List of New York Yankees Opening Day starting pitchers

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File:Yankee Stadium Overview.jpg
Yankee Stadium, New York's home field from 1923 to 1973, and 1976 to 2008.

The New York Yankees are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in The Bronx, New York City, New York. They play in the American League East division. The first game of the new baseball season for a team is played on Opening Day, and being named the Opening Day starter is an honor, which is often given to the player who is expected to lead the pitching staff that season,[1] though there are various strategic reasons why a team's best pitcher might not start on Opening Day.[2] The Yankees have used 58 different Opening Day starting pitchers in their 110 seasons. Since the franchise's beginning in 1901, the 58 starters have a combined Opening Day record of 58 wins, 36 losses, 1 tie (57–36–1), and 18 no decisions.[3][4] No decisions are only awarded to the starting pitcher if the game is won or lost after the starting pitcher has left the game. Although in modern baseball, ties are rare due to extra innings, in 1910, New York's Opening Game against the Boston Red Sox was declared a tie due to darkness – at the time, Hilltop Park had lacked adequate lighting.[5]

Whitey Ford, Ron Guidry, and Mel Stottlemyre hold the Yankees record for most Opening Day starts with seven.[3] The other pitchers with three or more Opening Day starts for New York are CC Sabathia (6), Lefty Gomez (6), Red Ruffing (5), Jack Chesbro (4), Roger Clemens (4), Bob Shawkey (4), Masahiro Tanaka (4), Ray Caldwell (3), Jimmy Key (3), Vic Raschi (3), and most recently Gerrit Cole (3).[3] Jimmy Key holds the Yankee record for best Opening Day record with a perfect 3–0.[3]

On Opening Day, Yankee pitchers have a combined record of 35–12–1 when playing at home.[3] Of those games, pitchers have a 1–0 record at Oriole Park, a 3–1–1 record at Hilltop Park, a 2–3 record from Polo Grounds, a 28–8 record at Yankee Stadium, and a 1–0 record at Shea Stadium. When on the road for Opening Day, Yankee pitchers have a combined record of 28–27.

During the 1901 and 1902 seasons, the franchise played in Baltimore as the "Baltimore Orioles". The franchise has Opening Day record of 1–1 as Baltimore. After their move to New York in 1903, the franchise was known as the New York Highlanders until 1912. As the Highlanders, they had a 6–3–1 Opening Day record.[3] For seasons in which New York would later win the World Series, the starting pitchers have a 16–8 record.[3]

Key

Season Each year is linked to an article about that particular Yankees season.
W Win
L Loss
ND (W) No decision by starting pitcher; Yankees won game
ND (L) No decision by starting pitcher; Yankees lost game
T Tie
Pitcher (#)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Number of appearances as Opening Day starter with the Yankees
* Advanced to the post-season
** American League champions
Template:Dagger World Series champions

