281,526 WARNotable names: Bert Blyleven, Cesar Cedeno, Wilbur Wood, Buster Posey, Nolan Arenado, Sometimes there's a great story behind a number, and sometimes, as Arenado noted, it's just what happens. In many other sports, numbers of club legends are retired from use and placed in the rafters to be revered by generations of fans. Why he's here: The 1978 AL Cy Young winner led the AL in wins twice and ERA twice and had his number retired by the Yankees. That's right: 101, because we're counting both 0 and 00 separately. Her seven RBI on 5/8/05 are a school single-game record. He was a larger than life figure that was known for crushing home runs and winning seven World Series titles. (Example: In 2008, Manny Ramirez piled up 2.5 WAR wearing No. Why he's here: The future Hall of Famer wore No. Cat Osterman is the4-time All-American and 2-time medal-winningOlympian, 6-time professionally unretired All-Star, left-hand softball pitcher, and former Softball Assistant Coach. His accomplishments on the baseball diamond are virtually unparalleled over the course of a century of baseball history. 0 of 10. Terry Bradshaw had the No. While sporting the #66, he helped the Penguins lift the Stanley Cup twice, won three Hart Trophies, and earned six Art Ross Trophies as the leagues leading scorer. Malone was a 12-time All-Star and won a championship with the Philadelphia 76ers . This was an easy choice. Sandberg made 10 consecutive All-Star teams from 1984-93 and was named the 1984 NL MVP as he helped the Cubs make the playoffs that season for the first time since 1945. Triskaidekaphobic football fans dreaded the Sundays when Marino and the Miami Dolphins rolled into town, because it usually meant their defense was in for a long day. Her batting average of .401 for 24 years in the UCLA team records. That's going to make this something more of a "very good estimate" than "an exact accounting," but let's put two rules into place to account for that: If a player gets traded and changes numbers in a season, each number gets the appropriate WAR credit. He only wore the legendary No. 27. 1: Jose Cardenal. Nomar . Greatest catcher in Cubs history (1922-40) and a Hall of Famer. 5. No, let's talk about the numbers themselves. 1. Finch was the 2001 winner of the Womens College World Series and was a leader of Team USA in the Summer Olympics 2004 and in the Summer Olympics 2008 in silver. Drew. Glavine was handed 47 seemingly at random in his first Spring Training. No. The switch worked because Magic and the Showtime Lakers won the NBA Title in 1980 and would go on to win four more before the end of Magics career. Honorable mentions: Rick Reuschel, Sam McDowell. 44. Eighty-eight years ago this week, the New York Yankees became the first professional sports team to permanently wear numbers on their uniforms. No. Damon wore No. Which got us thinking about the greatest athletes -- across all sports -- who wore each number, from 00 to 99. Honorable mentions: Appier, Russell Martin. Lisa Fernandez has won numerous awards in her life and has been recognized for being one of the most outstanding athletes from Lakewood, California, playgrounds and ball diamonds. 41,693 WARNotable names: Lou Gehrig, Mel Ott, Luke Appling, Duke Snider, Paul Molitor. 24 [2.5 WAR] and No. Jones, NBA, Wade Boggs, MLB; Rod Woodson, NFL;Herb Adderley, NFL; Billy Williams, MLB, Juan Marichal, MLB; Eddie George, NFL; Vladimir Guerrero, MLB; ScottNiedermayer, NHL; Mike Trout, MLB, Marshall Faulk, NFL; Bert Blyleven, MLB; Darrell Green, NFL, Eric Dickerson, NFL; Satchel Paige, MLB; Rod Carew, MLB; John Smoltz, MLB; Ken Dryden, NHL, Nolan Ryan, MLB; Martin Brodeur, NHL; Terrell Davis, NFL; Stephen Curry, NBA; Maury Wills, MLB; Bernard King, NBA, Greg Maddux, MLB; Reggie Miller, NBA; Fergie Jenkins, MLB; Dave Winfield, MLB; Billy Smith, NHL; Mike Piazza, MLB; Donnie Shell, NFL, Magic Johnson, NBA; Jim Brown, NFL; O.J. But do they know who the players were who wore those numbers? 41998 WARNotable names: Tom Seaver, Eddie Mathews, John Lackey, Darrell Evans, Pat Hentgen, Seager is so synonymous with 41, the only number he wore for any of the four teams he played for, that in 2022, his hometown of Fresno, Calif., honored him by renaming part of Highway 41 the "Tom Seaver Memorial Highway. 