The Bronx is home to the New York Yankees, a professional baseball team from the United States. The Yankees, one of the most well-known and prosperous teams in all of the sports, have taken home a record 27 World Series championships and 40 American League (AL) pennants.
The team debuted in 1901 in Baltimore, Maryland, and played two seasons in the American League as the Orioles.
Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchased the faltering Baltimore team in 1903 and moved it to New York, first to Hilltop Park (1903–12), one of Manhattan’s highest points, hence the name New York Highlanders.
More than any other team, the New York Yankees have participated in 40 World Series and been able to have won 27 of them.
They were able to win the championships in the following years ;1923 1927 1928 1932 1936 1937 1938 1939 1941 1943 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1956 1958 1961 1962 1977 1978 1996 1998 1999 2000 2009.
The team has won 27 World Series titles in its 120 MLB seasons, which is the most of any MLB team and 16 more than the St. Louis Cardinals, who are in second place.
