Some sports that retire team numbers include baseball, cricket,[1] ice hockey, basketball, American football, and association football. CAREER: Pitched for 20 years in the majors, including two stints with the Phillies, 1911-17 and 1930 ... Also pitched for the Chicago Cubs (1918-26) and St. Louis Cardinals (1926-29) before retiring after nine appearances with the Phillies in 1930.
The Dallas Cowboys do not officially retire numbers, but it is generally understood that Roger Staubach's #12, Bob Lilly's #74, Troy Aikman's #8, and Emmitt Smith's #22 will never be issued again (though the Cowboys have occasionally used Lilly's 74 in the preseason). However, since the IndyCar Series unification took place in 2008, that recognition has since been abandoned.
• More on Cubs' retired numbers >D-BACKS20: Luis Gonzalez, OF51: Randy Johnson, LHP CART retired the use of #99 after the fatal accident of Greg Moore in 1999. 3 back to national level", "Austin Dillon hopes to wait for full Cup schedule to run Dale Earnhardt's No. On April 15, 1997, every team in MLB retired No. All Rights Reserved.
[25] Dillon is the grandson of Earnhardt's longtime friend and car owner Richard Childress, and he drives for Richard Childress Racing. Still, they have retired only five numbers in that time. [28], The FIA Formula 2 Championship, formerly known as the GP2 Series, retired #19 after the death of Anthoine Hubert in a crash at the 2019 Belgian Grand Prix.
• More on Reds' retired numbers > ROCKIES17: Todd Helton, 1B
On April 15, 1997, every team in MLB retired No. • More on Royals' retired numbers >TIGERS2: Charlie Gehringer, 2B3: Alan Trammell, SS5: Hank Greenberg, 1B6: Al Kaline, OF11: Sparky Anderson, manager16: Hal Newhouser, LHP23: Willie Horton, OF47: Jack Morris, RHP 98. Shortly after it caught on, it began to change as numbers were retired by teams making the lineups impossible to complete thereby allowing players to wear other numbers not corresponding to the position in the lineup. [15], In 2011, Michigan Wolverines football unretired all of the numbers that it had retired to create legends jerseys worn by its best players.
[32], In other sports such as Rugby League and Rugby Union, despite the long history of the games, it used to be the case that because each number represents the particular positions on the field, the retirement of jersey numbers was impossible. [18], On December 18, 2017, Kobe Bryant became the only player to have had two numbers (8, 24) retired by the same franchise - Los Angeles Lakers. 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. In January 2019, #69 was retired in honour of Nicky Hayden, who died in a cycling accident in May 2017. Today, everything is complete." .
[35], Following the death of Wouter Weylandt in the 2011 Giro d'Italia cycle race, organizers decided that they would not reassign Weylandt's bib number of 108 in future editions of the race.
Broke in with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1965 ... Also pitched for the San Francisco Giants (1986), Chicago White Sox (1986), Cleveland Indians (1987) and Minnesota Twins (1987-88) before retiring in May, 1988. This meant that no future player on any major league team could wear number 42, although players wearing #42 at the time were allowed to continue wearing it (Marian… All Rights Reserved by Baseball Almanac, Inc.Hosted by Hosting 4 Less. The only uniform number of a Texas Rangers player that has been retired is Nolan Ryan's #34, which was retired by the team on Sept. 15, 1996. [33], Following the death of former player Roger Millward, Hull Kingston Rovers withdrew the number 6 shirt Millward used to wear.
document.write(update); Retired jerseys are often referred to as "hanging from the rafters" as they are, literally, put to hang in the team's home arena. • 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
[34], In Finnish ice hockey, if a player's number is retired, family members (most notably his son, or son-in-law) can use the retired number if he plays for the same organization. CAREER: Pitched 14 years with the Phillies, 1948-61 ... Also pitched for Baltimore Orioles (1962-65), Houston Astros (1965-66) and Chicago Cubs (1966) before retiring in 1966. 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. Babe, as good as a player as he was, he only really made an impact on the team that he was on. ", Magpie Collingwood open to reviving No.42, "Childress grandson brings No.
HOW OBTAINED: Phillies second-round selection in the June, 1971 amateur draft out of Ohio University where he was a shortstop. [36], permitted to wear the number for his entire career, List of retired numbers in association football, List of Canadian Football League retired numbers, List of Major League Baseball retired numbers, List of National Basketball Association retired numbers, List of National Football League retired numbers, List of National Hockey League retired numbers, "Phillip Hughes remembered: Michael Clarke delivers emotional tribute to batsman and confirms his ODI number will be retired", "Who Had the First Jersey Number to Be Retired in Sports? If in the sport, managers and coaches wear uniform numbers, and the player later becomes a coach for the same team, he is also permitted to wear it as a coach. After Magic Johnson retired because of his HIV disease, the Lakers retired his jersey #32. 42 across baseball for Jackie Robinson, No.
