Bucky Dent wore number 20 as a Yankees player from 1977 to 1982. As a Yankees manager he wore numbers 17, 20and 30 in 1989 and 1990.
Tony Lazzeri wore numbers 5, 6, 7 and 23 for the Yankees from 1926-1937.
Lou Gehrig. The Yankees were the first team to use numbers, and originally used where the player hit in the batting order. Ruth batted third and Gehrig fourth, and thus were numbers 3 and 4. Both numbers are retired.
Actually, Joe Sewell wore two numbers. #27 in 1931 and #21 in 1932 and 1933.
Lou Gehrig did wear number 4 on the Yankees. His number was retired by the Yankees in 1939.
yes the numbers reflected where the player typically hit in the lineup.
Bucky Dent wore number 20 as a Yankees player from 1977 to 1982. As a Yankees manager he wore numbers 17, 20and 30 in 1989 and 1990.
Click on the 'Yankees Numbers' link on this page to see all players of the New York Yankees that have worn #49. The last Yankee to wear number 49 was Jeff Johnson in 1992. The number 49 was retired by the Yankees in 2003, in honor of Ron Guidry who pitched from 1975-1988.
Tony Lazzeri wore numbers 5, 6, 7 and 23 for the Yankees from 1926-1937.
Lou Gehrig. The Yankees were the first team to use numbers, and originally used where the player hit in the batting order. Ruth batted third and Gehrig fourth, and thus were numbers 3 and 4. Both numbers are retired.
Actually, Joe Sewell wore two numbers. #27 in 1931 and #21 in 1932 and 1933.
Jacoby Ellsbury - #22Brian McCann - #34Carlos Beltran - #36
Kevin Maas, who played for the New York Yankees from 1990 to 1995, wore three different numbers for the team -- 24, 21 and 14.
Great question! Joe Sewell actually had two numbers with the Yankees -- #27 in 1931 and #21 in 1932-33. Sewell wore #30 while a coach for the Yankees in 1934 and 1935.
Lou Gehrig did wear number 4 on the Yankees. His number was retired by the Yankees in 1939.
The Los Angeles Dodgers lost 4 games to 2 to the Yankees in the 1977 World Series.
No Yankee has ever worn #94. Click on the 'Yankees Numbers' link on this page to learn who wore any other number throughout the history of the Yankees.