MLB Players Who Wore Number 42

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Player Yrs WAR Team (click to sort by first year)
Santo Alcalá2-1.2Cincinnati Reds (76, 77)
Gary Alexander10.6San Francisco Giants (77)
Matt Alexander2-1.0Chicago Cubs (73, 74)
Hank Allen2-3.4Chicago White Sox (72, 73)
Larry Andersen313.9Cleveland Indians (75, 77, 79)
Paul Assenmacher113.0Chicago White Sox (94)
Bill Atkinson30.9Montreal Expos (77, 78, 79)
Jim Austin22.1Milwaukee Brewers (92, 93)
Steve Avery213.8Atlanta Braves (90, 91)
Lee Bales1-0.5Houston Astros (67)
Ray Bare1-0.1St. Louis Cardinals (72)
Ray Barker3-0.2New York Yankees (65, 66, 67)
Babe Barna10.1Boston Red Sox (43)
Red Barrett110.0Cincinnati Reds (40)
Shawn Barton1-0.5San Francisco Giants (96)
Dave Beard1-2.6Detroit Tigers (89)
Jack Billingham37.4Houston Astros (69, 70, 71)
Doug Bird18.9Boston Red Sox (83)
Tim Birtsas10.9Cincinnati Reds (88)
Ethan Blackaby1-0.5Milwaukee Braves (64)
Steve Blateric1-0.4Cincinnati Reds (71)
Bobby Bolin919.0San Francisco Giants (61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
Rod Bolton2-1.7Chicago White Sox (93, 95)
Bill Bonham318.2Cincinnati Reds (78, 79, 80)
John Boozer10.2Philadelphia Phillies (69)
Rich Bordi31.4Chicago Cubs (83, 84) Baltimore Orioles (86)
Toby Borland30.5Philadelphia Phillies (94, 95, 96)
Ken Brett216.3Boston Red Sox (69, 70)
Jim Britton3-0.4Atlanta Braves (67, 68, 69)
Dick Brodowski1-0.5Boston Red Sox (55)
Jim Brosnan713.9Chicago Cubs (56, 57) Cincinnati Reds (59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
Tom Brown10.1Seattle Mariners (78)
Bob Bruce111.9Atlanta Braves (67)
Freddie Burdette30.8Chicago Cubs (62, 63, 64)
Ken Burkhart16.8St. Louis Cardinals (46)
Sheldon Burnside2-0.3Detroit Tigers (78, 79)
George Burpo1-0.1Cincinnati Reds (46)
Sam Calderone1-0.3Milwaukee Braves (54)
Don Carman75.4Philadelphia Phillies (84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90)
Frank Carpin1-0.2Houston Astros (66)
Steve Carter2-0.2Pittsburgh Pirates (89, 90)
Keefe Cato2-0.2Cincinnati Reds (83, 84)
Pete Center1-0.7Cleveland Indians (45)
Tom Cheney15.2St. Louis Cardinals (57)
Bruce Christensen10.5California Angels (71)
John Christensen1-1.0Seattle Mariners (87)
Ed Cihocki1-1.0Philadelphia Athletics (32)
Terry Clark2-0.3California Angels (88, 89)
Lance Clemons1-0.7Boston Red Sox (74)
Kevin Coffman1-1.9Chicago Cubs (90)
Hy Cohen1-0.7Chicago Cubs (55)
Jerry Coleman96.5New York Yankees (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
Don Collins10.7Atlanta Braves (77)
Joe Collins112.0New York Yankees (48)
Wayne Comer12.1Detroit Tigers (72)
Dennis Cook310.7Texas Rangers (95, 96) Florida Marlins (97)
Dusty Cooke17.3Cincinnati Reds (38)
Scott Coolbaugh2-0.8Texas Rangers (89, 90)
Jim Cosman20.5St. Louis Cardinals (66, 67)
Keith Creel1-0.9Texas Rangers (87)
Jack Curtis21.2Chicago Cubs (61, 62)
John D'Acquisto1-1.0Montreal Expos (80)
John Dagenhard10.4Boston Braves (43)
Jay Dahl1-0.4Houston Colt .45s (63)
Mike Dalton10.1Detroit Tigers (91)
Bobby Darwin24.1Boston Red Sox (76, 77)
Jeff Darwin10.6Seattle Mariners (94)
Mark Davidson1-1.0Houston Astros (89)
Curt Davis339.2Philadelphia Phillies (34, 35, 36)
Tommy Davis120.4Oakland Athletics (70)
Tommy de la Cruz12.2Cincinnati Reds (44)
