The Major League Baseball teams that have retired the uniform number of number 3 are the Chicago White Sox in honor of Harold Baines, the Cleveland Indians in honor of Earl Averill, the Minnesota Twins in honor of Harmon Killebrew and the New York Yankees in honor of Babe Ruth.
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No car number has ever been retired--the number belongs to the team--or reverts back to NASCAR to be re-issued. Dale's Number 3 is not retired, and it would be up to RCR to use the number again or not.
Nolan Ryan had his uniform number retired by the Texas Rangers (34), Houston Astros (34) and the California Angels (30).
Babe Ruth Number 3Before 1929 players did not wear uniform number. Babe Ruth wore Jersey number 3 with The New York Yankees starting in 1929. Numbers were issued by the players place in the line up, and Ruth batted 3rd. He also wore uniform number 3 with the Boston Braves in 1935.
Cliff MapesCliff Mapes wore uniform number 3 for the 1948 New York Yankees, then switched to number 13 later that year when the Yankees retired number 3 for Babe Ruth. Mapes also wore uniform number 7 for the Yankees from 1949 - 1951. Later in the 1951 season Mapes was traded and Mickey Mantle took number 7.Mantle originaly wore uniform number 6 in 1951 but was sent down to the minors because of a slow start. When he returned number 7 was his for good.
In 1948, the Yankees retired #3 in honor of Babe Ruth.
The C on the uniform is to show who the 3 team captains are.
McCarthy never wore a uniform with a number.
The New York Yankees have NOT retired every number but, 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 23, 32, 37, 42*, 44, and 49. *Number 42 was retired by Major League baseball in honor of Jackie Robinson but, you could be sure that the Yankees will retire number 42 in honor of Mariano Rivera when the time comes.
The question what former Packer's players have not had their number retired by the team… Here is a list of retired of players/numbers as the other list would be crazy long, 90-years worth: 3 Tony Canadeo 14 E/DB Don Hutson 15 QB Bart Starr 66 LB Ray Nitschke 92 DE Reggie White Additionally, the Green Bay Packers will formally retire Brett Favre's No. 4 at a future date to be determined, according to club president/CEO Mark Murphy, which will mark only the sixth time in nine decades the franchise will formally remove a uniform number from circulation. FYI, after Reggie White retired from the Packers they did not allow anyone else to have his number 92 and then a few years later they formally retired it, so Brett Favre's 'Green and Gold' number 4 will likely be the last anyone will ever see.
Yes, The New York Yankees retired number 3 in honor of Babe Ruth in 1948.
Steffi Graf was ranked world number 3 when she retired in August 1999.