Yankees’ history prior to Babe Ruth’s arrival tends mostly to be grouped together.
“Their first year was 1903. They were mostly bad. They were called the Highlanders for a while. Then Babe Ruth showed up and the rest is history.”
Before I truly started to dive into Yankees history, that’s generally how I thought of it to. However, there are several interesting teams and many interesting players in those years that shouldn’t be completely overlooked. There were a couple occasions where the franchise nearly broke through and won an AL pennant long before their actual first in 1921.