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 47. * Luis Arroyo * Frank Tepedino * Larry Gowell * Ken Crosby * Fred Beene * Brad Gulden * Alfonso Pulido * Joe Niekro * Pete Filson * Clete Boyer * Mark Hill * Glenn Sherlock * Ray Fontenot * Kerry Dineen * Bob Biletnikoff * Lee Smith * Dave Silvestri * Champ Summers * Pat Corrales * Ruben Rivera * Shane Spencer * Andy Messersmith * Bob Lemon (coach) * Ivan Cruz * Wilmer Shantz * Bruce Robinson * Al Reyes * Scott Nielsen * Alvaro Espinoza * Tom Sturdivant (1955-1959) * Eli Grba (1959) * Charlie Keller (coach 1959) * Bob Schmidt (1965) * Jesse Orosco (2003) * Erick Almonte (2003) * Bret Prinz (2004) * Felix Rodriguez (2005)
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Paul Quantrill
Click on the link below to see all the players and coaches that wore #48 for the Yankees.
Roberto Kelly
Actually, Joe Sewell wore two numbers. #27 in 1931 and #21 in 1932 and 1933.
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