Upcoming Retired Numbers in Baseball
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Outside of honorary or gimme numbers such as Wade Boggs & the Devils Rays, which players have a decent shot at having their number retired?
Along the way, I thought to myself, “aren’t they eventually going to run out of numbers? After thinking on it, I came to the conclusion that free agency will put an end to most long term player/team relationships. Someone like Johan Santana is a great candidate for having his number retired with the Twins. Free agency and the risk of him bolting may now change this.
With this in mind, here’s my list. We’ll even include such “gimmicks†as a team hall of fame, wall of fame, etc.
New York Yankees
Derek Jeter, Marino Rivera
Toronto Blue Jays
Roy Halladay, Vernon Wells
Cleveland Indians
Jim Thome
Kansas City Royals
Mike Sweeney
Seattle Mariners
Ichiro (if he resigns)
Los Angeles Angels
Garret Anderson
Atlanta Braves
Minimum 3 of 5 : John Smoltz, Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux, Andrew Jones, Chipper Jones
Houston Astros
Craig Biggio
Arizona Diamondbacks
Randy Johnson
San Francisco Giants
Barry Bonds
I must have missed a few, so chime in with whom else is in line for a retired number.
Do you think Vizquel might have a shot with the Indians?
Yeah, probably. I’m trying to not get all “go Indians go”. All his GG + the fans love him should give him a shot.
mike sweeney and garrett anderson? Come on.
Garrett Anderson ???
Mike Sweeny might as well be called Mike Royal. Could have gone elsewhere but stayed in KC. He has a good chance.
Todd Helton for the Rockies for sure. He should be their inaugural retired number just before Denny Neagle 😉
Jeff Bagwell. August.
Garrett Anderson, Johan Santana… huh?
Edgar Martinez for the Mariners (plus Griffey Jr after he makes his return to Seattle and Ichiro after his long career is over).
Todd Helton for the Rockies.
Rickey Henderson for the A’s.
Barry Bonds for the Giants (Jeff Kent also has a good chance of getting into the Hall of Fame as a Giant so therefore may also have his number retired in SF. I know it sucks.)
Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell for the Astros.
Trevor Hoffman for the Padres.
Vince Scully for the Dodgers.
Derek Jeter and Rodger Clemens for the Yankees.
Omar Vizquel for the Indians.
The D-Backs (Randy Johnson?), Devil Rays(Boggs), Marlins and Nationals are too young to tell who will have their numbers retired.
Roberto Clemente throughout all of Baseball.
Jim Rice of the Red Sox # 14
Ken Griffey Jr in Seattle # 24
Curt Schilling Phillies.. probably Redsoxs too
Jim Thome Indians
Sammy Sosa Cubs
Mike Piazza Dodgers boo…/Mets
Frank Thomas White Soxs
As a giants fan, it cringes me to say.
Tom Glavine Braves
John Smoltz Braves