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Normally the individual clubs are responsible for retiring numbers. On April 15, 1997, Major League Baseball took the unusual move of retiring a number for all teams. On the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the baseball color line, his number 42 was retired throughout the majors, at the order of Commissioner Bud Selig.
Category:Major League Baseball managers with retired numbers; Category:Major League Baseball coaches with retired numbers; Individuals may be included in more than one category if they had significant tenures in more than one role with a team that retired their number (e.g., Billy Martin and Red Schoendienst).
Pages in category "Major League Baseball people with retired numbers" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Chicago Bears retired numbers: Bronko Nagurski FB/LB/T 1930–1937, 1943 Minnesota: George McAfee RB/DB/PR 1940–1941, 1945–1950 Duke: George Halas End/HC Owner/Founder 1920–1983 Illinois: Willie Galimore RB 1957–1963 Florida A&M: Walter Payton RB 1975–1987 Jackson State: Gale Sayers RB/KR 1965–1971 Kansas: Brian Piccolo RB/FB 1965 ...
Numbers retired by the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL, displayed at the former Joe Louis Arena in December 2015. Retiring the number of an athlete is an honor a team bestows upon a player, usually after the player has left the team, retires from the sport, or dies, by taking the number formerly worn on their uniform out of circulation.
The numbers were assigned in alphabetical order and remained this way through 1978, meaning umpires could, and often did, wear a different number from year to year. In 1979, NL umpires chose numbers based upon seniority, and that system remained through 1999, the last season of separate umpiring staffs for the National and American Leagues.
Nippon Professional Baseball players with retired numbers (16 P) Pages in category "Baseball players with retired numbers" This category contains only the following page.
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