Saturday, October 26.
November 4, 2009
October 21, 1998
Game 6, the final game played of the 2009 World Series was won by the Yankees on Wednesday, November 4th.
Thursday, October 26, 2000.
The Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday, November 4, 2009, to win the World Series 4 games to 2.
1921 World SeriesThe First World Series game that the New York Yankees appeared in was on Wednesday, October 5, 1921 at Polo Grounds. The Yankees beat the Giants in game one but, lost the Series 5 games to three.
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The Yankees didn't play the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948. The Yankees defeated the Dodgers in the 1947 and 1949 World Series.
1996 Derek Jeter has won five World Series (all with the Yankees); 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2009. For his accomplishments in the 2000 World Series (.409 batting average, 9 hits, 2 home runs) he was awarded the World Series MVP. Jeter also went the World Series in 2001 and 2003 with the Yankees but lost in them both.
The Marlins won the 1997 World Series on October 26 and the 2003 World Series on October 25.
World Television Day was created in 1996.
Derek's first game as a rookie shortstop for the Yankees was on April 2, 1996. Even though in 1995 he did play in 15 games, his rookie season was 1996. That was the first time a rookie shortstop started for the Yankees on opening day since Tom Tresh in 1962.