Yankees Opening Day starters all-time

1901: JOE McGINNITY
1 Opening Day start
Team W-L: 1-0

1902: TOM HUGHES
1 Opening Day start
Team W-L: 0-1

1903-06: JACK CHESBRO
4 Opening Day starts
Team W-L: 3-1

1907: AL ORTH
1 Opening Day start
Team W-L: 1-0

1908: SLOW JOE DOYLE
1 Opening Day start
Team W-L: 1-0

Above: Jack Chesbro and Joe Doyle at South Side Park in Chicago.

1910-11: JAMES "HIPPO" VAUGHN
2 Opening Day starts
Team W-L: 1-0-1*

*The New York Highlanders' 1910 Opening Day game against the Boston Red Sox was called a 4-4 tie after 14 innings.

1918-19: GEORGE MOGRIDGE
2 Opening Day starts
W-L: 1-1
*ERA: 6.00
*IP: 9
*K/BB: 1/2

*Stats from 1919 Opening Day only.

1920, 1923-24, 1926: BOB SHAWKEY
4 Opening Day starts
W-L: 2-1 (Team 3-1)
ERA: 2.45
IP: 29 1/3
K/BB: 18/11

1921: CARL MAYS
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 1-0
ERA: 1.00
IP: 9
K/BB: 2/1

1922: "SAD" SAM JONES
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 0-1
ERA: 6.75
IP: 8
K/BB: 2/1

1925: URBAN SHOCKER
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 1-0
ERA: 1.00
IP: 9
K/BB: 3/2

1927: WAITE HOYT
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 1-0
ERA: 3.00
IP: 9
K/BB: 3/3

1928: HERB PENNOCK
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 1-0
ERA: 2.00
IP: 9
K/BB: 4/5

1929-30: GEORGE PIPGRAS
2 Opening Day starts
W-L: 1-1
ERA: 4.20
IP: 15
K/BB: 6/7

Above: George Pipgras, right, shakes hands with St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander before Game 2 of the 1928 World Series.

1931, 1938-40, 1942: RED RUFFING
5 Opening Day starts
W-L: 3-2
ERA: 2.79
IP: 42
K/BB: 25/8

1932-37: LEFTY GOMEZ
6 Opening Day starts
W-L: 2-3 (Team 2-4)
ERA: 2.83
IP: 47 2/3
K/BB: 28/22

1941: MARIUS RUSSO
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 1-0
ERA: 0.00
IP: 9
K/BB: 1/3

1944: HANK BOROWY
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 1-0
ERA: 0.00
IP: 9
K/BB: 2/3

1945: ATLEY DONALD
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 1-0
ERA: 5.14
IP: 7
K/BB: 2/3

1946-47: SPUD CHANDLER
2 Opening Day starts
W-L: 1-1
ERA: 2.35
IP: 15 1/3
K/BB: 10/2

Above: Spud Chandler, left, shakes hands with St. Louis Cardinals starter Max Lanier just before the Game 1 of the 1943 World Series.

1948, 1950: ALLIE REYNOLDS
2 Opening Day starts
W-L: 1-1
ERA: 7.50
IP: 12
K/BB: 8/9

1949: ED LOPAT
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 1-0
ERA: 2.00
IP: 9
K/BB: 3/2

1951-53: VIC RASCHI
3 Opening Day starts
W-L: 2-1
ERA: 1.96
IP: 23
K/BB: 11/12

1954-55, '57, '61-62, '64, '66: WHITEY FORD
7 Opening Day starts
W-L: 2-3 (Team 3-4)
ERA: 2.85
IP: 53 2/3
K/BB: 34/17

DON LARSEN, P
45-24, 3.50 ERA
Don Larsen played for the Yankees from 1955-59. During that time he won two World Series championships and was World Series MVP in 1956. Larsen pitched a perfect game in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series, the only perfect game in postseason history.

