"The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayers cares about the name on the back." - Steve Garvey (Jonathan Fraser Light, The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball , 'Uniforms', Page 979)

If you would you like to see a list of every single player, from every single baseball team in Major League history, who wore any specific uniform number in history, simply visit our comprehensive uniform number history menu.

An honor unlike any other would be your uniform number being retired forever. Every franchise has, and we have a breakdown of every retired uniform number in the American League & every retired uniform number in the National League.

Use the count column to determine which uniform numbers have been worn the most often as well as the least often. Click any player's name to see every uniform number they wore over the course of their career. Click any roster to see a list of every uniform number worn on that team during that particular season.