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Huh, I’m out of date I guess. When I first heard this trivia question, the proper answer was Gene Autry, in whose honor “26” was retired by the <nebulous southern California location> Angels. (26 because he was like the 26th man on the roster to them.)
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Yeah, I came in to scream “GENE!” 
Although to be fair, Autry was offered the opportunity to play minor league ball, but he turned it down.
Gene was a class act.
How about the longest baseball career, including playing time, managing, coaching or other on-field activities?
George Selkirk is a member of the Canadian Baseball HOF…
[QUOTE=EJsGirl]
How about the longest baseball career, including playing time, managing, coaching or other on-field activities?
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Don Zimmer?
Nope- this will be his 60th year. I was thinking of someone else (now dead).
Zimmer is the last Brooklyn Dodger still on the field in some capacity, though- that’s pretty cool.
[QUOTE=What Exit?]
Who were the last three MLB players to wear #42?
Who will be the last man to wear it?
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This question deserves a smaller asterisk. A ton of players wore #42 for one game last season to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Robinson’s debut. If they do that every ten years or so, Rivera won’t be the last player to wear that number, although he’ll be the last to wear it regularly.
According to Wikipedia, more than 200 players wore #42 on April 15th of last year, including several entire teams.
[QUOTE=EJsGirl]
How about the longest baseball career, including playing time, managing, coaching or other on-field activities?
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Cornelius McGillicuddy (better known as Connie Mack) managed the Philadelphia A’s for about half a century and owned the club for much of that stretch. Before that, he played for several seasons. Is he the man you’re thinking of?
Naw- I was thinking of Jimmie Reese, who had a baseball career spanning 78 years- from bat boy to conditioning coach.
You are right, but I am wrong. That was a typo, there are two other pairs of numbers, but both have technicalities.
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Another pair was #10 of Andre Dawson and Rusty Staub of the Expos, before they left Montreal. The technicality is that the Nationals didn’t carry over the retired numbers when they moved. Andre Dawson was one of my favorite players when he was with the Cubs.
[QUOTE=What Exit?]
Damn, that is good. Babe Ruth was the first to where #3 and five men wore it before it was retired in 1948. None of them of in the Hall of Fame.
George Selkirk(1935-42), Bud Methany(1943-46), Allie Clark(1947), Frank Colman(1947), Cliff Mapes(1947)
I am stumped or you are mistaken.
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Nope. It was Joe “Ducky” Medwick, who wore it in spring training of 1947 when he tried to catch on with the Yankees. The Yankees press guide mentions it.
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Nope. It was Joe “Ducky” Medwick, who wore it in spring training of 1947 when he tried to catch on with the Yankees. The Yankees press guide mentions it.
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That I did not know. I am lucky I had access to all the regular season #3’s.
My answer is technically correct too. RealityChuck never specified the MLB HOF (although he did stipulate that it wasn’t a trick question, so maybe it doesn’t count… but still, it’s interesting.)