My All-Time Yankees Teams

[EE Broadway Local]

These are my All-Time Yankee teams, based on 41 years of following the Yankees:

 

Owner: Mr. George M. Steinbrenner III

 

Manager: Joe Torre #6

Coaches: Yogi Berra #8, Elston Howard #32, Dick Howser #34, Mel Stottlemyer #34

 

Broadcast Team: Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer and Bill White

 

C Thurman Munson #15

1B Don Mattingly #23

2B Willie Randolph #25 (1976 only); #30 (1977-1988; 1994-2004)

SS The Captain #2

3B Graig Nettles #9

OF Bobby Murcer #17 (1965 and 1966); #1 (1969-1974); #27 (1979); #2 (1979-1983); #39 (1987)

OF Bernie Williams #51

OF Paul O'Neill #21

P Andy #46

P Mel Stottlemyre #30 (1964-1974); #34 (1996-2005)

P Ron Guidry #54 (1975) #49 (1975-1988; 2006-2007)

RP Super Mo #42

 

Reserve Yankees All-Time Team:

C Jorge #62 (1995); #55 (1996); #41 (1996); #22 (1997); #20 (1997-)

1B Chris Chambliss #10 (1974-1979); #50 (1988; 1996-1997); #48 (1998-2000)

2B Horace Clarke #20 (1965-1974)

SS Bucky Dent #20 (1977-1982); #30 (1989); #17 (1989); #20 (1990)

3B Scott Brosius #18 (1998-2001)

OF Roy White #48 (1965-1968); #21 (1968); #6 (1969-1979; 1983-1984; 1986); #54 (2004-2005)

OF Dave Winfield #31

OF Reggie Jackson #44

P Catfish Hunter #29

P David Cone #36

P Tommy John #25

RP Sparky Lyle #28

[B35 via Church]

well at least you didn't put Michael Kay up there.....

 

don't feel like compiling a Yankees "best of" squad..... too many greats to choose from.

 

 

 

interesting that Jorge Posada wore # 62 in his rookie year... I don't remember that...

 

anyway, I found a site where it lists every jersey number ever used by the Yankees, and who wore it, and when...

http://www.ultimateyankees.com/jerseynumbers.htm

[PATCOman]

baseball-reference.com has a similar feature. Here is Jamie Moyer's page for example: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/moyerja01.shtml (if you hover over each number, it will tell you the year and team).

[EE Broadway Local]

With so many great players since 1929 when the Yankees first wore numbers, I think we're one of the top clubs for retired numbers.

 

The Yankees have retired:

#1 for Billy Martin

#3 for Babe Ruth

#4 for Lou Gehrig

#5 for Joe DiMaggio

#7 for Mickey Mantle

#8 for both Bill Dickey and Yogi Berra

#9 for Roger Maris

#10 for Phil Rizzuto

#15 for Thurman Munson

#16 for Whitey Ford

#23 for Don Mattingly

#32 for Elston Howard

#37 for Whitey Ford

#44 for Reggie Jackson

#49 for Ron Guidry