Pitchers

File:Joe McGinnity Baseball.jpg
Joe McGinnity pitched on Opening Day for the Baltimore Orioles in 1901.
File:George McConnell 2163019453 a65cc5946c o MCU FOFF.jpg
George McConnell was New York's Opening Day starting pitcher in 1913.
File:Ray Caldwell.jpg
Ray Caldwell started on Opening Day in 1912, 1916 and 1917.
File:Andy P.jpg
Andy Pettitte started on Opening Day for the New York Yankees in 1998.
File:Mike-mussina.jpg
Opening Day 2004 marked Mike Mussina's first and only Opening Day start for the Yankees.
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1901 Script error: No such module "Sort". W Boston Americans Oriole Park [6]
1902 Script error: No such module "Sort". L Boston Americans Huntington Avenue Grounds [7]
1903 Script error: No such module "Sort". L Washington Senators American League Park [8]
1904 Script error: No such module "Sort". (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". W Boston Americans Hilltop Park [9]
1905 Script error: No such module "Sort". (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". W Washington Senators American League Park [10]
1906 Script error: No such module "Sort". (4)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". W Boston Americans Hilltop Park [11]
1907 Script error: No such module "Sort". W Washington Senators American League Park [12]
1908 Script error: No such module "Sort". W Philadelphia Athletics Hilltop Park [13]
1909 Script error: No such module "Sort". L Washington Senators American League Park [14]
1910 Script error: No such module "Sort". T Boston Red Sox Hilltop Park [5][15]
1911 Script error: No such module "Sort". (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". W Philadelphia Athletics Shibe Park [16]
1912 Script error: No such module "Sort". L Boston Red Sox Hilltop Park [17]
1913 Script error: No such module "Sort". L Washington Senators Griffith Stadium [18]
1914 Script error: No such module "Sort". W Philadelphia Athletics Polo Grounds [19]
1915 Script error: No such module "Sort". L Washington Senators Griffith Stadium [20]
1916 Script error: No such module "Sort". (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". L Washington Senators Polo Grounds [21]
1917 Script error: No such module "Sort". (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". L Boston Red Sox Polo Grounds [22]
1918 Script error: No such module "Sort". W Washington Senators Griffith Stadium [23]
1919 Script error: No such module "Sort". (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". L Boston Red Sox Polo Grounds [24]
1920 Script error: No such module "Sort". L Philadelphia Athletics Shibe Park [25]
1921** Script error: No such module "Sort". W Philadelphia Athletics Polo Grounds [26]
1922** Script error: No such module "Sort". L Philadelphia Athletics Griffith Stadium [27]
1923Template:Dagger Script error: No such module "Sort". (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". W Boston Red Sox Yankee Stadium [28]
1924 Script error: No such module "Sort". (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". W Boston Red Sox Fenway Park [29]
1925 Script error: No such module "Sort". W Washington Senators Yankee Stadium [30]
1926** Script error: No such module "Sort". (4)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". W Boston Red Sox Griffith Stadium [31]
1927Template:Dagger Script error: No such module "Sort". W Philadelphia Athletics Yankee Stadium [32]
1928Template:Dagger Script error: No such module "Sort". W Philadelphia Athletics Shibe Park [33]
1929 Script error: No such module "Sort". W Boston Red Sox Yankee Stadium [34]
1930 Script error: No such module "Sort". (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". L Philadelphia Athletics Shibe Park [35]
1931 Script error: No such module "Sort". W Boston Red Sox Yankee Stadium [36]
1932Template:Dagger Script error: No such module "Sort". W Philadelphia Athletics Shibe Park [37]
1933 Script error: No such module "Sort". (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". W Boston Red Sox Yankee Stadium [38]
1934 Script error: No such module "Sort". (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ND (L) Philadelphia Athletics Shibe Park [39]
1935 Script error: No such module "Sort". (4)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". L Boston Red Sox Yankee Stadium [40]
1936Template:Dagger Script error: No such module "Sort". (5)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". L Washington Senators Griffith Stadium [41]
1937Template:Dagger Script error: No such module "Sort". (6)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". L Washington Senators Yankee Stadium [42]
1938Template:Dagger Script error: No such module "Sort". (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". L Washington Senators Yankee Stadium [43]
1939Template:Dagger Script error: No such module "Sort". (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". W Boston Red Sox Yankee Stadium [44]
