Mantle wore #6 for the first 69 games that he played for the Yankees in 1951, thru July 13, while Cliff Mapes wore #7. When Mantle next played a big league game on August 24, he was wearing #7, which was available due to Mapes being traded to the Browns at the end of July. Although Bob Cerv wore #7 for at least a portion of his time with the team that year (Aug 1 thru Aug 20).
The attached scorecards show each of them wearing #7.
July 30 - Mapes
Aug 15 - Cerv
Aug 29 - Mantle
Also, at some point, Bobby Brown, who had been wearing #9, switched to #6
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