During my tenure at Pinstripe Alley—hell, during my entire time as a baseball fan—I’ve never been shy about delving into the team’s history and exploring the lives of its long roll call of players, both incredible and regrettable. We provide plenty of other coverage on the current-day activities of the teams, so I like having one spot per day on the schedule to open the ol’ books and tell a story.
Whether it’s remembering championship teams, Top 100 players, or notable free agent signings, there’s always something out there to explore. For the pastthreeyears, we’ve celebrated the 25th anniversary of the 1998-2000 Yankees dynasty by doing a diary on all their regular season and playoff activity. The final pages were written this past October, so it’s time for a new daily project.
With that in mind, we’ll ring in the new year by beginning the Yankees Birthdays series. Every day in 2026, we’ll have a new Yankees figure to discuss whose birthday happened to fall on that day. Some days will feature far more famous stars than others! But that just adds to the challenge and our interest in the exercise. As a spoiler for today, that’s exactly what you’ll see soon for January 1st.
Happy new year and happy 365 days of Yankees birthdays!
January 1: Charlie Devens
January 2: David Cone
January 3: Luis Sojo
January 4: George Selkirk
January 5: Art Fletcher
January 6: Don Gullett
January 7: Alfonso Soriano
January 8: Jason Giambi
January 9: Ralph Terry
January 10: Del Pratt
January 11: Loren Babe
January 12: Iván Nova
January 13: Darrell Rasner
January 14: Chet Brewer
January 15: Matt Holliday
January 16: Jack McDowell
January 17: Chili Davis
January 18: Michael Pineda
January 19: Fernando Seguignol
January 20: Kevin Maas
January 21: Andy Hawkins
January 22: Brian Dayett
January 23: Johnny Sturm
January 24: Neil Allen
January 25: Les Nunamaker
January 26: Brian Doyle
January 27: Fred Heimach
January 28: Lyn Lary
January 29: John Habyan
January 30: Hipólito Peña
January 31: Duke Maas
February 1: Jazz Chisholm Jr.
February 2:George Halas
February 3: Chicken Hawks
February 4: Lefty Davis
February 5: Roger Peckinpaugh
February 6: Babe Ruth
February 7: Dámaso García
February 8: Fritz Peterson
February 9: Clete Boyer
February 10: Allie Reynolds
February 11: César Cabral
February 12: Todd Frazier
February 13: Nathan Eovaldi
February 14: Dámaso Marte
February 15: Russell Martin
February 16: Barry Foote
February 17: Wally Pipp
February 18: Joe Gordon
February 19: Chris Stewart
February 20: Tommy Henrich
February 21: Oscar Azócar
February 22: Ryne Duren
February 23: Elston Howard
February 24: Mike Lowell
February 25: Paul O’Neill
February 26: Johnny Blanchard
February 27: Ron Hassey
February 28: Bill Holland
March 1: Oswaldo Cabrera
March 2: Miguel Andujar
March 3: Willie Keeler
March 4: Lefty O’Doul
March 5: Doug Bird
March 6: Francisco Cervelli
March 7: Mike Armstrong
March 8: Jim Bouton
March 9: Aaron Boone
March 10: Steve Howe
March 11: Bobby Abreu
March 12: Darryl Strawberry
March 13: Home Run Baker
March 14: Butch Wynegar
March 15: Mike Pagliarulo
March 16: Curtis Granderson
March 17: Tim Lollar
March 18: Brian Fisher
March 19: Fritz Brickell
March 20: Paul Mirabella
March 21: Frankie Montas
March 22: Rich Monteleone
March 23:Dellin Betances
March 24: Ernie Shore
March 25: Lee Mazzilli
March 26:José Vizcaíno
March 27: Miller Huggins
March 28: Vic Raschi
March 29: Herb McQuaid
March 30: Dick Woodson
March 31: Chien-Ming Wang
April 1: Phil Niekro
April 2: Jon Lieber
April 3: Art Ditmar
April 4: Cameron Maybin
April 5: Wid Conroy
April 6: Ken Clay
April 7: Oral Hildebrand
April 8:Catfish Hunter
April 9: David Robertson
April 10: Bob Watson
April 11: Mark Teixeira
April 12: Sammy Vick
April 13: Kid Elberfeld
April 14: David Justice
April 15: King Cole
April 16: Paul Waner
April 17: Zack Clayton
April 18: Dennis Rasmussen
April 19: Scott Kamieniecki
April 20: Don Mattingly
April 21: Joe McCarthy
April 22: Jimmy Key
April 23:Andruw Jones
April 24: Carlos Beltrán
April 25: Russ Ford
April 26: Aaron Judge
April 27: Enos Slaughter
April 28: Tom Sturdivant
April 29: Sterling Hitchcock
April 30: Jumbo Brown
May 1: Brandon Claussen
May 2: George Giles
May 3: Red Ruffing
May 4: Miguel Cairo
May 5: Bob Cerv
May 6: Ivy Andrews
May 7: Tom Zachary
May 8: Art López
May 9: Chase Headley
May 10: Ed Barrow
May 11: Walt Terrell
May 12: Yogi Berra
May 13: John Ryan Murphy
May 14:Earle Combs
May 15: Alex Verdugo
May 16: Billy Martin
May 17: Carlos May
May 18: Reggie Jackson
May 19: Gil McDougald
May 20: Bobby Murcer
May 21: Andrew Miller
May 22: Tommy John
May 23: Buck Showalter
May 24: Bartolo Colon
May 25:Bobby L. Brown
May 26: Travis Lee
May 27: Mark Connor
May 28: Bob Kuzava
May 29: George McQuinn
May 30: Rube Oldring
May 31: Kenny Lofton
June 1: Bud Metheny
June 2: Gene Michael
June 3: José Molina
June 4: Phil Linz
June 5: Jack Chesbro
June 6: Bill Dickey
June 7: Thurman Munson
June 8: Tacks Neuer
June 9: Bill Virdon
June 10: Ken Singleton
June 11: Dan Topping
June 12: Hideki Matsui
June 13: David Parrish
June 14: Chase Whitley
June 15: Andy Pettitte
June 16: Will Warren
June 17: Víctor Mata
June 18: Félix Heredia
June 19: Lou Gehrig
June 20: Kendrys Morales
June 21: Eddie Lopat
June 22: Jack Zalusky
June 23: Hensley Meulens
June 24: Phil Hughes
June 25: Mike Stanley
June 26: Derek Jeter
June 27: Eric Reyzelman
June 28: Al Downing
June 29: Bobby Veach
June 30: Jerry Kenney
July 1: Jack Quinn
July 2: José Canseco
July 3: Brian Cashman
July 4: John Sterling
July 5: Goose Gossage
July 6: Willie Randolph
July 7: George Moriarty
