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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.

There is a long list of players that have worn the number 40 for the New York Yankees. Chien-Ming Wang is the latest Yankee to wear the number. Here is a complete list of Yankee players that wore uniform number 40.

Herb Karpel (1946)

Roy Weatherly (1946)

Charlie Silvera (part of 1948)

Cuddles Marshall (1948)

Jackie Jensen (1950, part of 1951)

Bob Wiesler (1951)

Bobby Hogue (1951-1952)

Johnny Schmitz (1952)

Ewell Blackwell (1952-1953)

Tom Carroll (1955-1956)

John Gabler (1959)

Gabe Gabler (1960)

Jack Cullen (1962)

Lou Clinton (1966-1967)

Bill Monbouquette (1967-1968)

Lindy McDaniel (1968-1973)

Rick Sawyer (1974)

Tippy Martinez (1974-1976)

Fran Healy (1976-1978)

Ron Davis (1978)

Larry McCall (1978)

Bob Kammeyer (1978)

Charlie Lau (1979-1981, Coach)

Mickey Vernon (1982, Coach)

Don Zimmer (1983, Coach; 1986, Coach)

Gene Michael (1984-1986, Coach)

Stan Williams (1987, Coach)

Clete Boyer (1988, Coach)

Clyde King (1988, Coach)

Steve Shields (1988)

Andy Hawkins (1989-1991)

Scott Kamieniecki (1991)

Tony Cloninger (1992-1998, Coach; 1999-2001, Coach)

Darren Holmes (1998)

Dan Miceli (2003)

Gabe White (2003-2004)

C.J. Nitkowski (2004)

Chien-Ming Wang (2005-2009)

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Here's a list of all the players and coaches that wore #40 for the New York Yankees:

Herb Karpel 1946

Roy Weatherly 1946

Charlie Silvera 1948

Cuddles Marshall 1948

Jackie Jensen 1950-51

Bob Wiesler 1951

Bobby Hogue 1951-52

Johnny Schmitz 1952

Ewell Blackwell 1952-53

Tom Carroll 1955-56

John Gabler 1959

Gabe Gabler 1960

Jack Cullen 1962

Lou Clinton 1966-67

Bill Monbouquette 1967-68

Lindy McDaniel 1968-73

Rick Sawyer 1974

Tippy Martinez 1974-76

Fran Healy 1976-78

Larry McCall 1978

Bob Kammeyer 1978

Ron Davis 1978

Charlie Lau 1979-81 Coach

Mickey Vernon 1982 Coach

Don Zimmer 1983 & 1986 Coach

Gene Michael 1984-86 Coach

Stan Williams 1987 Coach

Steve Shields 1988

Clete Boyer 1988 Coach

Clyde King 1988 Coach

Andy Hawkins 1989-91

Scott Kamieniecki 1991

Tony Cloninger 1992-2001 Coach

Darren Holmes 1998

Dan Miceli 2003

Gabe White 2003-04

C.J. Nitkowski 2004

Chien-Ming Wang 2005-09

Dustin Moseley 2010

Bartolo Colon 2011

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Click on the 'Yankees Uniform Numbers' link on this page to learn what Yankee players wore number 40 and any other number.

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  • Click on the link below to see all the players that wore #41 for the Yankees.
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No Yankees player wore #41 in 1929.

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