He deserved it. Thanks for everything, Big Unit. He helped saved Baseball in Seattle.
CalebosO4

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ProtestantMormon
Number 102 retired.
Zboomman22
Now they’ll not wear 51 even harder than they weren’t before!
grinderbinder
So I would assume that bill dickey and yogi Berra plus Randy Johnson and Ichiro are the only examples of teams retiring the same number twice? Obviously I could google but meh
Crazy_Baseball3864
Adds to the list of times a franchise has retired the same number twice. Not counting 42:
Yankees have #8 retired for Yogi Berry and Bill Dickey
Cubs have #31 retired for Fergy Jenkins and Greg Maddux
Athletics have #34 retired for Rollie Fingers and Dave Stewart
G_Rex
How did Suzuki and Johnson both have number 51?
halfhere
As an NL fan who is only a “Hi, I’m Ken Griffey, Jr. Let’s play Major League Baseball” -level familiar with your club. Doesn’t this seem like a decade or so late?
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He deserved it. Thanks for everything, Big Unit. He helped saved Baseball in Seattle.

Legend
Number 102 retired.
Now they’ll not wear 51 even harder than they weren’t before!
So I would assume that bill dickey and yogi Berra plus Randy Johnson and Ichiro are the only examples of teams retiring the same number twice? Obviously I could google but meh
Adds to the list of times a franchise has retired the same number twice. Not counting 42:
Yankees have #8 retired for Yogi Berry and Bill Dickey
Cubs have #31 retired for Fergy Jenkins and Greg Maddux
Athletics have #34 retired for Rollie Fingers and Dave Stewart
How did Suzuki and Johnson both have number 51?
As an NL fan who is only a “Hi, I’m Ken Griffey, Jr. Let’s play Major League Baseball” -level familiar with your club. Doesn’t this seem like a decade or so late?
Best diamond back ever 😂