12 would have to be in the discussion for being No. 43782 WARNotable names: Dennis Eckersley, Johnny Antonelli, Ral Mondes, Gary Peters, Ken Forsch. Voiselle, a 1940s-era pitcher, wore 96, an unheard-of number back in those days, for a very good reason: To honor his hometown: Ninety Six, South Carolina. (That last part is important; after an initial brief experiment or two in the 1910s and '20s, the '29 Yankees were the first to commit to it full-time, meaning most of Babe Ruth's best years are not included here, coming as they did with no uniform number. She holds the single-season (23) and career (58) record for stolen bases, and her .376 batting average in 1991 stood as a record for 10 years. The two sport star wore #21 on both the football field and baseball diamond, and holds the honor of being the only athlete to hit a home run and score a touchdown in the same week. Why he's here: Not much to choose from, to be honest. Her .338 batting average in 1998 ranks sixth in Colonials history. These things aren't always scientific, are they. Iconic NBA players with number 23 jerseys include Michael Jordan, LeBron James, and Anthony Davis, all Hall of Fame-level players whose career highlights are among the greatest moments in basketball history. Osterman has also been named the NCAA History No 1. In her two years in the program, she made the All-NEC team both seasons at third base, reaching first-team honors in 1997 and 1998, as the team won the Northeast Conference both seasons. Today, the number is best remembered for Clemente, who briefly wore No. MOON TOWNSHIP Tonight the Colonials hosted a postseason game for the first time since the 2019-2020 season when Robert Morris hosted the Northeast Conference Championship Robert Morris Looks to Avenge Final Regular Season Loss to IUPUI in First Home Playoff Game since 2019-20, Randall, Clark Sweep ASUN Player of the Week Honors, Robert Morris Enters Horizon League Tournament With Fresh Slate, Beyond the Numbers: Softballs Retired Jerseys 52 Views, Robert Morris Announces 2023 Softball Schedule 47 Views, WICKLINE: It Is Time to Fear the Colonials 39 Views, Robert Morris Closes Out Home Schedule With Statement Win Over Youngstown State 37 Views. After checking out the photo gallery, readthe list of top athletes at every number. Why hes here: Look at the honorable mentions list. 46, as he did briefly at the beginning of his career. In 67 career playoff games, Rose hit .321 and helped his teams to three World Series titles (1975-76 with the Reds and 1980 with the Phillies). No. By the time he was finished, Robinson had a pair of MVP awards for Cincinnati in 1961 and for Baltimore in 1966and he had collected 586 career home runs. Why hes here: The Cobra was a legitimate star in the late 1970s and early 1980s, winning an MVP, two batting titles and three Gold Gloves. 311,308 WARNotable names: Greg Maddux, Fergie Jenkins, Chuck Finley, Dave Winfield, Mike Piazza. He overcame an HIV diagnosis and has continued his success off the court in the business world. Eck was the AL MVP and Cy Young winner in 1992 and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004. 441,090 WARNotable names: Henry Aaron, Willie McCovey, Roy Oswalt, Paul Goldschmidt, Jake Peavy. There can't be many more iconic combinations of player and number than Mantle and 7, right? He led the NL in batting average seven times and in OPS seven times, though that statistic didnt exist during his career and finished with a career .331 average. Simply put, Jennie Finch is the most famous softball player of all time to the rest of the sporting world. Honorable mentions: What did we just say? No. He was also 12-time All-Star . Photo Credit: Tyler Gallo, By Tyler Gallo, Sports EditorJanuary 20, 2021|241 Views. No. He was selected to the Pro Bowl in each of his nine NFL seasons, led the league in rushing eight times, and earned four MVP awards. Presently, she is the Head Coach of the Softball Team Lady Flames of Liberty University. "I was just happy it wasnt the other way around, happy it wasnt a 74, he later joked. There are stories in each of those numbers. However, many athletes remain