16-25: More Yankees by the Numbers

Joe DiMaggio (L) Yankees' star centerfielder, and rookie Mickey Mantle shoulder bats at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, April 14, 1951, as the New York Yankees met the Brooklyn Dodgers in a short exhibition series that marked Mantle's New York debut. AP Photo

And now the numbers keep coming. Reaction has been so positive, that herewith the latest installment for numerals for the team from the Bronx. Please send along your own numbers

16

Number of career grand slams for Babe Ruth

Whitey Ford’s Number retired in 1974. The slick southpaw wore number 19 as a rookie. Returning from the army in 1953, he wore number 16 for the rest of his career.

Dallas Green, George Steinbrenner’s 16th manager to be fired.

Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees is shown, 1932. AP Photo