361,107 WARNotable names:Gaylord Perry, Robin Roberts, Jerry Koosman, Jim Kaat, Tom Gordon. The youngest player at the Women's Major Fastpitch National Championship, her ensuing career spanned over 25 years. She was named NEC Rookie of the Year in 2003. Jonathan Papelbon (23.3 WAR) was a strong 58, and Livan Hernandez, Bronson Arroyo, and Chan Ho Park all found success in 61. Through 2022, only six players have put up even 5 WAR in one of these numbers. (That last part is important; after an initial brief experiment or two in the 1910s and '20s, the '29 Yankees were the first to commit to it full-time, meaning most of Babe Ruth's best years are not included here, coming as they did with no uniform number. Why he's here: The other choices are Ryan Madson and Justin Masterson. We told you: Fun. Elway retired following two consecutive Super Bowl wins and appeared in five Super Bowls. He's been asking for it since college at Old Dominion, in part because of his childhood affinity for "the Big Hurt," Thomas. She has also received two Olympic gold medals and one silver medal for Team USA. Mark Buehrle, for example, put up 60 WAR in his 56, and Johan Santana posted 52 WAR in his 57. In many other sports, numbers of club legends are retired from use and placed in the rafters to be revered by generations of fans. 46 for an extended period. That's four Hall of Famers listed there, plus Paul Waner and Lefty Gomez spent part of their careers with 11 as well. The right-hander with the unmistakable high leg kick finished his career with a 2.89 ERA and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1983. Everything about the modern NBA is made, to some extent, in Michael Jordan's image. No. Now we're talking, so far as all-time stars go. Ronald C. Modra for Sports Illustrated. News on all your favorite celebs, reality TV, and movies. 351,195 WARNotable names: Phil Niekro, Mike Mussina, Frank Thomas, Justin Verlander, Cole Hamels, Rickey Henderson. Jeters place among Yankees legends is secure, which is no small accomplishment for that franchise. 37911 WARNotable names: Dave Stieb, Kenny Rogers, Keith Hernandez, Stephen Strasburg. Jordans incredible career has inspired hundreds of athletes to wear #23, including LeBron James. While a few picks are obvious, there may be some surprises at some of this week's numbers. Grace wore 17 for most of his 13 seasons with the Cubs, but it's pretty clear he's not going to be the most famous North Sider with the number. Also, he's been a pretty good pitcher, with a Cy Young, three All-Star selections and 218 wins to his name. He gets the nod. She also recorded a 1.35 ERA that season, good for the third-best all-time. Why hes here: One of the most underrated players of his era, Stieb was one of the top AL pitcher of the 1980s, even if no one knew it at the time. Lisa Fernandez is a Puerto Rican American former collegiate 4-time First Team All-American, 3-time Olympian medal winner, right-handed hitting softball pitcher, and ThirdBaseman,current softball assistant coach at UCLA. Honorable mentions: Jim Thome, Rafael Palmeiro, Mark McGwire. 23 the greatest NBA player of all time? Honorable mentions: Ernie Banks, Ken Boyer, Jim Rice. FL Teams. Iconic MLB players with number 32 jerseys include Dave Winfield, Roy Halladay, and Steve Carlton, all Hall of Fame players whose career highlights are among the greatest moments in baseball history. Elway possessed an uncanny ability to lead his teams to victory when they trailed late in games. Then again, No. Why hes here: The Cobra was a legitimate star in the late 1970s and early 1980s, winning an MVP, two batting titles and three Gold Gloves. Why hes here: Raines, one of the greatest leadoff batters in baseball history (career .385 OBP hitting first in the lineup), stole 808 bases in his career. 221,684 WARNotable names: Clayton Kershaw, Jim Palmer, Will Clark, Brad Radke, Andrew McCutchen. Perfect? 171,598 WARNotable names: Todd Helton, Lance Berkman, Mark Grace, Dizzy Dean, Shohei Ohtani. Lots of 50s, 60s and 70s here, as you'd expect. The number suited him well. Bumgarner kept his 40 with Arizona, having made a deal with reliever Andrew Chafin after signing with the D-backs to retain his number from his glory days with San Francisco. Why does Verlander wear 35? Rices legendary hands were developed throughout his childhood, when he worked as a brick mason. No. The number is currently vacant at the club, just waiting for the next legend to don the famous #7. 