New York Yankees Trivia
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128 free New York Yankees trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
73 free New York Yankees trivia questions with answers. From the Highlanders' hilltop park in Washington Heights to Aaron Judge's 62 home runs, the New York Yankees have packed more history into 120-odd seasons than any franchise in American sports. This quiz walks the whole pinstriped timeline: the Ruth sale and the Curse of the Bambino, Gehrig's streak, DiMaggio and Mantle, Stengel's five straight titles, the Bronx Zoo years, the Core Four dynasty and the 2009 champions. It starts with the questions every fan should ace (how many World Series, who was The Boss) and works up to the stuff that settles bar arguments: which pitcher gave up Maris's 61st, why the numbers 3 and 4 went to Ruth and Gehrig, where the interlocking NY really came from, and what the Boston Massacre scoreline was. Red Sox fans are welcome, and there is a question or two they will enjoy. Every answer has been checked against team histories, biographies and stadium records, and each carries a linked source so you can prove a point on the spot. Bring it to Opening Day, a road-trip playlist, or the group chat that still argues about Bucky Dent.
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Q 01Through the 2009 season, how many World Series championships had the Yankees won?
27
27 is the total through 2009, when the Yankees beat the Phillies in the first season at the new stadium; no other franchise had reached a dozen.
Q 02Which nickname was attached to the original Yankee Stadium when it opened in 1923?
The House That Ruth Built
The House That Ruth Built was sportswriter Fred Lieb's coinage: Ruth's home runs had sent attendance soaring and, in effect, paid for the 1923 stadium.
Q 03What was George Steinbrenner's famous nickname as Yankees owner?
The Boss
The Boss was the name George Steinbrenner earned as a famously hands-on owner from 1973 until his death in 2010, hiring and firing managers at a furious pace.
Q 04How many consecutive games did Joe DiMaggio hit safely in during his famous 1941 streak?
56
56 straight games with a hit, from May 15 to July 16, 1941; the streak ended in Cleveland when third baseman Ken Keltner made two fine plays on DiMaggio.
Q 05How many home runs did Aaron Judge hit in 2022 to set a new American League single-season record?
62
62 home runs: the record-breaker came on October 4, 2022, at Texas off Jesús Tinoco, passing the 61 Roger Maris hit in 1961 for the American League mark.
Q 06The Yankees' franchise rights were purchased in 1903 from which defunct American League club?
Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore Orioles of the American League folded after 1902, and Frank Farrell and Bill Devery paid $18,000 for a franchise that began play in 1903 in upper Manhattan.
Q 07What name did the club use before it became the Yankees?
Highlanders
Highlanders was the club's name for its first ten seasons in New York, a nod to its hilltop ballpark and perhaps to club president Joseph Gordon and the Gordon Highlanders regiment.
Q 08Which Yankee was the last major leaguer to wear number 42 full time, until 2013?
Mariano Rivera
Mariano Rivera kept 42 under a grandfather clause after MLB retired it league-wide for Jackie Robinson in 1997; the Yankees retired it for him in 2013, his final season.
Q 09Whose version of "New York, New York" plays at Yankee Stadium after home games?
Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra's 1980 recording of the Kander and Ebb song, written for Liza Minnelli in the 1977 film New York, New York, closes every Yankees home game.
Q 10The 1919 sale of Babe Ruth to New York gave rise to which superstition about the Boston Red Sox?
The Curse of the Bambino
The Curse of the Bambino followed Boston's sale of Ruth after the 1919 season; the Red Sox went decades without a title, and Dan Shaughnessy's 1990 book of that name made the phrase famous.
Q 11Aaron Judge became the team's 16th captain in December 2022, the first since which player retired in 2014?
Derek Jeter
Derek Jeter, captain from 2003 until his 2014 retirement, was the 15th; Judge's appointment came with a nine-year, $360 million contract, then the largest free-agent deal in MLB history.
Q 12In the sitcom Seinfeld, which character spent several seasons working for Steinbrenner's Yankees?
George Costanza
George Costanza worked as assistant to the travelling secretary for the Yankees from the 1994 season; Larry David voiced the unseen Steinbrenner, whose own filmed cameo was cut.
Q 13The closer nicknamed "Sandman" grew up in the fishing village of Puerto Caimito in which country?
Panama
Q 21Who threw a perfect game against Brooklyn in Game 5 of a World Series?
Don Larsen
Don Larsen needed 97 pitches to set the Dodgers down in order through nine innings; Yogi Berra leaping into his arms afterward became one of baseball's iconic photographs.
