Who wore number 43 for the New York Yankees?

Answer 1

New York Yankees 49The 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.

Number 49 was retired by the New York Yankees for pitcher Ron Guidry. Guidry wore the number from 1975-1988 as a player, and in both 2006-2007as a coach. Here is a list of New York Yankee players that wore uniform number 49.

• Bob Meyer
• Eliseo Rodriguez
• Gary Washington
• Mark Gardella
• Don Zimmer (Coach)
• Lou Berberet (1954)
• Jim Bronstad (1959)
• Bob Meyer (1964)
• Stan Bahnsen (1966)
• Charlie Sands (1967)
• Lloyd Colson (1970)
• Kerry Dineen (1975)
• Ron Guidry (1975-1988; coach 2006-2007
• Jeff Johnson (1992)

Answer 2

On player of note that wore number 46 as a Rookie was Don Mattingly. High number are given to rookies, and player that might not be with the team long. Some players keep the number for their career. Mattingly stuck with the Majors but not with the number. He finished his career as number 23. Here is a list of Yankee players that wore uniform number 46.

(other number 46 players)

• Steve Kline
• Roger Hambright
• Bobby Mitchell
• Jerry Royster
• Frank Howard
• Joe Sparks
• Henry Cotto
• Rich Bordi
• Steve Shields
• Rick Dempsey
• Chet Trail
• Jim Lyttle
• Bill Short
• Dan Pasqua
• Don Mattingly
• Terry Mulholland
• Andy Pettitte
• Mike Heath
• Randy Velarde
• Stump Merrill (coach)
• Dallas Green (coach)
• Joe LeFebvre
• Garry Smith
• Gene Nelson
• Hipolito Pena
• Charlie Silvera (part of 1948)
• Mike Pagliarulo (1984)
• Donovan Osborne (2004)
• Darrell May (2005)
• Alan Embree (2005)

Answer 3

P Tom Sturdivant 1955-59

Coa Charlie Keller 1959

P Eli Grba 1959

P Billy Shantz 1960

P Luis Arroyo 1960-63

C Bob Schmidt 1965

P Stan Bahnsen 1966

OF Frank Tepedino 1967

P Fred Beene 1972-74

OF Larry Murray 1976

OF Kerry Dineen 1976

Man Bob Lemon 1978

P Andy Messersmith 1978

Coa Jeff Torborg 1979

C Bruce Robinson 1979-81

P Jim Kaat 1979

P Curt Kaufman 1982

P Ray Fontenot 1983-84

P Rod Scurry 1985

P Al Pulido 1986

P Joe Niekro 1986

IF Juan Bonilla 1987

P Pete Filson 1987

IF Alvaro Espinoza 1988

P Scott Nielsen 1988

Coa Champ Summers 1989-90

Coa Pat Corrales 1989

Coa Marc Hill 1990-91

IF Dave Silvestri 1993-1994

P Lee Smith 1993

P Dave Eiland 1995

P Rick Honeycutt 1995

OF Ruben Rivera 1996

P Billy Brewer 1996

P Dave Pavlas 1996

IF Ivan Cruz 1997

OF Shane Spencer 1998-02

IF Erick Almonte 2003

P Al Reyes 2003

P Jesse Orosco 2003

P Brett Prinz 2004

P Felix Rodriguez 2005

P Ron Villone 2006-07

P Colter Bean 2007

P Chris Britton 2008

P Sidney Ponson 2008

OF Freddy Guzman 2009

P Romulo Sanchez 2010

P Ivan Nova 2010-11

Answer 4

Currently, relief pitcher Rafael Soriano wears #29 for the Yankees.