No one else wore it for more than one. He was also 12-time All-Star . 1. 27 during his first Spring Training with the Reds in 1963, but when he showed up for Opening Day of that season, there was a 14 in his locker. She leads the walks category by 34 over the second-place hitter and the RBI category by 42. Here are some of the most famous softball pitchers over the years: Lisa Fernandez Cat Osterman Jennie Finch Current famous softball pitchers include collegiate softball stars such as: Montana Fouts Valerie Cagle Miranda Elish Best Softball Players of All-Time The game of softball has produced many famous softball players over the years. In 2008, Enquist was honored with induction at the International Womens Sports Hall; the National Fastpitch Coaches Association in 2006; UCLA Hall of Fame in 1993; and the Unified Capistrano School, 2000. Honorable mentions: Kershaw, Larry Walker, Luis Tiant. Shirt numbers are a big thing in football. (Example: In 1951, Willie Mays briefly wore No. Why hes here: Bonds wore 24 during his seven years with Pittsburgh as a tribute to Willie Mays, his godfather. She still continued her professional career after USSSA Pride and Team Toyota in Japan. He has worn the iconic #7 for Manchester United as well as the Portuguese National Team and his current club Real Madrid. 73 for 11 seasons. Why hes here: Only Babe Ruth could have possibility overshadowed one of the greatest sluggers of all time. Jerry Rice is unquestionably the greatest wide receiver in the history of the NFL. Not every player to wear the #7 has found success with the club, but it has been donned by icons that have had a lasting impact on the beautiful game. Honorable mentions: Lou Whitaker, Pee Wee Reese, Richie Ashburn, Why hes here: Jeters career was nothing short of amazing. Finch was the 2001 winner of the Womens College World Series and was a leader of Team USA in the Summer Olympics 2004 and in the Summer Olympics 2008 in silver. No. 1 to No. Why hes here: Koufax's numbers from 1962 to 1966 are staggering: Three Cy Youngs, a 113-34 record, five straight ERA titles, three seasons of more than 300 strikeouts. Now we're talking, so far as all-time stars go. His #32 has been retired by the Cleveland Browns. 331,239 WARNotable names: Larry Walker, Eddie Murray, Jos Canseco, Ron Hunt, Jim Barr. Notable names: Albert Pujols, George Brett, Jeff Bagwell, Brooks Robinson, Johnny Bench, Joe DiMaggio To be honest, we were surprised by this, since most pitchers don't wear single-digit numbers, and so we figured a number that both hitters and pitchers would wear would be at the top. She parlayed that into success on the diamond, thriving as one of the speediest players in program history. Why hes here: A second-ballot Hall of Famer, Alomar was named to the All-Star team 12 consecutive seasons, with the Padres, Blue Jays, Orioles and Indians. Why he's here: No one at No. Di Maria will be the next to carry on the tradition associated with the #7 at Man U. Wayne Gretzky, the greatest hockey player of all time, can easily be identified by his #99. Hailing originally fromLa Verne, California, Stacey Nuveman-Deniz is the current softball coach of the National Softball team. She was drafted#1 and played professional softball from 2015 to 2018, winning the title during the 2018 final season for the USSSA Pride National Pro Fastpitch. How did we get there? 8 No. Jordans incredible career has inspired hundreds of athletes to wear #23, including LeBron James. A legend and an important historical figure, Robinson also was a heck of a player, winning Rookie of the Year and MVP honors and posting five straight seasons of 7.0 WAR or better. Think we left someone off? When uniform numbers first came into existence, they were often assigned in accordance with lineup spot, which is why you see a few cleanup hitters atop the list here. 32. Maybe it's No. 47711 WARNotable names: Tom Glavine, Jack Morris, Bruce Hurst, Howie Kendrick, Johnny Cueto. Honorable mentions: Juan Guzman, Gerry Staley. The first number to get a big boost from pitchers. But over the past few seasons, two star-caliber players -- Hyun-jin Ryu, then Aaron Judge -- have had great success in the nine-nine, helping it to shoot up these ratings. The still-active Wainwright edges out ageless Jamie Moyer. Why hes here: Because he's Tom friggin' Seaver, that's why. Today, the number is best remembered for Clemente, who briefly wore No. Henry Aaron didn't, but 1.4 WAR of his legendary career counts here anyway, because he wore it for his rookie season in 1954 before switching to his now-iconic 44. Since the switch, A-Rod has often been the center of controversy, but hes also won a pair of AL MVP awards and popped 342 homers in 11 seasons. Also included on the Top 10 here are Kelvim Escobar and Stan