Special tagging on jersey

[dwolfe12345]

Does anyone have any experience with this tagging? It's from a 2000 Texas Rangers #42 jersey. That numbers was retired in 1997, just didnt know if they used it for a special occasion.

[sox83cubs84]

Looks like tagging for a team extra jersey. Can you show front and back pics? Maybe those will help narrow down what it might have been used for.

Dave Miedema

[dwolfe12345]

Will post pics when I get home. It doesn't have a nameplate or anything, just a general 2000 jersey with the number 42. I wasn't sure why they would make that up when the jersey was retired unless it was used for some event.

[jppopma]

The 42 looks more like a size tag than referring to the number. Maybe they had an extra tag that had the players normal numbers and had X ones for extras, batboys, etc. Just a guess.

[dwolfe12345]

The jersey is number 42. I just have no idea why they would have that jersey made up after the number retired.

[flaco1801]

It was probably an extra shirt for Jackie Robinson day... Dont know if ALL teams wear that number on the special day...

[micaross]

Jackie Robinson tribute jersey? I know MLB has done this the last few years (but don't know about 2000).

[nevrdiez34]

When MLB retired Jackie Robinson's #42 in 1997 for every eam in baseball, they allowed players already wearing #42 to continue to wear it, i.e. Mo Vaughn, Mariano Rivera, ext. In addition, any player that wanted to wear #42 on Jackie Robinson day only was allowed to. It was an option and not every player had to participate as they do today. So I'm guessing it could either be from a player who wore #42 whom was "grandfathered in" or a player that chose to wear #42 on JR Day. I hope this helps.

[sox83cubs84]

The Jackie Robinson uniform number tribute MLB-wide didn't begin until 2007. The only player I can recall wearing JR's number before that was Seattle's Ken Griffey Jr. for one game in the mid-1990s (shown on a baseball card...I'll try to find a photo). I'm not sure just what event this was done for.

Dave Miedema

[MarinersFan34]

Could be a sizing jersey?

I recall a few years ago when I was in Baltimore, they were actually selling a couple sizing jerseys that were white blanks with size numbers on them. At least that's what I recall, someone stating that they were those.

Here's the Griffey Dave was talking about


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