Why Was Jackie Robinson Given The Number 42?
Why Was Jackie Robinson Given The Number 42? Every Jackie Robinson Day, MLB players, coaches and managers wear No. 42 to honor the man. … When then–MLB Commissioner Bud Selig retired No. 42 on April 15, 1997—50 years after Robinson’s MLB debut—Griffey, who was with the Seattle Mariners at the time, asked that his uniform