1959: BOB TURLEY
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 1-0
ERA: 2.00
IP: 9
K/BB: 4/4

1960: JIM COATES
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 1-0
ERA: 3.00
IP: 9
K/BB: 2/3

Above: Jim Coates, right, talks to A.J. Burnett during 2009 Old Timers Day at Yankee Stadium.

1963: RALPH TERRY
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 1-0
ERA: 2.00
IP: 9
K/BB: 2/1

1965: JIM BOUTON
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 0-0 (Team 0-1)
ERA: 3.60
IP: 5
K/BB: 3/3

1967-70, 1972-1974: MEL STOTTLEMYRE
7 Opening Day starts
W-L: 4-3
ERA: 2.90
IP: 49 2/3
K/BB: 24/11

1971: STAN BAHNSEN
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 0-1
ERA: 2.57
IP: 7
K/BB: 5/2

1975: DOC MEDICH
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 0-1
ERA: 7.94
IP: 5 2/3
K/BB: 2/2

1976-77: CATFISH HUNTER
2 Opening Day starts
W-L: 1-1
ERA: 3.21
IP: 14
K/BB: 7/3

1978-80, 1982-84, 1986: RON GUIDRY
7 Opening Day starts
W-L: 1-2 (Team 1-6)
ERA: 4.23
IP: 38 1/3
K/BB: 24/7

1981, 1989: TOMMY JOHN
2 Opening Day starts
W-L: 2-0
ERA: 2.40
IP: 15
K/BB: 5/6

1985: PHIL NIEKRO
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 1-0
ERA: 1.25
IP: 4
K/BB: 3/5

1987: DENNIS RASMUSSEN
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 0-0 (Team 1-0)
ERA: 1.29
IP: 7
K/BB: 3/1

1988: RICK RHODEN
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 1-0
ERA: 0.00
IP: 9
K/BB: 4/0

1990: DAVE LAPOINT
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 0-0 (Team 1-0)
ERA: 3.38
IP: 5 1/3
K/BB: 4/0

1991: TIM LEARY
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 0-0 (0-1)
ERA: 6.00
IP: 6
K/BB: 9/3

1992: SCOTT SANDERSON
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 1-0
ERA: 3.00
IP: 6
K/BB: 5/2

1993-95: JIMMY KEY
3 Opening Day starts
W-L: 3-0
ERA: 3.10
IP: 20 1/3
K/BB: 8/0

1996-97: DAVID CONE
2 Opening Day starts
W-L: 1-1
ERA: 2.77
IP: 13
K/BB: 12/8

1998: ANDY PETTITTE
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 0-1
ERA: 6.00
IP: 6
K/BB: 3/3

1999, 2001-03: ROGER CLEMENS
4 Opening Day starts
W-L: 2-1 (Team 2-2)
ERA: 5.04
IP: 25
K/BB: 22/12

2000: ORLANDO HERNANDEZ
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 1-0
ERA: 1.29
IP: 7
K/BB: 4/3

2004: MIKE MUSSINA
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 0-1
ERA: 9.00
IP: 5
K/BB: 2/2

2005-06: RANDY JOHNSON
2 Opening Day starts
W-L: 2-0
ERA: 1.38
IP: 13
K/BB: 9/2

2007: CARL PAVANO
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 0-0 (Team 0-1)
ERA: 8.31
IP: 4 1/3
K/BB: 2/2

2008: CHIEN-MING WANG
1 Opening Day start
W-L: 1-0
ERA: 3.86
IP: 7
K/BB: 2/2

2009-2014: CC SABATHIA
6 Opening Day starts
W-L: 0-3 (Team 1-5)
ERA: 7.71
IP: 32 2/3
K/BB: 29/14

2015-17: MASAHIRO TANAKA
2 Opening Day start
W-L: 0-2
ERA: 9.49
IP: 12.1
K/BB: 13/5

2018: LUIS SEVERINO
Will start March 29 at Toronto

NO PHOTOS AVAILABLE:
Doc Newton, 1909
Ray Caldwell, 1912
George McConnell, 1913
Marty McHale, 1914
Tiny Bonham, 1943