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The New York Yankees are members of the American League (AL) East Division in Major League Baseball (MLB). The Yankees have won the World Series 27 times, more than any other MLB team. [1] [2] In baseball, the head coach of a team is called the manager. The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field.
Casey Stengel's number 37 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1970. As part of professional baseball's centennial celebrations in 1969, Stengel was voted its "Greatest Living Manager". [170] He had his uniform number, 37, retired by both the Yankees and the Mets.
Ed Barrow's plaque in Monument Park Gabe Paul was general manager of the Yankees during the 1977 World Series. Lou Piniella served as field manager and general manager in 1988. Four Yankees GMs are enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame: Ed Barrow, [24] George Weiss, [25] Larry MacPhail, [26] and his son, Lee MacPhail. [27]
The numbers 37 and 6, retired for Casey Stengel and Joe Torre respectively, are the only numbers retired by the Yankees for someone who served solely as manager of the team. Stengel managed the Yankees to ten pennants and seven world championships between 1949 and 1960, including a record five consecutive world championships from 1949 through ...
McGraw, McCarthy, Stengel and Torre are all members of the Hall of Fame, as are Yankee managers Wilbert Robinson, Clark Griffith, Frank Chance, Miller Huggins (who won three World Series championships with the Yankees), Bill Dickey, Yogi Berra, and Bob Lemon; [109] Chance, Dickey, Berra, and Lemon were inducted as players rather than as ...
Bob Watson led the Yankees to a World Series title in 1996, making him the first black general manager in MLB history to do so.
Aaron Boone has been tossed from an MLB game 35 times since becoming New York Yankees manager in 2018, but his most recent ejection on Monday was certainly unique.. Only five pitches into the ...
The Yankees enter Friday’s game against the Padres, the first of three, with a 30-22 record. They’ve won seven of their past 10 games. If you buy something through a link in this article, we ...