{"slug": "new-york-yankees", "label": "New York Yankees", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Yankees", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213417", "qid": "Q213417", "description": "baseball team and Major League Baseball franchise in the Bronx, New York, United States", "entries": 8, "years": 6, "span": [1919, 1999], "span_label": ["1919 CE", "1999 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["New York Yankee"], "related": [{"slug": "national-baseball-hall-of-fame-and-museum", "label": "National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "world-series", "label": "World Series", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "boston-red-sox", "label": "Boston Red Sox", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1919, "year_label": "1919 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "December 26", "text": "December 26 – American baseball player Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at this time, a deal made public at the beginning of January 1920.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373508849#December", "title": "1919", "revid": 1373508849, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1941, "year_label": "1941 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "May 15", "text": "May 15 – Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak begins, as the New York Yankees' center fielder goes 1 for 4 against Chicago White Sox pitcher Eddie Smith in baseball.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372706275#May", "title": "1941", "revid": 1372706275, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1941, "year_label": "1941 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "May 15", "text": "May 15 – Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak begins as the New York Yankee center fielder goes one for 4 against Chicago White Sox pitcher Eddie Smith.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369624650#May", "title": "1941 in the United States", "revid": 1369624650, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1941, "year_label": "1941 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 2", "text": "June 2 – Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (New York Yankees), MLB Hall of Famer (b. 1903)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372706275#June", "title": "1941", "revid": 1372706275, "section": "Deaths › June"}}, {"year": 1948, "year_label": "1948 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 16", "text": "August 16 – Babe Ruth, American baseball player (New York Yankees), MLB Hall of Fame member (b. 1895)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371784888#August", "title": "1948", "revid": 1371784888, "section": "Deaths › August"}}, {"year": 1956, "year_label": "1956 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 8", "text": "October 8 – Baseball pitcher Don Larsen of the New York Yankees throws the only perfect game in World Series history, in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers. Yogi Berra catches the game. Dale Mitchell is the final out. The New York Yankees win the series in seven games. Larsen is named series MVP.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022627#October", "title": "1956", "revid": 1370022627, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1993, "year_label": "1993 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 23", "text": "October 23 – The Toronto Blue Jays repeat as World Series champions, becoming the first team to win back-to-back titles since the 1977–1978 New York Yankees.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366430372#October", "title": "1993", "revid": 1366430372, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1999, "year_label": "1999 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "July 18", "text": "July 18 – MLB Pitcher David Cone of the New York Yankees, throws the 16th perfect game in Major League Baseball history.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369767946#July", "title": "1999", "revid": 1369767946, "section": "Events › July"}}]}