New York Yankees Opening Day History
The New York Yankees Opening Day history by Baseball Almanac is a comprehensive list of each Opening Day game played by the franchise, every opponent faced, the exact date of the game played, a final score, the official decision, team splits, and box scores.
"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
The New York Yankees Opening Day history is based upon the first game played at home during the regular season and includes (if applicable) the entire franchise history.
How many New York Yankees Opening Day games were played in April? Have they ever played an Opening Day game in March? Have they even been shutout at home on Opening Day? We hope you enjoy using the charts below to review other similar Opening Day splits:
| Monthly Opening Day Splits | Team vs Team Opening Day Splits | |||||||
| Month (Games) | Won | Lost | WP | Opponent (Games) | Won | Lost | WP | |
| March (3) | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | Baltimore Orioles (6) | 5 | 1 | 0.833 | |
| April (119) | 78 | 40 | 0.661 | Boston Americans (3) | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| July (1) | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | Boston Red Sox (27) | 16 | 10 | 0.615 | |
| California Angels (1) | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |||||
| Score Related Opening Day Splits | Chicago White Sox (5) | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | ||||
| Cleveland Indians (6) | 3 | 3 | 0.500 | |||||
| Type (Games) | Won | Lost | WP | Detroit Tigers (6) | 3 | 3 | 0.500 | |
| Shutouts (23) | 15 | 8 | 0.652 | Houston Astros (1) | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | |
| 1-Run Games (30) | 17 | 13 | 0.567 | Kansas City Royals (5) | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| Blowouts (40) | 27 | 13 | 0.675 | Los Angeles Angels (2) | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| Milwaukee Brewers (4) | 2 | 2 | 0.500 | |||||
| Minnesota Twins (6) | 4 | 2 | 0.667 | |||||
| Oakland Athletics (2) | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | |||||
| Philadelphia Athletics (15) | 8 | 7 | 0.533 | |||||
| San Francisco Giants (1) | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |||||
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2) | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | |||||
| Tampa Bay Rays (2) | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | |||||
| Texas Rangers (4) | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | |||||
| Toronto Blue Jays (3) | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | |||||
| Washington Senators (22) | 16 | 6 | 0.727 | |||||
During their Opening Day history, the New York Yankeesscored the most runs (19) on April 13, 1955 versus the . The most runs scored against them during an Opening Day game was 13 and it was played on April 12, 1983 versus the .
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