Though black armbands have long been the most common method of paying tribute to a recently deceased individual, baseball uniforms have also utilized other symbols as memorial markings.
A player’s uniform number within a circular patch has been used as a symbol to honor the memory of a ballplayer
on numerous occasions. The first instance of such a patch occurred in 1973, when the left sleeve of the Pittsburgh Pirates uniform featured the number “21” in a white circle with a black border. The patch was worn in memory of the club’s star
right fielder, Robert Clemente, who was killed in an airplane crash on December 31, 1972. Two years later, the Houston Astros honored the memory of pitcher Don Wilson by wearing a circular black patch surrounding a white number “40” on the left sleeve of their uniform. The author of two no-hitters and an 18-strikeout performance, Wilson had
committed suicide on January 5, 1975.
The initials of a recently deceased individual are often used as a memorial symbol when the honored person never donned a big league uniform. Following the death of San Diego Padres owner Ray Kroc prior to the 1984 season, the club chose to don the initials “RAK” on the left sleeve of their uniform.
The patch was worn for three seasons. When longtime St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster Jack Buck passed away during the
2002 season, the club added a black patch with white
initials “JFB” on the right sleeve of their jerseys.
Other specially designed patches have also served as memorial markings. For the
1988 season, the Milwaukee Brewers honored the memory of their former coach and manager Harvey Kuenn by donning memorial patches featuring the initial “HK” surrounding the image of a baseball bat. When Willie Stargell passed away at the beginning of the 2001 season, the Pirates paid tribute to the beloved Pittsburgh slugger by wearing a special patch
on the left breast of their jersey. The patch featured the letter “S” within a gold star, reminiscent of the “Stargell Star” merit badges doled out
to teammates by
Stargell as the team captain neared the end of his career.
| Year |
 |
Club(s) |
|
Description |
|
In memory of … |
| 1876 |
|
St. Louis (NL) |
|
Badge of mourning (likely black
crepe) |
|
Teammate Tom Miller |
| 1878 |
|
Chicago (NL), Milwaukee (NL) |
|
Black crepe |
|
Sporting Editor of the Chicago Tribune
Lewis Meacham |
| 1881 |
|
Worcester (NL) |
|
Black crepe on jersey sleeves |
|
Teammate Chub Sullivan |
| 1882 |
|
Chicago (NL) |
|
Badge of crepe on sleeve |
|
National League and Chicago
Club President William Hulbert |
| 1887 |
|
Pittsburgh (NL) |
|
Black crepe on uniform |
|
Teammate Alex McKinnon |
| 1888 |
|
Philadelphia (NL), Washington
(NL); New York (NL); Boston (NL) |
|
Black crepe on left sleeve |
|
Philadelphia teammate Charlie
Ferguson |
| 1891 |
|
All NL and AA Clubs |
|
Black crepe on uniform |
|
Player Jim Fogarty |
| 1892 |
|
Brooklyn (NL), Washington (NL),
New York (NL), Boston (NL) |
|
Black crepe on left sleeve |
|
Brooklyn teammate Hub Collins |
| 1900 |
|
Brooklyn (NL) |
|
Crepe (likely black crepe) |
|
Manager Billy Barnie |
| 1903 |
|
Washington (AL), Cleveland
(AL), Philadelphia (AL) |
|
Black crepe on left sleeve |
|
Washington teammate Ed Delehanty |
| 1906 |
|
Washington (AL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve of
home uniform; white armband on left sleeve of road uniform |
|
Teammate Joe Cassidy |
| 1907 |
|
Boston (AL), Cincinnati
(NL), Boston (NL) |
|
Black crepe bow on sleeve
(in spring training) |
|
Boston (AL) manager Chick Stahl |
| 1907 |
|
Boston (NL) |
|
Black crepe bow on jersey front |