Hank Aaron, Sparky Anderson, 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 major league team. 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson.
CAREER: Seven-time All-Star, winning the 1964 National League Rookie of the Year Award and '72 American League MVP honors, the latter as a member of the White Sox.
Following the 1989 24 Hours of Daytona, months after his fatal plane crash, IMSA retired Al Holbert's #14.[27]. [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. This practice caught on and within a few years every team wore numbers. HOW OBTAINED: Purchased by the Phillies for $750 from the Syracuse Stars in 1910. 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.
20. 87, The Wistert Brothers' (Whitey Wistert, Al Wistert, Alvin Wistert) No.
• More on Indians' retired numbers >, MARINERS11: Edgar Martinez, DH24: Ken Griffey Jr., CF Most Valuable Player in 1949. The Phillies played their inaugural season in 1883, meaning they are one of baseball's oldest franchises. 34 jersey in the rafters", https://www.slamonline.com/nba/mark-cuban-number-24-will-never-again-be-worn-by-a-dallas-maverick/, "UCLA Honors Jackie Robinson by Retiring #42 Across All Sports", "U-M to Recognize Ford, Kramer and Oosterbaan as Football Legends", "Ford Named Michigan Football Legend; Morgan to Wear No. copyright=new Date(); CAREER: Played 12 years with the Phillies (1948-59) and was regarded as one of the best leadoff hitters and defensive players in the game ... Also played with the Cubs (1960-61) and New York Mets (1962), ending his playing career in 1962 with a .306 average. Richie Ashburn #1. [9] After his departure from the team in 2004, the Lakers removed Shaquille O'Neal's #34 from circulation, only officially retiring it in 2013.
[23] Swansea retired the shirt number of Besian Idrizaj after he died in his sleep, of a suspected heart attack, at his family home in Linz, Austria. Dale Earnhardt Jr. made two special appearances in a number 3 car in the Busch Series in 2002 and again in the renamed Nationwide Series on 2 July 2010 at Daytona, but otherwise the number 3 was absent from all three national touring series until 2009, when Austin Dillon drove a number 3 in the Camping World Truck Series.
Shortly after it caught on, it began to change as numbers were retired by teams making the lineups impossible to complete thereby allowing players to wear other numbers not corresponding to the position in the lineup. 85 in St. Louis for owner Gussie Busch (that was his age at the time) and No. [8] However, they have not reissued the numbers of several of their greatest players since they retired, and it is understood that no Steeler will ever wear them again. 1 guernsey prior to the beginning of the 2011 AFL season as the tribute to the fans, according to Max Bailey, the last person to wear the #1 guernsey, had his career cut short by multiple injuries to his right knee, and thanked the fans in his comeback attempts, and the Collingwood Football Club, who retired their No. 42 (in fact, it’s the only MLB jersey to be retired league wide). Full Story. [7], Teams also take numbers out of circulation without formally retiring them, though it is generally understood that those numbers will never be issued again. Joint record holder for most double plays by second baseman, 137 in 1951.
The Dallas Mavericks retired No. 3) In 1997, honoring the 50th anniversary of his historic (and painful) entry into Major League Baseball, Jackie Robinson's number 42 became the only number retired throughout all of Major League Baseball. 24 on January 26, 2020 following his death, amid persistent calls to retire his number league wide. When it was retired, the few players who had that as their number got to finish their careers with that number. 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. After winning the Truck Series title in 2011, he drove the #3 car in the Nationwide Series in 2012 and 2013, and returned the number to the Cup Series in 2014 when he began competing full-time in that series for RCR. BORN: September 30, 1926, Springfield, IL. Jackie Robinson was the first and only player whose uniform number — 42 — was retired by Major League Baseball (April 15, 1997) making it unwearable on every team present & in the future. [16][17] In 2015, the Legends program was discontinued, and the numbers re-retired.
58 to honor shooting victims", "Pittsburgh Steelers to Retire Joe Greene's Number '75, "Colts, Manning part ways after 14 seasons", "Lakers hang Shaq's No. Below are the retired numbers for every Major League club. Number retired throughout baseball in 1997. In 2008, Princeton University retired the number 42 for all Princeton Tigers sports teams in honor of Bill Bradley and Heisman Trophy winner Dick Kazmaier. [10] Another instance this would be that following the death of Kobe Bryant, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban announced that in honor of the former, "number 24 will never again be worn by a Dallas Maverick."