1903 - A baseball team is purchased from Baltimore and resurfaces on 168th Street and Broadway. This team is named the "Highlanders" and starts play in the Spring of 1903. The Highlanders would soon evolve into the most fabled sports franchise in American sports history.

1912 - The trademark "pinstripe" uniforms that are synonymous with the Yankees are introduced.

1913 - The Yankees are officially born as the team name of the Highlanders is scrapped and replaced.

1920 - The most famous trade in the history of baseball takes place and the fate of two clubs is sealed. Babe Ruth is traded from the Boston Red Sox to the Yankees, providing New York with the most flamboyant and captivating athlete of his generation.

1921 - The Yankees win the first of their record setting 35 A.L. pennants.

1923 - The Yankees move to their permanent home in the Bronx, Yankee Stadium. They conclude their first season in the Bronx with the first of what will be 24 eventual World Championship trophies. They defeated the rival NY Giants for their first title.

1925-1939 - Lou Gehrig becomes baseball's ironman by embarking on his remarkable streak of 2,130 consecutive games played. Cal Ripken Jr. would later best this streak, but Gehrig's endurance and consistency would be standards for future players to strive for.

1927 - Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs in one season. This record will stand for 34 seasons. The season ends with another World Series victory.

1932 - Another magical year ends with the Yankees as World Champions. The season is highlighted by Lou Gehrig hitting four home runs in one game. He remains the only Yankee to have accomplished this feat.

1934 - As one Yankee legend nears the end of his career, another hero is about to ascend. Babe Ruth hits his 700th home run during the regular season and Joe DiMaggio is acquired from the San Francisco Seals.

1936-1943 - The Yankees dominate the sport of baseball, capturing six World Series titles in an eight year span. The sports world had never seen such an overwhelming display of excellence by one franchise.

1939 - Lou Gehrig's consecutive games played streak comes to an end and the Yankees honor him by retiring his number 4. This makes Gehrig the first ballplayer to have his uniform number retired.

1941 - Another World Championship year with many highs and lows. Joe DiMaggio cements his place in baseball history as he endures a 56 game hitting streak. This is a record that still stands today and that many believe will never be broken. While the Yankee Clipper embraces greatness, another legend, Lou Gehrig, passes away at the age of 37.

1946 - The first night game is played at Yankee Stadium.

1948 - The Bronx Bombers honor one of their best, Babe Ruth, by retiring his number 3 jersey. Shortly after this honor, Ruth dies of throat cancer.

1949-1953 - The Yankees continue their proud tradition by winning five consecutive World Series trophies. Again, the Yankees set a new standard of excellence in team sports.

1951 - The Yanks welcome Mickey Mantle at the start of the season and bid farewell to another legend, Joe DiMaggio, at the end of the year. The Yankee Clipper announces his retirement from baseball, but not before one more World Series trophy.

1953 - Mickey Mantle's towering home runs marvel the nation and force statisticians to record the distance of his blasts. He records a 565 foot shot against the Senators in Washington.

1956 Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in World Series history, helping the Yankees defeat the rival Brooklyn Dodgers for the title.

1960-1964 - The Yanks start the decade in grand style, capturing 5 consecutive pennants and 2 World Series victories. This stretch included some of the most talented and popular players to wear the pinstripes. Team leaders included Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Elston Howard, Joe Pepitone, and Roger Maris

1961 - Murderer's Row is alive and well. The Yankees are responsible for one of the most memorable baseball seasons ever as they continue their on-field dominance with another World Championship. This year is special, however, because the most hallowed record in baseball is broken. Roger Maris keeps the home run title in the Yankee family by eclipsing Babe Ruth's single season home run record. Maris hammers 61 home runs during the year, a record that would stand until Mark McGuire belted 70 homers in 1998, 37 years later.

1969 It's the end of an era as Mickey Mantle has his number 7 retired.

1973 - "The Boss" George Steinbrenner emerges as part of the new ownership of the Yankees. Steinbrenner remains the owner of the Yanks today and has been a fixture in the Bronx for nearly three decades.

1974-1975 - The Yankees play two seasons at neighboring Shea Stadium while their home in the Bronx gets refurbished.

1974 - Catfish Hunter arrives as the most coveted and most expensive player in free agency.

1975 - Yankee great Billy Martin becomes manager of the club for the first time. He would eventually manage the Yankees a total of five separate time during his illustrious, and tumultuous, managerial career.

1976 - Chris Chambliss hits a game deciding home run in the bottom of the ninth in Game Five of the A.L.C.S. to secure the Yanks 30th pennant. While the Bombers would go on to lose the World Series to the Reds, their fate would soon change with another significant, off-season acquisition. The team signs power hitter Reggie Jackson to a five year deal.

1977 - Jackson immediately pays off, hitting three home runs in Game Six of the World Series against the Dodgers. This electrifying performance enables the Yankees to capture their 21st World Championship.

1978 - The Yankees erase a fourteen game deficit to the Boston Red Sox during the regular season to force a one game playoff. Light hitting Bucky Dent crushes the hopes of Boston once again as he hits a towering home run that lifts the Yanks over the Red Sox in Fenway Park. The Yankees carried this momentum all the way to yet another World Series win.

1979 - Yankee captain Thurman Munson dies in a plane crash. His number 15 is immediately retired by the team.

1980 - Dave Winfield signs the most lucrative deal in baseball history, joining the Yanks as a free agent.

1983 - Dave Righetti pitches a no-hitter on the 4th of July, the first no-hitter for the Yankees since Don Larsen's perfect game in 1956. In the most bizarre situation of the season, an apparent game winning home run by George Brett of the Royals is denied after the umpire decides that Brett has used too much pine tar on his bat. This "pine tar" game is finaaly settled a month later with the Royals being awarded the victory.

1985 - Former Yankee greats Yogi Berra, Billy Martin and Lou Pinella all take their turn managing the team during the calendar year.

1987 - Don Mattingly puts himself in the record books by hitting a home run in eight consecutive games (10 total). This ties the MLB record previously held by Dale Long. Donnie Baseball caps his season by hitting six grand slams, another Major League record.

1989 - Yankee legend Billy Martin dies abruptly in an automobile accident.

1993 - Inspirational pitcher Jim Abbott hurls a no-hitter at Yankee Stadium. The Yanks also honor the great Reggie Jackson by retiring his number.

1995 - Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle dies of cancer.

1996 - The Yankees win their first World Series in eighteen years, the longest drought in franchise history. They defeat the heavily favored Atlanta Braves in six games. The season is highlighted by Dwight Gooden's no-hitter at Yankee Stadium.

1997 - Don Mattingly officially retires from baseball.

1998 - In the greatest baseball season ever played, the Yankees fittingly stand at the top of the list. They finish the year with an A.L. record 114 wins and a Major League best final record of 125 wins with only 50 losses. The Yankees parlay their dominance into a World Series sweep of the Padres and are recognized as one of the greatest teams of all time. Many individuals shined during the year, including David Wells who pitched a perfect game and Bernie Williams who won the A.L. batting crown.

1999 The Yankees acquire multiple Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens, the most dominant pitcher of the nineties. They go on to win their record breaking 25th World Series Championship, and prove that they are indeed the team of the century.

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