|
Teammate Cozy Dolan |
| 1909 |
|
Philadelphia (AL) |
|
Knot of black ribbon over Athletics’ “A” logo |
|
Teammate Mike "Doc"
Powers |
| 1909 |
|
All NL Clubs |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
League president Harry Pulliam |
| 1911 |
|
Cleveland (AL), St. Louis (AL) |
|
Black armband |
|
Cleveland teammate Addie Joss |
| 1911 |
|
Philadelphia (NL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Club vice president Frank
Elliott |
| 1911 |
|
St. Louis (NL) |
|
Black crepe bow on left sleeve
(end of spring training and beginning of regular season) |
|
Club owner Stanley
Robison |
| 1912 |
|
Washington (AL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve
(Walter Johnson and Danny Moeller wore armbands on right sleeve) |
|
Club president Thomas Noyes |
| 1919 |
|
New York (NL) |
|
Black armband |
|
Club scout and former player
Germany Schaefer |
| 1920 |
|
Cleveland (AL), New York
(AL), Cincinnati (NL), Brooklyn (NL), Chicago (NL), New York (NL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Cleveland shortstop Ray Chapman |
| 1922 |
|
Cleveland (AL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Club president Jim Dunn |
| 1923 |
|
All NL Clubs |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
U.S. President Warren G. Harding |
| 1924 |
|
Chicago (AL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Appointed manager Frank Chance
(retired due to illness prior to managing in the regular season) |
| 1925 |
|
New York (NL), Brooklyn (NL) |
|
Black armband |
|
Brooklyn club president Charles
Ebbets |
| 1925 |
|
Washington (AL), Pittsburgh (NL) |
|
Black armband
(in World Series) |
|
Former player Christy Mathewson |
| 1929 |
|
New York (AL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Manager Miller Huggins |
| 1930 |
|
Chicago (NL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Teammate Hal Carlson |
| 1931 |
|
Philadelphia (NL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Club owner William Baker |
| 1931 |
|
Pittsburgh (NL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve
(probably spring training only) |
|
Sam Dreyfuss, son of club owner Barney Dreyfuss |
| 1931 |
|
Chicago (AL) |
|
Black armband (in spring
training) |
|
American League president
Ernest Barnard and former American League president Ban Johnson |
| 1932 |
|
Pittsburgh (NL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Club owner Barney Dreyfuss |
| 1934 |
|
Brooklyn (NL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Former manager Wilbert Robinson |
| 1934 |
|
New York (NL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Former manager John McGraw |
| 1935 |
|
Brooklyn (NL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Teammate Len Koenecke |
| 1936 |
|
New York (NL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Club owner Charles Stoneham |
| 1938 |
|
Brooklyn (NL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Club president Stephen McKeever |
| 1940 |
|
Cincinnati (NL) |
|
Black crepe on left sleeve for
two days, then black armband on left sleeve |
|
Teammate Willard Hershberger |
| 1945 |
|
Washington (AL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 1948 |
|
New York (AL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Former player Babe Ruth |
| 1949 |
|
Pittsburgh (NL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Teammate Ernie “Tiny” Bonham |
| 1951 |
|
Boston (AL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve
(in spring training) |
|
Club vice president Eddie
Collins |
| 1951 |
|
New York (NL) |
|
Black armband on sleeve
(in spring training) |
|
Mother of club president, Mrs.