1940 Script error: No such module "Sort". (4)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". L Philadelphia Athletics Shibe Park [45]
1941Template:Dagger Script error: No such module "Sort". W Washington Senators Griffith Stadium [46]
1942** Script error: No such module "Sort". (5)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". W Washington Senators Griffith Stadium [47]
1943Template:Dagger Script error: No such module "Sort". ND (W) Washington Senators Yankee Stadium [48]
1944 Script error: No such module "Sort". W Boston Red Sox Fenway Park [49]
1945 Script error: No such module "Sort". W Boston Red Sox Yankee Stadium [50]
1946 Script error: No such module "Sort". W Philadelphia Athletics Shibe Park [51]
1947Template:Dagger Script error: No such module "Sort". (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". L Philadelphia Athletics Yankee Stadium [52]
1948 Script error: No such module "Sort". W Philadelphia Athletics Griffith Stadium [53]
1949Template:Dagger Script error: No such module "Sort". W Washington Senators Yankee Stadium [54]
1950Template:Dagger Script error: No such module "Sort". (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ND (W) Boston Red Sox Fenway Park [55]
1951Template:Dagger Script error: No such module "Sort". W Boston Red Sox Yankee Stadium [56]
1952Template:Dagger Script error: No such module "Sort". (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". W Philadelphia Athletics Shibe Park [57]
1953Template:Dagger Script error: No such module "Sort". (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". L Philadelphia Athletics Yankee Stadium [58]
1954 Script error: No such module "Sort". ND (L) Washington Senators Griffith Stadium [59]
1955 Script error: No such module "Sort". (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". W Washington Senators Yankee Stadium [60]
1956Template:Dagger Script error: No such module "Sort". W Washington Senators Griffith Stadium [3]
1957** Script error: No such module "Sort". (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". W Washington Senators Yankee Stadium [3]
1958Template:Dagger Script error: No such module "Sort". (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". W Boston Red Sox Fenway Park [3]
1959 Script error: No such module "Sort". W Boston Red Sox Yankee Stadium [3]
1960 Script error: No such module "Sort". W Boston Red Sox Fenway Park [3]
1961Template:Dagger Script error: No such module "Sort". (4)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". L Minnesota Twins Yankee Stadium [3]
1962Template:Dagger Script error: No such module "Sort". (5)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ND (W) Baltimore Orioles Yankee Stadium [3]
1963** Script error: No such module "Sort". W Kansas City Athletics Municipal Stadium [3]
1964** Script error: No such module "Sort". (6)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". L Boston Red Sox Fenway Park [3]
1965 Script error: No such module "Sort". ND (L) Minnesota Twins Metropolitan Stadium [3]
1966 Script error: No such module "Sort". (7)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". L Detroit Tigers Yankee Stadium [3]
1967 Script error: No such module "Sort". W Washington Senators Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium [3]
1968 Script error: No such module "Sort". (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". W California Angels Yankee Stadium [3]
1969 Script error: No such module "Sort". (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". W Washington Senators Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium [3]
1970 Script error: No such module "Sort". (4)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". L Boston Red Sox Yankee Stadium [3]
1971 Script error: No such module "Sort". L Boston Red Sox Fenway Park [3]
1972 Script error: No such module "Sort". (5)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". L Baltimore Orioles Memorial Stadium [3]
1973 Script error: No such module "Sort". (6)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". L Boston Red Sox Fenway Park [3]
1974 Script error: No such module "Sort". (7)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". W Cleveland Indians Shea Stadium [3]
1975 Script error: No such module "Sort". L Cleveland Indians Cleveland Stadium [3]
1976** Script error: No such module "Sort". L Milwaukee Brewers Milwaukee County Stadium [3]
1977Template:Dagger Script error: No such module "Sort". (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". W Milwaukee Brewers Yankee Stadium [3]
1978Template:Dagger Script error: No such module "Sort". ND (L) Texas Rangers Arlington Stadium [3]
1979 Script error: No such module "Sort". (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". L Milwaukee Brewers Yankee Stadium [3]
1980* Script error: No such module "Sort". (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ND (L) Texas Rangers Arlington Stadium [3]
1981** Script error: No such module "Sort". W Texas Rangers Yankee Stadium [3]
