Yankees Trivia Question and Answers
1.
What year did the Yankees move to Yankee Stadium?
Answer:
1923
2.
What other team did the Yankees play in the first World Series?
Answer:
Pittsburgh Pirates
3.
What Yankee pitcher won the AL MVP in 1978?
Answer:
Ron Guidry
4.
Who is the only Yankee to win the AL Triple Crown in the 20th century?
Answer:
Mickey Mantle (1956)
5.
What is the nickname of the Yankees' home stadium?
Answer:
The House that Ruth Built
6.
What was the name of the Yankees' first owner?
Answer:
Jacob Ruppert
7.
What year did the Yankees win their first World Series?
Answer:
1923
8.
What is the name of the iconic "Monument Park" at Yankee Stadium?
Answer:
The ""House that Ruth Built""
9.
What are the Yankees' team colors?
Answer:
Navy blue and white
10.
What was the name of the team before they became the Yankees?
Answer:
The Highlanders
11.
Who was the only Yankee to hit 50 home runs in a season in the 1970s?
Answer:
Graig Nettles (1979)
12.
What year did the Yankees unveil the current "NY" logo?
Answer:
1947
13.
What is the name of the famous rivalry between the Yankees and Boston Red Sox?
Answer:
The ""Subway Series""
14.
Who is the youngest player to ever hit 50 home runs for the Yankees?
Answer:
Aaron Judge (2017)
15.
What year did the Yankees win their first World Series after a 15-year drought?
Answer:
1996
16.
What year did the Yankees move from their original home, the Polo Grounds?
Answer:
1923
17.
Who hit the winning home run in the 2009 World Series?
Answer:
Hideki Matsui
18.
What is the name of the Yankee legend who famously wore number 3?
Answer:
Babe Ruth
19.
What year did the Yankees win their first World Series title after the 1961 season?
Answer:
1977
20.
What is the name of the iconic ballpark where the Yankees have played most of their history?
Answer:
Yankee Stadium
21.
What was the name of the Yankee manager who led the team to their first World Series win?
Answer:
Miller Huggins
22.
Who was the first Yankee to hit 40 home runs in a season?
Answer:
Babe Ruth
23.
What year did the Yankees last win the World Series?
Answer:
2009
24.
What is the name of the Yankee manager who won the World Series in 2009?
Answer:
Joe Girardi
25.
What year did the Yankees play against their crosstown rivals, the Brooklyn Dodgers, in the World Series?
Answer:
1947
26.
Who holds the Yankees' all-time record for most hits?
Answer:
Derek Jeter (3,465)
27.
What is the name of the Yankee pitcher who won the AL Cy Young Award in 2003?
Answer:
Roger Clemens
28.
What year did the Yankees win their first World Series after a 17-year drought?
Answer:
1996
29.
What is the name of the Yankee player who held the team record for most career stolen bases before Derek Jeter?
Answer:
Rickey Henderson
30.
What year did the Yankees move from their first home, the Polo Grounds, to Yankee Stadium?
Answer:
1923
31.
What year did the Yankees and Boston Red Sox first play in the World Series?
Answer:
1946
32.
What is the name of the Yankee player who won the MVP award in 1977?
Answer:
Ron Guidry
33.
What is the name of the Yankee player who won the AL Rookie of the Year award in 2008?
Answer:
Joba Chamberlain
34.
What is the name of the Yankee player who won the AL MVP award in 1996?
Answer:
Derek Jeter
35.
What year did the Yankees win their first World Series championship after a 12-year drought?
Answer:
1998
36.
What is the name of the Yankee manager who led the team to four World Series titles in the 1990s?
Answer:
Joe Torre
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