Because the Yankees philosophy is that you play for the team not yourself. So they leave the names off of the jersey to promote the team instead of the player.
The name on the front is more important than the name on the back.
The New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, and San Francisco Giants do not display their players' names on their home uniforms. While the Red Sox and Giants have their players' names on their away jerseys, the Yankees do not display them on their road jerseys.
Currently, 3 teams do not display their players names on the back of their home jerseys. They are the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox and San Francisco Giants. The Yankees also do not display their names on their road jerseys.
In 1929 the Yankees became the first team in sports to put numbers on their jerseys to identify the players. These numbers were originally assigned based on the order in the batting lineup. This is the reason why Babe Ruth was #3 and Lou Gehrig was #4. They have never put names on the back of their jerseys, even when other teams started to do it in the 1960s. One of the major reasons they don't put names on the back is the tradition of never having them on there. Also, it is the idea that no one individual is bigger than the team, that they are the Yankees and not individual players.
The 1916 Cleveland Indians were the first team to wear numbers on their jerseys. The rest of the owners in baseball didn't like that idea and Cleveland quickly abandoned the jersey numbers. It wasn't until 1929 that they came back, when the New York Yankees started putting numbers on the back of the jersey. By 1931, the American League ruled that all team should put numbers on jerseys and in 1932 the National League followed suit.
The name on the front is more important than the name on the back.
The New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, and San Francisco Giants do not display their players' names on their home uniforms. While the Red Sox and Giants have their players' names on their away jerseys, the Yankees do not display them on their road jerseys.
Currently, 3 teams do not display their players names on the back of their home jerseys. They are the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox and San Francisco Giants. The Yankees also do not display their names on their road jerseys.
The New York Yankees started putting numbers on the back of there player's jerseys in the 1920s so that fans can easily identify the players' name by referring to a scorecard that identified the players. Soon, all teams started putting numbers on their players' jerseys. Names didn't come on the players' jerseys until much later.
In 1929 the Yankees became the first team in sports to put numbers on their jerseys to identify the players. These numbers were originally assigned based on the order in the batting lineup. This is the reason why Babe Ruth was #3 and Lou Gehrig was #4. They have never put names on the back of their jerseys, even when other teams started to do it in the 1960s. One of the major reasons they don't put names on the back is the tradition of never having them on there. Also, it is the idea that no one individual is bigger than the team, that they are the Yankees and not individual players.
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The 1916 Cleveland Indians were the first team to wear numbers on their jerseys. The rest of the owners in baseball didn't like that idea and Cleveland quickly abandoned the jersey numbers. It wasn't until 1929 that they came back, when the New York Yankees started putting numbers on the back of the jersey. By 1931, the American League ruled that all team should put numbers on jerseys and in 1932 the National League followed suit.
No. The Yankees have never worn uniforms with their names on the back.
1 drake university of Iowa
i believe it was back in 1602 that the famous Philip gerogson decided to make players wear jerseys. He was 47 at the time and is one of the greatest minds of the 17th century.