2007-05-18 03:33:44 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
It was retired in honor of Bobby Doerr, the Red Sox secondbasemen in the 1940s.
Doerr was a very good player in his day. The Veterans Committee put him in the Hall of Fame in 1986, and the Sox retired his number 1 soon thereafter.
There has been debate as to whether Doerr deserved to be in the Hall at the time, as he was added during a time when the Veteran's Committee was putting many of their friends and teammates in the Hall. He put up some great seasons for a secondbasemen but his career was relatively short, retiring at 33.
2007-05-18 03:43:41 · answer #1 · answered by Alberto 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The number "1" was retired in honor of HOFer Bobby Doerr.
http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/history/retired_numbers.jsp
2007-05-18 10:36:40 · answer #2 · answered by Craig S 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Check this link out for all numbers retired or not: http://www.redsoxdiehard.com/players/unifnums.html
2007-05-21 08:53:35 · answer #3 · answered by phl713 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