Retired Numbers

Frank Robinson is one of the greatest baseball players ever, but he takes a back seat in Reds lore to the trio of Joe Morgan, Johnny Bench, and Pete Rose. We discuss these guys along with the "other" Barry from the 90s.

Baseball's oldest team is perhaps best known for its stars from the 1970s, including Tony Perez, Dave Concepcion, and manager Sparky Anderson. They are amongst the 10 retired Reds numbers, but so are Fred Hutchinson and Ted Kluszewski.

Mark Buerhle was too consistently good to be great (does that even make sense?). Zach and Leo also discuss White Sox legends Minnie Miñoso, Ted Lyons, Luke Appling, and Frank Thomas.

Zach and Leo discuss the recent Hall of Fame vote, setting up the discussion around players like Harold Baines, and Nellie Fox (alongside Paul Konerko, Billy Pierce, Carlton Fisk, and Luis Aparicio).

The Tigers' retired number wall includes seven baseball greats who didn't have regular numbers. Zach and Leo discuss a prolific grass-chewer, the all-time triples king, and, finally, baseball's most mythologized player, Ty Cobb.

Zach and Leo move on to four "classic" Tigers: Gehringer, Greenberg, Newhouser, and Kaline.

Zach and Leo discuss the comparatively recent figures amongst the Detroit Tigers's retired numbers: Willie Horton, Jim Leyland, Sparky Anderson, Jack Morris, and double-play duo Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker.

Zach and Leo discuss three hall of fame position players, and the challenge of playing for one of baseball's, allegedly, most difficult fanbases.

Zach and Leo discus four Hall of Fame pitchers: Roy Halladay, Jim Bunning, Robin Roberts and Steve Carlton.

Not every number retirement involves a retired number. Zach and Leo discuss the oldest stars of one of baseball's oldest teams, most of whom never wore a uniform number at all.