9.
DiMaggio wore #9 in his rookie season (1936) and switched to #5 in his second season.
Yes, in his rookie season of 1936. He switched to #5 in 1937.
he use to wear number 8 then switched to 24
Joe DiMaggio wore #5 for the Yankees.
Yes he did. Joe wore number 72 in 1969, early in his rookie season.
Teemu Selanne wore number 13 his rookie season... He wanted to wear number 8 like he does right now but ironically his future coach Randy Carlyle already claimed number 8 which caused Selanne to pick 13
#75 The only time in his career, that Mean Joe Greene did not wear #75 for the entire season, was in his rookie season (1969). He briefly wore #72, before switching to #75.
Joe DiMaggio, who had retired after the 1951 World Series.
Sonny Davis, a rookie linebacker wore it during the 1961 season.
Tashard Choice wears the number 23
#4 for the 1991 Atlanta Falcons.
#15--saw it on a Detroit Redwings Rookie card
The number 5 is Joe DiMaggio's number. Joe died of Lung Cancer on March 8, 1999 and the team wore the #5 on their left sleeve in memory of Joe for the entire 1999 season. Joe is buried at Holy Cross Cemetary in Coloma, California. Joe, Jr., DiMaggio's estranged son died later that year at age 57.