Mariano Rivera is the current player and will be the last player on the Yankees to wear number 42. The number was retired throughout baseball in honor of Jackie Robinson. The players who were wearing that number when it was retired were allowed to keep it.
Mariano Rivera, closer for the New York Yankees.
Mariano Rivera Number 42Mariano Rivera is the last Major league ballplayer, and Yankees player still wearing uniform number 42. Major League Baseball retired Jackie Robinsons uniform number 42. No Other player on any team can wear the number. Because Mariano had the number when Robinsons number was retired he was allowed to continue wearing it. When Mariano Rivera retires from baseball the New York Yankees will retire uniform number 42 in honor him.
Currently, Yankees closer Mariano Rivera wears number 42. Mariano is the last day to day player to wear that number in Major League baseball, and upon his retirement or change of number, will be the last to ever wear the number 42.
The New York Yankees have NOT retired every number but, 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 23, 32, 37, 42*, 44, and 49. *Number 42 was retired by Major League baseball in honor of Jackie Robinson but, you could be sure that the Yankees will retire number 42 in honor of Mariano Rivera when the time comes.
Lou Gehrig was the first Yankee to have his number retired. The #4 was retired by the Yankees in 1939.
In 1997, when Jackie Robinson's #42 was retired, the players that currently wore the number were able to keep it. Yankees closer Mariano Rivera is now the last player who wears the number. Upon his retirement, the #42 will not be issued again in Major League baseball.
In 1948, the Yankees retired #3 in honor of Babe Ruth.
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Mickey Mantle had his #7 retired by the Yankees in 1969.
In 1979, the Yankees retired the number 15 in honor of their late captain Thurman Munson.
Yes, The New York Yankees retired number 3 in honor of Babe Ruth in 1948.