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The Yankees retired 42 for Rivera on September 22, 2013. The Yankees’ most recent number retirement was held on Aug. 21, 2022, for 5-time World Series champion right fielder Paul O’Neill .
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.
Yankees catcher Thurman Munson died in a plane crash on August 2, 1979; the Yankees retired his No. 15 on August 4 [11] and dedicated a plaque to him in a pregame ceremony on September 20, 1980. [12] On July 21, 1984, which was Old-Timers' Day, the Yankees retired No. 9 for Roger Maris and No. 32 for Elston Howard while also dedicating plaques ...
Lou Gehrig (1903–1941) was the first Yankees player to have his number retired, in 1939, which was the same year that he retired from baseball due to a crippling disease. In 1923, the Yankees moved to their new home, Yankee Stadium , [ 82 ] which took 11 months to build and cost $2.5 million (equivalent to $40,000,000 in 2021). [ 83 ]
Numbers retired by the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL, displayed at the former Joe Louis Arena in December 2015. Retiring the number of an athlete is an honor a team bestows upon a player, usually after the player has left the team, retires from the sport, or dies, by taking the number formerly worn on their uniform out of circulation.
Sep 12, 2024; Bronx, New York, USA; New York Yankees left fielder Jasson Dominguez (89) runs out a single against the Boston Red Sox during the second inning at Yankee Stadium.
The Yankees retired his uniform number 16 in 1974 and dedicated a plaque in his honor in Monument Park in 1987. Ford served as the Yankees pitching coach in 1964 while still a player and from 1974 to 1975 after retiring. He also served as the team's first base coach in 1968.
Expansion and added rounds of playoffs have placed extra hurdles toward a championship, “and I thought it when the Yankees were winning all those titles,’’ said John Sterling, the retired ...