37 as a young pitcher for Cleveland, but when he was traded to Boston in 1975, "Spaceman" Bill Lee already owned it. Shes the first All American, National, and Hall of Famer UCLA Softball Champion. The Arizona Wildcats, the United States National Softball Team, and the Chicago Bandits pitched. Cat Osterman is the4-time All-American and 2-time medal-winningOlympian, 6-time professionally unretired All-Star, left-hand softball pitcher, and former Softball Assistant Coach. His accomplishments on the baseball diamond are virtually unparalleled over the course of a century of baseball history. How did we get there? When he was traded to the Mets in 1983, they'd already retired 37 for Casey Stengel, so Hernandez took 17. She ranked in the fourth position as Greatest College Softball Player. Hailing originally fromLa Verne, California, Stacey Nuveman-Deniz is the current softball coach of the National Softball team. 97. Monica Abbott is an American professional left-hand softball pitcher, former All-American collegiate and OlympianSilver Medal winner. He won the 1977 AL MVP when he batted .388 with 16 triples, 14 homers, 100 RBIs, 23 stolen bases and 128 runs scored for the Twins. Simply put, Jennie Finch is the most famous softball player of all time to the rest of the sporting world. Her career winning percentage of .835 is the highest percentage recorded by any collegiate softball coach with 800 career wins. 77 for just one season, but he's Pudge. Take that list of 101 numbers ordered by value, and it looks like this. 96 for four seasons. 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She also played for the Raybestos Brakettes, leading the team to 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1980 Amateur Softball Association National Championships. 47711 WARNotable names: Tom Glavine, Jack Morris, Bruce Hurst, Howie Kendrick, Johnny Cueto. Why hes here: The man with one of the greatest nicknames in baseball history the Wizard of Oz earned his reputation as arguably the best defensive shortstop in baseball history during a highlight-filled 19-year career that included 15 All-Star nods and 13 Gold Gloves. Jackie Robisons contribution to baseball and American society are so significant that he holds the honor of being the only player to have his number retired across Major League Baseball. No. 12? That's nearly a quarter-century, with one team, on the backs of two legends. The Portland Trail Blazers, Utah Jazz, Philadelphia 76ers, LA Lakers, Boston Celtics, Miami Heat and the Detroit Pistons are a few of the famous teams to have done so. You might not remember Newhouser, but the Detroit native is the only pitcher to win back-to-back Most Valuable Player Awards, doing so for his hometown Tigers in 1944 and '45. Copyright 2023 Sporting News Holdings Limited. 12 when he moved on to the Yankees and Devil Rays. In his 20 years with the Yankees, The Captain earned 15 All-Star nods, rapped out 3,465 hits, scored 1,923 runs and hit .310 and he was a cornerstone for five World Series-winning squads. Kelli Miller was a two-sport athlete during her time at RMU, playing for both softball and basketball. Aaron was the first and only player to wear No. Shes a famous Cuban/Puerto Rican softball pitcher who created the Olympic record of 25 strikeouts in softball. Honorable mentions: Robin Roberts, Jim Kaat. Greatest catcher in Cubs history (1922-40) and a Hall of Famer. During his time with the 49ers, Rice won three Super Bowls and led the league in receiving yardage six times. No. The long-time reliever is the best of a mediocre bunch. Why he's here: An excellent starter, Eckersley became an elite reliever with the A's in the late 1980s and early 1990s. 2: Gabby Hartnett. Why hes here: A great pitcher with a number of iconic postseason moments, Schilling will be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame one of these days. She owns a variety of records for the Bruins and is one of the selected players from NCAA Division I, batting at least .400 with 300 hits, 200 runs, and 100 stolen bases. 1 - Warren Moon, QB, Houston (1984-93), Minnesota (1994-96), Seattle (1997-98), Kansas City (1999-2000) A nine-time Pro Bowler (and a five-time Grey Cup champion in his six seasons in Canada), Moon. There are stories in each of those numbers. Why he's here: The long-time Yankee lefty was by far the best player who wore No. 251,720 WARNotable names: Barry Bonds, Jim Thome, Rafael Palmeiro, Buddy Bell, Tommy John, Mark McGwire. 