Because when he came back from his first retirement from Basketball (when he was playing Baseball), his original number, 23, had been retired.
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23Michael Jordan wore #23 for most of his NBA career. He wore #45hen playing Minor League Baseball. When he returned to the NBA, he briefly wore #45 as his#23ad been retired. He returned to his #23 month later.
Because that's the number he wanted. Jordan wanted to prove he was at least half as good as his brother Larry, who wore #45 in high school, and continuously beat Michael in one on one as children.
#23 - Chicago Bulls, Washington Wizards#45 - Chicago Bulls (1994-95 season only)#12 - Jordan wore this number for one night, due to his #23 jersey being stolen before the game.#9 - USA Olympic basketball team (1984, 1992)
don't find any 1911 45's serial number ending with a letter. ???
Only Bob Gibson comes to mind... he might be the most dominant starting pitcher of all time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Gibson DaveJ