New York Yankees Events

1919 Dec 26 Babe Ruth is sold to the New York Yankees
On December 26, 1919, Frazee sold Ruth to the New York Yankees. Popular legend has it that Frazee sold Ruth and several other of his best players to finance a Broadway play, No, No, Nanet...
1921 Oct 5
to 1921 Oct 13
 1921 World Series
In the 1921 World Series, the New York Giants beat the New York Yankees five games to three. This was the last of the experimental best-five-of-nine series. The Series was much-anticipat...
1922 Oct 4
to 1922 Oct 8
 1922 World Series
In the 1922 World Series, the New York Giants beat the New York Yankees in five games (four games to none with one tie; starting this year the World Series was again best-of-seven). By no...
1923 Oct 10
to 1923 Oct 15
 1923 World Series
In the 1923 World Series, the New York Yankees beat the New York Giants in six games. This would be the first of the Yankees' 27 World Series championships (as of 2009). The home field al...
1926 Oct 2
to 1926 Oct 10
 1926 World Series
The 1926 World Series was the championship series of the 1926 Major League Baseball (MLB) season, featuring the St. Louis Cardinals against the New York Yankees. The Cardinals defeated th...
1927 Oct 5
to 1927 Oct 8
 1927 World Series
In the 1927 World Series, the New York Yankees swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in four games. This was the first sweep of a National League team by an American League team. That year, the Y...
1928 Oct 4
to 1928 Oct 9
 1928 World Series
In the 1928 World Series, the New York Yankees swept the St. Louis Cardinals in four games. Along with 1927, this was the first time a team had swept consecutive Series. Babe Ruth hit .6...
1932 Sep 28
to 1932 Oct 2
 1932 World Series
The 1932 World Series was played between the New York Yankees (American League) and the Chicago Cubs (National League), with the Yankees holding home field advantage. The Yankees swept th...
1935 Feb 26 Babe Ruth is sold to the Boston Braves
By this time, Ruth knew he had little left as a player. His heart was set on managing the Yankees, and he made no secret of his desire to replace McCarthy. However, Ruppert wouldn't consi...
1936 Sep 30
to 1936 Oct 6
 1936 World Series
The 1936 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the New York Giants, with the Yankees winning in six games to earn their fifth championship. The Yankees played their first Wor...
1937 Oct 6
to 1937 Oct 10
 1937 World Series
The 1937 World Series featured the defending champion New York Yankees and the New York Giants in a rematch of the 1936 Series. The Yankees won the Series in five games for their second c...
1938 Oct 5
to 1938 Oct 9
 1938 World Series
The 1938 World Series matched the two-time defending champion New York Yankees against the Chicago Cubs, with the Yankees sweeping the Series in four games for their seventh championship ...
1939 Jul 4 Lou Gehrig Delivers His "Luckiest Man" Farewell Speech
"Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen..." —Lou Gehrig at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939
1939 Oct 4
to 1939 Oct 8
 1939 World Series
The 1939 World Series featured the three-time defending champion New York Yankees against the Cincinnati Reds, who were making their first Series appearance since the scandal-tainted 1919...
1941 Oct 1
to 1941 Oct 6
 1941 World Series
The 1941 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers, with the Yankees winning in five games to capture their fifth title in six years, and their ninth overall....
1942 Sep 30
to 1942 Oct 5
 1942 World Series
The 1942 World Series featured the defending champion New York Yankees against the St. Louis Cardinals, with the Cardinals winning the Series in five games for their first championship si...
1943 Oct 5
to 1943 Oct 11
 1943 World Series
The 1943 World Series matched the defending champion St. Louis Cardinals against the New York Yankees, in a rematch of the 1942 Series. The Yankees won the Series in five games for their ...
1947 Sep 30
to 1947 Oct 6
 1947 World Series
The 1947 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers, with the Yankees winning the Series in seven games for their first title since 1943, and the eleventh cham...
1949 Oct 5
to 1949 Oct 9
 1949 World Series
The 1949 World Series featured the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, with the Yankees winning in five games for their second defeat of the Dodgers in three years, and the twelfth...
1950 Oct 4
to 1950 Oct 7
 1950 World Series
The 1950 World Series was the 47th World Series between the American and National Leagues for the championship of Major League Baseball. The Philadelphia Phillies as 1950 champions of the...
1951 Oct 4
to 1951 Oct 10
 1951 World Series
The 1951 World Series matched the two-time defending champion New York Yankees against the New York Giants, who had won the National League pennant in a thrilling three-game playoff with ...
1952 Oct 1
to 1952 Oct 7
 1952 World Series
The 1952 World Series featured the three-time defending champion New York Yankees beating the Brooklyn Dodgers in seven games. The Yankees won their fourth straight title—tying the mark t...
1953 Oct 1
to 1953 Oct 5
 1953 World Series
The 1953 World Series matched the four-time defending champion New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers in a rematch of the 1952 Series. The Yankees won in six games for their fifth ...
1955 Sep 28
to 1955 Oct 7
 1955 World Series - Brooklyn Dodgers defeat New York Yankees
The 1955 World Series matched the Brooklyn Dodgers against the New York Yankees, with the Dodgers winning the Series in seven games to capture their first championship in franchise histor...
1955 Oct 4 Jackie Robinson wins his only championship, as the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the New York Yankees in seven games
The 1955 World Series matched the Brooklyn Dodgers against the New York Yankees, with the Dodgers winning the Series in seven games to capture their first championship in franchise histor...
