Comments on: Dave Concepcion http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/226 This and that about baseball stats. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:57:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: kingturtle http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/226/comment-page-1#comment-458 kingturtle Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:44:18 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/226#comment-458 I don't have the kind of databanks I'd like to do real uniform number analysis. Who else where's #13? Edgardo Alfonzo and Ozzie Guillen wore #13 in honor of Dave Concepcion. When becoming manager of the Yankees, Joe Torre requested #13 but it belonged to utility man Jim Leyritz. I figure there aren't many #13s out there because it is thought to be an unlucky number. So lowest unretired number in MLB is 28. John Kruk sold #28 to Williams for two cases of beer. Billy Goodman of the Bosox wore #28 (he's tenth all time for Bosox in singles and in times on base). Sparky Lyle wore #28 for the Bosox. But the Bosox only retire numbers of HOFers who played at least 10 years for them. Jim Hickman of the Cubs (he's 8th all-time for Cubs in At Bats per Home Run). None of them seem ever likely to be retired. Today, Prince Fielder and Curtis Granderson wear #28. Maybe someday one of them will be the first to retired #28. But I wonder if in the future very many players will stay long enough with a single team to earn a retired number. Anyone know of any other #28s who might be close to worthy of retirement? P.S. A number of HOFers wore #28 briefly in their careers: Nellie Fox, Gaylord Perry and Joe Medwick in their rookie years, Bucky Harris (during 2 of his years with the Senators), Waite Hoyt (1/2 season with the Athletics), Al Simmons with his late career returns to the Athletics in 1941 and 1944, Duke Snider in the final year of his career (a season with the Giants), Billy Williams in the final two years of his career (two seasons with the Athletics). I don't have the kind of databanks I'd like to do real uniform number analysis. Who else where's #13? Edgardo Alfonzo and Ozzie Guillen wore #13 in honor of Dave Concepcion. When becoming manager of the Yankees, Joe Torre requested #13 but it belonged to utility man Jim Leyritz. I figure there aren't many #13s out there because it is thought to be an unlucky number.

So lowest unretired number in MLB is 28. John Kruk sold #28 to Williams for two cases of beer. Billy Goodman of the Bosox wore #28 (he's tenth all time for Bosox in singles and in times on base). Sparky Lyle wore #28 for the Bosox. But the Bosox only retire numbers of HOFers who played at least 10 years for them. Jim Hickman of the Cubs (he's 8th all-time for Cubs in At Bats per Home Run). None of them seem ever likely to be retired.

Today, Prince Fielder and Curtis Granderson wear #28. Maybe someday one of them will be the first to retired #28. But I wonder if in the future very many players will stay long enough with a single team to earn a retired number.

Anyone know of any other #28s who might be close to worthy of retirement?

P.S. A number of HOFers wore #28 briefly in their careers: Nellie Fox, Gaylord Perry and Joe Medwick in their rookie years, Bucky Harris (during 2 of his years with the Senators), Waite Hoyt (1/2 season with the Athletics), Al Simmons with his late career returns to the Athletics in 1941 and 1944, Duke Snider in the final year of his career (a season with the Giants), Billy Williams in the final two years of his career (two seasons with the Athletics).

]]> By: Andy http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/226/comment-page-1#comment-455 Andy Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:16:59 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/226#comment-455 Holy cow, that is a fantastic page....thanks! Holy cow, that is a fantastic page....thanks!

]]> By: kingturtle http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/226/comment-page-1#comment-454 kingturtle Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:14:15 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/226#comment-454 Well, I did a lot of research, and then started a Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_retired_numbers Since the creation of the page, many people have helped to add information to what I started. Well, I did a lot of research, and then started a Wikipedia page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_retired_numbers

Since the creation of the page, many people have helped to add information to what I started.

]]> By: Andy http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/226/comment-page-1#comment-450 Andy Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:25:33 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/226#comment-450 That's neat. Where were you able to find that info? That's neat. Where were you able to find that info?

]]> By: kingturtle http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/226/comment-page-1#comment-449 kingturtle Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:02:22 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/226#comment-449 Here's a bit of trivia that I thought up...13 was the highest uniform number in MLB that had never been retired. Concepcion is the first #13 ever to be retired. I was saving this bit of Trivia for ARod's retirement, but Concepcion is the first. The new highest unretired number is 28 (the comes 38, 46, 47 and 48). Here's a bit of trivia that I thought up...13 was the highest uniform number in MLB that had never been retired. Concepcion is the first #13 ever to be retired. I was saving this bit of Trivia for ARod's retirement, but Concepcion is the first.

The new highest unretired number is 28 (the comes 38, 46, 47 and 48).

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