New York Yankees Quiz
Ruth, Gehrig, Mantle, Jeter, Rivera: 15 questions on the most decorated franchise in baseball.
In which New York City borough do the Yankees play their home games?
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The Bronx
Yankee Stadium sits in the South Bronx, which is why the team is nicknamed the Bronx Bombers. The club has played there since 1923, first in the original stadium and since 2009 in a new ballpark built across the street.
Before 1923 the Yankees were tenants of the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan, and their success there annoyed their landlords enough to prompt the move.
Which uniform number did Babe Ruth wear for the Yankees?
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3
Ruth wore No. 3, which the Yankees retired in 1948. The first Yankees numbers matched the batting order, so Ruth hit third and Lou Gehrig, who wore No. 4, batted cleanup behind him.
Joe DiMaggio wore No. 5 and Mickey Mantle No. 7, and the Yankees have now retired every single digit number from 1 to 9.
Which Yankees first baseman gave the famous "luckiest man on the face of the earth" speech in 1939?
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Lou Gehrig
Gehrig delivered the speech at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939, weeks after being diagnosed with ALS, the disease now often called Lou Gehrig's disease. He had retired after playing 2,130 consecutive games.
The Yankees retired Gehrig's No. 4 that same year, making it the first number ever retired in Major League Baseball.
Who hit 61 home runs in 1961 to break Babe Ruth's single season record?
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Roger Maris
Maris hit his 61st on the final day of the 1961 season off Boston's Tracy Stallard, passing Ruth's 60 from 1927. Teammate Mickey Mantle chased him all summer before injury left him stuck on 54.
Commissioner Ford Frick wanted the record listed separately because 1961 had a 162 game schedule, which gave rise to the famous but mythical asterisk.
Which Yankee earned the nickname "Mr. October" after hitting three home runs on three pitches in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series?
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Reggie Jackson
Jackson homered off three different Dodgers pitchers in consecutive at-bats to clinch the 1977 title, and his habit of rising to the postseason made the nickname stick. He hit .450 in that series.
The Yankees sold a Reggie! candy bar in 1978, and fans showered the field with them after he homered on opening day.
Which manager guided the Yankees to four World Series titles in five seasons from 1996 to 2000?
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Joe Torre
Torre took over in 1996 and won titles in 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000, with the 1998 team winning 114 regular season games. He left after the 2007 season to manage the Dodgers.
Torre had played and managed more than 4,000 big league games without reaching a World Series before the Yankees hired him.
Which Yankees catcher won a record 10 World Series rings as a player?
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Yogi Berra
Berra played in 14 World Series between 1947 and 1963 and won 10 of them, more than any other player in history. He also won three American League MVP awards.
Berra's quips, such as "It ain't over till it's over", are so well known that several appear in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations.
Which closer became the first player elected unanimously to the Baseball Hall of Fame, in 2019?
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Mariano Rivera
Rivera received all 425 votes in 2019 after retiring with a record 652 saves, nearly all of them earned with a single pitch, his cut fastball.
Rivera was the last MLB player to wear No. 42 full time, having been grandfathered in when the league retired it for Jackie Robinson in 1997.
Which Yankee was dubbed "Mr. November" after a walk-off home run just past midnight in the 2001 World Series?
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Derek Jeter
The 2001 Series was pushed back after the September 11 attacks, and Jeter's 10th inning homer in Game 4 against Arizona landed shortly after midnight on November 1. The scoreboard flashed Mr. November.
The Yankees still lost that series in seven games when Luis Gonzalez blooped a single off Mariano Rivera in the bottom of the ninth.
Which team did the Yankees beat in the 2009 World Series to win their 27th championship?
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Philadelphia Phillies
The Yankees beat the defending champion Phillies in six games in the first season at the new Yankee Stadium. Hideki Matsui was named Series MVP after driving in six runs in the clincher.
It was the first title for the so-called Core Four of Jeter, Rivera, Jorge Posada and Andy Pettitte since 2000.
Which owner, known as "The Boss", bought the Yankees from CBS in 1973?
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George Steinbrenner
Steinbrenner led a group that bought the club for about $10 million in 1973 and ran it until his death in 2010, famously hiring and firing Billy Martin as manager five times.
Steinbrenner was twice suspended from baseball, including a 1990 ban for paying a gambler to dig up dirt on his own star Dave Winfield.
