Some teams are wearing a black "34" patch to honor Nick Adenhart, the Angels rookie starting pitcher who was killed in a DUI hit-and-run following his first start of the 2009 season. A black patch with his name and number (34) was added above the left breast of the Angels' teams uniform, and in respect, some players who knew him or played with him are also wearing it.
The 34 patch is for Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart, who wore number 34 and was killed in a car crash earlier this year.
Rich Garcés wore #34 for the Red Sox from 1996-2002.
To honor Kirby Puckett.
One April 15, all players, coaches, and umpires of the MLB wear the jersey number 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson, the first African American MLB player, who played his first MLB game on April 15, 1947.
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Mark Teixeira
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Alex Rodriguez
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They have a large Twitter following, are born in California, and pitch terribly in the playoffs.
Players that wear number 12 are players like Alfonso Soriano of the Chicago Cubs.
85% of MLB Players chew.
Nobody baseball retired it.
Kirk Gibson, Detroit Tigers