Yankeeography

Elston Howard was an American Negro League and Major League Baseball catcher, left fielder and coach. During a 14-year baseball career, he played from 1955-1968, primarily for the New York Yankees. The first African American player on the Yankees roster, he was named the American League's Most Valuable Player for the 1963 pennant winners after finishing third in the league in slugging average and fifth in home runs, becoming the first black player in AL history to win the honor. He won Gold Glove Awards in 1963 and 1964, in the latter season setting AL records for putouts and total chances in a season.

Lou Piniella is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and manager. He played with the Yankees for 11 seasons, winning five AL East titles (1976–78, 1980 and 1981), four AL pennants (1976–78 and 1981), and two World Series championships (1977–78). After center fielder Mickey Rivers was traded during the 1979 season, Piniella became the Yankees' lead-off hitter. He made one All-Star team and compiled 1705 lifetime hits despite not playing full-time for just under half of his career.

Richard "Goose" Gossage is a former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher. During a 22-year baseball career, he pitched from 1972-1994 for nine different teams, spending his best years with the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres. The nickname "Goose" is a play on his surname. From 1977 through 1983 he never recorded an earned run average over 2.62, including a mark of 0.77 in 1981, and in 1980 he finished third in AL voting for both the MVP Award and Cy Young Award as the Yankees won a division title. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2008.

Edward "Whitey" Ford is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who spent his entire 18-year career with the New York Yankees. Ford won 236 games for New York (career 236-106), still a franchise record. Ford's 2.75 earned run average is the lowest among starting pitchers whose careers began after the advent of the Live Ball Era in 1920. He was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.

Willie Randolph is a former Major League Baseball second baseman, coach, and manager. During an 18-year baseball career, he played from 1975-1992 for six different teams, most notably for the New York Yankees. At the end of his playing career, in which he was with six teams from 1975 to 1992, he ranked fifth in major league history in games at second base (2,152), ninth in putouts (4,859), seventh in assists (6,336), eighth in total chances (11,429), and third in double plays (1,547). Upon retiring as a player, he joined the Yankees as a coach for eleven years. He later served as manager of the New York Mets from 2005 to June 2008.

Jorge Posada is a Major League Baseball catcher who plays for the New York Yankees. He is a switch hitter, and has been on five All-Star teams over his 16-year career. He is the only Major League catcher to ever have hit .330 or better with 40 doubles, 20 home runs, and 90 RBIs in a single season. Posada and Yogi Berra are the only Yankees catchers to hit 30 Home Runs in a season. Since 2000, Posada had more runs batted in, home runs, and hits than any other catcher in baseball.

Hosted by Reggie Jackson on location at the Baseball Hall of Fame, this is the one Yankeeography yet aired that was hosted by someone other than John Sterling.

Albert "Sparky" Lyle is an American former left-handed relief pitcher who spent sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was a closer from 1969 to 1977, first for the Boston Red Sox and then the New York Yankees. A three-time All-Star, he won the American League (AL) Cy Young Award in 1977. He was most famous for co-authoring with Peter Golenbock The Bronx Zoo, a 1979 tell-all book which chronicled the dissension within the Yankees in its World Series Championship seasons of 1977 and 1978.