New York Yankees

The New York Yankees are a Major League Baseball team based in The Bronx, New York. They were founded in 1901 as the Baltimore Orioles, and then they moved to New York City in 1903, where they became known as the New York Highlanders. In 1913, they became known as the Yankees after a nickname by the media stuck.

The Yankees have won 27 World Series championships, the most of any North American professional sports team, and 16 more than the team with the second most championships, the St. Louis Cardinals.