John Denny232.2St. Louis Cardinals (74) Cleveland Indians (82)
Don Dillard20.1Milwaukee Braves (63, 65)
Tom Drees1-0.3Chicago White Sox (91)
Bill Drescher10.0New York Yankees (46)
Logan Easley1-0.6Pittsburgh Pirates (87)
Larry Elliot11.1New York Mets (64)
Dick Ellsworth220.1Cleveland Indians (69, 70)
Mark Esser1-0.1Chicago White Sox (79)
Tommy Fine1-0.6St. Louis Browns (50)
Al Fitzmorris116.6Kansas City Royals (69)
Curt Flood141.9St. Louis Cardinals (58)
Marv Foley2-1.0Chicago White Sox (78, 79)
Dick Fowler17.5Philadelphia Athletics (41)
Larry French345.4Pittsburgh Pirates (32, 33, 34)
Danny Frisella15.1Milwaukee Brewers (76)
Tom Funk1-0.2Houston Astros (86)
Len Gabrielson11.7Milwaukee Braves (60)
Johnny Gee1-1.9Pittsburgh Pirates (39)
Andy Gilbert1-0.3Boston Red Sox (46)
Joe Gilbert2-1.3Montreal Expos (72, 73)
Pedro González31.3New York Yankees (63, 64, 65)
Tom Goodwin38.5Kansas City Royals (95, 96, 97)
Jim Gosger22.3Montreal Expos (70, 71)
Mike Griffin10.8Baltimore Orioles (87)
Marv Grissom712.8New York Giants (53, 54, 55, 56, 57) San Francisco Giants (58) St. Louis Cardinals (59)
Buddy Groom66.8Detroit Tigers (92, 93, 94, 95) Oakland Athletics (96, 97)
Harry Gumbert117.3St. Louis Cardinals (41)
Larry Gura121.4New York Yankees (74)
John Habyan36.2New York Yankees (91, 92, 93)
Harvey Haddix533.3St. Louis Cardinals (52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
Chet Hajduk10.0Chicago White Sox (41)
Tom Hall35.9New York Mets (75) Kansas City Royals (76, 77)
Lee Hancock2-0.2Pittsburgh Pirates (95, 96)
Chris Haney23.1Montreal Expos (91, 92)
Larry Hardy1-1.6Houston Astros (76)
Pete Harnisch217.9Baltimore Orioles (88, 89)
Greg Harris219.9San Diego Padres (84) Boston Red Sox (89)
Chuck Hartenstein5-0.7Chicago Cubs (65, 66, 67, 68) Pittsburgh Pirates (69)
Mickey Haslin1-0.3Philadelphia Phillies (35)
Andy Hassler56.9California Angels (71, 73, 74, 75, 76)
Dave Henderson1427.6Seattle Mariners (81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86) Boston Red Sox (87) Oakland Athletics (88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93) Kansas City Royals (94)
Fernando Hernández1-0.4Detroit Tigers (97)
Jeremy Hernandez21.9Florida Marlins (94, 95)
Xavier Hernandez12.3Toronto Blue Jays (89)
Ed Herrmann15.9Chicago White Sox (67)
Johnny Hetki14.5Cincinnati Reds (45)
Glenallen Hill19.7Chicago Cubs (93)
Frank Hiller13.7New York Giants (53)
Ron Hodges126.1New York Mets (73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84)
Joe Hoerner110.1Cincinnati Reds (77)
Guy Hoffman13.5Texas Rangers (88)
Mark Holzemer3-2.3California Angels (93, 95, 96)
Jim Hopper1-0.2Pittsburgh Pirates (46)
Pat House1-1.0Houston Astros (67)
Dave Huppert1-0.6Milwaukee Brewers (85)
Butch Huskey60.9New York Mets (95, 96, 97, 98) Seattle Mariners (99) Minnesota Twins (00)
Lou Jackson1-0.2Chicago Cubs (59)
Michael Jackson918.8San Francisco Giants (92, 93, 94) Cincinnati Reds (95) Seattle Mariners (96) Cleveland Indians (97, 98, 99) Minnesota Twins (02)
Ron Jackson30.5Chicago White Sox (54, 55, 56)
Art James1-0.5Detroit Tigers (75)
Bob James22.2Montreal Expos (83, 84)
Kevin Jarvis2-4.1Cincinnati Reds (94, 95)
Joey Jay214.0Milwaukee Braves (57) Atlanta Braves (66)
Domingo Jean10.4New York Yankees (93)
George Jeffcoat10.4Brooklyn Dodgers (39)
