page_title: List of New York Yankees Opening Day starting pitchers
section_title: Pitchers
hierarchical_section_title: List of New York Yankees Opening Day starting pitchers / Pitchers
caption_attribution_description: English: "George McConnell (baseball)" A 1913 image, from the Bain News Service, of George McConnell.
context_page_description: The New York Yankees are a Major League Baseball 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, though there are various strategic reasons why a team's best pitcher might not start on Opening Day. 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, and 17 no decisions. 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.
  Whitey Ford, Ron Guidry, and Mel Stottlemyre hold the Yankees record for most Opening Day starts with seven.
caption: George McConnell was New York's Opening Day starting pitcher in 1913.
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