********. To be retired, you must be an absolute great of the game, imo. You must play most of your career with the team. Offensively, Posada's best stat is his OPS. The rest aren't earth-shattering. He was by all accounts subpar behind the dish. I never looked at him at any time as one of the best catchers in the game. Very good, definitely, but not retired number worthy.
Andy is more complex? What's he getting his number retired for, the 3.85 career ERA or career 1.35 WHIP? 219 wins for the Yankees - is that reason enough? I think this is basically more about them being together and winning the titles than their individual worth as players. In Andy's case they treated him like s*** when it was time to renegotiate and that's why he left. He never, ever should have come back to them.