In 1903, a new baseball team came to New York, they were the Highlanders since they played in one of the highest points in New York City. In 1909, they acquired their logo and added the pinstripe to their uniforms in 1912. Then in 1913, their name was changed to the New York Yankees.

In 1904, they were only considered to be a fair team. Then the next sixteen years they went downhill and were one of the biggest losers. In fact, in those years, they lost over two-thirds of their games. It wasn't until after they received Babe Ruth for 125,000 dollars from the Red Sox in 1920 that their luck began to change. Between 1921 and 1927 they won five of their league championships. They also won two World Series Championships in 1927 and 1928. The 1927, the team has been said to be the best team of all time. They moved into Yankee Stadium in 1923.

Over the years they have had their ups and downs in the winning catagories in reference to the World Series. They have won a total of 39 of their league championships and 26 World Series titles. It seemed like when they were winning World Series, they would usually win at least 2 or 3 years in a row. Their longest World Series winning streak was from 1960 to 1964.

Besides Ruth who has been deemed to probably be the the greatest baseball player of all time, they had many other outstanding athletes. Among those would be Lou Gehrig, Mikey Mantle, Joe Dimaggio, Roger Marris, and Whitey Ford. Also you can add Roger Clemens, Jackies Robinson, Casey Stingel, Don Mattingly, Reggie Jackson and Derek Jeter.