2008 List of players wearing 42

[joelsabi]

Jeter 42
whole Dodger team

[Jags Fan Dan]

Griffey Jr. was wearing it for the Reds last night.

[WadeInBmore]

Adam Jones was wearing one for the Orioles.

wade

[TFig27]

Mariano Rivera :D

[Eric]

There's a nice write up of it on Paul Lukas' UniWatch Blog

http://www.uniwatchblog.com/

[yanks12025]

The whole Rays team and also Joe girardi.

[suave1477]

In the Yankees - Rays game yesterday I remember seeing Pena, Maddon, and Glover of the Rays wearing 42

[intheminors]

All of the Texas Rangers and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim were wearing number 42 in yesterday's game.

[BULBUS]

Besides Mo, I think the only Yankees wearing 42 were Jeter and Robinson Cano.

[brianborsch]

Are these going to be auctioned soon?

BB

[PudgePollyMillerFan]

Seven or Eight of the Detroit Tigers did....can't recall who did though other than Sheffield, Pudge, Granderson and Thames.......

[DonTheLegend]

the entire Cardinal team was wearing #42

if im not mistaken, the Brewers team was as well.

[Vintagedeputy]

All the Nats and Mets

[kingjammy24]

in celebrations and discussions of breaking the color barrier in baseball, i find it odd that practically all of the credit goes to robinson with nary a mention of branch rickey. as great as robinson was, he didn't or couldn't singlehandedly break the barrier by drafting himself, promoting himself to the majors, and inserting himself into the lineup. rickey was the first GM to draft and play an african-american and so it seems to me that he's as responsible for breaking the barrier as robinson, if not more. not to take away from robinson's impressive accomplishments on and off the field but there were likely dozens of negro league players who would've (and could've) played in the majors. seemingly however there was only 1 GM who actually made the controversial decision. it'd be nice for the MLB to incorporate some recognition of branch rickey's efforts alongside robinsons' during the anniversary.

rudy.

[godwulf]

From the Diamondbacks, I think it was Orlando Hudson, Eric Byrnes, Justin Upton, Chris Young, and 1B Coach Lee Tinsley.

[tilley72]

the entire Cardinal team was wearing #42

if im not mistaken, the Brewers team was as well.


Of the Brewers, I'm pretty sure Fielder was the only one on the team that elected to wear the Jackie Robinson number 42 jersey.

[ndevlin]

I was watching the royals game(local channel) and I swore they said most teams had 4 players each wearing #42, was that not right? I do know the whole royals team wasnt wearing 42. The ones I can remember for sure were Jose Guillen(which, for now, was a waste of money I need to add) and manager Trey Hillman.

[OaklandAsFan]

All of the Oakland Athletics wore them (with no name plate on their backs) from the White Sox Nick Swisher is the only person who I remember wearing 42 (also with no name plate on the back)

[joelsabi]

Here is consolidated list so far. Thanks

Whole team:
Los Angeles Angels
Los Angeles Dodgers

Oakland
Washington
NY Mets
St Louis
Texas
Tampa Bay



Players:
Jose Guillen (KC)
Trey Hillman (KC manager)
Prince Fielder (Mil)
Orlando Hudson (Ariz.)
Eric Byrnes (Ariz.)
Justin Upton (Ariz.)
Chris Young (Ariz.)
Lee Tinsley (Ariz. coach)
Gary Sheffield (Det)
Pudge Rodriguez (Det)
Granderson (Det)
Thames (Det)
Mariano Rivera (NYY)
Derek Jeter (NYY)
Robinson Cano (NYY)
Adam Jones (Balt)
Ken Griffey Jr (CIN)

[DonTheLegend]

Of the Brewers, I'm pretty sure Fielder was the only one on the team that elected to wear the Jackie Robinson number 42 jersey.

you are correct.

he was the teams lone rep.

[eGameUsed]

Michael Bourn for the Astros.

[whatupyos]

I just came back from the A's game. They auctioned off on their weekend auction a Mike Sweeny game used #42 jersey from this year. I thought MLB was supposed to be auctioning these off to help the Jackie Robinson charity? Maybe its up to the teams?