Charles A. Stoneham |
| 1955 |
|
Boston (AL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Teammate Harry Agganis |
| 1956 |
|
Baltimore (AL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Former club treasurer Howard Jones |
| 1957 |
|
Washington (AL) |
|
Black armband
on left sleeve |
|
Club vice
president Wootton E. Young |
| 1961 |
|
Cincinnati (NL) |
|
Black band on left vest-sleeve
opening |
|
Club owner Powel Crosley |
| 1964 |
|
Houston (NL) |
|
Black armband |
|
Former teammate Jim Umbricht |
| 1966 |
|
Detroit (AL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Former manager Charlie Dressen |
| 1968 |
|
Los Angeles (NL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Senator Robert F. Kennedy |
| 1970 |
|
Chicago (AL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Teammate Paul Edmondson |
| 1972 |
|
Chicago (NL) |
|
Black armband on
left sleeve (spring training) |
|
Coach Rube Walker |
| 1972 |
|
New York (NL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Manager Gil Hodges |
| 1972 |
|
Oakland (AL) |
|
Black armband
(worn by Ken Holtzman, Mike Epstein, and Reggie Jackson) |
|
11 Israeli athletes killed at
Olympic Games in Munich |
| 1973 |
|
Pittsburgh (NL) |
|
Black rectangular patch on left
sleeve (in spring training); Number “21” in circular patch on left sleeve
(in regular season) |
|
Teammate Roberto Clemente |
| 1974 |
|
Los Angeles (NL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Wife of teammate Ken McMullen |
| 1975 |
|
Houston (NL) |
|
White number “40” in
black circular patch on left sleeve |
|
Teammate Don Wilson |
| 1976 |
|
Boston (AL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Club owner Tom
Yawkey |
| 1976 |
|
New York (NL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Club owner Joan Payson and former manager Casey Stengel |
| 1977 |
|
Milwaukee (AL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Teammate Danny Frisella |
| 1977 |
|
Texas (AL) |
|
Black armband across number “4” on left sleeve |
|
Teammate Danny Thompson |
| 1977 |
|
Chicago (NL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Club owner Philip K. Wrigley |
| 1978 |
|
Los Angeles (NL) |
|
Number “19” in
small black circle on left sleeve
(in World Series)
|
|
Former player and coach Jim
Gilliam |
| 1978 |
|
California (AL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Teammate Lyman Bostock |
| 1979-1980 |
|
New York (AL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Teammate Thurman Munson |
| 1981 |
|
New York (AL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Former player Elston Howard |
| 1982 |
|
St. Louis (NL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Former player, coach, and
manager Ken Boyer |
| 1984-1986 |
|
San Diego (NL) |
|
Patch with “RAK”
on left sleeve |
|
Club owner Ray Kroc |
| 1984 |
|
Chicago (AL) |
|
Numbers “6/46” within
baseball on left sleeve |
|
Coaches Charlie Lau and Loren
Babe |
| 1985 |
|
New York (AL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Clubhouse man Pete Sheehy |
| 1986 |
|
Milwaukee (AL) |
|
“SULLY” in blue inside white circular patch left sleeve
|
|
Equipment manager Robert
Sullivan |
| 1986 |
|
New York (AL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Former player Roger Maris |
| 1987 |
|
Kansas City (AL) |
|
“HOWSER” above the number
“10” within circular patch on right sleeve |
|
Former manager Dick Howser |
| 1987 |
|
Los Angeles (NL) |
|
White “MAC”
on black rectangular patch on right sleeve |
|
Former coach Don McMahon |
| 1988 |
|
Baltimore (AL) |
|
Initials “EBW” on left
sleeve |
|
Owner Edward Bennett Williams |
| 1988 |
|
Milwaukee (AL) |
|
Gold “HK” with gold bat on
blue patch |
|
Former manager and coach Harvey Kuenn |
| 1988 |
|
Cincinnati (NL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Former player Ted Kluszewski |
| 1988 |
|
Pittsburgh (NL) |
|
Initials “RSC” on right
sleeve |
|
Pittsburgh mayor Richard S.
Caliguiri |
| 1989 |
|
Houston (NL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Club shareholder Vivian Smith |
| 1989 |
|
St. Louis (NL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Club owner August A. Busch Jr.
