The New York Yankees have announced that they will be retiring the number of Joe Torre, who managed the team to four World Series Championships in 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000, and made an additional two Fall Classics on the losing end.
Torre wore number 6 as the Yankees skipper and with the impending retirement of Derek Jeter who wore number 2 (and is expected to have his number retired), the Bronx Bombers will have no numbers available with one digit.
As a player, Torre won the National League MVP in 1971 and though he did not receive the votes to get in as a player to the Baseball Hall of Fame, he was just selected via the Veteran’s Committee for his contributions as a Manager. That induction will take pace this summer on July 27th in Cooperstown.
As we have mentioned in the last few months here at Notinhalloffame.com, we will be looking at the post career accolades of all of the major North American Sports Franchises, of which this bolsters what is already the most impressive series of retired numbers in Baseball.
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