Who wore No. 51 for the New York Yankees?

Answer 1

Bill Bryan 1967 Bill Burbach 1969-1971 Alan Closter 1971-1972 Dave Pagan 1973 Duke Sims 1973 Ken Clay 1977-1978 Roger Slagle 1979 John Pacella 1982 Lynn McGlothlin 1982 Jay Howell 1983-1984 Marty Bystrom 1985 Phil Lombardi 1986 Chris Chambliss 1988 Steve Balboni 1989 John Habyan 1990 Oscar Azocar 1990 Alan Mills 1991 Robert Eenhoorn 1994-1995 Todd Erdos 2000 Matt Lawton 2005

Answer 2

New York Yankees Uniform Number 45The first Baseball team to use numbers on uniforms was the 1916 Cleveland Indians when they wore small numbers on the sleeves of their uniforms, as a way of identifying the players. This practice was short lived.

in 1929 the New York Yankees decided to wear numbers to the backs of their jerseys. The numbers corresponded to each player's general position in the lineup. For example Babe Ruth wore No. 3, since he usually batted third, and Lou Gehrig wore No. 4 as he batted fourth.

Noted Yankee players that have worn the number 45 include; the recently departed Carl Pavano, Ted Lilly, Cecil Fielder, and current Yankees manager Joe Girardi. Here is a list of Yankee players that wore uniform number 45.

Roland Sheldon

Jack Cullen

Rich Hinto

Larry Gowell

Rich Stelmaszek

Dennis Rasmussen

Stan Bahnsen

Rudy May

Bill Gullickson

Bob Geren

Steve Balboni

Alan Mills

Rich Monteleone

Danny Tartabull

Joe Girardi

Cecil Fielder

Felix Jose

Henry Rodriguez

Jim Beattie

Chili Davis

Kevin Mmahat

Alberto Castillo

Ted Lilly

Kevin Maas

Rick Sawyer

Ed Herrmann

Jason Anderson

Jay Witasick

Armando Benitez

Felix Heredia

John Candalaria

Carl Pavano

Answer 3

Jim Bouton: 1962-1967

Jim Bouton, John Cumberland: 1968

John Cumberland: 1969

John Cumberland, Mike McCormick: 1970

Dave Righetti: 1979

Ted Wilborn: 1980

Bill Castro, Mike Patterson: 1981

Andre Robertson, Mike Patterson: 1982

Bert Campaneris: 1983

Rex Hudler, Curt Brown: 1984

Rex Hudler: 1985

Al Holland: 1986

Al Leiter: 1987

Brian Dorsett: 1989

Mark Leiter: 1990

Dave Silvestri: 1992

Andy Cook: 1993

Dave Pavlas: 1995

Dale Polley: 1996

Darrell Einertson, Ted Lilly: 2000

Juan Rivera, Todd Williams: 2001

Rick Down: 2002-2003

Scott Proctor, Tanyon Sturtze: 2004

Tanyon Sturtze: 2005-2006

Tony Pena: 2007-present

Answer 4

Hideki Matsui wore it from 2003 until he was recently signed by the Angels. Also, Ramiro Mendoza wore #55 from 1997-2002. Jorge Posada wore #55 in 1996.

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Answer 5

Bernie Williams (1991 - 2006)

Chuck Cary (1989 - 1991)

Don Schulze (1989 - 1989)

Cecilio Guante (1987 - 1988)

Dom Scala (1978 - 1986)

Larry McCall (1977 - 1977)

Ed Ricks (1977 - 1977)

Terry Whitfield (1974 - 1974)

Ron Klimkowski (1969 - 1969)

Tony Solaita (1968 - 1968)

John Wyatt (1968 - 1968)

Pete Mikkelsen (1964 - 1965)

Gordie Windhorn (1959 - 1959)

Frank Leja (1954 - 1955)

George McQuinn (1947 - 1947)

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Answer 6

The first baseball team to use numbers on uniforms was the 1916 Cleveland Indians when they wore small numbers on the sleeves of their uniforms, as a way of identifying the players. This practice was short lived.

in 1929 the New York Yankees decided to wear numbers to the backs of their jerseys. The numbers corresponded to each player's general position in the lineup.for example Babe Ruth wore No. 3, since he usually batted third, and Lou Gehrig wore No. 4 as he batted fourth.

High numbers like number 50 are issued to rookie players or players that are not expected to make the team. Some players choose to keep the number. Chris Chambliss picked number 50 when he was named as coach for the Yankees in 1988. Here is a complete list of Yankee players that wore uniform number 50. * Gil Downs * Rich Beck * Ken Clay * Bill Burbach * Alan Closter * Marty Bystrom * Alan Mills * Steve Balboni * Eddie Napoleon (Coach) * James Austin * Jay Ward * Oscar Azocar * Robert Eenhorn * Jay Howell * Bill Bryan * Jack Cullen * Don Zimmer (Coach) * Todd Erdos * Lance McCullers * John Pacella * Tom Nieto * Rich Monteleone (Coach) * Ralph Houk (Part of 1947) * Doc Medich (1972) * Chris Chambliss (1988; coach 1988, 1996-1997) * Matt Lawton (2005)

Answer 7

Don Zimmer wore #50 in honor of a half-century in baseball. Also, Ralph Houk wore 50 as a rookie catcher.

Answer 8

The last New York Yankees player to wear No. 51 was outfielder Bernie Williams (1991-2006).

Answer 9

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