Hal Jeffcoat48.2Cincinnati Redlegs (56, 57, 58) Cincinnati Reds (59)
Reggie Jefferson14.5Cincinnati Reds (91)
Stan Jefferson1-0.3Cincinnati Reds (91)
Johnny Jeter1-0.2Cleveland Indians (74)
Bart Johnson39.7Chicago White Sox (69, 70, 71)
Roy Johnson5-1.2Chicago Cubs (44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
Tony Johnson1-1.1Montreal Expos (81)
Scott Karl58.7Milwaukee Brewers (95, 96, 97, 98, 99)
Dick Kelley13.6San Diego Padres (71)
Jim Kern114.1Milwaukee Brewers (85)
Mike Kilkenny2-0.2Cleveland Indians (72, 73)
Ron Kittle84.7Chicago White Sox (82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 89, 90, 91) Baltimore Orioles (90)
Chris Knapp30.4California Angels (78, 79, 80)
Alan Koch2-0.8Detroit Tigers (63, 64)
Hal Kolstad1-1.8Boston Red Sox (62)
Fabian Kowalik1-1.1Philadelphia Phillies (36)
Al Kozar1-0.6Washington Nationals (50)
Kurt Krieger1-0.2St. Louis Cardinals (51)
Mike Krsnich1-0.1Milwaukee Braves (60)
Bill Krueger13.0Montreal Expos (92)
Tony La Russa2-0.6Oakland Athletics (71) Chicago Cubs (73)
Frank LaCorte2-4.1Atlanta Braves (78, 79)
Mike LaCoss10.3San Francisco Giants (86)
Pete Ladd11.7Houston Astros (79)
Ray Lamb14.2Los Angeles Dodgers (69)
Max Lanier130.2New York Giants (52)
Dave LaPoint47.0Milwaukee Brewers (80) New York Yankees (89, 90) Philadelphia Phillies (91)
Charley Lau12.0Baltimore Orioles (61)
George Lauzerique1-0.5Kansas City Athletics (67)
Mark Lee20.7San Diego Padres (78, 79)
Ron LeFlore118.0Detroit Tigers (74)
Bob Lemon148.2Cleveland Indians (42)
Mark Lemongello22.6Houston Astros (77, 78)
José Lima64.9Houston Astros (97, 98, 99, 00, 01) Detroit Tigers (01, 02)
Horace Lisenbee15.6Cincinnati Reds (45)
Danny Litwhiler118.4St. Louis Cardinals (46)
Skip Lockwood510.8Seattle Pilots (69) Milwaukee Brewers (70, 71, 72, 73)
Vance Lovelace1-0.1Seattle Mariners (90)
Greg Luzinski226.2Philadelphia Phillies (70, 71)
Hersh Lyons10.1St. Louis Cardinals (41)
Morris Madden1-0.7Detroit Tigers (87)
Mickey Mahler21.5Detroit Tigers (85) Texas Rangers (86)
Rick Mahler1220.2Atlanta Braves (80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 91) Cincinnati Reds (89, 90) Montreal Expos (91)
Bob Malloy1-0.2Montreal Expos (90)
Jim Manning1-0.5Minnesota Twins (62)
Keith Marshall10.0Kansas City Royals (73)
Buck Martinez14.5Kansas City Royals (73)
Carlos Martínez2-2.4Cleveland Indians (92, 93)
Pedro Martínez31.0San Diego Padres (93, 94) Houston Astros (95)
Ron Mathis1-2.0Houston Astros (85)
Gene Mauch1-0.1Pittsburgh Pirates (47)
Milt May116.4San Francisco Giants (80)
Tom McBride10.4Boston Red Sox (43)
Billy McCool64.6Cincinnati Reds (64, 65, 66, 67, 68) San Diego Padres (69)
Roger McDowell510.1New York Mets (85, 86, 87, 88, 89)
Jim Mecir18.0Seattle Mariners (95)
Doc Medich519.6New York Yankees (72, 73) Texas Rangers (78, 79, 80)
Jack Meyer75.7Philadelphia Phillies (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
Cass Michaels215.9Washington Nationals (50, 51)
Bob Miller116.7San Diego Padres (73)
Norm Miller21.2Atlanta Braves (73, 74)
Paul Mirabella20.6Toronto Blue Jays (80, 81)
Herb Moford1-0.8Boston Red Sox (59)
Sid Monge28.5San Diego Padres (83, 84) Detroit Tigers (84)
Roger Moret17.1Texas Rangers (77)
Bobby Morgan19.5St. Louis Cardinals (56)
