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The Yankees did, however, make some minor updates to the road jersey that season, including adding blue and white trim to the sleeve cuffs and a white outline to the jersey numbers and the "NEW YORK" arch. This road uniform design was in use through the 2016 season, when the spacing between "NEW" and "YORK" was tightened up. [11]
The use of numbers on uniforms to better identify one player from another, and hence to boost sales of scorecards, was tried briefly by the Cleveland Indians of 1916, but this failed. The first team to permanently adopt the practice was the New York Yankees of 1929. By 1932, all 16 major league clubs were issuing numbers, and by 1937, the ...
Other clubs to experiment with uniform numbers on their sleeves in 1923 include the Indianapolis ABCs of the Negro National League and the San Antonio Bears of the Texas League. [5] In 1929, both the Indians and the New York Yankees were planning to start the season with uniform numbers on the back of the jersey. Both teams were scheduled to ...
To honor the numerous stars who have worn the pinstripes, the Yankees retired 22 numbers, marking the second-highest number of retired numbers in professional sports behind the Boston Celtics. Two ...
The 1929 New York Yankees season was the team's 27th season. The team finished with a record of 88–66, finishing in second place, 18 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics . This ended a streak of three straight World Series appearances for the club.
The jersey Ruth wore in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, when he legendarily "called his shot" and homered off Chicago Cubs pitcher Charlie Root, sold at auction Saturday night for $24.12 million ...