inseparable from their on-field persona and the uniform that they wear. He retired as the all-time leader in goals scored with 894 and holds the all-time lead in assists with 1,963. Honorable mentions: Robin Roberts, Jim Kaat. He is from Hockessin, Delaware. She was named to the All-NEC First Team three times as a pitcher and won both NEC Pitcher of the Year and Player of the Year in 2001. #23 is now retired by both the Chicago Bulls and North Carolina Tar Heels. Then, by becoming the first woman analyst for a nationally televised postseason game, she has created history again.As senior adviser to the General Manager, she joined New York Mets organizationin 2019. Why hes here: Ryan is the greatest strikout pitcher in baseball history of course. No. Tweet us @USATODAYSports and let us know. So, Jordan divided it in half and wore #23. 22 WAR list, and he'll be there for years to come, because no one's even close. Jessica Mendoza, former 4-time First All-American Team, two-time medal-winning Olympian, retired All-Star Softball outfielder originally from Camarillo, California and alsois thecurrentsports broadcaster for ESPN. Neither did we. Also wore Nos. No. Elway possessed an uncanny ability to lead his teams to victory when they trailed late in games. She was a three-time All-NEC First Team member, making it twice at second base (2004, 2005) and once as a utility player (2006). Maybe it's No. We can split the same credit for No. CR7, as he is known to many fans around the world, is possibly the greatest player among this current generation of footballers. There are 101 different options, counting 0 and 00 separately. 97. He's been asking for it since college at Old Dominion, in part because of his childhood affinity for "the Big Hurt," Thomas. She holds theNCAAcareer records fortotal basesand intentional walks as well as thePac-12career records forbatting averageandslugging percentage. 52 is close to as a accomplished as the 2007 Cy Young winner. Shes the first All American, National, and Hall of Famer UCLA Softball Champion. He wore the #3 for his entire baseball career and has had that number retired by the New York Yankees. Ortiz had No. OK, it's time to lightning round this by showing all of the 51st-through-75th-ranked numbers together here. That began with Al Oliver, and others like Adam Ottavino, Oddibe McDowell, Junior Ortiz and Rey Ordez have followed suit. Unfortunately, there's not really any such thing as a record of per-game uniform numbers -- even if there were you don't really want to split WAR on a per-game basis -- and also some players have had multiple numbers in a season. Cristiano Ronaldos image is inseparable from his favored #7. 61 for more than a few seasons, and Hernandez is the best of the bunch. Why? MORE: Best current players at each jersey number, 1-97. Winning two titles with the Knicks in 1970 and 1973, Frazier had his fair share of winning during his playing days. In his first five full seasons with the Cardinals, the colorful right-hander won 120 games (and saved 30), won an MVP and finished second twice, threw 1,531 innings and compiled a 3.04 ERA. On this date in 1992 . This one starts out hot -- just look at all those Hall of Famers -- before falling off somewhat. 3: Kiki Cuyler. Remember, this is only accounting for Bonds' time with San Francisco, since he was 24 (and briefly 7) with Pittsburgh. When he was traded to the Mets in 1983, they'd already retired 37 for Casey Stengel, so Hernandez took 17. Ranking the 25 best NCAA softball players in 2020 Gabbie Plain went 24-2 with a 1.24 ERA last season and will have to step up in Washington's rotation after Taran Alvelo's graduation. This one may not rate quite as high as some others, but 32 just looks like a baseball number, doesn't it? Ronald C. Modra for Sports Illustrated. Monica Abbott is an American professional left-hand softball pitcher, former All-American collegiate and OlympianSilver Medal winner. The numbers 16, 25, 33, 14, 18, 1, 44, 7 and 6 hang there. Disagree with our picks? 