Yankees exercise 2025 club option for manager Aaron Boone
The New York Yankees today announced that they have exercised their 2025 club option for Manager Aaron Boone.
Boone, 51, has compiled a career 603-429 (.584) managerial record and has led the Yankees to a postseason berth in six of his first seven seasons at the helm (2018-22, ‘24). Excluding the abbreviated 60-game 2020 season, the Yankees have averaged 95 wins per year during Boone’s tenure. The La Mesa, Calif., native is just the second manager in Major League history to reach the postseason in six of his first seven seasons as manager (min. two games managed per season), joining Dave Roberts (first nine seasons with the Dodgers). He is the third Yankees Manager to make the playoffs in six of his first seven seasons with the club, joining Casey Stengel (also six of first seven) and Joe Torre (each of first 12).
In 2024, Boone led the Yankees to their 41st American League pennant and their first World Series appearance since 2009. During the regular season, the Yankees won their third AL East division title under Boone (also 2019 and ’22) after posting an American League-best 94-68 (.580) record.
“I am grateful for the trust placed in me to lead this team. It’s a responsibility – and an opportunity – that I will never take lightly,” said Yankees Manager Aaron Boone. “It’s a great privilege to show up for work every day and be surrounded by so many determined and talented players, coaches and staff members. Starting with Steinbrenner family, there is a collective commitment to excellence within this organization that is embedded in all that we do. I’m already looking forward to reporting for spring training in Tampa and working tirelessly to return the Yankees to the postseason to compete for a World Championship.”
Since 2018, the Yankees have posted the second-best record in the American League and fourth-best record in the Majors, trailing only the Los Angeles Dodgers (656-377, .635), Houston Astros (618-413, .599) and Atlanta Braves (604-427, .586). The Yankees have recorded at least 90 wins five times under Boone (2018, ’19, ’21, ’22 and ’24) and are one of only three teams to do so in that span, joining the Dodgers (six) and Astros (five).
"Aaron is a steadying presence in our clubhouse and possesses a profound ability to connect with and foster relationships with his players,” said Senior Vice President and General Manager Brian Cashman. "Consistently exhibiting these skills in such a demanding and pressurized market is what makes him one of the game’s finest managers. Our work is clearly not done, but as we pursue the ultimate prize in 2025, I am excited to have Aaron back to lead our team."
The Yankees’ 22 postseason wins since 2018 are also the second-most in the AL and fourth-most in the Majors. The Yankees are one of five teams to make the postseason in at least six of the last seven seasons (since 2018) and one of only three teams to appear in at least three League Championship Series over that span (2019, ’22 and ’24).
His 603 career managerial wins rank seventh on the Yankees’ all-time list, trailing Joe McCarthy (1,460-867-21), Joe Torre (1,173-767-2), Casey Stengel (1,149-696-6), Miller Huggins (1,067-719-10), Ralph Houk (944-806-7) and Joe Girardi (910-710). Boone's 22 career postseason wins are the fifth-most by a Yankees Manager in franchise history, trailing only Joe Torre (76), Casey Stengel (37), Joe McCarthy (29) and Joe Girardi (28).
In 2019, Boone placed second in AL “Manager of the Year” voting (with 13 first place votes, nine second place votes and four third place votes) after guiding the Yankees to a 103-59 record, the club’s best mark since it went 103-59 in 2009. In his rookie managerial season in 2018, he led the Yankees to a 100-62 mark, becoming the sixth manager in Baseball history to lead his team to at least 100 wins in his rookie season, joining Ralph Houk (1961 Yankees, 109-53), Alex Cora (2018 Red Sox, 108-54), Dusty Baker (1993 Giants, 103-59), Sparky Anderson (1970 Reds, 102-60) and Mickey Cochrane (1934 Tigers, 101-53). His 203 managerial wins over that two-year stretch trails only Ralph Houk (205 wins with the Yankees from 1961-62) for the most by any manager in Major League Baseball history over his first two seasons at the helm.
Boone was named the 33rd Manager in club history on December 4, 2017 and was re-signed by the Yankees on October 19, 2021, to a three-year contract with a club option for 2025.
As a player, the 2003 NL All-Star hit .263 (1,017-for-3,871) with 519R, 216 doubles, 126HR, 555RBI and 107SB in 1,152 games over 12 Major League seasons as an infielder (primarily at third base) with the Cincinnati Reds (1997-2003), Yankees (2003), Cleveland (2005-06), Florida Marlins (2007), Washington Nationals (2008) and Houston Astros (2009). Boone helped the Yankees clinch the American League pennant in 2003, hitting a series-ending, “walk-off” home run off Boston’s Tim Wakefield in the bottom of the 11th inning of ALCS Game 7 at the original Yankee Stadium.
Boone’s family was the first in Baseball history to produce three generations of Major League players. His father, Bob, played 19 seasons from 1972-90, and his grandfather, Ray, had a 13-year playing career from 1948-60. Additionally, his older brother, Bret, played 14 seasons (1992-2005), including two with Aaron in Cincinnati from 1997-98.
Selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the third round of the 1994 First-Year Player Draft after playing three seasons at the University of Southern California, Boone was originally selected by the California Angels in the 43rd round of the 1991 First-Year Player Draft but did not sign.