12 during his managerial career, because growing up in California, he idolized Dodgers outfielder Tommy Davis, who wore the dozen for the team from 1959 through 1966. Why hes here: Ripken started his career with a bang he won the AL rookie of the year in 1982 and the AL MVP in 1983 and spent the rest of his time with the Orioles fashioning a no-doubt Hall of Fame career. So we're letting you try, including polls with those select numbers. 49753 WARNotable names: Ron Guidry, Tom Candiotti, Charlie Hough, Tim Wakefield, Larry Dierker. 14 for his first few weeks before changing to his now-iconic No. 71,842 WARNotable names: Mickey Mantle, Ivn Rodrguez, Craig Biggio, Kenny Lofton, Joe Mauer, J.D. Baker has continued wearing No. Originally from Californias Trabuco Canyon. Baseball history is marked by iconic numbers. 24 [2.5 WAR] and No. Why hes here: Clearly, baseballs all-time hit king 4,256 of them, to be precise is eligible for this list. Currently, she is the San Diego State Associate Head Coach. Honorable mentions: What did we just say? It has been a popular jersey number for decades with success of athletes across the board. Honorable mentions: John Smoltz, Adrian Beltre, Mickey Lolich. She holds the single-season (23) and career (58) record for stolen bases, and her .376 batting average in 1991 stood as a record for 10 years. No. In addition to those legends already named, there's Lou Boudreau, Hank Greenberg, Nomar Garciaparra, Freddie Freeman and on and on. As time passes, these athletes will be remembered for the accomplishments achieved while wearing their preferred numbers. Maybe, it's 3. His #99 is retired throughout the NHL, never to be worn by another player again. Jennie Finch is a retired two-time pro-all-star, righthand hitting softball pitcher originally from La Mirada, California, former All American colleague, and Olympian with the medal. This association with inexperienced players taints all of these numbers. Today, the number is best remembered for Clemente, who briefly wore No. In this sport, though, stats arent the only numbers that matter. 27. That's going to make this something more of a "very good estimate" than "an exact accounting," but let's put two rules into place to account for that: If a player gets traded and changes numbers in a season, each number gets the appropriate WAR credit. We can split the same credit for No. Honorable mentions: Joe DiMaggio, Johnny Bench, Albert Pujols, Brooks Robinson, Jeff Bagwell. He's in the top 10, but again, the Yankees didn't add numbers until 1929, by which time he was already 34 years old and 470 homers into his career. Here are the players who didn't get the nod for this number: Rickey Henderson, Ken Griffey Jr., Manny Ramirez, Miguel Cabrera and pre-Giants Barry Bonds. Jessica Mendoza, former 4-time First All-American Team, two-time medal-winning Olympian, retired All-Star Softball outfielder originally from Camarillo, California and alsois thecurrentsports broadcaster for ESPN. This one starts out hot -- just look at all those Hall of Famers -- before falling off somewhat. Honorable mentions: Vladimir Guerrero, Scott Rolen, Kevin Brown, Why hes here: Blyleven made his big-league debut in 1970, a couple months after his 19th birthday, and made his last pitch in the majors at 41 years old. Why hes here: Only Babe Ruth could have possibility overshadowed one of the greatest sluggers of all time. No one else wore it for more than one. 41,693 WARNotable names: Lou Gehrig, Mel Ott, Luke Appling, Duke Snider, Paul Molitor. Meyer was also a member of the legendary 2005 and 2006 teams, and her 2005 season was the best hitting season a Colonial ever had, becoming the only player to hit above .400 in program history with a staggering .418 batting average. The two sport star wore #21 on both the football field and baseball diamond, and holds the honor of being the only athlete to hit a home run and score a touchdown in the same week. As for her single-season achievements, her 280 strikeouts in 1998 stood as a record until 2015, when Nicole Sleith shattered it with 296. Why he's here: The 1978 AL Cy Young winner led the AL in wins twice and ERA twice and had his number retired by the Yankees. 