New York Yankees

Frank Farrell and Bill Devery obtained the right to establish an American League club in New York. Playing at Hilltop Park, it became known as the Highlanders.⁠[1]

After the move to the Polo Grounds, Yankees became the predominant name, without a formal renaming announcement.⁠[1]

Jacob Ruppert and Tillinghast Huston purchased the club. Ruppert later hired Miller Huggins and reshaped the organization through player acquisitions and a ballpark of its own.⁠[2]

The Yankees acquired Babe Ruth from Boston. In his first New York season, Ruth hit 54 home runs; the team won 95 games and drew nearly 1.3 million spectators to the Polo Grounds.⁠[2]

The original Yankee Stadium opened. After their third consecutive American League pennant, the Yankees won their first World Series; Ruppert also bought out Huston that year.⁠[2]

The lineup featuring Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig was known as Murderers’ Row. The pair combined for 107 home runs, and the Yankees swept Pittsburgh 4–0 in the World Series.⁠[3]

The Yankees won four consecutive World Series, setting a championship streak that a later Yankees team would surpass.⁠[4]

Joe DiMaggio recorded hits in 56 consecutive games.⁠[5]

Larry MacPhail, Del Webb and Dan Topping bought the club in equal shares. MacPhail became president, introduced night baseball in 1946 and expanded the radio business.⁠[6]

Under Casey Stengel, the Yankees won five consecutive pennants and World Series. The run spanned the end of Joe DiMaggio’s career and Mickey Mantle’s early years, with major contributions from Yogi Berra, Phil Rizzuto and the pitching staff. Victory over Brooklyn in 1953 completed the five-title streak.⁠[4]

Don Larsen pitched a perfect game against Brooklyn in World Series Game 5, retiring all 27 batters.⁠[1]

The Yankees won 109 regular-season games and the World Series in five games. Roger Maris hit a record 61 home runs and was named American League MVP.⁠[7]

CBS purchased 80 percent of the club in 1964, completing the transaction on November 2. Webb and Topping subsequently sold their remaining stakes; Topping resigned as team president in 1966.⁠[6]

Investors led by George Steinbrenner bought the Yankees from CBS on January 3. He subsequently pursued prominent free agents, including Catfish Hunter and Reggie Jackson.⁠[8]

During Yankee Stadium’s renovation, the team played at Shea Stadium in 1974 and 1975, returning to its rebuilt home in 1976.⁠[1]

After returning to the World Series in 1976, the Yankees won championships in 1977 and 1978. The club then went through the 1980s without another World Series title.⁠[8]

Joe Torre became manager in 1996 and led a World Series comeback against Atlanta after losing the first two games. The Yankees won three more titles from 1998 through 2000; the 1998 club recorded 114 regular-season victories.⁠[9]

Torre led the Yankees to additional American League pennants in 2001 and 2003. The team reached the playoffs in every season of his 1996–2007 tenure.⁠[9]

Hal and Hank Steinbrenner became co-chairmen in May, and Hal assumed control later that year. George Steinbrenner died in 2010.⁠[8]

The club moved into a new Yankee Stadium across the street from the original. Designed by Populous, it retained limestone and granite exterior elements and traditional field geometry. The team won the World Series in the new ballpark’s first year.⁠[10]

The Yankees lost 1–4 to the Dodgers.⁠[11]

Yankee Global Enterprises announced a $2.6 billion debt-and-equity financing agreement with affiliates of Apollo Sports Capital for growth and refinancing. The announcement said closing was imminent and specified that the Steinbrenner family would retain control, with Hal Steinbrenner remaining managing general partner.⁠[12]

The Rays swept the Yankees in three games.⁠[13]

Yankee Stadium is in the Bronx, New York City, and also hosts soccer, football, hockey and concerts.⁠[10]

The team’s parent company is Yankee Global Enterprises, which also holds interests in YES Network, Legends Hospitality and soccer clubs.⁠[12]

New York Yankees: Official website: https://www.mlb.com/yankees (opens in a new window).⁠[14]

New York Yankees: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yankees (opens in a new window).⁠[15]

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