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Post by Ken C on Aug 25, 2023 12:13:14 GMT -5
Do you know who's jersey number was the first to ever be retired in MLB? What number was it?
Now that one's easy, but do you know who the second one was? Careful...it's tricky!
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Post by barkeep on Aug 25, 2023 18:25:46 GMT -5
Babe Ruth was first. Ty Cobb had no number. I think they retired his jersey with just his name on it.
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Post by barkeep on Aug 25, 2023 18:28:34 GMT -5
No. I think Lou Gehrig was first.
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Post by Ken C on Aug 28, 2023 10:27:29 GMT -5
It was Lou Gehrig. The second number ever retired was the Reds Willard Hershberger. A catcher who committed suicide during the season (1940 I think). Two years later the Reds removed it without ever saying anything. So the first number ever retired by the Reds wasn't until 1964 or 1965 when manager Fred Hutchinson's number 1 was retired after dying of cancer.
The first Reds player to ever have their number officially retired was actually Johnny Bench's #5!
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