The Yankees are the only major league team with a more historical background than any other. There are more retired uniform numbers in Major League Baseball than any other sport, with the 21 retired in honor of the league’s greatest players and managers.
The Yankees have retired more numbers than any other club to date. On Jan. 6, 1940, team president Ed Barrow announced that Lou Gehrig’s No. 4 would be the first in Major League history to be retired. Derek Jeter’s No. 2 was the last of the Bombers’ single digits to be retired some 77 years later.
Retired Yankee Stadium uniform numbers are on display at Monument Park, representing a “who’s who?” of sports legends. Fan favorites from a variety of decades mingle with Yankees Hall of Famers, all of whom contributed to making the team’s name associated with success.
PLAYER AND JERSEY NUMBER DATE RETIRED
#1 Billy Martin August 10th, 1986
#2 Derek Jeter May 14, 2017
#3 Babe Ruth June 13th, 1948
#4 Lou Gehrig July 4th, 1939
#5 Joe DiMaggio April 18th, 1952
#6 Joe Torre August 23, 2014
#7 Mickey Mantle June 8th, 1969
#8 Yogi Berra/Bill Dickey July 22nd, 1972
#9 Roger Maris July 22nd, 1984
#10 Phil Rizzuto August 4th, 1985
#15 Thurman Munson September 20th, 1980
#16 Whitey Ford August 3rd, 1974
#20 Jorge Posada August 22nd, 2015
#23 Don Mattingly August 31st, 1997
#32 Elston Howard July 22nd, 1984
#37 Casey Stengel August 8th, 1970
#42 Mariano Rivera/Jackie Robinson September 22, 2013/April 15, 1997
#44 Reggie Jackson August 14th, 1993
#46 Andy Pettitte August 23rd, 2015
#49 Ron Guidry August 23rd, 2003
#51Bernie Williams May 24th, 2015