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This one may not rate quite as high as some others, but 32 just looks like a baseball number, doesn't it? Ortiz had No. Richardson has played with the UCLA Bruins and won the first NCAA National Championship in 1982. The man known simply as The Man, Musial won three MVP awards, finished in the top 10 of the MVP voting in 11 other seasons, was an All-Star 20 times, helped the Cardinals to three World Series titles and he finished his career with 3,630 hits (still fourth all-time) and 725 doubles (third all-time). To be honest, we were surprised by this, since most pitchers don't wear single-digit numbers, and so we figured a number that both hitters and pitchers would wear would be at the top. Honorable mentions: Todd Helton, Lance Berkman, Mark Grace. Why hes here: Koufax's numbers from 1962 to 1966 are staggering: Three Cy Youngs, a 113-34 record, five straight ERA titles, three seasons of more than 300 strikeouts. The lanky right-hander won the AL Cy Young three times and finished in the top five of the voting five other times in his 19-year career. 141,472 WARNotable names: Pete Rose, Ernie Banks, Jim Bunning, Ken Boyer, Jim Rice. But thats OK. Brett was a wizard at the plate during a 21-year career he even led the AL in average (.329) and doubles (45) in his Age 37 season that garnered 13 All-Star nods, the 1980 AL MVP (when he hit .390) and the 1985 World Series title for Kansas City (he hit .370 against St. Louis in the series). (Like: "Ozzie Smith was the best No. Let's not overthink this. 1. Alex Bregman is storming up this list; he wears 2 in part to honor Jeter, and in part because he was drafted second overall in 2015. Look at a graph that is actually showing you uniform numbers, ranked, by WAR. Winning two titles with the Knicks in 1970 and 1973, Frazier had his fair share of winning during his playing days. 1 all-time. Berra and fellow Yankee Hall of Fame catcher Bill Dickey each wore 8 in pinstripes; it was retired in honor of each of them in 1972. Paul Goldschmidt, the 2022 NL MVP, wore 44 with Arizona, but he took 46 upon his trade to the Cardinals, saying that it was the closest number to 44 available, because 44 was taken at the time and 45 was retired for Bob Gibson. It's not a coincidence that as we're in the midst of a glut of high 30s and mid 40s here, 13 stands out like a sore thumb. The numbers 16, 25, 33, 14, 18, 1, 44, 7 and 6 hang there. The countdown has begun for when the New York Yankees will retire the #2 of their recently retired shortstop, Derek Jeter. 84 for two seasons with the Rangers. Pro Football Hall of Famers by Jersey Numbers Class of 2004 inductee Bob Brown wore #76 with the Eagles, Rams, and Raiders. 5. Not necessarily the players wearing those numbers, as you've certainly seen many lists of in the past. No. OK then. 89 when he debuted in 2020, there's no longer any such thing as an unused number. 12 on his jersey when he won multiple titles. For nearly four decades, you could find Harder active and in uniform for the same team. Why he's here: No one else in MLB history has worn No. Finch had enjoyed a wonderful life as a mother, commentator, and hadnumerousTV appearances. No. 43782 WARNotable names: Dennis Eckersley, Johnny Antonelli, Ral Mondes, Gary Peters, Ken Forsch. 99 [3.5 WAR] here. He wore the #3 for his entire baseball career and has had that number retired by the New York Yankees. That's also true of Griffey (who wore 30, 3 and 17 after leaving Seattle), Manny Ramirez, and Barry Bonds, who wore 24 as a Pirate before turning to 25 with the Giants, since Mays owns the 24 for San Francisco. So far so good on luck he got the last 3 outs in his last game. Former outfielder Mallex Smith explains that he chose it because he has "zero cares" about how others feel about him, which we respect, but most of the 0s do it as a play on their own names, considering it not a "zero" so much as an "O." No matter what else happens, that's always going to be Kris Bryant. Honorable mentions: Rick Reuschel, Sam McDowell. Still, that was his number from 1980 until 1993, so he is our pick. The #7 shirt at Manchester United has been worn by several of the greatest players of all time. The Top 10 Greatest Baseball Players Ever to Wear the No. Linsey Fagan Perhaps the most famous Penn State player in history finds his name in this week's Nos. Vizquel, as well as fellow Venezuelan shortstop Ozzie Guillen, each claimed they wore 13 to honor Concepcin, a nine time All-Star who was the shortstop on the Big Red Machine Cincinnati teams of the 70s. No, but close enough, and after running the numbers on that, we have a list of 101 digits. 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