Mariano Rivera, closer for the New York Yankees.
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The last player to wear it is Mariano Rivera of the Yankees. Once he retires nobody is will be allowed to wear it anymore as it is retired by all major league teams.
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.
Anybody. Ages ago players were numbered only 1-11, but now anyone can have whatever number they like, eg. Pepe Reina wears number 25 for Liverpool, David Beckham used to wear the number 23 for Real Madrid.
Lou Gehrig. The Yankees were the first team to use numbers, and originally used where the player hit in the batting order. Ruth batted third and Gehrig fourth, and thus were numbers 3 and 4. Both numbers are retired.
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Two Yankees that wore number 8, that are retired in monument park, are Yogi Berra and Bill Dickey. Ironically both were also catchers and both became managers of the New York Yankees.Yankees number 8Benny BengoughJohnny GrabowskiBill DickeyAaron RobinsonFrank ColmanYogi BerraJohnny Lindell