Bay Area Retired Numbers: Every Team, Every Jersey
Every jersey nobody around here will ever wear again, and who I'd fight you over.
What a wall. Stand in Oracle Park and look up, or walk Levi's, or sit at Chase Center between quarters, and it's all right there. Every number in this region that nobody's ever going to wear again. I love this stuff. I could stare at retired numbers all day, and I basically did for this page, so here's every one of them, team by team, with who I'd fight you over.
49ers 12 numbers
Twelve! And not one of them's a stretch. Clark's 87 went up in 1988, and every time I see it I think about that catch and then about him, and I get a little choked up. Who's next? Patrick Willis wore 52 and I'm ready to march on Santa Clara about it.
Giants 13 numbers, plus two names
That's the newest one up there, Jeff Kent's 21, retired on August 29 this year, and I loved seeing Bonds hug him on the field after all those years. Christy Mathewson and John McGraw are honored too, from the New York days before numbers were a thing. Buster Posey's 28 isn't up yet, and Madison Bumgarner's 40 isn't either. Yet. Please, soon. Jackie's 42 is retired across all of baseball, so you'll see it on the A's wall too.
Warriors 7 numbers
Iguodala's the fresh one, up in February of 2025, and that man deserved every second of that night. Here's the crazy part: no Curry yet, because he's still out there hitting threes at 38. When 30 goes up, I'm going to be a mess. The team has also said Klay's 11 will get there, and they said the same about Durant's 35 back in 2019.
Sharks 2 numbers
Patty went first, in February of 2023, and Jumbo followed in November of 2024. That's it, and that's exactly right for a franchise that's only been around since 1991. Give Macklin Celebrini about 15 years. I'll be there.
A's 6 numbers, plus Haas
Look at that, 34 is on there twice, for Rollie and for Stew, two Oakland legends. They've also got an A up for Walter Haas, the owner who actually loved this town. Every one of these guys earned it in Oakland, and every one of them's now hanging over a team that left. I've got feelings about that.
And the Raiders?
None. Zero.
The Raiders don't retire numbers, officially or unofficially, and never have. It's the most Raiders thing in the world. Al Davis would've told you the number belongs to the team and the next guy had better earn it. I sort of love it, and I'd never admit that to a Raiders fan.
So that's 40 of them across the five teams, not counting Jackie twice, and I'd bet every kid in the Bay Area who ever played Little League wanted one of them. Who's missing? Tell me I'm wrong about Willis. The stat side of the argument is on the 49ers all time leaders page, and you can dig into the legends one by one in the Bay Area Hall of Fame.
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