Yankees to dedicate plaque to Rivera on Aug. 14
NEW YORK - The New York Yankees will dedicate a plaque for retired relief pitcher Mariano Rivera in Monument Park at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 14 before a game against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Rivera, who retired after the 2013 season, helped New York win five World Series. He is the major league career saves leader in the regular season (652) and postseason (42).
The Yankees, which made the announcement Thursday, retired Rivera's No. 42 in 2013. Major League Baseball retired the number throughout the league in 1997 in honor of Jackie Robinson, but players wearing it at the time could continue to use it. Rivera was the last to wear the number.
The Yankees' promotional schedule for 2016 also includes Babe Ruth (April 23), Mickey Mantle (June 24), and Roger Maris (Oct. 1) bobblehead nights, and a 20th anniversary celebration ceremony for the 1996 World Series championship team on Aug. 13.
- With files from theScore