Bahnsen, and you don't know who Stan Bahnsen is. And though he wasnt much with the bat early in his career, he did wind up with 580 career stolen bases and walked almost twice as many times as he struck out (1,072 to 589). Congratulations, we guess? His .651 winning percentage is 24th all time. Cat Osterman retired in 2015 but then decided in 2018 that she would take a run atthe 2020 U.S. Olympic softball team. 67 for five seasons, far more than any other player. Why hes here: Clearly, baseballs all-time hit king 4,256 of them, to be precise is eligible for this list. Why he's here: The future Hall of Famer wore No. Jeter was named to fourteen All-Star teams and won the World Series five times during his career with the Bronx Bombers. Forty-nine: The official number of knuckleballers everywhere. 81 for more than a season. But thats OK. Brett was a wizard at the plate during a 21-year career he even led the AL in average (.329) and doubles (45) in his Age 37 season that garnered 13 All-Star nods, the 1980 AL MVP (when he hit .390) and the 1985 World Series title for Kansas City (he hit .370 against St. Louis in the series). Manager Alfred Lawson chose to put numbers on his teams jerseys in order for fans to easily identify each of the players. Those are some iconic digits at the top, before you get into Spring Training numbers near the bottom. That's right: 101, because we're counting both 0 and 00 separately. No. No. 97. No. At every turn, Ronaldo has succeeded and proved to be the best. He contributed 101 WAR to 21 with Boston and Toronto, then 38.5 more WAR to 22, by our formula. Paul Goldschmidt, the 2022 NL MVP, wore 44 with Arizona, but he took 46 upon his trade to the Cardinals, saying that it was the closest number to 44 available, because 44 was taken at the time and 45 was retired for Bob Gibson. On this date in 1992 . Damon wore No. She also participated in the 2000 Sydney gold medal-winning team. Honorable mentions: Phil Niekro, Mike Mussina, Cole Hamels. Which numbers have been the most productive? The half-dozen doesn't have quite the star power that 5 does, but it's even deeper; 57 different players put up at least 10 WAR with the 6, including Marcus Stroman, one of the few single-digit pitchers. Natasha Watley is a former collegiate 4-time First TeamAll-American, two-time medal-winningOlympian, retired 7-time pro-All-Star, left-handed-hittingsoftballplayer. 14 for each of those seasons. She had the record of 24 single-season wins until it was snapped in 2012 by Nicole Sleith. There can't be many more iconic combinations of player and number than Mantle and 7, right? The Jersey Softball Association has been playing ball in the Island since 1993. 5 is a total murderers' row. No. Enjoy. 49753 WARNotable names: Ron Guidry, Tom Candiotti, Charlie Hough, Tim Wakefield, Larry Dierker. But when he joined the Giants, that number had obviously been retired in honor of Mays, so Bonds chose the number 25 his father wore while Mays teammate. For nearly four decades, you could find Harder active and in uniform for the same team. Ripken is best-known for his Iron Man streak of 2,632 consecutive games played (Lou Gehrig previously held the record at 2,130) but he also made the All-Star team 19 times and won the 1991 AL MVP, too. The two sport star wore #21 on both the football field and baseball diamond, and holds the honor of being the only athlete to hit a home run and score a touchdown in the same week. Honorable mentions: Ichiro Suzuki, Willie McGee, Trevor Hoffman. 24 his. 43782 WARNotable names: Dennis Eckersley, Johnny Antonelli, Ral Mondes, Gary Peters, Ken Forsch. She was named to the All-NEC Tournament Team in all four of her seasons in Moon Township. Rices legendary hands were developed throughout his childhood, when he worked as a brick mason. See? Why he's here: A first-ballot Hall of Famer with two Cy Youngs and more than 300 wins, Glavine laps the field at No. 9 WAR ever. Ryan only wore 30 for the Mets and Angels, not at all for the Astros or Rangers, with whom he spent 14 seasons wearing 34. He is from Hockessin, Delaware. Why hes here: First, sneak a peek at the honorable mentions for No. Kirby Puckett, David Ortiz, and Bryce Harper were chewing through big league pitchers at an alarming rate as No. Honorable mentions: Nolan Ryan, Orlando Cepeda, Willie Randolph. Look at how value declines starting at No. FL Teams. Jim Brown?) And even though Barry Bonds eventually eclipsed Babe Ruths career home run total, the number 714 still holds a special place in baseball lore. Kelli Miller was a two-sport athlete during her time at RMU, playing for both softball and basketball. She was a member of the teams coaching staff in 2015 and 2016. Why hes here: When you start to look through MLB records for switch-hitters, you