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Brooklyn
01-18-2006, 08:45 AM
Who is the only player to wear both #3 and #7 as a Yankee?
RuthMayBond
01-18-2006, 09:21 AM
Mickey Mantle?
Brooklyn
01-18-2006, 09:27 AM
nope, not Mantle
PopTop
01-18-2006, 10:03 AM
Cliff Mapes wore #3 in 1948 and #7 in 1949-51. The Mick took over #7 after Mapes left following the '51 season.
Brooklyn
01-18-2006, 10:31 AM
Exactly right
GhostofGehrig
01-22-2006, 06:11 PM
Cliff Mapes wore #3 in 1948 and #7 in 1949-51. The Mick took over #7 after Mapes left following the '51 season.
According to the movie '61, the Mick wore number 6, before 7, and hated it.
bluezebra
01-22-2006, 10:23 PM
According to the movie '61, the Mick wore number 6, before 7, and hated it.
And Hollywood had Shoeless Joe Jackson bat right and throw left.
Bob