Established in 1903, the New York Yankees have been a model for success over the past 117 seasons. The team has made the playoffs 54 times and won 27 World Championships.

Its success has been driven by its players and managers, of which dozens have been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Below are five of those inductees:

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1895, Babe Ruth was an outfielder and pitcher. He first played for the Yankees in 1920 after a six-year stint with the Boston Red Sox. He played for the Yankees for 15 seasons, during which time he won four World Series.

A premier power hitter, Ruth led the league in home runs in 10 of those 15 seasons with the Yankees. His best season came in 1927, when he recorded a career-best 60 home runs to go along with 165 RBI and a .356 batting average.

Ruth won his seventh and final World Series in 1932 at 37 years old. He had two home runs in the four-game series against the Chicago Cubs, but the one that is most remembered occurred in Game 3 at Wrigley Field.

Ruth, or "The Great Bambino" as he was affectionately known, stepped to the plate in the fifth inning with the game tied 4-4 and launched a home run to deep center field on a 2-2 count immediately after pointing there with two fingers. Debate remains about whether or not Ruth called his home run, but the home run nonetheless remains part of baseball folklore.

2. Joe DiMaggio

Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955, Joe DiMaggio played his entire 13-year career with the Yankees. He joined the team in 1936 and finished eighth in MVP voting after hitting 29 home runs and recording 125 RBI in addition to a league-leading 15 triples.

DiMaggio finished second in MVP voting the following year and won his first of three MVPs in 1939. That year, he led the league in batting average (.381) and posted 30 home runs and 126 RBI.

His MLB career was put on hiatus in 1943 because he enlisted to serve in the United States Air Force during World War II. He returned to the Yankees in 1946 and won his third MVP the following season. DiMaggio retired in 1951 with 361 home runs, 1,537 RBI, and a .325 batting average.

3. Mickey Mantle

Like DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle played his entire career with the Yankees. The Oklahoma native joined the team in 1951 and rose to prominence the following season as he earned his first of 20 All-Star distinctions and finished third in MVP voting after hitting 23 home runs and recording 87 RBI in 142 regular season games.

Also like DiMaggio, Mantle won three MVP awards, the last of which he earned in 1962. He hit 30 home runs and registered 89 RBI that season in addition to leading the league in on-base percentage (.486) and slugging percentage (.605).

Mantle, who won seven World Series with New York, hit 536 home runs throughout his career with the Yankees. He ranks second only to Ruth, who had 659. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974, six years after he retired from the league.

One of eight Yankees managers to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Joe Torre is a former catcher and infielder who played 2,209 regular season games with the Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, and New York Mets over the course of his 18-year playing career. However, he will be remembered most for his success as a manager, particularly with the Yankees.

The 79-year-old native of Brooklyn, New York, began his managerial career with the Mets in 1977. He managed all three of his former teams before being hired by the Yankees prior to the 1996 season. Torre was unable to win a World Series as a player or manager during his first 35 years in the league, but accomplished the feat in his first year as Yankees manager.

New York finished the regular season with a record of 92-70 that season and beat the Braves in the World Series. He guided the Yankees to three consecutive World Series from 1998 to 2000 and left the team in 2007 to join the Los Angeles Dodgers. He retired as a manager in 2010 and was inducted into the Hall of Fame four years later.

5. Mariano Rivera

The most recent Yankees inductee into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Mariano Rivera spent his entire 19-year career with the team and was an All-Star in 13 of those seasons. The relief pitcher won five World Series with the Yankees and led the league in saves in 1999, 2001, and 2004.

He retired in 2013 as the MLB all-time leader in saves and games finished with 652 and 952, respectively. Through 1,115 career regular season appearances, Rivera registered a 2.21 ERA and struck out 1,173 batters compared to only 286 walks. He was named MVP of the 1999 World Series and 2003 ALCS.