begin to put Beltrans stellar career in perspective. Why he's here: Rincon wore No. only pitcher to win back-to-back Most Valuable Player Awards, he idolized Dodgers outfielder Tommy Davis, apparently forgot to pack Schmidt's jersey, a memory he'd had of an interaction with Hershiser. Honorable mentions: Charlie Gehringer, Nellie Fox, Red Schoendienst. By the time he was finished, Robinson had a pair of MVP awards for Cincinnati in 1961 and for Baltimore in 1966and he had collected 586 career home runs. (While it is worn by every player each April 15 on Jackie Robinson day, those one-day WAR totals don't get included in our list-making.). from 1997 to 2002 she played for the UCLA Bruins asthe catcher position. Honorable mentions: Tom Candiotti, Charlie Hough. This is a stacked number, but its still such an easy choice to go with Mays, who is in the conversation about the greatest players in the history of the sport. Why hes here: One of the most underrated players of his era, Stieb was one of the top AL pitcher of the 1980s, even if no one knew it at the time. The more creative players in the Premier League tend to wear the number 11 for their clubs, however Kevin de Bruyne who is the current leader in assists, wears the number 17 for Manchester City. The 1977 NL MVP spent 11 seasons with the Reds. As the Athletic detailed, 43 was issued by the clubhouse manager, which Eckersley would wear for the rest of his career, except for his Cubs debut in 1984, which had him wearing 40 before he was able to switch back. Most recently, Suarez brought the shirt some disgrace with his on-field antics, but he also helped Liverpool mount their best title challenge in over a decade. She was named to the All-NEC Tournament Team twice. Then again, No. Numbers are now considered a common feature for uniforms in every team sport. Ranking the 25 best NCAA softball players in 2020 Gabbie Plain went 24-2 with a 1.24 ERA last season and will have to step up in Washington's rotation after Taran Alvelo's graduation. Rose played 24 seasons, and wore No. Softballs retired numbers. This May, he earned his second UEFA Champions League title and scored in the Final against Atletico Madrid. The #7 has been passed down from Kevin Keegan to Kenny Daglish to Luis Suarez, and many others have held the honor of wearing the most iconic number for one of Englands most decorated football clubs. 70. Here are the players who didn't get the nod for this number: Rickey Henderson, Ken Griffey Jr., Manny Ramirez, Miguel Cabrera and pre-Giants Barry Bonds. Lemieux was rewarded for his efforts with a third Stanley Cup, which he won as the owner in 2009. Robinson broke Major Leagues Baseball color barrier, becoming the first black man to play in the league since the 1880s. We can split the same credit for No. Her success in 1991 became recognized as a member of the All-NEC Tournament Team. 121,514 WARNotable names: Roberto Alomar, Mark Langston, Steve Finley, Dusty Baker, Alfonso Soriano. Ortiz had No. 5. He only wore the legendary No. Elway played all sixteen seasons with the Denver Broncos wearing the #7. OK then. No. You'd think that a list headlined by Williams would rank higher, but he's carrying this group by himself, as he alone is worth nearly 10% of all No. Stats. In many other sports, numbers of club legends are retired from use and placed in the rafters to be revered by generations of fans. Brown has inspired generations of running backs to wear #32 in his honor including Marcus Allen and OJ Simpson. Why he's here: Five Cy Youngs, 303 wins, 4,875 strikeouts.The Big Unit is the obvious choice. Over the course of his prolific career, he wore the #80 for three different teams, but is best remembered for wearing it in the red and gold of the San Francisco 49ers. 12 on his jersey when he won multiple titles. No. And yet I know that 88, for example, would make a decent jersey number. Clemente, who was born in Puerto Rico and was an idol to the people of Latin America, tragically died in a plane crash while trying to deliver supplies to Nicaragua to aid earthquake victims. She appears multiple times on the single-season record books, including holding the single-season record for complete games (33). Cat Osterman is the4-time All-American and 2-time medal-winningOlympian, 6-time professionally unretired All-Star, left-hand softball pitcher, and former Softball Assistant Coach. Why he's here: No one else at No. This one just "feels" like an iconic baseball number, and for these names listed, it is. 41998 WARNotable names: Tom Seaver, Eddie Mathews, John Lackey, Darrell Evans, Pat Hentgen, Seager is so synonymous with 41, the only number he wore for any of the four teams he played for, that in 2022, his hometown of Fresno, Calif., honored him by renaming part of Highway 41 the "Tom Seaver Memorial Highway. Hes not in the Hall of Fame yet, but he will be one day soon (he was just 23 votes shy of being part of the Class of 2016). That's four Hall of Famers listed there, plus Paul Waner and Lefty Gomez spent part of their careers with 11 as well. for Team USA. Cy Youngs 511 career wins certainly never will. Why hes here: Ripken started his career with a bang he won the AL rookie of the year in 1982 and the AL MVP in 1983 and spent the rest of his time with the Orioles fashioning a no-doubt Hall of Fame career. 