List of New York Yankees team records - wikipedia List of New York Yankees team records This article is about the statistical records of the New York Yankees. For their season - by - season win -- loss records, see List of New York Yankees seasons. Babe Ruth holds sixteen franchise, four American League, and two Major League records. The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the Bronx, New York. They compete in the East Division of Major League Baseball 's ( MLB ) American League ( AL ). The club began play in 1903 as the Highlanders, after owners Frank Farrell and William S. Devery had bought the defunct Baltimore Orioles and moved the team to New York City ; in 1913, the team changed its nickname to the Yankees. From 1903 to 2018, the franchise has won more than 10,000 games and 27 World Series championships. The list below documents players and teams that hold particular club records. Outfielder Babe Ruth holds the most franchise records, with 16, including career home runs, and career and single - season batting average and on - base percentage. Shortstop Derek Jeter has the second-most records among hitters, with eight. Jeter 's marks include the records for career hits, singles, doubles, and stolen bases. Among pitchers, Whitey Ford has the most Yankees records with five, all of which are career totals. These include games won, games started, and innings pitched. Several Yankees hold AL and MLB records. Ruth has MLB single - season records for extra-base hits and total bases, and holds four other AL single - season records. Outfielder Joe DiMaggio had a 56 - game hitting streak in the 1941 season, which remains an MLB record. Jack Chesbro holds three AL records that he set in 1904 : games won, games started, and complete games. Contents 1 Table key 2 Individual career records 2.1 Career batting 2.2 Career pitching 3 Individual single - season records 3.1 Single - season batting 3.2 Single - season pitching 4 Team single - game records 4.1 Single - game batting 4.2 Single - game pitching 4.3 Other 5 Team season records 5.1 Season batting 5.2 Season pitching 6 Team all - time records 7 Notes 8 See also 9 References Table key Table key # Tie between two teams † American League record * Major League record Statistics are current through the 2018 season. Individual career records These are records of players with the best performance in particular statistical categories during their career with the Yankees. Career Batting Derek Jeter is the Yankees ' all - time leader in hits, singles, doubles, and stolen bases. Career batting records Statistic Player Record Yankees career Ref Batting average Babe Ruth. 349 1920 -- 1934 On - base percentage Babe Ruth. 484 1920 -- 1934 Slugging percentage Babe Ruth. 711 1920 -- 1934 On - base plus slugging Babe Ruth 1.195 1920 -- 1934 Runs Babe Ruth 1,959 1920 -- 1934 Plate appearances Derek Jeter 12,602 1995 -- 2014 At bats Derek Jeter 11,195 1995 -- 2014 Hits Derek Jeter 3,465 1995 -- 2014 Total bases Babe Ruth 5,131 1920 -- 1934 Singles Derek Jeter 2,595 1995 -- 2014 Doubles Derek Jeter 544 1995 -- 2014 Triples Lou Gehrig 163 1923 -- 1939 Home runs Babe Ruth 659 1920 -- 1934 Runs batted in Lou Gehrig 1,995 1923 -- 1939 Walks Babe Ruth 1,852 1920 -- 1934 Strikeouts Derek Jeter 1,840 1995 -- 2014 Stolen bases Derek Jeter 358 1995 -- 2014 Games played Derek Jeter 2,747 1995 -- 2014 Career Pitching Mariano Rivera has the most saves, both in his career and a single season, among Yankees pitchers. Career pitching records Statistic Player Record Yankees career Ref ( s ) Wins Whitey Ford 236 1950, 1953 -- 1967 Losses Mel Stottlemyre 139 1964 -- 1974 Win - loss percentage Johnny Allen. 