99, here are the Cubs' all-time jersey picks: No. As for the 0, note that this is different than the 00. She was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2016, and the last player to wear #16 was Mary Funderlich in 2015. No. This part of the list is led by No. 22 for his brief 13-game cup of coffee in 1972, but when outfielder Roger Freed was traded to Cleveland after the season, Schmidt claimed his iconic No. Honorable mentions: Kershaw, Larry Walker, Luis Tiant. For certain numbers, itis almost impossible to choose one top athlete. The Top 10 Greatest Baseball Players Ever to Wear the No. Because beyond them, it's relatively thin. And yet I know that 88, for example, would make a decent jersey number. Why he's here: A pitcher in the 1940 and 1950s, Voiselle wore No. Why he's here: Gibson was an elite pitcher, and he just barely edges out fellow elite pitcher Pedro Martinez for the top spot due to a longer career. Berra and fellow Yankee Hall of Fame catcher Bill Dickey each wore 8 in pinstripes; it was retired in honor of each of them in 1972. Why hes here: Musial feasted on opposing pitchers during his 22-year career with the Cardinals. That's four Hall of Famers listed there, plus Paul Waner and Lefty Gomez spent part of their careers with 11 as well. Her success on the field at every levelmultiple NCAA championships, record breaking pitching performances, Olympic Gold Medalscombined with beauty and grace made her a celebrity who transcended the sport. This May, he earned his second UEFA Champions League title and scored in the Final against Atletico Madrid. Danielle LawrieWashington 2006-07, 2009-10. Through 2022, this is the deepest number, as 57 different players -- from Martinez at 68.4 WAR to Bill Mueller at 10.1 WAR -- have posted at least 10 WAR in the one-one, more than any other number. for Team USA. Rose, who hit .303 in his 24-year career, kept his number during the Philly years and his partial season with the Expos. Several of the greats share the same number (Looking at you, No. Machado had an entirely different reason: His favorite number was 3 growing up, and his favorite player was Chipper Jones, so his 3, plus Jones' 10 13. Jackie Robisons contribution to baseball and American society are so significant that he holds the honor of being the only player to have his number retired across Major League Baseball. 96 for four seasons. 34 and 5. The two-time MVP was a first-ballot Hall of Fame selection. "When I was looked at it, I was just happy it was lower than 53, which is the number I wore in Spring Training. (All numbers current through the end of the 2022 Major League season.). Many years later, Skip Schumaker also wore 55, thanks to a memory he'd had of an interaction with Hershiser when Schumaker was just six years old. Honorable mentions: Joe DiMaggio, Johnny Bench, Albert Pujols, Brooks Robinson, Jeff Bagwell. Brown is widely considered one of the greatest running backs of all time, thanks to his brutal yet elegant rushing style. Why he's here: He's the only player to wear No. 1 1. No. 81 for more than a season. To be honest, we were surprised by this, since most pitchers don't wear single-digit numbers, and so we figured a number that both hitters and pitchers would wear would be at the top. 49753 WARNotable names: Ron Guidry, Tom Candiotti, Charlie Hough, Tim Wakefield, Larry Dierker. Rose played 24 seasons, and wore No. Of course, Juan Soto -- who made sure to keep it when he was traded from Washington to San Diego -- has plenty of time yet to make up the gap. Let's safely assume you don't remember Mel Harder. No other player wore it for than one. Why he's here: Not a lot to choose from. The next eight numbers were all honored on October 6, 2018, in a ceremony that honored the remaining softball players enshrined in the RMU Athletics Hall of Fame. Why hes here: A great pitcher with a number of iconic postseason moments, Schilling will be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame one of these days. No. Best all-time MLB players at each jersey number, 1-99, Best current players at each jersey number, 1-97. The long-time reliever is the best of a mediocre bunch. It's not weird anymore. The last player to wear 25 for the Colonials was Megan Lynch in 2009. She was named to the All-NEC Tournament Team twice. Let's talk about uniform numbers. 