Q 22From 1913 to 1922 the Yankees shared which ballpark with the National League's Giants?
Polo Grounds
Polo Grounds, the Giants' home in upper Manhattan, housed the Yankees for ten seasons; once Ruth made the tenants the bigger draw, the Giants served notice and the Yankees built their own park across the Harlem River.
Q 23Since September 2001, which song has been played at Yankee Stadium during the seventh-inning stretch?
God Bless America
Panama is where the Sandman grew up; he was playing on rough amateur fields in Puerto Caimito when the Yankees signed him in 1990, and his father captained a fishing boat.
Q 14The Yankees' 1979 season was shattered when captain Thurman Munson died in what kind of accident?
Plane crash
Plane crash: Munson was practising touch-and-go landings in his own Cessna Citation jet at Akron-Canton airport on August 2, 1979; his locker stayed empty and later went to the new stadium's museum.
Q 15In which year did the Yankees blow a 3-0 ALCS lead to Boston?
2004
2004 was the year Boston won four straight after trailing the ALCS 3-0, then swept St. Louis for its first title since 1918.
Q 16In June 2019 the Yankees and Red Sox played the first MLB games ever held in Europe, in which city?
London
London hosted the two games at the converted Olympic Stadium in Stratford on June 29 and 30, 2019; the Yankees won the opener 17-13 and swept the series.
Q 17Who hit three homers on three straight pitches in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series?
Reggie Jackson
Reggie Jackson homered off Burt Hooton, Elias Sosa and Charlie Hough on consecutive pitches in Game 6 on October 18, 1977, sealing the title and the nickname 'Mr. October'.
Q 18In what year did the Yankees modify their long-standing appearance policy to permit well-groomed beards?
2025
2025 brought the change: on February 21, Hal Steinbrenner announced that well-groomed beards would be allowed, ending a facial-hair ban his father George had imposed in the 1970s.
Q 19Babe Ruth's single-season record of 60 home runs, which stood until 1961, was set in which season?
1927
1927 was the Murderers' Row season: Ruth hit 60, Gehrig 47, and the club won 110 games while spending every day of the year in first place.
Q 20Which shortstop's homer over the Green Monster decided the 1978 one-game playoff at Fenway?
Bucky Dent
Bucky Dent, a light-hitting shortstop, lifted a three-run homer off Mike Torrez in the seventh inning on October 2, 1978, earning a profane middle name from Red Sox fans.
God Bless America has been played at the stretch since the September 11 attacks; for years it was Kate Smith's recording, dropped in 2019 after other songs of hers drew accusations of racism.
Q 24Which team beat the Yankees in Game 7 of the 2001 World Series after Rivera blew the save?
Arizona Diamondbacks
Arizona Diamondbacks won Game 7 on November 4, 2001, when Luis Gonzalez's bloop single over a drawn-in infield scored Jay Bell, ending the Yankees' run of three straight titles.
Q 25How many World Series titles did Yogi Berra win as a player, more than anyone in MLB history?
10
10 rings as a player, between 1947 and 1962; Berra appeared in 14 World Series in all, also a record, and was the catcher for a World Series perfect game.
Q 26Where did the Yankees play home games in 1974 and 1975 while their stadium was renovated?
Shea Stadium
Shea Stadium, the Mets' home in Queens, took in the Yankees for 1974 and 1975 while the city rebuilt their Bronx park; the NFL Jets and, in 1975, the Giants were tenants too.
Q 27Which broadcaster called Yankees games on the radio for 36 seasons, from 1989 to 2024?
John Sterling
John Sterling was the radio voice from 1989 until his retirement in April 2024; his trademark was a drawn-out home run call and a personalised catchphrase for every hitter.
Q 28In which year did the club officially drop its original name and become the Yankees?
1913
1913 is when the club officially adopted 'Yankees', a name New York sportswriters had been using informally since 1904.
Q 29In 1973 George Steinbrenner's group bought the Yankees for $10 million from which company?
CBS
The Cleveland shipbuilder later admitted the deal included two parking garages CBS bought back, making the true net price about $8.8 million.
Q 30How many times was Billy Martin hired and fired as Yankees manager by Steinbrenner over a 13-year span?
Five
Five stints, beginning in 1975, 1979, 1983, 1985 and 1988; the most famous exit followed his 1978 line that his star slugger and the owner 'deserve each other', one a born liar and the other convicted.