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)
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
Click on the 'Yankees Uniform Numbers' link on this page to learn what Yankee players wore number 40 and any other number.
No Yankees player wore #41 in 1929.
Click on the link below to see all the players who wore #24 on the Yankees.
Click on the link below to see all the players who wore number 35 for the Yankees.
Click on the link below to see all the players that wore number 28 for the Yankees.
Mel Hall Click on the 'Yankees Numbers' link on this page to see all players that wore #27 for the Yankees.
Click on the link below to see all the players that wore number 20 for the Yankees.
Click on the link below to see all the players that wore number 42 for the Yankees.
Click on the link below to see all the players who wore #24 on the Yankees.
Click on the link below to see all the players who wore number 35 for the Yankees.
Click on the link below to see all the players that wore number 28 for the Yankees.
Mel Hall Click on the 'Yankees Numbers' link on this page to see all players that wore #27 for the Yankees.
Joe Torre
Click on the link below to see all the players who wore the number 42 for the Yankees.
Click on the link below to see all the players that wore number 20 for the Yankees.
Click on the 'Yankees Numbers' link on this page to see all players that wore #6 for the New York Yankees.
Mantle wore #7, DiMaggio wore #5.
Click on the 'Yankees Numbers' link on this page to see a list of all Yankees that wore #33 and the years that they wore it.
Damaso Marte wore #43 for the Yankees in 2009.