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Casey Stengel's number 37 was retired by the New York Mets in 1965. Casey Stengel's number 37 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1970. As part of professional baseball's centennial celebrations in 1969, Stengel was voted its "Greatest Living Manager". [170] He had his uniform number, 37, retired by both the Yankees and the Mets.
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.
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 batting order in the lineup. In 1929, Earle Combs wore #1, Mark Koenig #2, Babe Ruth #3, Lou Gehrig #4, Bob Meusel #5, Tony Lazzeri #6, Leo Durocher #7, Johnny Grabowski #8, Benny Bengough #9, and Bill Dickey ...
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 ...
[18] The New York Yankees, whose single-digit numbers higher than zero have all been retired, had in the past resisted issuing the number zero to a particular player, but would finally do so in 2019 when they signed Adam Ottavino, who has worn the number for all but two Major League seasons. [25]
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June 15, 1923, for the New York Yankees: Last MLB appearance; April 30, 1939, for the New York Yankees: MLB statistics; Batting average.340: Hits: 2,721: Home runs: 493: Runs batted in: 1,995: Stats at Baseball Reference Teams; New York Yankees (1923–1939) Career highlights and awards; 7× All-Star (1933–1939) 6× World Series champion ...
It is the home field of Major League Baseball’s New York Yankees and New York City FC of Major League Soccer. The stadium opened in April 2009, replacing the original Yankee Stadium that operated from 1923 to 2008; it is situated on the 24-acre (9.7 ha) former site of Macombs Dam Park, one block north of the original stadium's site. The new ...