How many consecutive World Series did the Yankees win from 1949 to 1953?
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Five
Casey Stengel's Yankees won five straight titles from 1949 through 1953, a record no other team has matched. Stengel won seven championships in all as Yankees manager.
The 1936 to 1939 Yankees had earlier won four in a row, so the club owns the two longest championship streaks in MLB history.
In which city did the franchise play before moving to New York in 1903?
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Baltimore
The team began in 1901 as the Baltimore Orioles of the new American League, then moved to Manhattan in 1903 and played as the New York Highlanders before becoming the Yankees in 1913.
The name Highlanders came from their home, Hilltop Park, which stood on one of the highest points in Manhattan.
Which Red Sox owner sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees after the 1919 season?
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Harry Frazee
Frazee, a theatre producer, sold Ruth for $100,000 plus a loan in a deal announced in January 1920. Boston then went 86 years without a title, a drought nicknamed the Curse of the Bambino.
Ruth was still a star pitcher when he was sold, having won 89 games for Boston and helped the Red Sox win the World Series in 1916 and 1918.
Who hit the 11th inning walk-off home run that beat the Red Sox in Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS?
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Aaron Boone
Boone, who had entered the game as a pinch runner, hit Tim Wakefield's first pitch of the 11th into the left field seats for a 6 to 5 win that sent the Yankees to the World Series.
Boone tore a knee ligament playing pickup basketball that winter, the Yankees released him and traded for Alex Rodriguez, and he returned as Yankees manager in December 2017.
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No club in North American sport has won like the New York Yankees: 27 World Series titles, five of them in a row from 1949 to 1953, and a roll call of legends that runs from Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig through Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra to Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera. The pinstripes, the retired numbers and the Monument Park plaques are part of baseball folklore.
These 15 questions cover the Bronx Bombers from their origins as the Baltimore Orioles to Aaron Boone's 2003 walk-off, with stops at the 61 home run summer of 1961, Mr. October, Mr. November and The Boss. It suits casual fans who know the big names and diehards who know the box scores, with a few harder questions near the end.
You will find 15 multiple choice questions here, each with four options. Difficulty: Medium. Most people finish in about 6 minutes, and every answer comes with a short explanation and one extra fact worth keeping.
How to play
Read the question and pick one of the four answers. The correct answer is revealed straight away with a short explanation, then press Next question to keep going. At the end you get your score out of 15 and a full review of your round. Play again any time and the questions arrive in a fresh order. There is no timer and no account.
Good to know before you play
How many World Series have the New York Yankees won?
The Yankees have won 27 World Series championships, the most of any Major League Baseball team. The most recent came in 2009 against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Why are the Yankees called the Bronx Bombers?
The nickname combines their home borough, the Bronx, with the power hitting of the 1920s and 1930s teams built around Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, who bombed home runs at a rate nobody had seen.
Is this Yankees quiz hard?
It is a medium difficulty quiz. The first questions cover famous names and nicknames most baseball fans know, while the later ones test franchise history such as the Ruth sale and the 1903 move from Baltimore.
Answer key: all 15 questions with explanations
- In which New York City borough do the Yankees play their home games?
The Bronx Yankee Stadium sits in the South Bronx, which is why the team is nicknamed the Bronx Bombers. The club has played there since 1923, first in the original stadium and since 2009 in a new ballpark built across the street. Before 1923 the Yankees were tenants of the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan, and their success there annoyed their landlords enough to prompt the move. - Which uniform number did Babe Ruth wear for the Yankees?
3 Ruth wore No. 3, which the Yankees retired in 1948. The first Yankees numbers matched the batting order, so Ruth hit third and Lou Gehrig, who wore No. 4, batted cleanup behind him. Joe DiMaggio wore No. 5 and Mickey Mantle No. 7, and the Yankees have now retired every single digit number from 1 to 9. - Which Yankees first baseman gave the famous "luckiest man on the face of the earth" speech in 1939?
Lou Gehrig Gehrig delivered the speech at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939, weeks after being diagnosed with ALS, the disease now often called Lou Gehrig's disease. He had retired after playing 2,130 consecutive games. The Yankees retired Gehrig's No. 4 that same year, making it the first number ever retired in Major League Baseball. - Who hit 61 home runs in 1961 to break Babe Ruth's single season record?
