Babe Ruth was the first New York Yankee to wear the number 3. Babe batted third for the New York Yankees, and when they first started to use numbers they handed them out as you batted in the line up. Other Yankees that wore the number 3 included George Selkirk (1935-1942), Bud Metheny (1943-1946), Roy Weatherly (1946), Ed Bockman (1946), Allie Clark(1947), and Cliff Mapes (1948). Babe Ruth's number 3 was retired by the Yankees in 1948.
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OF Babe Ruth 1929-34
OF George Selkirk 1935-42
OF Bud Metheny 1943-46
UT Roy Weatherly 1946
IF Eddie Bockman 1946
OF Frank Colman 1947
OF Allie Clark 1947
OF Cliff Mapes 1948
No. Derek Jeter always wore number 2 as a New York Yankee.
Hector Lopez wore uniform number 11 as a New York Yankee.
Wade Boggs wore number 12 as a New York Yankee.
He wore #6 from 1952-1960. Andy Carey also wore #54 in 1952 for the Yankees.
No. Alex Rodriguez only wore the number 13 as a Yankee. The number 7 was retired in honor of Mickey Mantle.