This article is about a team record that was set by a team long after it had ceased to be a team. It might well never be broken. Or it might be under attack right now, by a Yankees team that's 95% retired, or by one that's 75% retired, or by one that's 40% retired, or by one that's -- somewhat shockingly -- not a Yankees team at all.
This record began to come together after the 1926 season, with some minor accusations of game-fixing against Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker. The fallout was that both players, aging greats who'd been with their respective teams for more than a decade, retired.