager, replacing Billy Martin.

July 29, 1978
On Old Timer's Day, the Yankees announce that Billy Martin will return as Yankee manager in 1980 and Bob Lemon will become general manager.

October 2, 1978
The Yankees, 14 games behind Boston at one point, defeat the Red Sox, 5-4, at Fenway Park in only the second playoff game in AL history.

June 18, 1979
Billy Martin returns as Yankee manager, replacing Bob Lemon.

August 2, 1979
Yankees Captain Thurman Munson dies in a plane crash in Canton, Ohio, at age 32 (his number "15" is immediately retired).

December 15, 1980
Free agent Dave Winfield signs a then-record 10-year contract.

September 6, 1981
Bob Lemon is named manager for second time, replacing Gene Michael.

April 26, 1982
Gene Michael becomes manager for second time, replacing Bob Lemon.

August 3, 1982
Clyde King is named Yankee manager, replacing Gene Michael.

July 4, 1983
Dave Righetti pitches only the sixth regular-season no-hitter in franchise history and the first since 1951, a 4-0 win vs. the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium.

July 24, 1983
The Yankees and Kansas City play the infamous "Pine Tar" game at Yankee Stadium as George Brett hits a two-out, ninth-inning home run off Goose Gossage to give the Royals an apparent 5-4 lead. The umpires nullify the homer because the pine tar on Brett's bat is above the allowable 18 inches and Brett is called out for using an illegal bat. The Yankees win 4-3 (see August 18, 1983). August 18, 1983
Kansas City's protest is upheld and the "Pine Tar" game concludes with the Royals winning 5-4. When play is resumed, Yankee pitcher Ron Guidry is in center field for the final out of the top of the ninth while left-handed first baseman Don Mattingly is at second. Royals' reliever Dan Quisenberry retires the Yankees in order in the bottom of the ninth.

April 28, 1985
Billy Martin is named manager for fourth time, replacing Yogi Berra.

October 17, 1985
Lou Piniella is named manager, replacing Billy Martin.

December 14, 1985
Roger Maris dies at age 51 in Houston, Texas.

July 18, 1987
Don Mattingly homers off Texas’ Jose Guzman to tie Dale Long’s Major-League record of hitting a home run in eight consecutive games (Mattingly hits 10 home runs during the streak).

September 29, 1987
Don Mattingly hits a grand slam off Boston’s Bruce Hurst, setting a Major-League record with six grand slams in a season.

June 23, 1988
Billy Martin is replaced as manager of the Yankees for the fifth and final time. Lou Piniella is named manager for the second time.

December 9, 1988
The Yankees sign a 12-year television contract with Madison Square Garden Network.

August 18, 1989
Bucky Dent replaces Dallas Green as Yankee manager.

December 25, 1989
Billy Martin dies in an automobile accident at age 61.

June 6, 1990
Stump Merrill replaces Bucky Dent as Yankee manager.

August 14, 1993
"Reggie Jackson Day," his uniform number (44) retired.

September 4, 1993
Jim Abbott pitches a 4-0, no-hit win over the Indians at Yankee Stadium.

August 13, 1995
Mickey Mantle dies of cancer at age 63 in Dallas, Texas.

September 6, 1995
Lou Gehrig's Major League record of 2,130 consecutive games played is broken when Baltimore's Cal Ripken, Jr. plays in his 2,131st.

May 14, 1996
Dwight Gooden hurls only the eighth regular-season no-hitter in Yankee history, a 2-0 blanking of the Seattle Mariners at Yankee Stadium.

June 16, 1996
Mel Allen, the legendary "Voice of the Yankees" from 1939-64, dies at age 83 in Greenwich, Connecticut.

August 25, 1996
A monument in honor of Mickey Mantle is unveiled in Yankee Stadium's Monument Park.

January 22, 1997
Don Mattingly officially announces his retirement at a media conference at Yankee Stadium.

May 17, 1998
David Wells tosses only the 14th regular-season perfect game in baseball history, the first ever by a Yankee.

September 25, 1998
The Yankees establish an American-League record with their 112th win of the season (a 6-1 win vs. Tampa Bay at Yankee Stadium), breaking the mark of 111 by the 1954 Cleveland Indians (they complete the season with an AL record 114th victory on September 27 vs. Tampa Bay).

October 21, 1998
The Yankees complete an incredible season with a four-game sweep of the San Diego Padres in the World Series to capture the franchise's 24th World Championship. Their 3-0 win gives the club a record of 125-50 (114-48 in the regular season, 11-2 in postseason).

March 8, 1999
Joe DiMaggio dies at age 84 in Hollywood, Florida.

April 25, 1999
A monument in honor of Joe DiMaggio is unveiled in Yankee Stadium's Monument Park.

July 18, 1999
On "Yogi Berra Day," David Cone tosses only the 15th regular-season perfect game in baseball history one season after David Wells accomplishes the feat. Ironically, Don Larsen--who tossed a perfect game in the 1956 World Series--throws out the ceremonial first pitch.

September 9 1999
Jim "Catfish" Hunter dies at age 53 in Hertford, North Carolina.

