Joint record holder for most double plays by second baseman, 137 in 1951. . [14] UCLA retired the same number in 2014 for all Bruins sports teams in honor of Jackie Robinson, who had played in four sports at the school prior to his Hall of Fame baseball career. 3 back to national level", "Austin Dillon hopes to wait for full Cup schedule to run Dale Earnhardt's No. However, players who were wearing the number at the time were permitted to retain it for the duration of their careers; Mariano Rivera was the last remaining player to wear the number, and he retired at the end of the 2013 season. The first recorded example in Rugby League was in May 2015 when Keighley Cougars withdrew number 6 following the death of Danny Jones during a match.

11 and Tom Harmon's No. Retired jerseys are often referred to as "hanging from the rafters" as they are, literally, put to hang in the team's home arena.

On April 15, 1997, every team in MLB retired No.

• More on Nationals' retired numbers >PHILLIES1: Richie Ashburn, OF14: Jim Bunning, RHP20: Mike Schmidt, 3B32: Steve Carlton, LHP36: Robin Roberts, RHP"P": Grover Cleveland Alexander, RHP"P": Chuck Klein, OF [11]. Team | N.L. update=copyright.getFullYear();

AS Roma, AC Milan, Ajax, Internazionale, Napoli, Manchester City, Lens, Lyon, Nantes and Swansea City have all retired shirt numbers; Milan retiring Franco Baresi's #6 shirt and Paolo Maldini's #3 shirt (with the caveat that one of Maldini's sons can wear the shirt if they play professionally for the club).

This practice caught on and within a few years every team wore numbers. Following his death, Earnhardt's old team changed to the number 29, and the replacement driver (Kevin Harvick) drove the 29 car through the 2013 season. Copyright 1999- He skated over to the Hall of Famer, took off his #7 jersey and handed it to Esposito in what was referred to as Bourque's "surrendering" of #7 to Esposito. The unretired jerseys were Bennie Oosterbaan's No.

For example, former college football star Gerald Ford's number 48 was retired by the University of Michigan football squad by virtue of his future career as the 38th President of the United States. Number 42 is retired by all Major League Baseball teams because, this was the number of Jackie Robinson. As such, Hélio Castroneves, who drives #3 in the IndyCar Series, drove the #03.

24 on January 26, 2020 following his death, amid persistent calls to retire his number league wide. The first African-American player in Major League Baseball, Jack Roosevelt Robinson amassed Hall-of-Fame numbers during his playing career and earned a league wide retirement of his jersey number in 1997.
2) Don Sutton is the only player whose number was retired among the Dodgers who did not play in Brooklyn. Such an honor may also be bestowed on players who had highly memorable careers, died prematurely under tragic circumstances,[1] or have had their promising careers ended by serious injury. Part of the Baseball Almanac Family, Retired American League Numbers | Baseball Almanac. Jackie Robinson was the first and only player whose uniform number (42) was retired by Major League Baseball (April 15, 1997). On April 15, 1997, the 50 anniversary of his first Major League Baseball game, the league retires Jackie Robinson’s number, 42. On April 5, 1993, the day the Marlins played their first-ever regular-season game, the team retired the number in his memory, as his favorite player was Joe DiMaggio (who wore #5 in his career).

• More on Yankees' retired numbers >. Hank Aaron, Sparky Anderson, Wade Boggs, Rod Carew, Rollie Fingers, Carlton Fisk, Reggie Jackson, Greg Maddux, Frank Robinson, Nolan Ryan, and Casey Stengel have each had their number retired by more than one team!.

From 2004 to 2006, drivers in the International Race of Champions used their numbers from their primary racing series. • More on Mariners' retired numbers >MARLINS For a brief time during the early-mid 1990s, CART unofficially retired #14 (in honor of A. J. Foyt), allowing it only to be carried only by an entry of A. J. Foyt Enterprises.

Played for Brooklyn Dodgers from 1947-56. BORN: September 30, 1926, Springfield, IL.

85 in St. Louis for owner Gussie Busch (that was his age at the time) and No. • More on Pirates' retired numbers >, PADRES6: Steve Garvey, 1B19: Tony Gwynn, OF31: Dave Winfield, OF35: Randy Jones, LHP51: Trevor Hoffman, RHP, • More on Padres' retired numbers >RANGERS7: Ivan Rodriguez, C10: Michael Young, INF26: Johnny Oates, manager29: Adrian Beltre, 3B34: Nolan Ryan, RHP, • More on Rangers' retired numbers >RAYS12: Wade Boggs, 3B66: Don Zimmer, coach, • More on Rays' retired numbers >RED SOX1: Bobby Doerr, 2B4: Joe Cronin, SS6: Johnny Pesky, SS/3B8: Carl Yastrzemski, LF9: Ted Williams, LF14: Jim Rice, LF26: Wade Boggs, 3B27: Carlton Fisk, C34: David Ortiz, DH45: Pedro Martinez, RHP, REDS1: Fred Hutchinson, manager5: Johnny Bench, C8: Joe Morgan, 2B10: Sparky Anderson, manager11: Barry Larkin, SS13: Davey Concepcion, SS14: Pete Rose, INF/OF18: Ted Kluszewski, 1B20: Frank Robinson, OF24: Tony Perez, 3B/1B • More on Rockies' retired numbers >ROYALS5: George Brett, 3B10: Dick Howser, manager20: Frank White, 2B

This practice caught on and within a few years every team wore numbers. The Phillies have no official policy on retired numbers, although unofficially in the past couple decades they have said they will only retire players elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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• More on Astros' retired numbers >BLUE JAYS12: Roberto Alomar, 2B32: Roy Halladay, RHP The following page is a comprehensive breakdown of every retired uniform number in the National League.

update=copyright.getFullYear(); Examples include the Hawthorn Football Club, who retired their No. Those uniform numbers corresponded to the player's place in the lineup; those who batted leadoff wore number one, those who batted clean-up wore number four and so on. 42, Jackie Robinson's number.

Ty Dillon, Austin's brother (another grandson of Childress), ran the number 3 in the Camping World Truck Series and began driving the number 3 in the Nationwide Series, now known as the Xfinity Series, in 2014.[26]. - Jackie Robinson, Every Number Retired by Every A.L.

On April 15, 1997, every team in MLB retired No. Does that mean Jackie was a better player, not necessarily. If a jersey is retired and an active player is still wearing it, the player is usually permitted to wear the number for his entire career as a player. Where what happened yesterday is being preserved today.

No other MLB player will wear No. Most Valuable Player in 1949.

If it wasn't Jackie who didn't break the color barrier, who knows what the game would look like today. All Rights Reserved by Baseball Almanac, Inc.Hosted by Hosting 4 Less. • More on Dodgers' retired numbers >, GIANTS3: Bill Terry, 1B4: Mel Ott, OF11: Carl Hubbell, LHP20: Monte Irvin, OF24: Willie Mays, CF25: Barry Bonds, LF27: Juan Marichal, RHP30: Orlando Cepeda, 1B36: Gaylord Perry, RHP44: Willie McCovey, 1BNo number: Christy Mathewson, RHPNo number: John McGraw, manager Numbers, (Includes Milwaukee Braves Retired Numbers), Click Retired Numbers For New York Mets Franchise History, Retired New York Mets Names Appear in Alphabetical Order.

Did you know that the New York Yankees have retired twenty-two numbers — which is more than any other Major League Baseball team from either league?
His number is retired in baseball because of the impact he made on the sport as a whole. • More >METS14: Gil Hodges, manager31: Mike Piazza, C37: Casey Stengel, manager41: Tom Seaver, RHP