The franchise now known as the Yankees first came to New York in 1903. Some sources will say the team moved from Baltimore, where they were the first major league rendition of the Orioles in 1901 and ‘02. However, they’re really two distinct teams, with the new New York Highlanders franchise picking up many of the players from that Orioles’ team.
One of those players was pitcher Harry Howell, who would go down as a franchise history maker.
Howell had first broken through into the big leagues in 1898 as a member of the then-Booklyn Superbas.