numbers (answered)

[Tavish]

3 part question. Excluding league wide retirements (ie Jackie Robinson)

Which uniform number has been retired by the most number of clubs?
What team was the first to retire this number?
Who did they retire it for?

[thedude]

Time: 28.38 seconds

4, yankees, Gehrig

[Accepted as answer by Tavish on Thu May 15, 2008 10:03 pm EST.]

[Pogotheostrich]

Time: 42.84 seconds

4
Yankees
Gehrig

[jfg]

Time: 1 minutes, 28.06 seconds

5- Brooks Robinson Baltimore?

[mclusky]

Time: 2 minutes, 16.50 seconds

4, yanks, gehrig

[WaCougMBS]

Time: 3 minutes, 3.55 seconds

Lou Boudreau
Indians
1970

[utterchaos]

Time: 3 minutes, 45.55 seconds

#5 has been retired 9 times. First was by the Reds in memory of Willard Hershberger but they reactivated it in 1942 and then retired it again 40 years later for Johnny Bench.
First permantley retired number was Joe Dimaggio of the Yankees in 1952

[CheeseBeger]

Time: 4 minutes, 6.48 seconds

5 Hershberger Reds

[Tavish]

The answer is the #5 retired first by the Yankees for Joe DiMaggio.

The both the number 4 and 5 currently is currently retired by 8 teams. The Cincinnati also retired the number 5 for the 1940-1941 season in honor of Willard Hershberger (giving it 9 total).

[thedude]

Wow. my shot in the dark almost had it.