On July 4, 1939, Lou Gehrig became the first Major League Baseball player to have his number, 4, retired by his team. Since then, over 120 other people have had their numbers retired. The Yankees were the first team to retire a number. Number 4, Lou Gehrig was the first player to have his number retired
Lou Gehrig 1940
Lou Gehrig was the first Yankee to have his number retired. The #4 was retired by the Yankees in 1939.
Jackie Robinson was the first player to break the Major League Baseball "Color Barrier". He broke the barrier wearing the number 42 which is now retired for all of Major League Baseball. The only player left wearing it is Marino Rivera of the New York Yankees. Jackie Robinson broke the barrier with The Brooklyn (now L.A.) Dodgers
Jackie Robinson's jersey number are retired from all MLB teams because Robinson was the first African American baseball player in MLB history.His number was not retired because he was one of the best players but, because of the reason stated above.Most experts do not believe that he was not among the top players in history; some even say he is not the best to wear his jersey number, 42.
On July 4, 1939, Lou Gehrig became the first Major League Baseball player to have his number, 4, retired by his team. Since then, over 120 other people have had their numbers retired. The Yankees were the first team to retire a number. Number 4, Lou Gehrig was the first player to have his number retired
Lou Gehrig 1940
There is no set time for a Hall of Fame player's jersey be retired. That decision is up to the team or teams with which the player played. One exception is the retirement of number "42" worn by Jackie Robinson which was retired by the baseball commissioner in honor of Robinson, who was the traditional first player to break the so-call color line in baseball.
Tino Martinez played his last season in 2005 with the New York Yankees as a first baseman. Here are his career statistics: http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martiti02.shtml
Lou Gehrig was the first Yankee to have his number retired. The #4 was retired by the Yankees in 1939.
A professional baseball pitcher, Pedro Martinez was born October 25,1971. Born in the Dominican Republic and schooled at Ohio Dominican University, he is best known for being the first Latin-American to strike out 300 batters in a season!
The only uniform number of a Texas Rangers player that has been retired is Nolan Ryan's #34, which was retired by the team on Sept. 15, 1996. In 1997, all major league teams retired uniform #42 in honor of Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play major league baseball.
The first Giants jersey to be retired, which was also the first jersey ever retired by an NFL team, was the #1 of offensive/defensive end Ray Flaherty in 1935.
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