|
| 1989 |
|
Oakland (AL), San
Francisco (NL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve
(in World Series) |
|
Commissioner A. Bartlett
Giamatti |
| 1990 |
|
Boston (AL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Former player Tony Conigliaro
|
| 1990 |
|
New York (AL) |
|
Number “1” on
left sleeve |
|
Former player and manager Billy
Martin |
| 1990 |
|
St. Louis (NL) |
|
“AAB JR” on
left sleeve; black armband on left sleeve of batting practice jerseys |
|
Club owner August A. Busch Jr. |
| 1991 |
|
Atlanta (NL) |
|
Initials “JWM”
on left sleeve |
|
Club vice
resident John W. Mullen |
| 1991 |
|
Pittsburgh (NL) |
|
Initial “H”
in black circle on right sleeve |
|
Equipment manager John “Hoolie”
Hallahan |
| 1992 |
|
Boston (AL) |
|
Black stripe below red “JRY”
on left sleeve |
|
Club owner Jean R. Yawkey |
| 1992 |
|
California (AL) |
|
“DJ” on right
sleeve |
|
Coach Deron Johnson |
| 1992 |
|
Chicago (AL) |
|
Small black diamond on left sleeve |
|
Four team associates who passed
away over the past year |
| 1992 |
|
Kansas City (AL) |
|
Initials “JRB” on
right sleeve |
|
Club president Joe Burke |
| 1992 |
|
New York (NL) |
|
“S” in white
circle with black pinstripes on left sleeve |
|
Namesake of Shea Stadium,
William Shea |
| 1993 |
|
Cleveland (AL) |
|
Number “31”
under an arrow pointing upwards (for Olin) and “52” under a star (for
Crews) within a baseball patch on right sleeve |
|
Players Steve Olin and Tim
Crews |
| 1993 |
|
Kansas City (AL) |
|
“EMK” above
Royals logo in circle on left sleeve |
|
Club owner Ewing M. Kauffman |
| 1993 |
|
Texas (AL) |
|
“HEC” on
right sleeve |
|
Former club owner Harrell Edmonds
“Eddie” Chiles
|
| 1993 |
|
Florida (NL) |
|
“CARL” below Marlins’ inaugural year patch
on right sleeve |
|
President Carl Barger |
| 1993 |
|
Los Angeles (NL) |
|
“52” in black
circle |
|
Former player Tim Crews |
| 1993 |
|
Los Angeles (NL) |
|
“39 ROY” and “DON
53” in black
circle on right sleeve |
|
Former player Roy Campanella;
former player and broadcaster Don Drysdale |
| 1993 |
|
Los Angeles (NL) |
|
“IKE” in
black rectangular patch on right sleeve (worn during five-game post-season
exhibition series in Asia) |
|
Akihiro “Ike”
Ikuhara, longtime assistant to Dodgers President Peter O’Malley |
| 1994 |
|
San Francisco (NL) |
|
Initials “CSF”
in black circular patch on left sleeve |
|
Former club president Charles
S. Feeney |
| 1994-1995 |
|
California (AL) |
|
Black armband
with “REESE 50” in white
on right sleeve
and circular black patch with “REESE 50”
in white on left sleeve (worn during second half of 1994 and spring
of 1995) |
|
Coach Jimmie Reese |
| 1995 |
|
Kansas City (AL) |
|
Blue initials “MIK” in white patch on right sleeve |
|
Muriel I. Kaufmann , wife of former
club owner Ewing Kaufmann |
| 1995 |
|
New York (AL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve; later the number “7” above the black armband |
|
Former player Mickey Mantle |
| 1995 |
|
Oakland (AL) |
|
Green initials “WAH”
in white circle with gold border above a dark green armband on right
sleeve |
|
Former owner Walter A. Haas,
Jr. |
| 1996 |
|
Colorado (NL) |
|
Initials “MDM” in circular patch on left sleeve |
|
Michael McMorris, son of club
chairman Jerry McMorris |
| 1996 |
|
New York (NL) |
|
Home plate with crossed bats
and “JM / NL Umpire / 10” |
|
National League umpire John
McSherry |
| 1996 |
|
New York (AL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Broadcaster Mel Allen |
| 1997 |
|
Philadelphia (NL) |
|
Black armband
with “1” on sleeve |
|
Broadcaster and former player
Richie Ashburn |
| 1998 |
|
Chicago (NL) |
|
Caricature of Harry Caray in
circular patch on right sleeve |
|
Broadcaster Harry Caray |
| 1998 |
|
Chicago (NL) |
|
“HEY HEY” in
curved black patch on left sleeve |
|
