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The New York Yankees are a Major League Baseball team based in The Bronx, New York.The team competes as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Established in 1901 as the Baltimore Orioles (no relation to the modern Baltimore Orioles), the team relocated to New York in 1903 as the New York Highlanders, they officially renamed to their current name in 1913.
Philip Francis Rizzuto (September 25, 1917 – August 13, 2007), nicknamed "the Scooter", was an American Major League Baseball shortstop.He spent his entire 13-year baseball career with the New York Yankees (1941–1956), and was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994.
Derek Jeter's number 2 was retired by the New York Yankees in 2017. Kalamazoo Central High School inducted Jeter into its athletic hall of fame in 2003 [310] and renamed its baseball field in his honor in 2011. [311] In 2015, Jeter was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame. [312]
The following is a list of players, both past and current, who appeared in at least one game for the New York Yankees franchise, including the 1901–02 Baltimore Orioles, and the 1903–12 New York Highlanders. Players in bold are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Players in italics have had their numbers retired by the team.
(Affiliation according to National Baseball Hall of Fame; ... but wears a New York Yankees cap ) ... Shortstops. Tom Tresh (1962) Derek Jeter (1996)
There was much to celebrate in the Jeter household this past week. Longtime New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter was nearly unanimously elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year ...
New York Yankees. New York Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner. ... Fast facts: Sherman helped finance Yankees Hall of Fame shortstop Derek Jeter’s purchase of the Marlins from ...
The White Sox traded Dent to the New York Yankees for Oscar Gamble, LaMarr Hoyt, minor league pitcher Bob Polinsky and $250,000 on April 5, 1977. [8] He signed a three-year $600,000 contract upon his arrival. For the Yankees, Dent was an upgrade over Fred Stanley, the starting shortstop the previous year. [9]