1982 Script error: No such module "Sort". (4)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ND (L) Chicago White Sox Yankee Stadium [3]
1983 Script error: No such module "Sort". (5)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ND (L) Seattle Mariners Kingdome [3]
1984 Script error: No such module "Sort". (6)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". L Kansas City Royals Royals Stadium [3]
1985 Script error: No such module "Sort". L Boston Red Sox Fenway Park [3]
1986 Script error: No such module "Sort". (7)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". W Kansas City Royals Yankee Stadium [3]
1987 Script error: No such module "Sort". ND (W) Detroit Tigers Tiger Stadium [3]
1988 Script error: No such module "Sort". W Minnesota Twins Yankee Stadium [3]
1989 Script error: No such module "Sort". W Minnesota Twins Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome [3]
1990 Script error: No such module "Sort". ND (W) Cleveland Indians Yankee Stadium [3]
1991 Script error: No such module "Sort". ND (L) Detroit Tigers Tiger Stadium [3]
1992 Script error: No such module "Sort". W Boston Red Sox Yankee Stadium [3]
1993 Script error: No such module "Sort". W Cleveland Indians Cleveland Stadium [3]
1994 Script error: No such module "Sort". (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". W Texas Rangers Yankee Stadium [3]
1995* Script error: No such module "Sort". (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". W Texas Rangers Yankee Stadium [3]
1996Template:Dagger Script error: No such module "Sort". W Cleveland Indians Jacobs Field [3]
1997* Script error: No such module "Sort". (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". L Seattle Mariners Kingdome [3]
1998Template:Dagger Script error: No such module "Sort". L Anaheim Angels Edison International Field of Anaheim [3]
1999Template:Dagger Script error: No such module "Sort". ND (L) Oakland Athletics Network Associates Coliseum [3]
2000Template:Dagger Script error: No such module "Sort". W Anaheim Angels Edison International Field of Anaheim [3]
2001** Script error: No such module "Sort". (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". W Kansas City Royals Yankee Stadium [3]
2002* Script error: No such module "Sort". (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". L Baltimore Orioles Oriole Park at Camden Yards [3]
2003** Script error: No such module "Sort". (4)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". W Toronto Blue Jays SkyDome [3]
2004* Script error: No such module "Sort". L Tampa Bay Devil Rays Tokyo Dome [3]
2005* Script error: No such module "Sort". W Boston Red Sox Yankee Stadium [3]
2006* Script error: No such module "Sort". (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". W Oakland Athletics McAfee Coliseum [3]
2007* Script error: No such module "Sort". ND (W) Tampa Bay Devil Rays Yankee Stadium [3]
2008 Script error: No such module "Sort". W Toronto Blue Jays Yankee Stadium [61]
2009Template:Dagger Script error: No such module "Sort". L Baltimore Orioles Oriole Park at Camden Yards [4]
2010* Script error: No such module "Sort". (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ND (L) Boston Red Sox Fenway Park [62]
2011* Script error: No such module "Sort". (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ND (W) Detroit Tigers Yankee Stadium [3]
2012* Script error: No such module "Sort". (4)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ND (L) Tampa Bay Rays Tropicana Field [3]
2013 Script error: No such module "Sort". (5)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". L Boston Red Sox Yankee Stadium [3]
2014 Script error: No such module "Sort". (6)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". L Houston Astros Minute Maid Park [3]
2015* Script error: No such module "Sort". L Toronto Blue Jays Yankee Stadium [3]
2016 Script error: No such module "Sort". (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ND (L) Houston Astros Yankee Stadium [3]
2017* Script error: No such module "Sort". (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". L Tampa Bay Rays Tropicana Field [3]
2018* Script error: No such module "Sort". W Toronto Blue Jays Rogers Centre [3]
2019* Script error: No such module "Sort". (4)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". W Baltimore Orioles Yankee Stadium [3]
2020* Script error: No such module "Sort". W Washington Nationals Nationals Park [3]
2021* Script error: No such module "Sort". (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ND (L) Toronto Blue Jays Yankee Stadium [3]
2022* Script error: No such module "Sort". (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ND (W) Boston Red Sox Yankee Stadium [3]
2023 Script error: No such module "Sort". (4)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". W San Francisco Giants Yankee Stadium [3]
2024** Script error: No such module "Sort". ND (W) Houston Astros Minute Maid Park [3]
2025 Script error: No such module "Sort". W Milwaukee Brewers Yankee Stadium [3]

References

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