Broadcaster Jack Brickhouse |
| 1999 |
|
Anaheim (AL) |
|
Caricature of
Gene Autry with “26” in circular patch on
right sleeve |
|
Club owner Gene Autry |
| 1999 |
|
Baltimore (AL) |
|
Number “7” on
right sleeve |
|
Former manager and coach Cal
Ripken Sr. |
| 1999 |
|
Colorado (NL) |
|
Initials “CHS” in circular patch on left sleeve |
|
12 students and one teacher killed at Columbine High School
in Colorado |
| 1999 |
|
Los Angeles (NL) |
|
Black armband
with “PEE WEE 1” on left sleeve |
|
Former player Pee Wee Reese |
| 1999 |
|
Milwaukee (NL) |
|
Logo of the Ironworkers Local
Union 8 on left chest |
|
Three ironworkers who died in a
crane accident during construction of Miller Park |
| 1999 |
|
New York (AL) |
|
Number “5” on left sleeve |
|
Former player Joe DiMaggio |
| 1999 |
|
New York (AL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Former player Catfish Hunter |
| 1999 |
|
Oakland (AL) |
|
Number “27”
in green circle on
right sleeve |
|
Former player Catfish Hunter |
| 2000 |
|
Minnesota (AL) |
|
Blue initials “CRG” outlined in red on white arched patch on left sleeve above normal logo patch |
|
Former owner Calvin R. Griffith |
| 2000 |
|
New York (AL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Former manager Bob Lemon |
| 2000 |
|
Montreal (NL) |
|
Number “9” on
right sleeve |
|
Montreal Canadiens hockey great
Maurice Richard |
| 2001 |
|
Cleveland (AL) |
|
Number “5”
in circle on left sleeve |
|
Former player and manager Lou
Boudreau |
| 2001 |
|
Pittsburgh (NL) |
|
Letter “S”
within a gold star on left breast of jersey |
|
Former player Willie Stargell |
| 2001 |
|
New York (NL) |
|
Numbers “20/60”
within baseball on right sleeve (worn for home opener only, April 10,
2001) |
|
Former player Tommy Agee and
prospect Brian Cole |
| 2001 |
|
Atlanta (NL) |
|
Number “41” on left sleeve |
|
Former player Eddie Mathews |
| 2002 |
|
Boston (AL) |
|
Black armband below black “9”
on right sleeve |
|
Former player Ted Williams
|
| 2002 |
|
Cleveland (AL) |
|
Initials “JW” in white oval
patch with red trim on
right sleeve |
|
Trainer Jimmy Warfield |
| 2002 |
|
San Diego (NL) |
|
Number “26” in circular patch on
right sleeve |
|
Teammate Mike Darr |
| 2002 |
|
St. Louis (NL) |
|
Initials “JFB” in patch on right sleeve |
|
Broadcaster Jack Buck |
| 2002 |
|
St. Louis (NL) |
|
Initials “DK” and number “57” in circular patch on left sleeve |
|
Teammate Darryl Kile |
| 2003 |
|
Houston (NL) |
|
Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107
patch |
|
Crew of
Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107
|
| 2003 |
|
Cleveland (AL) |
|
Number “18”
in small circle on right sleeve
(on right chest of sleeveless jerseys)
|
|
Former player Mel Harder
|
| 2003 |
|
Cleveland (AL) |
|
“14 DOBY” in rectangular
black patch above Harder memorial patch on right sleeve (on right chest of
sleeveless jerseys) |
|
Former player Larry Doby
|
| 2003 |
|
San Francisco (NL) |
|
“BB” in small black circle on right sleeve |
|
Former player Bobby Bonds
|
| 2004 |
|
Atlanta (NL) |
|
Black “21” in white home
plate-shaped patch on left sleeve |
|
Former Braves player Warren
Spahn
|
| 2004 |
|
New York (NL) |
|
Scripted “Ya Gotta Believe”
with
“Tug”
underneath, embroidered on right sleeve |
|
Former player Tug McGraw
|
| 2004 |
|
New York (NL) |
|
“BOB MURPHY” embroidered above Mets logo on left sleeve
|
|
Former broadcaster Bob Murphy
|
| 2004 |
|
Philadelphia (NL) |
|
Burgundy-colored
arched patch
with “POPE” in white on right sleeve (above McGraw patch) |
|
Former manager Paul Owens
|
| 2004 |
|
Philadelphia (NL) |
|
Green shamrock on
right sleeve
(below Owens patch)
|
|
Former player Tug McGraw
|
| 2004 |
|
Minnesota (AL) |
|
Patch with scripted
“Eloise” in white on right sleeve |
|
Wife of club owner Carl Pohlad
|
| 2005 |
|