Roger Maris Maris hit his 61st on the final day of the 1961 season off Boston's Tracy Stallard, passing Ruth's 60 from 1927. Teammate Mickey Mantle chased him all summer before injury left him stuck on 54. Commissioner Ford Frick wanted the record listed separately because 1961 had a 162 game schedule, which gave rise to the famous but mythical asterisk. - Which Yankee earned the nickname "Mr. October" after hitting three home runs on three pitches in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series?
Reggie Jackson Jackson homered off three different Dodgers pitchers in consecutive at-bats to clinch the 1977 title, and his habit of rising to the postseason made the nickname stick. He hit .450 in that series. The Yankees sold a Reggie! candy bar in 1978, and fans showered the field with them after he homered on opening day. - Which manager guided the Yankees to four World Series titles in five seasons from 1996 to 2000?
Joe Torre Torre took over in 1996 and won titles in 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000, with the 1998 team winning 114 regular season games. He left after the 2007 season to manage the Dodgers. Torre had played and managed more than 4,000 big league games without reaching a World Series before the Yankees hired him. - Which Yankees catcher won a record 10 World Series rings as a player?
Yogi Berra Berra played in 14 World Series between 1947 and 1963 and won 10 of them, more than any other player in history. He also won three American League MVP awards. Berra's quips, such as "It ain't over till it's over", are so well known that several appear in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. - Which closer became the first player elected unanimously to the Baseball Hall of Fame, in 2019?
Mariano Rivera Rivera received all 425 votes in 2019 after retiring with a record 652 saves, nearly all of them earned with a single pitch, his cut fastball. Rivera was the last MLB player to wear No. 42 full time, having been grandfathered in when the league retired it for Jackie Robinson in 1997. - Which Yankee was dubbed "Mr. November" after a walk-off home run just past midnight in the 2001 World Series?
Derek Jeter The 2001 Series was pushed back after the September 11 attacks, and Jeter's 10th inning homer in Game 4 against Arizona landed shortly after midnight on November 1. The scoreboard flashed Mr. November. The Yankees still lost that series in seven games when Luis Gonzalez blooped a single off Mariano Rivera in the bottom of the ninth. - Which team did the Yankees beat in the 2009 World Series to win their 27th championship?
Philadelphia Phillies The Yankees beat the defending champion Phillies in six games in the first season at the new Yankee Stadium. Hideki Matsui was named Series MVP after driving in six runs in the clincher. It was the first title for the so-called Core Four of Jeter, Rivera, Jorge Posada and Andy Pettitte since 2000. - Which owner, known as "The Boss", bought the Yankees from CBS in 1973?
George Steinbrenner Steinbrenner led a group that bought the club for about $10 million in 1973 and ran it until his death in 2010, famously hiring and firing Billy Martin as manager five times. Steinbrenner was twice suspended from baseball, including a 1990 ban for paying a gambler to dig up dirt on his own star Dave Winfield. - How many consecutive World Series did the Yankees win from 1949 to 1953?
Five Casey Stengel's Yankees won five straight titles from 1949 through 1953, a record no other team has matched. Stengel won seven championships in all as Yankees manager. The 1936 to 1939 Yankees had earlier won four in a row, so the club owns the two longest championship streaks in MLB history. - In which city did the franchise play before moving to New York in 1903?
Baltimore The team began in 1901 as the Baltimore Orioles of the new American League, then moved to Manhattan in 1903 and played as the New York Highlanders before becoming the Yankees in 1913. The name Highlanders came from their home, Hilltop Park, which stood on one of the highest points in Manhattan. - Which Red Sox owner sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees after the 1919 season?
Harry Frazee Frazee, a theatre producer, sold Ruth for $100,000 plus a loan in a deal announced in January 1920. Boston then went 86 years without a title, a drought nicknamed the Curse of the Bambino. Ruth was still a star pitcher when he was sold, having won 89 games for Boston and helped the Red Sox win the World Series in 1916 and 1918. - Who hit the 11th inning walk-off home run that beat the Red Sox in Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS?
Aaron Boone Boone, who had entered the game as a pinch runner, hit Tim Wakefield's first pitch of the 11th into the left field seats for a 6 to 5 win that sent the Yankees to the World Series. Boone tore a knee ligament playing pickup basketball that winter, the Yankees released him and traded for Alex Rodriguez, and he returned as Yankees manager in December 2017.
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