List of New York Yankees Opening Day starting pitchers
Pitchers

List of New York Yankees Opening Day starting pitchers

Section Title: Pitchers
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Season	Pitcher	Decision	Opponent	Location	Ref(s)

1901	Joe McGinnity	W	Boston Americans	Oriole Park

1902	Tom Hughes	L	Boston Americans	Huntington Avenue Grounds

1903	Jack Chesbro	L	Washington Senators	American League Park

1904	Jack Chesbro (2)	W	Boston Americans	Hilltop Park

1905	Jack Chesbro (3)	W	Washington Senators	American League Park

1906	Jack Chesbro (4)	W	Boston Americans	Hilltop Park

1907	Al Orth	W	Washington Senators	American League Park

1908	Slow Joe Doyle	W	Philadelphia Athletics	Hilltop Park

1909	Doc Newton	L	Washington Senators	American League Park

1910	Hippo Vaughn	T	Boston Red Sox	Hilltop Park

1911	Hippo Vaughn (2)	W	Philadelphia Athletics	Shibe Park

1912	Ray Caldwell	L	Boston Red Sox	Hilltop Park

1913	George McConnell	L	Washington Senators	Griffith Stadium

1914	Marty McHale	W	Philadelphia Athletics	Polo Grounds

1915	Jack Warhop	L	Washington Senators	Griffith Stadium

1916	Ray Caldwell (2)	L	Washington Senators	Polo Grounds

1917	Ray Caldwell (3)	L	Boston Red Sox	Polo Grounds

1918	George Mogridge	W	Washington Senators	Griffith Stadium

1919	George Mogridge (2)	L	Boston Red Sox	Polo Grounds

1920	Bob Shawkey	L	Philadelphia Athletics	Shibe Park

1921**	Carl Mays	W	Philadelphia Athletics	Polo Grounds

1922**	Sad Sam Jones	L	Philadelphia Athletics	Griffith Stadium

1923	Bob Shawkey (2)	W	Boston Red Sox	Yankee Stadium

1924	Bob Shawkey (3)	W	Boston Red Sox	Fenway Park

1925	Urban Shocker	W	Washington Senators	Yankee Stadium

1926**	Bob Shawkey (4)	W	Boston Red Sox	Griffith Stadium

1927	Waite Hoyt	W	Philadelphia Athletics	Yankee Stadium

1928	Herb Pennock	W	Philadelphia Athletics	Shibe Park

1929	George Pipgras	W	Boston Red Sox	Yankee Stadium

1930	George Pipgras (2)	L	Philadelphia Athletics	Shibe Park

1931	Red Ruffing	W	Boston Red Sox	Yankee Stadium

1932	Lefty Gomez	W	Philadelphia Athletics	Shibe Park

1933	Lefty Gomez (2)	W	Boston Red Sox	Yankee Stadium

1934	Lefty Gomez (3)	ND (L)	Philadelphia Athletics	Shibe Park

1935	Lefty Gomez (4)	L	Boston Red Sox	Yankee Stadium

1936	Lefty Gomez (5)	L	Washington Senators	Griffith Stadium

1937	Lefty Gomez (6)	L	Washington Senators	Yankee Stadium

1938	Red Ruffing (2)	L	Washington Senators	Yankee Stadium

1939	Red Ruffing (3)	W	Boston Red Sox	Yankee Stadium

1940	Red Ruffing (4)	L	Philadelphia Athletics	Shibe Park

1941	Marius Russo	W	Washington Senators	Griffith Stadium

1942**	Red Ruffing (5)	W	Washington Senators	Griffith Stadium

1943	Tiny Bonham	ND (W)	Washington Senators	Yankee Stadium

1944	Hank Borowy	W	Boston Red Sox	Fenway Park

1945	Atley Donald	W	Boston Red Sox	Yankee Stadium

1946	Spud Chandler	W	Philadelphia Athletics	Shibe Park

1947	Spud Chandler (2)	L	Philadelphia Athletics	Yankee Stadium

1948	Allie Reynolds	W	Philadelphia Athletics	Griffith Stadium

1949	Ed Lopat	W	Washington Senators	Yankee Stadium

1950	Allie Reynolds (2)	ND (W)	Boston Red Sox	Fenway Park

1951	Vic Raschi	W	Boston Red Sox	Yankee Stadium

1952	Vic Raschi (2)	W	Philadelphia Athletics	Shibe Park

1953	Vic Raschi (3)	L	Philadelphia Athletics	Yankee Stadium

1954	Whitey Ford	ND (L)	Washington Senators	Griffith Stadium

1955	Whitey Ford (2)	W	Washington Senators	Yankee Stadium

1956	Don Larsen	W	Washington Senators	Griffith Stadium

1957**	Whitey Ford (3)	W	Washington Senators	Yankee Stadium

1958	Don Larsen (2)	W	Boston Red Sox	Fenway Park

1959	Bob Turley	W	Boston Red Sox	Yankee Stadium

1960	Jim Coates	W	Boston Red Sox	Fenway Park

1961	Whitey Ford (4)	L	Minnesota Twins	Yankee Stadium

1962	Whitey Ford (5)	ND (W)	Baltimore Orioles	Yankee Stadium

1963**	Ralph Terry	W	Kansas City Athletics	Municipal Stadium

1964**	Whitey Ford (6)	L	Boston Red Sox	Fenway Park