Texas (AL) |
|
White
“26” in black square on right sleeve |
|
Former manager Johnny Oates |
| 2005 |
|
Toronto (AL) |
|
Initials “BM”,
“DA”, and
“JC” on a blue diamond,
with the Blue Jays logo above and a pennant with the phrase
“TEAMMATES FOREVER” below
|
|
Former manager Bobby Mattick,
broadcaster John Cerutti, and former player Doug Ault |
| 2006 |
|
Team USA at World Baseball
Classic |
|
Black armband at base of left
sleeve |
|
Former Minnesota Twins player
Kirby Puckett |
| 2006 |
|
Baltimore (AL) |
|
Black “44”
on left
sleeve on white jerseys; orange “44”
on left
sleeve on black jerseys |
|
Former player and coach Elrod
Hendricks |
| 2006 |
|
Minnesota (AL) |
|
Black “34”
outlined in white on right
sleeve of full jersey and on right chest of vest jersey |
|
Former player Kirby Puckett |
| 2006 |
|
Oakland (AL) |
|
Yellow and green patch featuring microphone, the phrase “HOLY TOLEDO!” and the name “KING”
on home jerseys |
|
Broadcaster Bill King |
| 2006 |
|
Toronto (AL) |
|
White “TC”
with image of microphone in black circle on left sleeve on white jerseys;
black “TC”
with image of microphone in white circle on left sleeve on black jerseys |
|
Broadcaster Tom Cheek |
| 2006 |
|
Pittsburgh (NL) |
|
Gold “BOB”
on black rectangle over left breast of vest jersey |
|
Pittsburgh mayor Bob O’Connor |
| 2007 |
|
Boston (AL) |
|
Green cap and jersey (April 20
only) |
|
Boston Celtics basketball coach
Red Auerbach |
| 2007 |
|
Boston (AL) |
|
Virginia Tech “VT”
logo in black on left sleeve of jersey
(April 20 only) |
|
32 people killed at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA |
| 2007 |
|
Minnesota (AL) |
|
Black armband on right sleeve for first week of season; afterwards, a blue microphone and the word “Herb” in white on a
blue-bred circle with a blue border on right sleeve |
|
Broadcaster Herb Carneal |
| 2007 |
|
New York (AL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve |
|
Teammate Cory Lidle |
| 2007 |
|
New York (AL) |
|
Virginia Tech logo on left side
of baseball cap (May 23 only) |
|
32 people killed at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA |
| 2007 |
|
Toronto (AL) |
|
White “SP” in a black circle on right sleeve of home,
white jerseys |
|
Former Chairman and CEO Sam
Pollock |
| 2007 |
|
Atlanta (NL) |
|
White “LB 33 JS” in a black
baseball with white stitches on left sleeve |
|
Former players Lew Burdette and
Johnny Sain |
| 2007 |
|
Philadelphia (NL) |
|
White “VUK” in small black circle on right sleeve |
|
Former player and coach John
Vukovich |
| 2007 |
|
San Francisco (NL) |
|
White “BECK” and “47” inside black rectangle on left sleeve |
|
Former player Rod Beck |
| 2007 |
|
St. Louis (NL) |
|
White “32” in small black circle on
left sleeve |
|
Teammate Josh Hancock |
| 2007 |
|
Washington (NL) |
|
Virginia Tech baseball caps (April 17 only): position players wore burgundy caps, manager and coaches staff wore white caps, relievers wore orange caps
|
|
32 people killed at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA |
| 2008 |
|
Baltimore (AL) |
|
Black armband on right sleeve
|
|
Sportscaster and minority owner Jim McKay |
| 2008 |
|
Chicago (AL) |
|
Northern Illinois University baseball caps (Spring Training game of February 27 only)
|
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6 people killed at
Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL |
| 2008 |
|
New York (AL) |
|
Black armband on left sleeve
|
|
Former player and broadcaster Bobby Murcer |
| 2008 |
|
Atlanta (NL) |
|
White arched patch with blue word “BEACH” on left sleeve
|
|
Former coach Jim Beauchamp |
| 2008 |
|
Cincinnati (NL) |
|
Black circular patch with white word “NUXY” on right sleeve
|
|
Former pitcher and broadcaster Joe Nuxhall |
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