Bronx Pinstripes · Feb 4, 2018
Greatest Yankees: by the numbers
Over the years fans have debated who they considered to be the greatest baseball player by position, by decade, offensively, defensively, etc. But, what about who is best by the numbers on the back of their jerseys? Here’s what you (might) have been waiting for (note – some numbers were left out due to no one deserving the honor):
Yankees by the numbers
Obviously, there is no reason to discuss some of the numbers worn by Yankees…2, 3, 4, 5, 7, etc…but not everything is that cut and dried, so here we go.
The Single Digits
While every number from one to nine has been retired, two of them, numbers one and six, were done so for managing, especially number six.
No. 1