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Using WAR to help us rank them, lets look at the top 24 players in the history of the New York Yankees.

The diminutive Stirnweiss became an unlikely hero for the Yankees in 1944 after they lost several regulars to military service.

With many of the league’s stars gone to war, Spud Chandler spun one of the best pitching seasons of all time.

What’s on deck for January 25th?

Red Ruffing was an unassuming pitcher when he was traded from the Red Sox to the Yankees in 1930. All that changed two seasons later.

Coming down after a wild Wednesday.

On Tuesday night, New York Yankees All-Star slugger Aaron Judge hit his 60th home run of the season off of Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Wil Crowe to equal a mark famously reached by legend Babe Ruth during the 1927 campaign.

By joining Roger Maris and Babe Ruth as the only A.L. players with 60-homer seasons, Judge showed once again that no team does big moments quite like the Yankees.

As Judges 60th homer tied him with none other than Babe Ruth in the record books, a fascinating connection linked Judge and Pirates pitcher Wil Crowe to the Bambino. 

And thus we present a little-known bit of Chicago and Cubs history.