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Starting in the 2007 season, the 60th anniversary of Robinson's Major League debut, players and coaches have all worn the number 42 as a tribute to Robinson on Jackie Robinson Day, April 15. There is a lobby to have uniform #21 retired in all of baseball to honor Roberto Clemente. [26]
As an exception to the retired-number policy, MLB began honoring Robinson by allowing players to wear number 42 on April 15, Jackie Robinson Day, which is an annual observance that started in 2004. [287] [288] For the 60th anniversary of Robinson's major league debut, MLB invited players to wear the number 42 on Jackie Robinson Day in 2007. [287]
The only other exception to this retirement is on Jackie Robinson Day, April 15, the anniversary of Robinson's MLB debut, when all uniformed personnel (players, managers, coaches, umpires) wear 42. Wayne Gretzky , who retired as the National Hockey League 's all-time leader in goals, points, and assists, had his number 99 retired league-wide at ...
The number was retired in a ceremony which took place in 1997 at Shea Stadium to mark the 50th anniversary of Robinson's first game with the Dodgers. (The last player to wear the Number 42 regularly was Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees, who retired at the end of the 2013 season. [ 19 ] )
In honor of his legacy, the Dodgers retired Robinson's jersey number "42" in 1972, the same year he died at the age of 53 from heart problems and diabetes complications.
Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers wearing a uniform with his distinctive #42 in 1954. In 1997, for the first and thus far only time, a number was retired throughout Major and Minor League Baseball. [53] The #42 cannot be issued by any team, having been retired in honor of Jackie Robinson.
The jersey number of Jackie Robinson, which is the only number retired by all Major League Baseball teams. Although the number was retired in 1997, Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees , the last professional baseball player to wear number 42, continued to wear it until he retired at the end of the 2013 season.
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