The Yankees Birthday Series, presented by Pinstripe Alley

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 past three years , 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 2 6: Travis Lee May 27 : Mark Connor May 28 : Bob Kuzava May 29 : George McQuinn May 3 0: 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 July 8 : Héctor López July 9 : Tex Clevenger July 10 : Buddy Groom July 11 : Harry Wolter July 12 : Chasen Shreve July 13 : DJ LeMahieu July 14 : Johnny Murphy July 15 : Bubbles Hargrave July 16: Tom Metcalf July 17 : Tillinghast L’H...

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