Yankees by the Numbers (Part One)

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Bobby Richardson retired from the Yankees at the age of 31 and became baseball coach at the University of South Carolina.

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Most passed balls as a team in a season, 1913        

         Earle Combs was given uniform #1 and as a leadoff man could have become the first Yankee player to bat identified by a uniform number. However, Yankees had a rain delay that day. Cleveland played its game before the Yankees and it’s likely one of their players wore the #1 first in 1929. So Combs would have been the first Yankees but not major leaguer to wear a number.

When Combs became a Yankee coach in 1936, he chose uniform #32. 

Uniform number of Elston Howard, retired July 21, 1984

Number of Yankee managers all time through Joe Girardi  
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Second longest hitting streak in franchise history, Hal Chase, 1907

Number worn by Bill Dickey as Yankee coach.                                               

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Mariano Rivera’s longest post-season scoreless innings pitched.

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Pitcher Foster Edwards in 1930 was the first Yankee to wear this number.

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Outfielder Dixie Walker in 1931 was the first Yankee to wear this number.

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Frank Crosetti wore Yankees pinstripes for a record 36 years. 
Reggie Jackson was the 36th Yankee elected to the Hall of Fame   

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Of the 37 players who performed for the 1949 Yankees, only Yogi Berra still played for the team in 1960.

Casey Stengel’s number, retired, 1970

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The Yankees belted more than 100 home runs per season 38 times from 1920-1961

Number of career homers hit by Phil Rizzuto

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Joe DiMaggio, number of attempted career steals.

Most consecutive winning seasons, 1926-1964

Alfonso Soriano, most home runs by a second basemen, set in 2002.