Yankees to retire CC Sabathia's No. 52 at Yankee Stadium in 2026

The Yankees announced that they will honor CC Sabathia this season by retiring his uniform number (No. 52) and giving him a Monument Park plaque. 

The ceremony will take place Sept. 26 when the team takes on the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium. 

Sabathia will be the 24th Yankees player or manager to have his number retired and the first since Paul O’Neill (No. 21) on Aug. 21, 2022. 

After signing with the Yankees as a free agent prior to the 2009 season, the southpaw helped lead the team to a World Series championship, going 19-8 with a 3.37 ERA in 34 starts. That postseason, the Yankees went 4-1 in his five starts, and he earned the ALCS MVP Award, going 2-0 with a 1.13 ERA in the Yankees’ six-game series win over the Angels.

Over his first four seasons with the Yankees (2009-12), Sabathia went 74-29 with a 3.22 ERA and nine complete games in 129 starts, logging 905.0 innings pitched and making three AL All-Star teams. 

In his 11 total seasons in pinstripes, Sabathia posted a 134-88 record with a 3.81 ERA and 1,700K in 307 games. In franchise history, he ranks fourth in strikeouts, seventh in starts, 10th in wins and 11th in innings pitched. 

Sabathia was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2025, his first year on the ballot.

9.26.26@CC_Sabathia's No. 52 enters Monument Park. #legaCCypic.twitter.com/z9b9ln9WeN

— New York Yankees (@Yankees) February 25, 2026