If you go to the Yankees’ franchise page at Baseball Reference and scroll down a little bit, there is a section of 24 players’ headshots. They are the 24 players who accumulated the most Baseball Reference WAR as a Yankee. While there are some famous names missing, it’s a pretty good ranking of 24 of the most important players in Yankees’ history.
The first six could pretty easily be guessed by even the most casual fans. The seventh player is Red Ruffing.
Ruffing was an extremely important part of the 1930’s and 40s Yankees teams.