13. The lanky right-hander won the AL Cy Young three times and finished in the top five of the voting five other times in his 19-year career. Gehrig was already 111 homers into his career by the time the Yankees even starting wearing numbers, though, so this isn't his full career value. Many years later, Skip Schumaker also wore 55, thanks to a memory he'd had of an interaction with Hershiser when Schumaker was just six years old. In Game 7 of the 1934 World Series, Dean threw nine shutout innings to help Gashouse Gang to the championship. Photo Credit: Tyler Gallo, By Tyler Gallo, Sports EditorJanuary 20, 2021|241 Views. 13987 WARNotable names: Alex Rodriguez, Omar Vizquel, Dave Concepcin, Lance Parrish, Manny Machado. Honorable mentions: Omar Vizquel, Dave Concepcion, Lance Parrish. MJ also helped bring basketball to the . 44. 34 and 5. Why he's here: A pitcher in the 1940 and 1950s, Voiselle wore No. He'd worn No. Honorable mentions: What did we just say? Jerry Grote: A two-time All-Star, Grote was a mainstay at catcher for the Mets in the late '60s and early '70s. 99 [3.5 WAR] here. Honorable mentions: Kirby Puckett, David Ortiz, Felix Hernandez, Fernando Valenzuela. She was the first softball player inducted into the Hall of Fame, inducted in 1999. Orel Hershiser won the 1988 NL Cy Young wearing his No. He has been inducted into the Pro and College Football Hall of Fames as well as the Atlanta Falcons ring of honor. Despite the less-popular numbers here in this group, there's still a number of huge stars to have worn them. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. 41,693 WARNotable names: Lou Gehrig, Mel Ott, Luke Appling, Duke Snider, Paul Molitor. 231,593 WARNotable names: Ryne Sandberg, Ted Simmons, Don Mattingly, Robin Ventura, Luis Tiant. 3 the first 10 years of his career, with the Mariners and Rangers, but a mildly well-known slugger had long ago claimed that number with the Yankees. He was selected to the Pro Bowl in each of his nine NFL seasons, led the league in rushing eight times, and earned four MVP awards. Le's finish this off with the final group And, of course, we reach the end of the line. He switched to No. Lionel Messi has made history wearing no.10 for Barcelona, while Cristiano Ronaldo is often referred to by his legions of fans as 'CR7' - The Arizona Wildcats, the United States National Softball Team, and the Chicago Bandits pitched. Foster, a five-time All-Star, led the league in RBIs in three consecutive seasons from 1976-78. Or: how about this view? That was pretty awesome for a couple of years. He captured the nations attention with his prodigious power three years after Wally Pipp led the AL with nine home runs, for example, Ruth swatted 54 for the Yankees in 1920 and engaging personality. Several of the greats share the same number (Looking at you, No. 5. 91 for his entire seven-year career. 40881 WARNotable names: Bartolo Colon, Madison Bumgarner, Frank Tanana, Andy Benes, Rick Sutcliffe. No. Every day, hundreds of people walk or drive by the softball field at the North Athletic Complex and see the nine retired numbers that hang on the right-field fence. Michael Jordan's #23 is the most iconic number in the history of sports. When he was traded to the Mets in 1983, they'd already retired 37 for Casey Stengel, so Hernandez took 17. Jordan adopted the number in high school because his brother wore his preferred #45. Lisa Fernandez is a Puerto Rican American former collegiate 4-time First Team All-American, 3-time Olympian medal winner, right-handed hitting softball pitcher, and ThirdBaseman,current softball assistant coach at UCLA. This part of the list is led by No. Why hes here: Rapid Robert had already struck out 466 major-league hitters before he turned 20 years old, thats why. He destroyed the idea that a team needed a great big man to win a title, regularly wowing audiences. No. 18 in 14 of his 18 seasons, including the 2004 season when he helped the Red Sox win the World Series and end the Curse of the Bambino, and 2009, when he helped the Yankees to a World Series title. No. 77 for just one season, but he's Pudge. Remember, this is only accounting for Bonds' time with San Francisco, since he was 24 (and briefly 7) with Pittsburgh. Honorable