Can u tell me whats the meanin of retired number?

Answer 1

Respect to the retired player. no one will ever wear that # again

Answer 2

In the case of retired numbers, Jackie Robinson's #42 was retired by major league baseball and the Los Angeles Dodgers, meaning no major league player will ever wear that number again (except the MLB has allowed players to wear Robinson's number this season in memorance of the 60-year anniversary Robinson broke the color barrier in the majors).

In other cases individual teams have also retired the jersey numbers of some of their former players, meaning no other player will wear that jersey number.

Answer 3

When a player has had much success and has generally been loyal to one team for a long time, his number may be retired. This means that no one else wil ever be able to wear that number again in that sport.

Example: Babe Ruth wore #3 and was so good that no one in baseball will ever wear #3 again. Mariano Rivera and Bernie Williams are two players whose numbers will likely be retired, since they played with the one team all of their careers and broke many records in categories such as doubles, saves, etc.

Can you tell I'm a Yankee fan? ;)

Answer 4

Within MLB, there are two types of retired numbers: by team (the most common) and league-wide (only one example).

A team can retire a number for any reason, but in general, a great player who spent all or most of his career with one team, and became deeply identified with his jersey number, is the sort of player given this honor. Once retired, the number will not be used by anyone for that team again, with rare and special exceptions.

When he signed with the Giants, Barry Bonds was interested in wearing #24, which had been retired in honor of his godfather, Hall Of Famer Willie Mays. Mays was willing, but the public outcry led Bonds to change his mind. He has worn #25 while with the Giants, and probably that number will be retired in time.

While the honored player typically is retired, this is not always the case. The White Sox retired #3 for Harold Baines while he was still playing, but after he had been traded away. When he again played for the Sox late in his career, he again wore #3. And players who come back as coaches tend to wear their retired number.

The Yankees have the most retired numbers, 15 in total, honoring 16 players. Jersey #8 has been retired in honor of both Yogi Berra and Bill Dickey (no idea how that happened). Yankee Lou Gehrig's #4 was the first retired number in major league history.

Some few numbers have been retired in honor of managers or other non-players. The only retired Marlins number, #5, is in honor of first team president Carl Barger, who died during the 1992-93 winter meetings, before the team ever took the field (no idea why "5" was selected). The Cardinals have retired #85 in honor of longtime owner August Busch, Jr. -- he was 85 years old at the time. And the Angels have retired #26 in honor of original and longtime owner Gene Autry, denoting his "26th man" presence with the team.

A few players from before uniforms had numbers (the practice began in the late 1920s) are similarly honored by their franchises, but without any number assigned. Christy Mathewson never wore a number, but is so honored by the Giants.

No one is really certain why the Pirates retired Billy Meyer's #1. He managed for a few years, but was undistinguished, unless we count running one of the worst teams in history (1952 Pirates).

And then there's the one league-wide retirement, #42, in honor of Jackie Robinson, whose presence on the field tore down the segregation barrier once and for all (and good riddance). The Dodgers (Robinson's only major league team) retired his #42 in 1972, and MLB mandated it league-wide in 1997 on the 50th anniversary of his major league debut. Players wearing #42 at the time were given "grandfather" rights to continue wearing #42 if they wanted to; Mariano Rivera is the last to wear it. Trivia: the last person assigned #42 was Rangers footnote Marc Sagmoen, who had been called up earlier in the day (15-April-1997). MLB announced the league-wide retirement of #42 later that night.

Finally, some numbers are "virtually retired" for a long while before being made official. No one has worn #21 for the Red Sox since Clemens left after 1996. With the expectation that, eventually, the team will retire it for him, and the remote chance that he plays for the team again, #21 has been kept on ice in Boston. As it should be.

Answer 5

Except for a grandfather clause (the person already wearing it can still wear it), retiring a number means that no other player will be able to wear that number for that team, or in that league.

It's a way of honouring a given individual.

Answer 6

It means that no player on a team/in a league can ever wear the number again, in order to show respect for that player and make sure nobody ever forgets about them, even long after they die.