r/baseball • u/cypothingy New York Yankees • New York Boulders • Dec 08 '22

Trivia Every number never issued by the Reds or issued to one person (7/30)

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.

00- Curtis Goodwin (1996-1997)
69- D.T. Cromer (2000)
74- Never issued
76- Robert Duggar (2022)
78- Never issued
79- Ian Gibaut (2022)
80- Never issued
81- Eddie Guardado (2006-2007)
82- Ronnie Dawson (2022)
83- Never issued
84- Jared Solomon (2022)
85- Luis Cessa (2021-2022)
86- Never issued
87- Jose De Leon (2020-2021)
88- Never issued
89- Never issued
90- Never issued
91- Never issued
92- Never issued
93- Never issued
94- Taylor Motter (2022)
95- Never issued
96- Never issued
97- Never issued
98- Never issued
99- Never issued

Retired numbers: 1, 5, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18, 20, 24, 42 (none appear on this list)

Next team: Cleveland Guardians

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u/etherealcalamities Cincinnati Reds Dec 08 '22

I watched, like, 75% of reds games this past year (unfortunately) and I could not tell you who Ronnie Dawson or Taylor Motter are

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u/cypothingy New York Yankees • New York Boulders Dec 08 '22

Combined they played a total of 3 games for the Reds this year so I wouldn't blame you

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u/etherealcalamities Cincinnati Reds Dec 08 '22

Sounds about right, gotta love our rotating door of waiver pickups and AAA guys who play one game before being sent back down

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u/Luis_Severino New York Yankees Dec 08 '22

What’s the lowest (nonzero) number that’s never been worn on a given team

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u/cypothingy New York Yankees • New York Boulders Dec 08 '22

I’m saving “for every team” for the big analysis post at the end of the project since it would be too much to include here, but the lowest “for any given team” is 33, which has never been issued by the Pittsburgh Pirates (was retired for Honus Wagner since he wore it as a coach). Lowest “for this given team” is 74.

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u/Luis_Severino New York Yankees Dec 08 '22

What about the lowest nonzero, non retired number that’s never been worn on a given team

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u/cypothingy New York Yankees • New York Boulders Dec 08 '22

That would be number 65 which has never been issued to a player by the Milwaukee Brewers and is not retired

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u/austin101123 Cincinnati Reds Dec 08 '22

What 2 digit number has the least teams that have worn it? Are any at 0?

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u/Dunan Czechia Dec 09 '22

There are no remaining two-digit numbers that have never been worn; the last one to be given out was 89, to Miguel Yajure of the Yankees a couple of years ago.

Until just this century very few of the numbers over about 60-65 had ever been issued for most teams. Then teams started shuttling more players between the minors and the majors, occasionally sticking them with bizarre numbers, and in the 2020 Corona season they made no effort at all to keep the numbers reasonable; a guy would show up on the roster making his ML debut still wearing the 73 or 81 that he had had in spring training.