The Yankees, five years after the Mets bestow the honor to their first skipper, retire Casey Stengel’s uniform #37, during Old Timers Day at the Stadium. The ‘Old Perfessor’, who won seven World Series during his twelve-year tenure with the team, managed the Bronx Bombers from 1949 to 1960.

On August 8, 1970 — The Yankees, five years after the Mets bestow the honor to their first skipper, retire Casey Stengel’s uniform #37, during Old Timers Day at the Stadium. The ‘Old Perfessor’, who won seven World Series during his twelve-year tenure with the team, managed the Bronx Bombers from 1949 to 1960.

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