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1. Every team in Major League Baseball retired this ground-breaking player's #42 jersey on April 15, 1997.
2. In 1939, this New York Yankee slugger was the first player ever to have his number (#4) retired in the history of baseball.
3. The Yankees have retired the most numbers of any team including which number twice for Yogi Berra and Bill Dickey?
4. The Yankees have retired numerous numbers including most of the single digit jersey numbers. Only #2 and #6 remained unretired in 2008, although some think this Yankee wearing #2 will eventually have his number retired as well.
5. In addition to having his number retired by the Braves, this home run slugger also had his number retired by the Milwaukee Brewers, despite only playing two seasons for them.
6. This former team retired the number 10 twice, once for Andre Dawson and once for Rusty Staub.
7. In addition to the league-wide retirement of the #42, some people have pushed for a league-wide retirement of the #21 in honor of this late, great Pittsburgh Pirate outfielder.
8. Some teams have not officially retired any numbers, whether because they are newer teams or because they choose to honor their stars in other ways. This team, honors their stars with a "Level of Excellence" by posting the names of past players, managers, and executives under the fifth deck of their stadium, the Rogers Centre.
9. Some teams have "unofficially" retired certain numbers. In these cases, there have been no official ceremonies, but such numbers are no longer worn by any member of the team. One such team to do this is the Red Sox, which have unofficially retired #14 for Jim Rice, #45 for Pedro Martinez and #21 for this pitcher.
10. Because they predominantly played in the era prior to wearing numbers, this team honored its past greats Chuck Klein and Grover Cleveland Alexander with the letter "P" on its outfield walls.
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