1965	Jim Bouton	ND (L)	Minnesota Twins	Metropolitan Stadium

1966	Whitey Ford (7)	L	Detroit Tigers	Yankee Stadium

1967	Mel Stottlemyre	W	Washington Senators	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium

1968	Mel Stottlemyre (2)	W	California Angels	Yankee Stadium

1969	Mel Stottlemyre (3)	W	Washington Senators	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium

1970	Mel Stottlemyre (4)	L	Boston Red Sox	Yankee Stadium

1971	Stan Bahnsen	L	Boston Red Sox	Fenway Park

1972	Mel Stottlemyre (5)	L	Baltimore Orioles	Memorial Stadium

1973	Mel Stottlemyre (6)	L	Boston Red Sox	Fenway Park

1974	Mel Stottlemyre (7)	W	Cleveland Indians	Shea Stadium

1975	Doc Medich	L	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland Stadium

1976**	Catfish Hunter	L	Milwaukee Brewers	Milwaukee County Stadium

1977	Catfish Hunter (2)	W	Milwaukee Brewers	Yankee Stadium

1978	Ron Guidry	ND (L)	Texas Rangers	Arlington Stadium

1979	Ron Guidry (2)	L	Milwaukee Brewers	Yankee Stadium

1980*	Ron Guidry (3)	ND (L)	Texas Rangers	Arlington Stadium

1981**	Tommy John	W	Texas Rangers	Yankee Stadium

1982	Ron Guidry (4)	ND (L)	Chicago White Sox	Yankee Stadium

1983	Ron Guidry (5)	ND (L)	Seattle Mariners	Kingdome

1984	Ron Guidry (6)	L	Kansas City Royals	Royals Stadium

1985	Phil Niekro	L	Boston Red Sox	Fenway Park

1986	Ron Guidry (7)	W	Kansas City Royals	Yankee Stadium

1987	Dennis Rasmussen	ND (W)	Detroit Tigers	Tiger Stadium

1988	Rick Rhoden	W	Minnesota Twins	Yankee Stadium

1989	Tommy John	W	Minnesota Twins	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

1990	Dave LaPoint	ND (W)	Cleveland Indians	Yankee Stadium

1991	Tim Leary	ND (L)	Detroit Tigers	Tiger Stadium

1992	Scott Sanderson	W	Boston Red Sox	Yankee Stadium

1993	Jimmy Key	W	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland Stadium

1994	Jimmy Key (2)	W	Texas Rangers	Yankee Stadium

1995*	Jimmy Key (3)	W	Texas Rangers	Yankee Stadium

1996	David Cone	W	Cleveland Indians	Jacobs Field

1997*	David Cone (2)	L	Seattle Mariners	Kingdome

1998	Andy Pettitte	L	Anaheim Angels	Edison International Field of Anaheim

1999	Roger Clemens	ND (L)	Oakland Athletics	Network Associates Coliseum

2000	Orlando Hernandez	W	Anaheim Angels	Edison International Field of Anaheim

2001**	Roger Clemens (2)	W	Kansas City Royals	Yankee Stadium

2002*	Roger Clemens (3)	L	Baltimore Orioles	Oriole Park at Camden Yards

2003**	Roger Clemens (4)	W	Toronto Blue Jays	SkyDome

2004*	Mike Mussina	L	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Tokyo Dome

2005*	Randy Johnson	W	Boston Red Sox	Yankee Stadium

2006*	Randy Johnson (2)	W	Oakland Athletics	McAfee Coliseum

2007*	Carl Pavano	ND (W)	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Yankee Stadium

2008	Chien-Ming Wang	W	Toronto Blue Jays	Yankee Stadium

2009	CC Sabathia	L	Baltimore Orioles	Oriole Park at Camden Yards

2010*	CC Sabathia (2)	ND (L)	Boston Red Sox	Fenway Park

2011*	CC Sabathia (3)	ND (W)	Detroit Tigers	Yankee Stadium

2012*	CC Sabathia (4)	ND (L)	Tampa Bay Rays	Tropicana Field

2013	CC Sabathia (5)	L	Boston Red Sox	Yankee Stadium

2014	CC Sabathia (6)	L	Houston Astros	Minute Maid Park

2015*	Masahiro Tanaka	L	Toronto Blue Jays	Yankee Stadium

2016	Masahiro Tanaka (2)	ND (L)	Houston Astros	Yankee Stadium

2017*	Masahiro Tanaka (3)	L	Tampa Bay Rays	Tropicana Field

2018*	Luis Severino	W	Toronto Blue Jays	Rogers Centre

2019	Masahiro Tanaka (4)	W	Baltimore Orioles	Yankee Stadium

Sentence(s)

In 1910, New York's Opening Game against Boston Red Sox was a tie at Hilltop Park.
In 1910, New York's Opening Game against the Boston Red Sox at Hilltop Park was a tie.

final_sentence: In 1910, New York's Opening Game against Boston Red Sox was a tie at Hilltop Park.
final_sentence: In 1910, New York's Opening Game against the Boston Red Sox at Hilltop Park was a tie.