The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team located in the Bronx, New York. They are in the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team was founded in Baltimore, Maryland in 1901, at which time their name was the Baltimore Orioles. They moved to New York City in 1903 and renamed the team to the New York Highlanders. Finally, in 1913, they were renamed the "Yankees". The home of the Yankees from 1923 to 2008 was Yankee Stadium, but they are scheduled to move into a new stadium for the 2009 season.

The New York Yankees have won 26 World Series championships and 39 American League Pennants. This is more than any other North American franchise in history.

Many of the most famous baseball players of all time were primarily Yankees. Two examples are Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Ruth had 2,213 career RBIs and ranks second in the ML history. From 1936-1951, it was Joe DiMaggio. In 1951, Casey Stengel joined the team until 1959. 1960-1964 was the era of the M&M boys, Mantle and Maris.

In 1964, the Yankees were in a slump. During this period, they were managed by Yogi Berra and were owned by CBS. In 1973 George Steinbrenner, took over and hired Billy Martin as manager, as well as Jessie Jackson and Thurman Munson. The Yankees were back. In 1996-2007 Joe Torre was the "new" Yankee manager and found success until 2007, when he was replaced by Joe Girardi, the current manager.