Hall of Fame pitcher CC Sabathia will be forever honored among the New York Yankees’ legends.
The team announced on Wednesday, Feb. 25, that it will retire Sabathia’s No. 52 in September.
Sabathia will become the 25th player to have his number retired at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees have the most retired numbers in the league.
‘From the first number that hung in my locker to 52 forever hanging in Monument Park – this HOF journey has come full circle,” Sabathia wrote in a post on X. “To have my number retired by the New York Yankees this year is one of the greatest honors of my life. The LegaCCy continues.”
Sabathia spent 11 of his 19 seasons in New York, retiring in pinstripes after starting 22 of the 23 games he played in during the 2019 season. He finished with a 251-161 overall record and a 3.74 ERA. He started 560 of the 561 games he played in.
He produced 3,093 strikeouts in 3,577.1 innings pitched. He won the World Series in 2009, his first season with New York. He was named as a first-ballot inductee for the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2025.
List of retired Yankees numbers
- No. 1: Billy Martin
- No. 2: Derek Jeter
- No. 3: Babe Ruth
- No. 4: Lou Gehrig
- No. 5: Joe DiMaggio
- No. 6: Joe Torre
- No. 7: Mickey Mantle
- No. 8: Yogi Berra and Bill Dickey
- No. 9: Roger Maris
- No. 10: Phil Rizzuto
- No. 15: Thurman Munson
- No. 16: Whitey Ford
- No. 20: Jorge Posada
- No. 21: Paul O’Neill
- No. 23: Don Mattingly
- No. 32: Elston Howard
- No. 37: Casey Stengel
- No. 42: Mariano Rivera and Jackie Robinson (league-wide)
- No. 44: Reggie Jackson
- No. 46: Andy Pettitte
- No. 49: Ron Guidry
- No. 51: Bernie Williams
- No. 52: CC Sabathia