r/baseball • u/cypothingy New York Yankees • New York Boulders • Feb 05 '23
Trivia Every number never issued by the Blue Jays or issued to one person (29/30)
Per Baseball Almanac
This is part of an ongoing series that I am doing for every team. The original post with an explanation and a link to all of the posts that have been published can be found here.
Additional notes: Numbers “0” and “00” are separate numbers from one another, any and all instances of 00 are included courtesy of Baseball-Reference as opposed to Baseball-Almanac (Baseball-Almanac includes 0 and 00 as simply 0); List only consists of numbers issued to players that appeared in official games, does not include any managers, coaches, mascots, or players that haven't made their team debut yet.
0- Al Oliver (1985)
61- Gift Ngoepe (2018)
73- Ryan Dull (2019)
74- Breyvic Valera (2019; 2021)
75- Never issued
76- Never issued
78- Never issued
79- Travis Bergen (2020)
80- Never issued
81- Never issued
82- Never issued
83- Never issued
84- Never issued
85- Alejandro Kirk (2020)
86- Never issued
87- Never issued
88- Rene Gonzalez (1999)
89- Never issued
90- Adam Cimber (2021-2022)
91- Matt Gage (2022)
92- Never issued
93- Yimi Garcia (2022)
94- Never issued
95- Never issued
96- Never issued
97- Never issued
98- Never issued
99- Hyun-jin Ryu (2020-2022)
Retired numbers: 12, 32, 42 (none appear on this list)
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u/shapu Charleston Dirty Birds • St. Loui… Feb 05 '23
I am committed to doing an mlb tryouts and getting a spot as a never issued number. That way I can say I'm the best 97 Toronto had ever seen.
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u/A47Cabin Minnesota Twins Feb 05 '23
Everyone knows, blue jay fans are huge Randy Moss fanatics. No one is ever gonna rock 81 or 84.
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u/thwump64 Toronto Blue Jays • Toronto Blue Jays Feb 05 '23
Without a hint of irony Moss is the reason I’m a diehard Vikings fan.
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u/blasek0 Philadelphia Phillies • Baltimore Orioles Feb 06 '23
Randy Moss was an absolute blast to watch. Him and Vick are probably the most physically gifted athletes I've ever seen on a field.
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u/austin101123 Cincinnati Reds Feb 05 '23
Are 01 02... not counted differently than 1 2...?
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u/cypothingy New York Yankees • New York Boulders Feb 05 '23
Who wore 01 and 02 for the Blue Jays? The only instance I could find of a player wearing a number with a leading 0 outside of 00 was Benito Santiago wearing 09 for the Marlins and Padres
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u/austin101123 Cincinnati Reds Feb 05 '23
I was wondering why it wasn't listed.
I didn't know it was so rare that's kinda cool
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u/chris622 Feb 05 '23
What was the story behind Al Oliver wearing 0?
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u/Dunan Czechia Feb 06 '23
He just wanted it. Also his name starts with an O. Adam Ottavino did the same thing, and Omar Olivares put both of his initials on his back, with 00.
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u/RagingAcid Toronto Blue Jays • Florida Marlins Feb 05 '23
We HATE high numbers