Fun With Numbers: Who's Second Most?
 

I would say Willie McCovey and Reggie Jackson for 44.

And you didn't include #1 for #1, which is Ozzie Smith!

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#4 Mel Ott

For 32, I only think of Magic Johnson.

For #24, it'd be Rickey Henderson.

For me, 32 is Steve Carlton.

Also, Ruth usually makes me think of 3 not 7. :)

OOPS!

Brain-Fart

I was just including a few...all responders are welcome to add, though I'd prefer to stick to Baseball (Magic doesn't count even though he's part-owner of LAD).

Just depends where you're from, doesn't it?

#1 will always be Lou Whitaker
#2 is Charlie Gehringer
#3 is Alan Trammell
#5 is Hank Greenberg
#6 is Al Kaline
#9 is Gordie Howe - baseball or not
#11 is Sparky Anderson
#20 is Mark the Bird Fidrych
#24 is Miguel Cabrera
#29 is Mickey Lolich

and my number as a kid (#14) will always remind me of John B. Wockenfuss.

Nationally, Pete Rose had #14 too. I always remembered him and Reggie's #44 with the Yankees being the same as Aaron's.

No love for 00 Jeff Leonard?

A few to consider

I'd say Ichiro for 51. I'd actually put him at #1 ahead of Randy Johnson.

Ozzie’s Replacement Garry Templeton wore number one also - 15 years .
Here’s a fun link - enter the uniform number and it tells you who wore it and how many years they wore it
https://www.baseball-reference.com/f...s.cgi?number=1

Another question might be which number has the best players?

#21 has Clemente, Spahn, Clemens, Arkey Vaughn, Greinke (with the Dodgers D-Backs, Astros), Sammy Sosa, Jeff Kent, Paul O'Neill

#24 has Mays, Bonds (w/ Pirates), Rickey Henderson, Ken Griffey Jr., Manny Ramirez, Dwight Evans, Tony Perez

#44 has Aaron, Reggie Jackson, McCovey, Goldschmidt

3, even if no one else wore it.

21 Clemens (Red Sox and Blue Jays)
24 Ken Griffey Jr.
25 McGwire and Barry Bonds
45 Bob Gibson

Barry Larkin wore number 11 ,
Number 12 is kind of tough

Looks like Roberto Alomar and Jeff Kent both wore 12. Currently, Francisco Lindor does.

Here’s a serious challenger for number 19 Gwynn
https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...errewi01.shtml
Actually made it into baseball reference

The only way to bag a classy lady is to give her two tickets to the gun show.

Will Ferrell is awesome.

Number 51 is Bernie Williams now and forever.

For #9 I usually think of Roger Maris.

#5 Johnny Bench

#8 Joe Morgan

Wade Boggs wore 12 with the Yankees and Tampa.

Jeff Leonard= 00
Ozzie Smith= #1 (Pee Wee Reese)
Jeter= #2 (Charlie Gehringer)
Ruth= #3 (Harmon Killebrew)
Gehrig= #4 (Mel Ott)
DiMaggio= #5 (George Brett)
Musial= #6 (Al Kaline)
Mantle= #7 (Ivan Rodriguez)
Yogi= #8 (Cal Ripken Jr)
Ted= #9 (Reggie Jackson A's)
Chipper= #10 (Ron Santo)
Paul Waner #11 (Carl Hubbell)
Roberto Alomar #12 (Francisco Lindor)
Manny Machado #13
Banks= #14 (Pete Rose)
Dick Allen= 15 (Carlos Beltran)
Whitey Ford #16 (Ted Lyons)
Dizzy Dean #17 (Todd Helton)
Joe Morgan Astros #18
Gwynn= #19 (Bob Feller)
Schmidt= #20 (Frank Robinson)
Clemente= #21 (Warren Spahn)
Palmer=22 (Clayton Kershaw)
Mattingly=23 (Ryne Sandberg)
Mays= #24 (Rickey Henderson)
Jim Thome #25
Boggs=26 (Billy Williams)
Marichal=27 (Mike Trout)
Bert Blyleven #28 (Nolan Arenado)
Rod Carew #29 (Adrian Beltre)
Nolan Ryan Angels #30 (Orlando Cepeda)
Maddux=31 (Dabe Winfield)
Koufax= #32 (Steve Carlton)
Honus Wagner #33 (Eddie Murray)
Kirby Puckett #34 (Roy Halladay)
Frank Thomas #35 (Phil Niekro)
Robins Roberts #36 (Gaylord Perry)
Pedro Martinez Expos #37
Curt Schilling #38
Roy Campanella #39 (Dave Parker)
Bartolo Colon #40
Seaver= #41 (Eddie Mathews)
Jackie = #42 (Mariano Rivera)
Dennis Eckersley #43
Aaron= #44 (Willie McCovey)
Bob Gibson #45
Paul Goldschmidt Cardinals #46
Glavine=47 (Jack Morris)
Waite Hoyt #48
Ron Guidry #49
Mookie Betts #50
Randy Johnson=51 (Ichiro Suzuki)
CC Sabathia #52
Drysdale=53
Rich Gossage #54
Fisk #72
Joe Medwick Dodgers #77
etc.

#5 has George Brett, Johnny Bench, Albert Pujols, Hank Greenberg, Jeff Bagwell, Brooks Robinson, Joe DiMaggio and Nomar 🙂

I'd add both #30 and #34 for Nolan Ryan.

Steve