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In baseball, the uniform number is a number worn on the uniform of each player and coach. Numbers are used for the purpose of easily identifying each person on the field as no two people from the same team can wear the same number.
- The Retired Numbers
- The Monuments
- The Plaques
As you first enter the area there is a large blue wall with each retired number written on it. The numbers are written on the wall in the order they were retired. The Yankees have retired 22 numbers, covering 23 players (two players are honored with number 8). After Major League Baseball universally retired Jackie Robinson's number 42, there was no...
There are currently six monuments in the park. The monuments are dedicated to Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Miller Huggins, Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio and the victims of the September 11th attacks on New York City. Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Miller Huggins' monuments were originally located in play in deep centerfield.
The last section of Monument Park is the wall filled with plaques dedicated to Yankee greats. There are currently 34 plaques in Monument Park. The plaques are dedicated to players, managers, owners, announcers and even two Popes who performed a mass at Yankee Stadium and South African President Nelson Mandela, in whose presence a large celebration ...
As the New York Yankees prepare to retire #2 in honor of Derek Jeter, the story of Yankee uniform numbers takes center stage in the Bronx as all single digit numbers, with the exception of #0 which has never been worn by any Yankees.
In 1951, the Springfield Cubs of the International League were the first club to wear numbers on the front of their jerseys, a practice that was adopted by the Brooklyn Dodgers the following year. Today nearly every major league club uses jersey-front numbers on their home or road uniform.
The Detroit Tigers have recognized players whose uniform numbers have been retired by presenting their names on the brick wall in left-center field at Comerica Park. Ty Cobb is included in this display — from left to right are Horton, Cobb, Gehringer, Greenberg, Newhouser, and Kaline.
Jan 4, 2022 · As Red Ruffing’s son put it, being immortalized in Monument Park is the “the second-greatest honor you can have in baseball,” after enshrinement in the Hall of Fame.
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Jul 18, 2016 · The number 42 is retired league-wide in Major League Baseball in honor of Jackie Robinson. The NHL retired 99 league-wide for Wayne Gretzky. There are no league-wide retired numbers in the NFL or...
