The following numbers have been officially retired by the Mets:
37 - worn by Casey Stengel, first manager of the Mets
14 - worn by Gil Hodges, manager of the 1969 Mets World Series champions
41 - worn by Tom Seaver, Hall of Fame pitcher
42 - retired by MLB in honor of Jackie Robinson
Also, the Mets have not issued #8 since Gary Carter was elected to the Hall of Fame and #31 since Mike Piazza left the team. John Franco wore #31 before Piazza.
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.
He retired after the 1973 season. His last at bat was for the New York Mets in Game 3 of the 1973 World Series.
Gil Hodges' number 14 was retired by the New York Mets in 1972
11 - Phil Simms
Yogi Berra wore uniform number 8. number 8 was retired by the New York Yankees for both Berra, and Dickey.
The numbers are black.
Click on the link below to see all the Yankees uniform numbers.
The top two are the Boston Celtica and NY Yankees: The Celtics retires a total of 21 retired numbers for 22 people -- two players wore 18, and it ras retired for both of them. There are 16 former Yankees with their uniform numbers retired. While Jackie Robinson's #42 was retired from baseball entirely in '97, players already wearing 42 were allowed to keep it. NYY pitcher Mariano Rivera is the last active player still wearing 42.
Uniform number 37 was retired in 1970 by the New York Yankees, in honor of Casey Stengel.
The New York Jets have retired 3 numbers: No. 12: QB Joe Namath No. 13: WR Don Maynard No.73 Joe Klecko
well, His number was never retired. The San Francisco Giants officially retired Willie's #24 on August 20, 1983 prior to a game at Candlestick against the New York Mets.
The Knicks do not have a mascot, in fact no Professional team in New York besides the Mets and islanders has a mascot (Mr. Met and sparkly)