Famously, the Yankees built a new stadium right next door to where the original Yankee Stadium stood, moving in before the 2009 season, and when they eventually tore down the old stadium they kept the ...

Gehrig’s No. 4 became the first to be retired by the Yankees, in a ceremony at the original Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939, at which time the Iron Horse gave his impromptu ‘Luckiest Man’ speech.