mentions: Fergie Jenkins, Dave Winfield, Mike Piazza. Honorable mentions: Reggie Jackson, Willie McCovey. Did you know Mickey Mantle actually wore 6 for months as a rookie? Time magazine described her as the worlds most famous softball player.Her MLB training camps and All-Star games even take her talents to challenge the best of baseball. Jordan is widely considered to be the greatest basketball player of all-time, with six NBA titles, five MVP awards, and fourteen All-Star Game appearances. Not a bad run for the five-one in the Pacific Northwest. In addition to those legends already named, there's Lou Boudreau, Hank Greenberg, Nomar Garciaparra, Freddie Freeman and on and on. Greatest catcher in Cubs history (1922-40) and a Hall of Famer. Perry was nothing if not loyal to his number. This association with inexperienced players taints all of these numbers. You can also see here that the double-zero is rarer than the regular zero; although Bobby Bonds, Jack Clark and Don Baylor all wore it briefly -- very briefly -- no one's donned it since Brian Wilson with the Dodgers in 2014. No. Why hes here: Ryan is the greatest strikout pitcher in baseball history of course. The numbers 16, 25, 33, 14, 18, 1, 44, 7 and 6 hang there. The most famous jersey number in basketball belongs to the two best players in NBA history. Her 1.59 career earned run average stands as a program record and her 1.19 mark in 1992 is a single-season record. Honorable mentions: Joe Morgan, Gene Tenace, Andy Van Slyke. Bonds won five of his seven NL MVPs with the Giants and broke pretty much every home run and walks record while wearing No. 44 for the Atlanta Braves, carrying it over with the team from Milwaukee, and he was the first player to have his number retired by two teams when the Brewers did so in 1977. Barry Larkin. No. This is the official all-time ranking. No. He is the only player in the history of the league to receive this honor. Why hes here: Armed with a sweet swing and an unparalleled batting eye, Carew won seven AL batting titles and hit at least .330 in 10 different seasons. 321,123 WARNotable names: Steve Carlton, Sandy Koufax, Roy Halladay, Milt Pappas, Jon Matlack. She played for Team USA in international competition from 2005 including a national softball team that won the 2008 Summer Olympics silver medal. These players have left a lasting impression on their respective teams. He wore the #3 for his entire baseball career and has had that number retired by the New York Yankees. Honorable mentions: Mike Schmidt, Don Sutton, Lou Brock. What's most interesting about this group are the two numbers that are a little different -- 99 and 0. Slow-pitch Softball is a recreational form of the exciting American sport of Baseball, is easier to play than . Osterman has also been named the NCAA History No 1. No. Honorable mentions: Dwight Gooden, Hal Newhouser, Ted Lyons. These things aren't always scientific, are they. 44," and so on.) Why he's here: No one else in MLB history has worn No. Why he's here: The hard-throwing Yankee has established himself as one of baseball's top relievers over the past two seasons. Baseball history is marked by iconic numbers. 45813 WARNotable names: Bob Gibson, Pedro Martnez, Steve Rogers, John Candelaria. Lots of 50s, 60s and 70s here, as you'd expect. That's also true of Griffey (who wore 30, 3 and 17 after leaving Seattle), Manny Ramirez, and Barry Bonds, who wore 24 as a Pirate before turning to 25 with the Giants, since Mays owns the 24 for San Francisco. Jackson was a legend as well, of course, but about a third of his value came wearing 44, and after Slaughter, this one quickly turns into a list of very good players, not all-time greats. Why he's here: Only three players have ever worn No. 72 for his entire 13-year tenure with the White Sox. 25. Unique lists featuring pop culture, entertainment and crazy facts. MORE: Best current players at each jersey number, 1-97. Like Dickey and Berra sharing 8 for the Yankees, Maddux and Jenkins each have 31 retired for the Cubs. Honorable mentions: Rick Reuschel, Sam McDowell. Shes a famous Cuban/Puerto Rican softball pitcher who created the Olympic record of 25 strikeouts in softball. 62. Aside from "the best players, and the most players, usually wear the lowest numbers," which you already knew, look at how many players are actually afraid of wearing No. Lemieux also overcame Hodgkins Lymphoma, which caused him to miss the entire 1994-95 season. Mantles Yankees played in the World Series 12 times they won seven of those and The Mick hit 18 homers in 65 games, a record that will never be broken. She was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2004, and the last player to wear #18 was Geena Badolato in 2014. 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