2014 New York Yankees season
The 2014 New York Yankees season was the 112th season for the New York Yankees franchise. The Yankees began the season on April 1 at Minute Maid Park against the Houston Astros, and finished on September 28 at Fenway Park against the Boston Red Sox. They finished in second place in the American League East with an 84–78 record, which was their worst record since 1992. The Yankees failed to make the playoffs for the second year in a row, and for the third time in twenty years.
Jacoby Ellsbury joined the Yankees after spending his whole previous career with the Boston Red Sox.
Derek Jeter announced that 2014 would be his final season just before the start of spring training. 2014 would be a retirement season for Jeter as 2013 was for Mariano Rivera.
Masahiro Tanaka, acquired from Japan, had a great year.
Brian McCann and Chase Whitley before a game against the Orioles on July 13.
Joseph Elliott Girardi is an American sports broadcaster and former professional baseball player and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). Girardi played the catcher position for the Chicago Cubs, Colorado Rockies, New York Yankees, and St. Louis Cardinals during a big league playing career that spanned from 1989 to 2003. He won three World Series championships with the Yankees in the 1990s and served as the catcher for both Dwight Gooden's no-hitter and David Cone's perfect game.
Girardi bats for the Yankees, 1996
Yankees Manager Joe Girardi with General Ann E. Dunwoody before the N.Y. Mets vs. N.Y. Yankees game, June 14, 2009.
Girardi as manager of the Yankees
Girardi managing the Yankees in 2011