21 Facts About The Yankees

1. The Yankees have retired 21 numbers for 23 individuals, the most in Major League Baseball.

2. The Yankees are hoping that close ties with countries such as China and Japan will give them personal, in depth judgments of baseball talent.

3. The Yankees have become well known for a winning reputation on a global level.

4. The Yankees were the league leaders in "road attendance" each year from 2001 through 2006.

5. The Yankees have won a record 27 World Series in 40 appearances; the St Louis Cardinals are second with 11 World Series victories.

6. The Yankees starting pitching was led by ace Luis Severino, who rebounded from his last season to lead the Yankees' pitching staff.

7. The Yankees set a major league record by playing error-free ball for 18 consecutive games from May 14 to June 1, 2009.

8. The Yankees were the first American League team to lose a World Series in which the home team won all seven games.

9. The Yankees won 11 consecutive postseason series in this 4-year period.

10. The Yankees had the unfortunate distinction of beginning and ending his career on years bookended by Yankee World Series appearances.

11. The Yankees fired Howser and replaced him with Gene Michael.

12. The Yankees won 103 games and the AL East by three games over the 100-win Baltimore Orioles, but were swept by the Royals in the 1980 ALCS.

13. The Yankees had bad blood with manager Billy Martin, who had managed the Detroit Tigers when Jackson's Athletics defeated them in the 1972 playoffs.

14. The Yankees reached the 1963 World Series, but were swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers and their ace pitcher Sandy Koufax.

15. The Yankees lost the 1957 World Series to the Milwaukee Braves when Lew Burdette incredibly won three games for the Braves.

16. The Yankees still managed to pull out a win against the St Louis Cardinals in the 1943 World Series.

17. The Yankees declared July 4, 1939 to be "Lou Gehrig Day", on which they retired his number 4, the first retired number in baseball.

18. The Yankees won a then-AL record 110 games with only 44 losses, and swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in the World Series.

19. The Yankees have garnered enormous popularity and a dedicated fanbase, as well as widespread enmity from fans of other MLB teams.

20. The Yankees have won more titles than any other franchise in the four major North American sports leagues.

21. New York The Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx.