Yanks to Retire Derek Jeter’s No. 2 On May 14
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The New York Yankees have announced that they are going to retire shortstop Derek Jeter’s No. 2 jersey.
The Yankees have said that Jeter’s jersey number is the last of their single digits jerseys to retire… and along with Jeter’s jersey, the Yankee have already retired twenty-one team jerseys.
Here is the list of previously retired Yankees retired jerseys:
- 1986 Bill Martin’s jersey No. 1Ā
- 1948 Babe Ruth’sĀ jerseyĀ No. 3Ā
- 1939 Lou Gehrig’sĀ jerseyĀ No. 4Ā
- 1952 Joe DiMaggio’sĀ jerseyĀ No. 5
- 2014 Joe Torre’sĀ jerseyĀ No. 6Ā
- 1969 Mickey Mantle ‘sĀ jerseyĀ No. 7Ā
- 1972 Yogi Berra and Bill Dickey’sĀ jerseyĀ No. 8Ā
- 1984 Roger Maris’Ā jerseyĀ No. 9Ā
Jeter’s jersey is scheduled to be retired when they play the Houston Astros in New York onĀ May 14th, and during the game they’re going to also honor him with a plaque that will unveiled too.
During his career, Derek Jeter set Yankee records for hits, games 2,747, at-bats 11,195, doubles 544 and stolen bases 358.
Via:espn
