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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.
Here is a list of Yankee players that wore uniform number 2.
Mark Koenig (1929, part of 1930)
Yats Wuestling (part of 1930)
Lyn Lary (1931-1933, part of 1934)
Red Rolfe (part of 1934, 1935-1942)
George "Snuffy" Stirnweiss (1943-44)
Frank Crosetti (1945-1948, coach 1948-1968)
Jerry Kenney (1969-1972)
Matty Alou (1973)
Sandy Alomar Sr. (1974-1976)
Paul Blair (1977-1978, part of 1979)
Darryl Jones (part of 1979)
Bobby Murcer (part of 1979, 1980-1983)
Tim Foli (1984)
Dale Berra (1985, part of 1986)
Wayne Tolleson (part of 1986, 1987-1990)
Graig Nettles (Coach 1991)
Mike Gallego (1992-1994)
Derek Jeter (1995-)
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