October 27, 1999
The Yankees play Baseball's last game of the century and complete a four-game sweep of the Atlanta Braves to capture their 25th World Championship. The 4-1 win is also the club's 12th straight in World-Series play, tying the record of the 1927, 1928 and 1932 Yankees.

The First Twenty Years

• January 9, 1903 - Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchase Baltimore franchise of American League and move team to New York City. Cost is $18,000.
• March 12, 1903 - New York Highlanders approved as members of American League.
• April 22, 1903 - Highlanders lose opener at Washington, 3-1, under manager Clark Griffith.
• April 30, 1903 - Highlanders win home opener at Hilltop Park (168th St. and Broad way), 6-2 over Washington.
• April, 1913 - Highlanders change name to Yankees, move to share Polo Grounds with Giants.
• January 11, 1915 - Col. Jacob Ruppert and Col. Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston purchase Yankees for $460,000.
• April 22, 1915 - Pinstripes first appear on Yankee uniforms.

The 1920s

• January 3, 1920 - Yankees purchase Babe Ruth from Red Sox.
• October 29, 1920 - Ed Barrow is appointed general manager of the Yankees.
• September, 1921 - Yankees clinch first American League pennant.
• May 5, 1922 - Construction begins on Yankee Stadium.
• May 21, 1922 - Ruppert buys out Huston for $1,500,000.
• April 18, 1923 - Yankee Stadium opens, Ruth hits first home run.
• October 15, 1923 - Yankees beat Giants for first World Championship.
• June 1, 1925 - Lou Gehrig replaces Wally Pipp at first base.
• September 30, 1927 - Ruth's record 60th home run caps off season for "Murderers' Row" Yankees.
• April, 1928 - Season opens with left-field stands in Stadium enlarged.
• April 16, 1929 - Yankees become the first team to wear uniform numbers.
• September 25, 1929 - Manager Miller Huggins dies.

The 1930s

• April 12, 1931 - Joe McCarthy debuts as Yankee manager.
• July 14, 1934 - Ruth hits 700th career home run.
• November 21, 1934 - Yankees buy Joe DiMaggio from San Francisco (Pacific Coast League).
• April, 1937 - Season opens, right-field stands in Stadium enlarged.
• May 30, 1938 - Record 81,841 attend doubleheader vs Boston.
• January 13, 1939 - Col. Ruppert dies.
• May 2, 1939 - Lou Gehrig's playing streak of 2,130 consecutive games ends.
• July 4, 1939 - Lou Gehrig Day, his uniform is the first to be retired.

The 1940s

• May 15, 1941 - DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak begins.
• June 2, 1941 - Lou Gehrig dies at age 37.
• July 17, 1941 - DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland.
• January 25, 1945 - Dan Topping, Del Webb and Larry MacPhail purchase Yankees for $2,800,000.
• May 28, 1946 - First night game played in Yankee Stadium.
• April 27, 1947 - Babe Ruth Day.
• June 13, 1948 - Ruth's uniform number is retired.
• August 16, 1948 - Babe Ruth dies at age 53.
• October 12, 1948 - George Weiss brings Casey Stengel to New York as manager.

The 1950s

• April 17, 1951 - Mickey Mantle makes Yankee debut.
• December 12, 1951 - Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement.
• April, 1953 - Stadium sold to Earl and Arnold Johnson of Kansas City.
• April 17, 1953 - Mantle hits 565-foot home run in Washington.
• October 5, 1953 - Yankees win record fifth consecutive World Championship.
• January 29, 1955 - John Williams Cox buys Yankee Stadium, sells grounds to Knights of Columbus, later leaves structure to Rice University (1962).
• October 8, 1956 - Don Larsen hurls only perfect game in World Series history.
• April, 1959 - First message scoreboard unveiled at Yankee Stadium.

The 1960s

• October 1, 1961 - Roger Maris' 61st home run establishes new record.
• June 24, 1962 - Jack Reed's 22nd-inning HR wins longest Yankee game in history.
• November 2, 1964 - CBS purchases 80% of Yankees for $11,200,000, later buys remaining 20%.
• Winter, 1966-67 - Yankee Stadium painted blue and white.
• June 8, 1969 - Mickey Mantle's uniform number retired on Mickey Mantle Day.

The 1970s

• August 8, 1972 - Yankees sign 30-year lease to play in remodeled Yankee Stadium, beginning in 1976.
• January 3, 1973 - A limited partnership, headed by George Steinbrenner III as its managing general partner, purchases the Yankees from CBS.
• September 30, 1973 - Yankees complete 50th Anniversary season at Stadium; Ralph Houk resigns as manager.
• April 6, 1974 - Yankees begin first of two seasons at Shea Stadium, play first home game outside Yankee Stadium since 1922.
• December 31, 1974 - Free agent Catfish Hunter signs record 5-year contract.
• August 1, 1975 - Billy Martin replaces Bill Virdon as manager.
• April 15, 1976 - Remodeled Yankee Stadium opens.
• October 14, 1976 - Chris Chambliss' 9th-inning HR gives Yankees their 30th pennant.
• November 29, 1976 - Yanke