725 1932 -- 1935 Earned run average Rich Gossage 2.14 1978 -- 1983, 1989 Saves Mariano Rivera 652 1995 -- 2013 Strikeouts Andy Pettitte 2,020 1995 -- 2003, 2007 -- 2010, 2012 -- 2013 Shutouts Whitey Ford 45 1950, 1953 -- 1967 Games Mariano Rivera 1,115 1995 -- 2013 Innings pitched Whitey Ford 3,170 1⁄3 1950, 1953 -- 1967 Games started Whitey Ford Andy Pettitte 438 1950, 1953 -- 1967 1995 -- 2003, 2007 -- 2010, 2012 -- 2013 Games finished Mariano Rivera 951 1995 -- 2013 Complete games Red Ruffing 261 1930 -- 1942 1945 -- 1946 Walks Lefty Gomez 1,090 1930 -- 1942 Hits allowed Red Ruffing 2,995 1930 -- 1942 1945 -- 1946 Wild pitches Whitey Ford 75 1950, 1953 -- 1967 Hit batsmen Jack Warhop 114 1908 -- 1915 Individual Single - Season records These are records of Yankees players with the best performance in particular statistical categories during a single season. Single - Season Batting Joe DiMaggio has held the MLB record for the longest hitting streak since 1941. Single - season batting records Statistic Player Record Season Ref ( s ) Batting average Babe Ruth. 393 1923 Home runs Roger Maris 61 1961 Runs batted in Lou Gehrig 185 1931 Runs Babe Ruth 177 1921 Hits Don Mattingly 238 1986 Singles Steve Sax 171 1989 Doubles Don Mattingly 53 1986 Triples Earle Combs 23 1927 Stolen bases Rickey Henderson 93 1988 At bats Alfonso Soriano 696 2002 Hitting streak Joe DiMaggio 56 1941 Slugging percentage Babe Ruth. 847 1920 Extra-base hits Babe Ruth 119 1921 Total bases Babe Ruth 457 1921 On - base percentage Babe Ruth. 545 1923 On - base plus slugging Babe Ruth 1.379 1920 Walks Babe Ruth 170 1923 Strikeouts Giancarlo Stanton 211 2018 Single - Season Pitching Jack Chesbro won an American League - record 41 games in the 1904 season. Single - season pitching records Statistic Player Record Season Ref ( s ) Wins Jack Chesbro 41 1904 Losses Joe Lake 22 1908 Strikeouts Ron Guidry 248 1978 Earned run average Spud Chandler 1.64 1943 Earned runs allowed Sam Jones 127 1925 Hits allowed Jack Powell 340 1904 Shutouts Ron Guidry 9 1978 Saves Mariano Rivera 53 Games Paul Quantrill 86 Games started Jack Chesbro 51 1904 Complete games Jack Chesbro 48 1904 Innings pitched Jack Chesbro 4542⁄3 1904 Team Single - game records These are records of Yankees teams with the best performance in particular statistical categories during a single game. Single - game Batting Hideki Matsui hit two of the Yankees ' eight home runs on July 31, 2007. Single - game batting records Statistic Record Opponent Date Home runs hit 8 Philadelphia Athletics June 28, 1939 Home runs hit 8 Chicago White Sox July 31, 2007 Runs scored 25 Philadelphia Athletics May 24, 1936 Hits 30 Boston Red Sox September 28, 1923 Doubles 10 Toronto Blue Jays April 12, 1988 Doubles 10 Cincinnati Reds June 5, 2003 Triples 5 Washington Senators May 1, 1934 Grand slams 3 * Oakland Athletics August 25, 2011 Runners left on base 23 Boston Red Sox September 5, 1927 Strikeouts 22 Chicago Cubs May 7, 2017 Stolen bases 15 St. Louis Browns September 28, 1911 Single - game pitching Single - game pitching records Statistic Record Opponent Date Hits allowed 28 Detroit Tigers September 29, 1928 Runs allowed 24 Cleveland Indians July 29, 1928 Home runs allowed 7 Boston Red Sox July 4, 2003 Strikeouts 26 Chicago Cubs May 7, 2017 Other Other single - game records Statistic Record Opponent Date Longest game by time 7 : 00 Detroit Tigers June 24, 1962 Team Season records These are records of Yankees teams with the best and worst performances in particular statistical categories during a single season. Season Batting Giancarlo Stanton hit 38 of the Yankees ' MLB record 267 home runs in 2018. Season batting records Statistic Record Season Home runs 267 * 2018 Runs 1,067 1931 Hits 1,683 1930 Doubles 327 2006 Triples 110 1930 Total bases 2,703 1936 Runners left on base 1,258 Strikeouts 1,421 2018 Stolen bases 289 1910 Season pitching Season pitching records Statistic Record Season Hits allowed 1,566 1930 Runs allowed 898 1930 Home runs allowed 214 2016 Strikeouts 1,634 2018 Shutouts 24 1951 Team all - time records Source : Team all - time records Statistic Record Home runs 15,909 Runs 88,097 Hits 164,959 Batting average. 266 Earned run average 3.65 Runs allowed 75,701 Notes Earned run average is calculated as 9 × ( ER ÷ IP ), where E R ( displaystyle ER ) is earned runs and I P ( displaystyle IP ) is innings pitched. The figure listed is the MLB total. Baseball-Reference.com credits Rivera with 952 games finished. 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Question: who has the most stolen bases in yankees history
Answer: Shortstop Derek Jeter