Beginning in 1976, the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB) have maintained a strict appearance policy, specifying that players' hair must not touch their collars and that they may have mustaches but no other facial hair.
New York Yankees players and uniformed staff can now wear "well-groomed beards," team management announced Friday – changing a longstanding policy that banned beards. The policy was instituted nearly 50 years ago by then-owner George Steinbrenner.
The Yankees weren't the only team that enforced clean-shaven faces: The Cincinnati Reds also had a facial hair policy, introduced in 1967 with the arrival of general manager Bob Howsam.
Steinbrenner said, to his knowledge, there are no actual instances of players refusing to join the Yankees due to their facial-hair policy, but it's been a topic of conversation. Cashman said CC Sabathia hesitated to sign with the Yankees as a free agent back in 2008 because he wanted to keep his facial hair.
Rule #5: Clean Your Trimmings
If you have a beard, that means you're a man. And if you're a man, you should act like it and clean up after yourself.
Johnny Damon
Recognizable for his long hair, beard and mustache while helping the Boston Red Sox win the 2004 World Series, Damon looked like a different person with the Yankees from 2006-08. He didn't regrow the long hair after leaving New York but at times kept a short beard during his final three big league seasons.
After nearly 50 years, the Yankees have amended their longstanding facial hair policy to allow "well-groomed beards." The original policy, for Yankees players to be clean-shaven, was implemented by owner George Steinbrenner in the 1970s. The Boss' son, Hal Steinbrenner, announced the change on Friday.
According to the rules, pitchers can't wear anything on their arms. that are distracting to hitters. So if a team complains. that a pitcher's tattoos are distracting them, an umpire is able to force that pitcher. to wear long sleeves.
Boxing. Competitors in the boxing event must be clean-shaven or have very limited facial hair. The rule was implemented to ensure cuts and injuries are easily visible to determine whether a fight should be stopped or if medical attention is required. While a beard is not permitted, a pencil moustache is allowed.
Facial hair guidelines
Cleanly shaven facial hair is permitted, and the following facial hairstyles are acceptable: Short, neatly groomed mustaches. Short, neatly groomed goatees with well-defined lines. Short, neatly groomed beards with defined cheeks and necklines.
Both the Navy and the Marine Corps generally don't allow facial hair other than mustaches, but they allow beards for religious reasons or for service members with medical conditions like razor bumps.
Beginning in 1976, the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB) have maintained a strict appearance policy, specifying that players' hair must not touch their collars and that they may have mustaches but no other facial hair.
The club believes that by putting the names on the shirts you are placing unnecessary attention on individuals rather than the team as a whole. In 1929, the New York Yankees became the first team to make numbers a permanent part of the uniform. Numbers were handed out based on the order in the lineup.
The use of all tobacco products—including smokeless tobacco, ciga- rettes, and e-cigarettes (collectively, “Tobacco Products”)—by Players is prohibited in any ballpark where such use is prohib- ited by state or local law or ordinance (“Prohibited Ball- parks”). This prohibition shall apply on-field during games.
Every two-digit number has been worn during a regular-season MLB game, with number 89 the last to be used—it was first worn during 2020, by Miguel Yajure of the Yankees. In 2024, every jersey number between 00 and 99 (aside from Jackie Robinson's retired 42) was used during the season for the first time.
Umpires' tattoos and other forms of body art must be covered by their uniform so they are not visible, and all piercings must be removed.
Wilson isn't the only MLB player to refuse to cut his facial hair. Don Mattingly, a Yankees player in 1991, was benched for not cutting his hair.
The shortened form Yank is used as a derogatory, pejorative, playful, or colloquial term for Americans in Britain, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Ireland, and New Zealand. The full Yankee may be considered mildly derogatory, depending on the country.
Players and uniformed personnel will now be allowed to have "well-groomed beards," team chairman Hal Steinbrenner said in a statement. The Yankees previously had an infamous policy that mandated players could have mustaches but no other facial hair.
Contrary to baseball legend, the Yankees did not start wearing pinstriped uniforms to make Babe Ruth look slimmer in the late 1920s and 1930s. In truth, the Yankees briefly added pinstripes to their uniforms in 1912, then re-added them on a permanent basis soon after Jacob Ruppert bought the team in 1915.
Official rules. All players on a team must wear identical uniforms during a single game. Numbers: All players must wear their uniform numbers on the back of the uniform. Undershirt: If the undershirt is exposed then all the players on the team must wear matching ones.