Paul O'Neill's No. 21 Jersey to Be Retired by Yankees on August 21

Paul O'Neill will become the 21st player in New York Yankees history to have his jersey retired. 

The Yankees announced they will add O'Neill's No. 21 jersey to their collection in Monument Park in a ceremony before their Aug. 21 game against the Toronto Blue Jays. 

O'Neill was originally drafted in the fourth round by the Cincinnati Reds in 1981. The Ohio native spent the first eight years of his MLB career with the Reds from 1985-92. He was part of the 1990 squad that swept the Oakland Athletics in the World Series and was named to the National League All-Star team in 1991. 

The Yankees acquired O'Neill from the Reds in a trade for outfielder Roberto Kelly before the 1993 season. He was named to the American League All-Star team and finished in the top 15 of AL MVP voting four times in five seasons from 1994-98.

During his eight seasons in New York, O'Neill posted a .303/.377/.492 slash line with 185 homers and 858 RBI in 1,254 regular-season games. 

In 76 playoff games for the Yankees, O'Neill hit .282/.355/.459 with 10 homers, 34 RBI, 32 walks and 38 strikeouts. He went 2-for-3 with a double in New York's 3-2 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 7 of the 2001 World Series in what turned out to be his final game. 

O'Neill will become the seventh member of the Yankees' teams that won four World Series titles in five years from 1996-2000 to have his jersey number retired by the team. 

Derek Jeter (No. 2), Joe Torre (No. 6, manager), Jorge Posada (No. 20), Mariano Rivera (No. 42), Andy Pettitte (No. 46) and Bernie Williams (No. 51) have already been honored by the organization.