The New York Yankees first began as the Baltimore Orioles before moving to New York City in 1903. When they first moved to New York City, they were known as the New York Highlanders until 1913 when their name was changed to the New York Yankees. They are part of Major League Baseball's Eastern Division and their home stadium is Yankee Stadium.

The Yankees have a better record than any other team in Major League Baseball since the have won 36 times in the World Series. They have also been the league champions 39 times.

The New York Yankees have had some of the best known players in major league baseball beginning in 1920 with Babe Ruth who played for the Yankees until 1934. Then there was Lou Gehrig who played for them from 1923 until 1939. After Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio came along and played his entire career with them from 1936 until 1951. During that time they also had Yogi Berra who started in 1946 and continued until 1963. Another player who had his entire career with the Yankees was the great Mickey Mantle who started in 1951 and played until the end of the 1968 season.

The Yankees have retired 15 numbers. The first one to be retired was that of Lou Gehrig in 1939. Others that followed were Ruth in 1948, DiMaggio in 1952, Mantle in 1969 and Berra in 1972. There has been 41 members of the Yankees, which have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.