COUNTING DOWN: The Best Yankee At Each Uniform Number (#60)
By Paul Semendinger
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Prior to 1966, no one had ever worn #60 for the Yankees. The first Yankee to wear this number was Stan Bahnsen in 1966.
Between 1966 and 1988, no player wore #60.
Then the floodgates opened:
1988 – Hipolito Pena
1990 – John Habyan
1991 – Darrin Chapin
1992 – J.T. Snow
1996 – Tim McIntosh
1998 – Mike Lowell
2000 – Craig Dingman
2001- Nick Johnson
2003 – Brandon Claussen & Erick Almonte
2004 – Sam Marsonek & Felix Escalona
2005 – Wil Nieves
2007 – Jose Veras
2010 – Kevin Russo
2011 – Branson Laird
2012 – Chris Dickerson
2013 – Melky Mesa & David Huff
It seems, after all of that, the number was “retired.”
This season, Mike Harkey, a coach, is wearing #60.
But on to the big question… how does one choose a “best” player from that list of players who didn’t make much of a mark on the Yankees, or, if they did (like Stan Bahnsen, who won the Rookie of the Year in 1968) did it wearing a different uniform number?
The best player as a Yankee while wearing #60 is…
Chris Dickerson.
Wearing #60 in 2012, Dickerson played in 25 games and batted .286 with 2 homers.
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Most of the background research for this project came from Baseball-Reference.com.
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