Uniform number 37 was retired in 1970 by the New York Yankees, in honor of Casey Stengel.
Casey Stengel's final season as manager of the Yankees was 1960.
Casey Stengel's number as a player was 1, and as a manager, he wore number 37 for the New York Yankees and number 30 for the New York Mets.
Casey Stengel was the Yankees manager in 1953. Casey managed the Yankees from 1949-1960.
Currently, pitcher Ivan Nova wears #47 for the Yankees.
Yankees manager Bucky Harris wore #47 in 1947 and 1948. Casey Stengel wore #47 as manager from 1949-1960.
Joe Torre managed the Mets in 1979. This was before he became a genius managing the Yankees to 4 World Series wins. This was a little reminiscent of Casey Stengel, who managed the Mets after he had been a genius managing the Yankees to World Series titles. Torre duplicated Stengel's last place finishes, but without the fun.
There have only been two players (Herb Karpel and Gus Niarhos) and two managers (Casey Stengel and Bucky Harris) who have worn #37 for the Yankees. Casey Stengel was the only Yankee to wear #37, who has also played for the Giants organization. That was the New York Giants from 1921-1923.
That would be former manager Casey Stengel who managed the New York Yankees and New York Mets during his career.
Casey Stengel and Joe Torre. Stengel managed the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1934 to 1936 and the New York Yankees from 1949 to 1960. Torre managed the Yankees from 1996 to 2007 and the Dodgers from 2008 to 2010.
NY Yankees No. 37 Casey Stengel, Tommy Shopay, Buck Harris (coach). Nobody. Shopay wore #s 17 and 27 for the Yankees and not #37. In addition to Stengel and Harris, Herb Karpel and Gus Niarhos were the only other Yankees to wear #37.
They have had several. The Mets was their nickname originally when their official name was the Metropolitans. They are also referred to as the Metsies(coined by Casey Stengel) and the Amazins(also coined by Casey Stengel)