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Plaques of numbers retired by the New York Yankees in Monument Park at Yankee Stadium. Major League Baseball (MLB) and its participating clubs have retired various uniform numbers over the course of time, ensuring that those numbers are never worn again and thus will always be associated with particular players or managers of note.
To honor the numerous stars who have worn the pinstripes, the Yankees retired 22 numbers, marking the second-highest number of retired numbers in professional sports behind the Boston Celtics. Two ...
The numbers 37 and 6, retired for Casey Stengel and Joe Torre respectively, are the only numbers retired by the Yankees for someone who served solely as manager of the team. Stengel managed the Yankees to ten pennants and seven world championships between 1949 and 1960, including a record five consecutive world championships from 1949 through ...
The Yankees honored Rivera by retiring his uniform number on September 22, 2013, during his final season, making him the first active player to be enshrined in Monument Park. [30] Mantle wore his No. 7 when he coached the Yankees in 1970, even though it was retired the previous year, while Berra wore his No. 8 while he coached the Yankees from ...
The Yankees have retired more numbers than any other team (22 numbers honoring 23 of their former players, plus #42 for Jackie Robinson, who did not play for the team), including all non-zero single digit numbers. [45] The Miami Marlins are the only team with no retired numbers as of September 2024, however, the team has retired and unretired ...
The New York Yankees announced this morning that they will be retiring former outfielder Paul O’Neill’s No. 21 on August 21 of this year. O’Neill is the 23rd Yankee to earn this honor, and ...
The following is a list of players, both past and current, who appeared in at least one game for the New York Yankees franchise, including the 1901–02 Baltimore Orioles, and the 1903–12 New York Highlanders. Players in bold are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Players in italics have had their numbers retired by the team.
The New York Yankees are a Major League Baseball team based in The Bronx, New York.The team competes as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Established in 1901 as the Baltimore Orioles (no relation to the modern Baltimore Orioles), the team relocated to New York in 1903 as the New York Highlanders, they officially renamed to their current name in 1913.