#16 was retired when Richard retired, so nobody wore it after he did.
He didn't have a number. Stengel retired as a player in 1925, several years before numbers were put on a player's uniform.
Stacey Augmon
He wore number 10 before it was retired for Bob Love
Unless a current player already wearing the number; if a number is retired by the franchise, no player in that franchise can wear that jersey number and if the jersey number is retired by the league no one can wear that number again in the league. for example, no one in MLB can wear 42 because of Jackie Robinson except Mariano Rivera because he already wore the number before it was retired.
Lou Gehrig was the first Yankee to have his number retired. The #4 was retired by the Yankees in 1939.
On July 4, 1939, Lou Gehrig became the first Major League Baseball player to have his number, 4, retired by his team. Since then, over 120 other people have had their numbers retired. The Yankees were the first team to retire a number. Number 4, Lou Gehrig was the first player to have his number retired
In hockey, retired numbers are typically not used by players on the same team to honor the legacy of the player who wore that number. However, it is possible for a player on a different team to wear a retired number if the team that retired it allows it. Additionally, some teams may choose to unretire a number for special circumstances, such as honoring a significant event or player.
Sammy Baugh #33
Michael Jordan
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.
Defensive tackle Ernie Stautner had his #70retired by the Steelers. That has been the only number they have retired.
Reggie White