List of New York Yankees team records

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Babe Ruth holds sixteen franchise, four American League, and two Major League records. Ruth1921.jpg
Babe Ruth holds sixteen franchise, four American League, and two Major League records.

The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the Bronx, New York. They compete in the East Division of Major League Baseball's (MLB) American League (AL). The club began play in 1903 as the Highlanders, after owners Frank Farrell and William S. Devery had bought the defunct Baltimore Orioles and moved the team to New York City; in 1913, the team changed its nickname to the Yankees. [1] From 1903 to 2023, the franchise has won more than 10,000 games and 27 World Series championships. [2] The list below documents players and teams that hold particular club records.

Contents

Outfielder Babe Ruth holds the most franchise records, with 16, including career home runs, and career and single-season batting average and on-base percentage. Shortstop Derek Jeter has the second-most records among hitters, with eight. Jeter's marks include the records for career hits, singles, doubles, and stolen bases. Among pitchers, Whitey Ford has the most Yankees records with five, all of which are career totals. These include games won, games started, and innings pitched.

Several Yankees hold AL and MLB records. Ruth has MLB single-season records for extra-base hits and total bases, and holds four other AL single-season records. Outfielder Joe DiMaggio had a 56-game hitting streak in the 1941 season, which remains an MLB record. Jack Chesbro holds three AL records that he set in 1904: games won, games started, and complete games. Outfielder Aaron Judge set an AL record with 62 home runs in 2022, beating the mark of 61 that fellow Yankee Roger Maris posted in 1961. [3]

Table key

Table key
#Tie between two teams
American League record
*Major League record

Statistics are current through the 2023 season.

Individual career records

These are records of players with the best performance in particular statistical categories during their career with the Yankees. [4] [5]

Career batting

Derek Jeter is the Yankees' all-time leader in hits, singles, doubles, and stolen bases. Derek Jeter batting stance allison.jpg
Derek Jeter is the Yankees' all-time leader in hits, singles, doubles, and stolen bases.
Career batting records
StatisticPlayerRecordYankees careerRef
Batting average Babe Ruth .3491920–1934 [6]
On-base percentage Babe Ruth .4841920–1934 [6]
Slugging percentage Babe Ruth .7111920–1934 [6]
On-base plus slugging Babe Ruth 1.1951920–1934 [6]
Runs Babe Ruth 1,9591920–1934 [6]
Plate appearances Derek Jeter 12,6021995–2014 [7]
At bats Derek Jeter 11,1951995–2014 [7]
Hits Derek Jeter 3,465 1995–2014 [7]
Total bases Babe Ruth 5,1311920–1934 [6]
Singles Derek Jeter 2,5951995–2014 [7]
Doubles Derek Jeter 5441995–2014 [7]
Triples Lou Gehrig 1631923–1939 [8]
Home runs Babe Ruth 659 1920–1934 [6]
Runs batted in Lou Gehrig 1,9951923–1939 [8]
Walks Babe Ruth 1,8521920–1934 [6]
Strikeouts Derek Jeter 1,8401995–2014 [7]
Stolen bases Derek Jeter 3581995–2014 [7]
Games played Derek Jeter 2,7471995–2014 [7]

Career pitching

Mariano Rivera has the most saves, both in his career and a single season, among Yankees pitchers. Mariano Rivera allison 7 29 07.jpg
Mariano Rivera has the most saves, both in his career and a single season, among Yankees pitchers.
Career pitching records
StatisticPlayerRecordYankees careerRef(s)
Wins Whitey Ford 2361950, 1953–1967 [9]
Losses Mel Stottlemyre 1391964–1974 [10]
Win–loss percentage Johnny Allen .7251932–1935 [11]
Earned run average [a] Rich Gossage 2.141978–1983, 1989 [12]
Saves Mariano Rivera 652 *1995–2013 [13] [14]
Strikeouts Andy Pettitte 2,0201995–2003, 2007–2010, 2012–2013 [15]
Shutouts Whitey Ford 451950, 1953–1967 [9]
Games Mariano Rivera 1,1151995–2013 [13] [16]
Innings pitched Whitey Ford 3,170+131950, 1953–1967 [9]
Games started Whitey Ford
Andy Pettitte
4381950, 1953–1967
1995–2003, 2007–2010, 2012–2013
[9] [15]
Games finished Mariano Rivera 951*1995–2013 [13] [17] [b]
Complete games Red Ruffing 2611930–1942
1945–1946
[18]
Walks Lefty Gomez 1,0901930–1942 [19]
Hits allowed Red Ruffing 2,9951930–1942
1945–1946
[18]
Wild pitches Whitey Ford 751950, 1953–1967 [9]
Hit batsmen Jack Warhop 1141908–1915 [20]

Individual single-season records

These are records of Yankees players with the best performance in particular statistical categories during a single season. [21] [22]