1956 Oct 3
to 1956 Oct 10
 1956 World Series
The 1956 World Series of Major League Baseball was played between the New York Yankees (representing the American League) and the defending champion Brooklyn Dodgers (representing the Nat...
1956 Oct 8 Don Larsen Pitches a Perfect Game
Donald James Larsen (born August 7, 1929 in Michigan City, Indiana) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for 14 seasons. Larsen is best known for pitching a perfect game i...
1957 Oct 2
to 1957 Oct 10
 1957 World Series
The 1957 World Series featured the defending champions, the New York Yankees (American League), playing against the Milwaukee Braves (National League). After finishing just one game behin...
1958 Oct 1
to 1958 Oct 9
 1958 World Series
The 1958 World Series was a rematch of the 1957 Series, with the New York Yankees beating the defending champion Milwaukee Braves in seven games for their eighteenth title, and their seve...
1960 Oct 5
to 1960 Oct 13
 1960 World Series
The 1960 World Series was played between the Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) and New York Yankees (AL) from October 5 to October 13, 1960. It is most notable for the Game 7, ninth-inning home run...
1960 Oct 13 Pirates beat Yankees 10-9 in Game 7 of 1960 World Series
Game 7 was a see-saw battle to the end, with Pittsburgh taking advantage of a freak hop on Virdon's grounder at Kubek that looked like a sure double play in the eighth inning.
1961 Oct 4
to 1961 Oct 9
 1961 World Series
The 1961 World Series matched the New York Yankees (109–53) against the Cincinnati Reds (93–61), with the Yankees winning in five games to earn their nineteenth championship in their last...
1962 Oct 4
to 1962 Oct 16
 1962 World Series
The 1962 World Series matched the defending American League champion New York Yankees against the National League champion San Francisco Giants, who had won their first NL pennant since 1...
1963 Oct 2
to 1963 Oct 6
 1963 World Series
The 1963 World Series matched the two-time defending champion New York Yankees against the Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Dodgers sweeping the Series in four games to capture their second ...
1964 Oct 7
to 1964 Oct 15
 1964 World Series
The 1964 World Series pitted the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals against the American League champion New York Yankees, with the Cardinals prevailing in seven games. St. Loui...
1976 Oct 16
to 1976 Oct 21
 1976 World Series
The 1976 season witnessed the return of baseball's most successful postseason-dynasty to the Fall Classic. After a twelve year hiatus, the New York Yankees had rebuilt themselves back int...
1977 Oct 11
to 1977 Oct 18
 1977 World Series
After an embarrassing sweep by baseball's newest dynasty, the Cincinnati Reds, the American League champion New York Yankees returned to the Fall Classic determined to make amends for the...
1978 Oct 10
to 1978 Oct 17
 1978 World Series
As the World Series celebrated its 75th Anniversary, two teams that shared many chapters in its story met for a classic rematch of East vs. West. The defending champion New York Yankees h...
1979 Sep 12 Carl Yastrzemski gets 3000th hit
I was 14 years old and in attendance at this game. The Red Sox played the Yankees. My dad, mom, brother and I were sitting on the third base side about 20 rows from the field. Yaz was hit...
1981 Oct 20
to 1981 Oct 28
 1981 World Series
The 1981 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the Los Angeles Dodgers, marking their third meeting in the Series in five years. The Dodgers won the Series in six games for th...
1996 Oct 20
to 1996 Oct 26
 1996 World Series
1996 World Series The 1996 season witnessed what would eventually become the fourth installment of the New York Yankees dynasty. To date, the Bronx Bombers had already dominated three ...
1998 May 17 David Wells Pitches a Perfect Game
On May 17 Wells dragged his 5.23 ERA out to the Yankee Stadium mound to face the Minnesota Twins. He certainly started off stronger than on that depressing day against the Rangers, lockin...
1998 Oct 17
to 1998 Oct 21
 1998 World Series
1998 World Series In 1998, the perennial champion New York Yankees set a new standard for excellence in baseball outplaying the 1927 franchise considered by most expert analysts as the...
1999 Mar 8 Joe DiMaggio Dies
DiMaggio was admitted to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, Florida, on October 12, 1998, for lung cancer surgery and remained hospitalized there for the next 99 days. He returned t...
1999 Jul 18 David Cone Pitches a Perfect Game
David Cone was simply perfect on a day when perfection was in attendance. The original battery of the 1956 World Series perfect game were on hand as it was Yogi Berra Day in Yankee Stadiu...
1999 Oct 23
to 1999 Oct 27
 1999 World Series
1999 World Series As baseball prepared to close its books on the twentieth century, it seemed fitting that the team who had dominated most of it was returning for their thirty-sixth Fa...
2000 Oct 21
to 2000 Oct 26
 2000 World Series
2000 World Series After a forty-four year absence (1956) the Subway Series finally returned to the Big Apple matching the ever-present New York Yankees against their cross-town rivals,...
2001 Oct 27
to 2001 Nov 4
 2001 World Series
2001 World Series Baseball in 2001 will always be remembered not for the games that took place during the regular season, but for the patriotism and heroic tributes that took place in ...
2003 Oct 18
to 2003 Oct 25
 2003 World Series
2003 World Series The biggest story of the 2003 World Series may not have been the actual Fall Classic, but more so the dramatic pennant race that led up to the Series itself. After ye...
2004 Apr 16 Boston Red Sox defeat New York Yankees, 6-2
We'll never know, of course, how much compassion Red Sox fans would have shown Tim Wakefield if they didn't have Grady Little to kick around. (And you may never hear a better summation...