Who wore number 33 for the New York Yankees?

Answer 1

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The first Yankee to wear #33 was coach Charles O'Leary in 1929. The first Yankees player to wear #33 was Sam Gibson in 1930.

John Schulte wore the number as a coach between 1940-1948 and Bill Dickey wore the number as a coach between 1949-1957. Current Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox wore #33 when he was a coach for the Yankees in 1977.

Ken Griffey Sr. wore the number between 1983-1986, Eric Plunk between 1989-1991, Melido Perez between 1992-1995, David Wells between 1997-1998 and 2002-2003.

Answer 2

New York Yankees number 33The 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 33.

Gary Ward

Fred Toliver

Scott Kamieniecki

Steve Balboni

Charles O'Leary (1929, Coach)

Sam Gibson (1930)

Pete Appleton (1933)

Charlie Devens (1933-1934)

Lee Stine (1938)

John Schulte (1940-1948, Coach)

Bill Dickey (1949-1957, Coach; 1960, Coach)

Randy Gumpert (1957, Coach)

Charlie Keller (1957-1959, Coach)

Rob Gardner (1972)

Doc Medich (1974-1975)

Bob Lemon (1976, Coach)

Bobby Cox (1977, Coach)

Gene Michael (1978, Coach)

Mike Ferraro (1979-1982, Coach)

Ken Griffey (1983-1986)

Tim Stoddard (1986)

Claudell Washington (1986)

Ron Kittle (1986-1987)

Jack Clark (1988)

Steve Shields (1988)

Scott Nielsen (1989)

Bob Brower (1989)

Eric Plunk (1989-1991)

Melido Perez (1992-1995)

Charlie Hayes (1996)

David Wells (1997-1998, 2002-2003)

Ryan Thompson (2000)

Jose Canseco (2000)

Alfonso Soriano (2001)

Javier Vazquez (2004)

Jaret Wright (2005)

Kelly Stinnett (2006)

Brian Bruney (2006-2007)

Travis Hafner (2013-2013)