{"id":912,"date":"2008-04-24T02:12:58","date_gmt":"2008-04-24T02:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/?p=912"},"modified":"2013-12-01T02:14:36","modified_gmt":"2013-12-01T02:14:36","slug":"sons-of-jim-marshall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=912","title":{"rendered":"Sons of Jim Marshall"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Another injury to\u00a0Brian Schneider<\/a>\u00a0this afternoon required the Mets to reach down to AAA and recall catcher\u00a0Gustavo Molina<\/a>, dressing him, appropriately enough, in\u00a0No. 6.<\/a>\u00a0Brady Clark,<\/a>\u00a0who passed through undistinguishedly wearing\u00a0No. 15<\/a>\u00a0in 2004, may see his run in\u00a0No. 44<\/a>\u00a0this year similarly brief and forgettable: He was designated for assignment to make room for Molina (pictured at left thanks to MBTN reader Gordon).<\/p>\n

As readers of this site know well, no number in Mets history has been issued as often as No. 6. Molina, if and when he makes his official Mets debut, would be the number’s 34th occupant and the first since\u00a0Ruben Gotay<\/a>, who was designated for assignment and claimed by the Braves shortly before the season began. No. 6’s colorful and scrubbily insignificant history includes three issues in the team’s maiden season of 1962 (Jim Marshall, Cliff Cook and Rick Herrscher); three issues in 1990 (Mike Marshall, Alex Trevino, Darren Reed) and a mind-boggling four giveaways in 2004 (Ricky Gutierrez, Gerald Williams, Tom Wilson and Jeff Keppinger).<\/p>\n

Even the number’s longest-term occupants (Al Weis<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Wally Backman<\/a>) owned reputations as guys who overachieved their way to prominence: Weis was a light-hitting backup infielder for the 1969ers who masde a strong case to be MVP of the 1969 World Series; Backman, of course, overcame doubts early in his career and the need for a platoonmate throughout it, to carve out a nine-season run in No. 6 on pure grit.<\/p>\n

Below is a list of the most popular issues in Met jersey history through April 25 2008, and including Molina:<\/p>\n

No.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No. of Players to wear it\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n

6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a034\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Issued a team-record four times in 2004.<\/p>\n

34\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a030\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Longest tenure: Danny Frisella (1970-72).<\/p>\n

17\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a030\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a020 position players; 10 pitchers.<\/p>\n

19\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 28\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Current occupant: Ryan Church<\/p>\n

35\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a028\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Longest tenure: Rick Reed (5 years).<\/p>\n

38\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a027\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a012 players in 9 years between Roger Craig (1963) and Buzz Capra (1971)<\/p>\n

11\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a027\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a026 position players, 1 pitcher.<\/p>\n

33\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a027\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a014 pitchers; 13 position players.<\/p>\n

43\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Issued twice in \u201966, \u201997, \u201998 and \u201802<\/p>\n

26\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0One All-Star starter: Dave Kingman (1976)<\/p>\n

29\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Best player to wear it gave it up too soon: Ken Singleton<\/p>\n

1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a025\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Everyone wants to be No. 1; most should think twice<\/p>\n

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Another injury to\u00a0Brian Schneider\u00a0this afternoon required the Mets to reach down to AAA and recall catcher\u00a0Gustavo Molina, dressing him, appropriately enough, in\u00a0No. 6.\u00a0Brady Clark,\u00a0who passed through undistinguishedly wearing\u00a0No. 15\u00a0in 2004, may see his run in\u00a0No. 44\u00a0this year similarly brief and forgettable: He was designated for assignment to make room for Molina (pictured at left thanks … Continue reading “Sons of Jim Marshall”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[89,359,360],"class_list":["post-912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-brady-clark","tag-gustavo-molina","tag-jim-marshall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=912"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":913,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912\/revisions\/913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}