Renamed New York Yankees

Lore & Background

Throughout much of their tenure as the Highlanders, the logo was variations of a stylized N and Y, which lay separately on either side of the jersey's breast. In 1905, the two overlapped for one season, but not in the way used today. It wasn't until 1909 that the team changed to the familiar interlocking NY that would be the team logo long after the team became known as the Yankees, and would continue to be the cap insignia until today. The interlocking NY was originally designed by Tiffany & Co. and struck on a medal of valor presented in 1877 to John McDowell, a New York City police officer shot in the line of duty.

The interlocking NY has varied greatly, and there are currently three major versions in use. The primary logo, created in 1946 by sports artist Henry Alonzo Keller, consists of "Yankees" against a baseball, written in red script with a red bat forming the vertical line of the K, an Uncle Sam hat hanging from the barrel. The logo was slightly changed over the years, with the current version first appearing in the 1970s.

Reader's Guide

The Yankees' official uniform colors are midnight navy blue and white. The home uniform is white with distinctive pinstripes and a navy interlocking "NY" at the chest. The away uniform is gray with "NEW YORK" written across the chest in navy blue. The road uniform had the "NEW YORK" wordmark in midnight navy blue outlined in white and the sleeves in navy-white-navy stripes on the sleeve cuff until 2024.

The player number is on the back of the uniform jersey in navy (outlined in white on the road jersey until 2024), and is not accompanied by the player's name. A navy blue cap with a white interlocking "NY" logo is worn with both uniforms. In 1929, the New York Yankees became the first team to make numbers a permanent part of the uniform. Numbers were handed out based on the batting order in the lineup.

Up until 2019, the team had never issued #0, and still has never issued #00. When other teams began putting names on the backs of jerseys in the 1960s, the Yankees did not follow suit. Apart from the Players Weekend jerseys, the Yankees were the only team in Major League Baseball that did not display the logo of the official uniform supplier on game jerseys or pants supplied to players; that trend would change as Nike took over as MLB uniform supplier in .

Beginning in the 2010 season, the MLB logo on the back collar of their jerseys has had gray behind the bat of the MLB logo instead of the usual red. In 2023, the team announced a sponsorship deal with Starr Insurance, which would see the Yankees wear a navy blue patch with the Starr logo on either sleeve, depending on a player's handedness.