6 Via bleacherreport.com If one is going to put any basketball number on this list, that individual must also include the jersey of Julius Erving. 341,129 WARNotable names: David Ortiz, Kirby Puckett, Flix Hernndez, Fernando Valenzuela, Nolan Ryan. Why does Verlander wear 35? Sue Enquist holds the highest National Championships (11) than anybody in softball history. In Olympics 2004, Natasha won a gold medal for playing with Americas Olympic team, and in 2008, she won a silver medal. Honorable mentions: Billy Williams, Chase Utley, Amos Otis. Jordans incredible career has inspired hundreds of athletes to wear #23, including LeBron James. Everything about the modern NBA is made, to some extent, in Michael Jordan's image. He became the youngest person ever elected to the Hall of Fame in 1972. See? He also calls games for RMU sports, is an anchor on Colonial Sports Center and Sports Talk in the Burgh, and a cohost on the Stranded Sports Podcast. Honorable mentions: Rickey Henderson, Ken Griffey, Jr., Manny Ramirez, Miguel Cabrera, Barry Bonds. In this sport, though, stats arent the only numbers that matter. Shirt numbers are a big thing in football. Why hes here: One of the most underrated players of his era, Stieb was one of the top AL pitcher of the 1980s, even if no one knew it at the time. No. As captain of the Yankees, Jeter epitomized the clubs ideals and excelled on the field. Honorable mentions: Ivan Rodriguez, Craig Biggio, Kenny Lofton. 73 for 11 seasons. No. Why hes here: Mantle won three AL MVP awards and smashed 536 home runs during his legendary run with the Yankees, but hes still one of baseballs greatest what if? stories because of the injuries that plagued his 18-year career. Why hes here: Maybe the best pure hitter of all time, Williams finished his career with 521 home runs and a.344 average despite missing all or most of five seasons (1943-45 and 1952-53) while serving in the military. She has also received two Olympic gold medals and one silver medal for Team USA. Why he's here: The Pirate starting pitcher wore No. You can also see here that the double-zero is rarer than the regular zero; although Bobby Bonds, Jack Clark and Don Baylor all wore it briefly -- very briefly -- no one's donned it since Brian Wilson with the Dodgers in 2014. She also hit 13 doubles, five home runs and drove in 35 runs. 91,643 WARNotable names: Ted Williams, Reggie Jackson, Enos Slaughter, Minnie Mioso, Graig Nettles. The number is currently vacant at the club, just waiting for the next legend to don the famous #7. No. Scott Eklund . Dot Richardson Dot Richardson began receiving attention for her softball skills when she was just 13 years old. No. Walt Frazier is definitely one of the greatest players to put on a Knicks uniform, and he can even be considered the best NBA player to wear the number #10 on his jersey. Basketball stars have had success with the number as well with Shaquille O'Neal, Karl Malone, and Julius Irving thriving with the number 32 in the . Honorable mentions: Jim Thome, Rafael Palmeiro, Mark McGwire. Mantles Yankees played in the World Series 12 times they won seven of those and The Mick hit 18 homers in 65 games, a record that will never be broken. The sport was never the same. A fitting tribute to a promising player whose life was taken far too soon. Kirby Puckett, David Ortiz, and Bryce Harper were chewing through big league pitchers at an alarming rate as No. Then there's Mays, who wore No. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Baseball history is marked by iconic numbers. Take that list of 101 numbers ordered by value, and it looks like this. Lemieux was rewarded for his efforts with a third Stanley Cup, which he won as the owner in 2009. 1, and Henry Aaron was the best No. He briefly wore numbers 22, 28, and 25 in his first two years as a Giant, then claimed the 36 in 1963. 15 his first two years with the Reds before switching to 11 after Kurt Stillwell was traded to the Royals after the 1987 season. The Jersey Softball Association has been playing ball in the Island since 1993. She played for Team USA in international competition from 2005 including a national softball team that won the 2008 Summer Olympics silver medal. 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