Single-season batting

Joe DiMaggio has held the MLB record for the longest hitting streak since 1941. DiMaggio cropped.jpg
Joe DiMaggio has held the MLB record for the longest hitting streak since 1941.
Single-season batting records
StatisticPlayerRecordSeasonRef(s)
Batting average Babe Ruth .3931923 [6]
Home runs Aaron Judge 62 2022 [23] [24]
Runs batted in Lou Gehrig 1851931 [8] [25]
Runs Babe Ruth 1771921 [6] [26]
Hits Don Mattingly 2381986 [27]
Singles Steve Sax 1711989 [28]
Doubles Don Mattingly 531986 [27]
Triples Earle Combs 231927 [29]
Stolen bases Rickey Henderson 931988 [30]
At bats Alfonso Soriano 6962002 [31]
Hitting streak Joe DiMaggio 56*1941 [32]
Slugging percentage Babe Ruth .8471920 [6] [33]
Extra-base hits Babe Ruth 119*1921 [6] [34]
Total bases Babe Ruth 457*1921 [6] [35]
On-base percentage Babe Ruth .5451923 [6]
On-base plus slugging Babe Ruth 1.3791920 [6] [36]
Walks Babe Ruth 1701923 [6] [37]
Strikeouts Giancarlo Stanton 2112018 [38]

Single-season pitching

Jack Chesbro won an American League-record 41 games in the 1904 season. Jack Chesbro Baseball Card.jpg
Jack Chesbro won an American League-record 41 games in the 1904 season.
Single-season pitching records
StatisticPlayerRecordSeasonRef(s)
Wins Jack Chesbro 411904 [39] [40]
Losses Joe Lake 221908 [41]
Strikeouts Gerrit Cole 2572022 [42]
Earned run average Spud Chandler 1.641943 [43]
Earned runs allowed Sam Jones 1271925 [44]
Hits allowed Jack Powell 3401904 [45]
Shutouts Ron Guidry 91978 [46]
Saves Mariano Rivera 532004 [13]
Games Paul Quantrill 862004 [47]
Games started Jack Chesbro 511904 [39] [48]
Complete games Jack Chesbro 481904 [39] [49]
Innings pitched Jack Chesbro 454+231904 [39]

Team single-game records

These are records of Yankees teams with the best performance in particular statistical categories during a single game. [50]

Single-game batting

Hideki Matsui hit two of the Yankees' eight home runs on July 31, 2007. Hideki Matsui in USA-7.jpg
Hideki Matsui hit two of the Yankees' eight home runs on July 31, 2007.
Single-game batting records
StatisticRecordOpponentDate
Home runs hit8# Philadelphia Athletics June 28, 1939
Home runs hit8# Chicago White Sox July 31, 2007 [51]
Runs scored25 Philadelphia Athletics May 24, 1936
Hits 30 Boston Red Sox September 28, 1923
Doubles 10# Toronto Blue Jays April 12, 1988
Doubles 10# Cincinnati Reds June 5, 2003
Triples 5 Washington Senators May 1, 1934
Grand slams 3* Oakland Athletics August 25, 2011 [52]
Runners left on base 23 Boston Red Sox September 5, 1927
Strikeouts 22 Chicago Cubs May 7, 2017 [53]
Stolen bases 15 St. Louis Browns September 28, 1911

Single-game pitching

Single-game pitching records
StatisticRecordOpponentDate
Hits allowed 28 Detroit Tigers September 29, 1928
Runs allowed24 Cleveland Indians July 29, 1928
Home runs allowed7# Boston Red Sox July 4, 2003
Home runs allowed7# Cleveland Indians August 15, 2019 [54]
Strikeouts 26 Chicago Cubs May 7, 2017 [53]

Other

Other single-game records
StatisticRecordOpponentDate
Longest game by time7:00 Detroit Tigers June 24, 1962 [55] [56]

Team season records

These are records of Yankees teams with the best and worst performances in particular statistical categories during a single season. [57]

Season batting

Giancarlo Stanton hit 38 of the Yankees' MLB record 267 home runs in 2018. Giancarlo Stanton 2018.jpg
Giancarlo Stanton hit 38 of the Yankees' MLB record 267 home runs in 2018.
Season batting records
StatisticRecordSeason
Home runs 3062019 [58]
Runs 1,0671931
Hits 1,6831930
Doubles 3272006
Triples 1101930
Total bases 2,7031936
Runners left on base 1,2581996
Strikeouts 1,4372019 [58]
Stolen bases 2891910

Season pitching

Season pitching records
StatisticRecordSeason
Hits allowed 1,5661930
Runs allowed8981930
Home runs allowed2482019 [58]
Strikeouts 1,6342018 [59]
Shutouts 241951

Team all-time records

Source: [2]
Team all-time records
StatisticRecord
Home runs 17,004
Runs 91,546
Hits 170,706
Batting average .266
Earned run average 3.65
Runs allowed78,644

See also

Notes

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