12 players you totally forgot were Yankees

By Ryan Morik | Apr 27, 2020

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 01: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) Kevin Youkilis #36 of the New York Yankees in action against the Boston Red Sox during Opening Day at Yankee Stadium on April 1, 2013 in the Bronx borough of New York City. The Red Sox defeated the Yankees 8-2. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) /

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Kenny Lofton

To be fair, no Yankee fan should remember anything from the 2004 season. Except Derek Jeter’s dive. It’s the worst number ever invented.

Two thousand and four. Ugh.

But that’s when Kenny Lofton played for the Yankees.

Lofton spent nine of his first 11 seasons with the Cleveland Indians, being selected as an All-Star six times and winning four Gold Glove Awards. He then spent the next two seasons with the White Sox, Giants, Pirates and Cubs before coming to New York.

And he wasn’t horrible. His seven stolen bases were a far cry from the baseball-leading 75 he had in 1996, but he did post a .341 on-base percentage during his time with the Yankees. He also hit .300 with a home run in the American League Championship Series that we don’t talk about.

Of course, the following year, he was with the Philadelphia Phillies and cranked out the second-best batting average of his career (.335), and also hit .301 with the Dodgers in 2006.

Lofton did record his 2,000th career hit as a Yankee. Fittingly, he did so in Cleveland. But there are not many Kenny Lofton Yankee highlights to be found on YouTube.

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