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In baseball, the uniform number is a number worn on the uniform of each player and coach. Numbers are used for the purpose of easily identifying each person on the field as no two people from the same team can wear the same number.
- Retired “4”-Ever
- Nonumber? No problem.
- There’S only One Jackie and Never Another “42”
On June 19, 1939, Lou Gehrig was diagnosed with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), a progressive and fatal motor-neuron disease. A few weeks later, on Independence Day, the New York Yankees staged “Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day.” It was at that special event that the “Iron Horse” uttered the now infamous words, “Today, I consider myself the luckies...
Numberless uniforms have been worn at least three times since the full-time adoption of uniform numbers in the big leagues. On September 4, 1961, White Sox pitcher Joe Horlen made his big league debut in Minnesota. A last-minute call-up, Horlen was forced to wear a uniform with no number, the only road jersey the club had available. For the same re...
On April 15, 1997, exactly 50 years after Jackie Robinson broke the major league color line, Acting Commissioner Bud Selig announced that never again would Robinson’s uniform number “42” be worn by a major or minor league player. The only exception to the mandate was that players who were already wearing the number would be allowed to keep it until...
The Detroit Tigers have recognized players whose uniform numbers have been retired by presenting their names on the brick wall in left-center field at Comerica Park. Ty Cobb is included in this display — from left to right are Horton, Cobb, Gehringer, Greenberg, Newhouser, and Kaline.
Jul 30, 2022 · Monument Park is a celebration of great New York Yankees players, located in the left field of New Yankee Stadium. Monument Park features three different sections. There is the wall of retired numbers, the wall of plaques and the monuments themselves.
Jul 18, 2016 · The number 42 is retired league-wide in Major League Baseball in honor of Jackie Robinson. The NHL retired 99 league-wide for Wayne Gretzky. There are no league-wide retired numbers in the NFL or...
As the New York Yankees prepare to retire #2 in honor of Derek Jeter, the story of Yankee uniform numbers takes center stage in the Bronx as all single digit numbers, with the exception of #0 which has never been worn by any Yankees.
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Dec 26, 2019 · The Phillies, instead, have their own version that honors important people in franchise history without retiring numbers. There are 41 members of the club’s wall of fame.
