Quiz

[batmagadanleadoff]

What's the lowest number that's never been worn as a uniform number in MLB?

[Edgy MD]

I'll go with 69, Ted!

[batmagadanleadoff]

Edgy MD wrote: I'll go with 69, Ted!

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[Johnny Lunchbucket]

82



It's just a stupid number. I don;t even think NASCAR has an 82

[batmagadanleadoff]

Tough to find a picture of the back of Johnny Lazor's uni, but he wore #82.



Great baseball name, too.



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[Benjamin Grimm]

I'll guess -15.



Or maybe -43. I'm not sure.



Or how about 0.05?

[batmagadanleadoff]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I'll guess -15. Or maybe -43. I'm not sure.

OK. I'll award you a chicken dinner for your cleverness, but I can't declare you the quiz winner.



Let's do this again.



What's the lowest positive whole number that's never been worn as a uniform number in MLB?

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Johnny Lazar also wrecked in the final lap at Darlington, losing to Junior Johnson and Dick Trickle

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

94

[LWFS]

91

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Carlos Gomez wore 91 this year!

[LWFS]

Fine, 86

[MFS62]

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What's the lowest number that's never been worn as a uniform number in MLB?

[batmagadanleadoff]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: 94

Jose Mesa



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[Ceetar]

79?



I feel like we just passed all the high numbers now with 'I was born that year, I guess it works' so I'm surprised there are any.

[batmagadanleadoff]

=LWFS post_id=34381 time=1585593941 user_id=84]Fine, 86

[batmagadanleadoff]

79? I feel like we just passed all the high numbers now with 'I was born that year, I guess it works' so I'm surprised there are any.

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[LWFS]

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=LWFS post_id=34381 time=1585593941 user_id=84]Fine, 86

[MFS62]

Fine, 86 I can't find a picture of a major leaguer wearing 86 'cause there ain't one. And every positive whole number lower than 86 was worn. That makes you the winner.

Wasn't the original question "the lowest"?

That would be the highest.

I thought you might be thinking that Eddie Gadel's 1/8 was the lowest, and maybe, when he went into his crouch, it was technically the lowest.

Later

[batmagadanleadoff]

Fine, 86 I can't find a picture of a major leaguer wearing 86 'cause there ain't one. And every positive whole number lower than 86 was worn. That makes you the winner. Wasn't the original question "the lowest"? That would be the highest.

What are you talking about?

[MFS62]

Fine, 86 I can't find a picture of a major leaguer wearing 86 'cause there ain't one. And every positive whole number lower than 86 was worn. That makes you the winner. Wasn't the original question "the lowest"? That would be the highest. What are you talking about?

This, in your own words:

What's the lowest number that's never been worn as a uniform number in MLB?

Later

[batmagadanleadoff]

Fine, 86 I can't find a picture of a major leaguer wearing 86 'cause there ain't one. And every positive whole number lower than 86 was worn. That makes you the winner. Wasn't the original question "the lowest"? That would be the highest. What are you talking about? This, in your own words: What's the lowest number that's never been worn as a uniform number in MLB?

So?

[batmagadanleadoff]

Fine, 86 I can't find a picture of a major leaguer wearing 86 'cause there ain't one. And every positive whole number lower than 86 was worn. That makes you the winner. Wasn't the original question "the lowest"? That would be the highest. What are you talking about? This, in your own words: What's the lowest number that's never been worn as a uniform number in MLB? So?

I'd try and explain where you're confused here but I can't explain it any better than with the very words that you just quoted. Just stare at those rules and concentrate. You highlighted "lowest" when you should've highlighted "never".

[MFS62]

Aha!

My bad.



Later

[Edgy MD]

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[batmagadanleadoff]

And the Mets 1986 batboys, but I couldn't find a good picture of them, though I tried. Backman doesn't count, though I suppose I shoulda specified "players" in the question. Jeez are youse picky. Picky, picky picky.

[kcmets]

What's the lowest number that's never been worn as a uniform number in MLB?

I'm still confused. The lowest number according to multiple sources is 80.

Unfortunately, the newest links saying 80 is the number are from 08/2018.

https://www.baseball-almanac.com/baseball_uniform_numbers.shtmlBaseball Almanac has a listing by team of all numbers ever worn, but that's

a lot of clicking and checking.

[seawolf17]

Ryan Eades of the Twins, apparently.

[kcmets]

And there ya go, thanks...

[seawolf17]

Baseball Reference does uniform numbers by season, thankfully. It's buried down at the bottom among their random links.