1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 (twice), 9, 10, 15, 16, 23, 32, 37, 42, 49. Those are the numbers that reside encircled in Yankee Stadium's Monument Park. Soon another number will be added to it - the 6 that Joe Torre wore on his back for the 12 seasons he was the Yankees' maanger.
With the announcement that Torre will be inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame this summer, Yankees GM Brian Cashman announced that the Yankees will retire Torre's number 6.
No one has donned the number since Torre left after the 2007 season and Cashman said it would be done officially "at some point".
Once Derek Jeter's number 2 is retired there will no longer be a single digit number available for a Yankees player to wear. Perhaps the team will go to triple digits one day.
The one thing missing in all this is the #51. It does not matter that Bernie Williams did not officially announce his retirement. It's time for the Yankees to get it done, have a day for the center field guitarist and add his number to Monument Park.
Yankees retired numbers
1 - Billy Martin
3 - Babe Ruth
4 - Lou Gehrig
5 - Joe DiMaggio
7 - Mickey Mantle
8 - Bill Dickey, Yogi Berra
9 - Roger Maris
10 - Phil Rizzuto
15 - Thurman Munson
16 - Whitey Ford
23 - Don Mattingly
32 - Elston Howard
37 - Casey Stengel
42 - Mariano Rivera
44 - Reggie Jackson
49 - Ron Guidry
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