They wear them in honor of Robin Roberts who passed away during the 2010 season.
The '36' on the sleeves of the Philadelphia Phillies jerseys is to honor former Phillies pitcher Robin Roberts, who died on May 6th. His jersey number '36' was retired by the Phillies earlier.
The Phillies are wearing a black patch with a white '36' on their sleeves to honor former Phillies pitcher Robin Roberts, who died on May 6th. '32' was Steve Carlton's jersey number.
Lave Cross played in 100 games at third base for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1894, starting in none of them. He made 177 putouts, had 234 assists, and committed 36 errors, equivalent to .36 errors per game (estimate based on total games played in). He had 24 double plays.
The following numbers are retired by the Philadelphia Phillies: 1 Richie Ashburn 14 Jim Bunning 20 Mike Schmidt 32 Steve Carlton 36 Robin Roberts 42 Jackie Robinson (retired through all of baseball) The uniforms of Grover Cleveland Alexander and Chuck Klein are also retired but they did not wear numbers on the back of the jerseys during that era.
i think it is 36 he died of cancer while playing for minisotta twins
Shane Rawley played in 36 games at pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1985, starting in 31 of them. He played for a total of 596 outs, equivalent to 22.07 9-inning games. He made 12 putouts, had 36 assists, and committed one error, equivalent to .045 errors per 9-inning game. He had 2 double plays.
The highest scoring game in Major League Baseball history was played between the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies in 1922. The two teams combined for 49 runs with the Cubs beating the Phillies by a score of 26-23.
Fred Osborn played in 36 games at outfield for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1907, starting in none of them. He made 60 putouts, had 2 assists, and committed no errors, equivalent to 0 errors per game (estimate based on total games played in). He had no double plays.
Hugh Mulcahy played in 36 games at pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1940, starting in none of them. He made 22 putouts, had 65 assists, and committed one error, equivalent to .028 errors per game (estimate based on total games played in). He had 9 double plays.
Cy Moore played in 36 games at pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1933, starting in none of them. He made 6 putouts, had 35 assists, and committed one error, equivalent to .028 errors per game (estimate based on total games played in). He had one double play.
Ray Benge played in 38 games at pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1931, starting in none of them. He made 12 putouts, had 36 assists, and committed 2 errors, equivalent to .053 errors per game (estimate based on total games played in). He had 4 double plays.
Dick Barrett played in 36 games at pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1945, starting in none of them. He made 9 putouts, had 38 assists, and committed 2 errors, equivalent to .056 errors per game (estimate based on total games played in). He had 3 double plays.