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New York Yankees

baseball team and Major League Baseball franchise in the Bronx, New York, United States

9 dated entries naming New York Yankees, drawn from 7 separate years between 1919 CE and 2015 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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20th century

  • 1919December 26 – American baseball player Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at this time, a deal made public at the beginning of January 1920.source
  • 1941June 2 – Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (New York Yankees), MLB Hall of Famer (b. 1903)source
  • 1941May 15 – Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak begins, as the New York Yankees' center fielder goes 1 for 4 against Chicago White Sox pitcher Eddie Smith in baseball.source
  • 1948August 16 – Babe Ruth, American baseball player (New York Yankees), MLB Hall of Fame member (b. 1895)source
  • 1956October 8 – Baseball pitcher Don Larsen of the New York Yankees throws the only perfect game in World Series history, in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers. Yogi Berra catches the game. Dale Mitchell is the final out. The New York Yankees win the series in seven games. Larsen is named series MVP.source
  • 1993October 23 – The Toronto Blue Jays repeat as World Series champions, becoming the first team to win back-to-back titles since the 1977–1978 New York Yankees.source
  • 1999July 18 – MLB Pitcher David Cone of the New York Yankees, throws the 16th perfect game in Major League Baseball history.source
  • 1999March 8 – Joe DiMaggio, 84, American Hall of Fame baseball player (New York Yankees), lung cancer.source

21st century

  • 2015September 22 – Yogi Berra, 90, American Hall of Fame baseball player and manager (New York Yankees, New York Mets), member of 13 World Series championship teams.source

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