John Morris10.3San Francisco Giants (72)
Walt Moryn19.9St. Louis Cardinals (60)
Willie Mueller1-0.4Milwaukee Brewers (81)
Hugh Mulcahy23.8Philadelphia Phillies (35, 37)
Danny Murphy10.1Chicago Cubs (60)
Tom Murphy38.5Milwaukee Brewers (74, 75, 76)
Mike Mussina182.8Baltimore Orioles (91)
Jim Nash18.2Philadelphia Phillies (72)
Julio Navarro31.3Detroit Tigers (64, 65, 66)
Phil Nevin115.9Detroit Tigers (95)
Fred Newman15.9Los Angeles Angels (62)
Tom Niedenfuer110.3Baltimore Orioles (87)
Al Nipper15.4Cleveland Indians (90)
Ron Nischwitz10.2Cleveland Indians (63)
Eric Nolte1-0.8Texas Rangers (91)
John Noriega1-0.6Cincinnati Reds (70)
Jack O'Connor1-0.5Minnesota Twins (82)
Denny O'Toole10.2Chicago White Sox (69)
Sherman Obando2-0.7Baltimore Orioles (93, 95)
José Oliva1-0.8St. Louis Cardinals (95)
Bob Oliver14.3New York Yankees (75)
Bob Owchinko12.0Cleveland Indians (80)
Ray Oyler10.1California Angels (70)
Jim Pankovits11.1Boston Red Sox (90)
Bill Paschall10.0Kansas City Royals (79)
Shannon Penn1-0.5Detroit Tigers (96)
Jack Perconte16.0Chicago White Sox (86)
Marty Perez2-0.1California Angels (69, 70)
Mike Pérez52.1St. Louis Cardinals (90, 91, 92, 93, 94)
Adam Peterson2-1.9Chicago White Sox (87, 88)
Ken Phelps19.4Montreal Expos (82)
Juan Pizarro219.6Oakland Athletics (69) Chicago Cubs (70)
Biff Pocoroba2-0.7Atlanta Braves (75, 76)
Ken Polivka10.1Cincinnati Reds (47)
Ted Power27.1St. Louis Cardinals (89) Seattle Mariners (93)
Carl Powis1-0.3Baltimore Orioles (57)
Jim Qualls1-1.0Chicago Cubs (69)
Chuck Rainey41.9Boston Red Sox (79, 80, 81, 82)
Vic Raschi116.5New York Yankees (46)
Eric Rasmussen45.0St. Louis Cardinals (75, 76, 77, 78)
Ron Reed924.9St. Louis Cardinals (75) Philadelphia Phillies (76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83)
Bob Reynolds12.7Montreal Expos (69)
Ken Reynolds1-0.4Philadelphia Phillies (71)
Armando Reynoso612.0Atlanta Braves (91, 92) Colorado Rockies (93, 94, 95, 96)
Dennis Ribant13.9Cincinnati Reds (69)
Beryl Richmond10.1Chicago Cubs (33)
Steve Ridzik15.0Philadelphia Phillies (66)
Jim Rittwage10.7Cleveland Indians (70)
Mariano Rivera1956.3New York Yankees (95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13)
Bert Roberge50.4Houston Astros (79, 80, 82) Montreal Expos (85, 86)
Jackie Robinson1063.9Brooklyn Dodgers (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
Rich Rodriguez45.0San Diego Padres (90, 91, 92, 93) Florida Marlins (93)
Les Rohr1-0.3New York Mets (67)
John Roper10.1San Francisco Giants (95)
Larry Rothschild2-0.1Detroit Tigers (81, 82)
Kirk Rueter516.3Montreal Expos (93, 94, 95, 96) San Francisco Giants (96, 97)
Scott Ruffcorn1-2.5Chicago White Sox (96)
Marc Sagmoen1-0.5Texas Rangers (97)
Roger Salkeld20.2Seattle Mariners (93) Cincinnati Reds (96)
Moe Savransky10.3Cincinnati Redlegs (54)
Pat Scanlon3-0.3Montreal Expos (74, 75, 76)
Paul Schaal514.7Los Angeles Angels (64) California Angels (65, 66, 67, 68)
Sid Schacht1-1.6St. Louis Browns (51)
Jeff Schaefer1-0.3Oakland Athletics (94)
Jason Schmidt229.5Pittsburgh Pirates (96, 97)
Al Severinsen11.2San Diego Padres (72)
Bobby Shantz134.7Houston Colt .45s (62)
Jeff Shaw113.7Montreal Expos (93)
Steve Shea10.5Houston Astros (68)
Joe Shipley2-0.8San Francisco Giants (59, 60)
Bill Short1-1.5Cincinnati Reds (69)
Brian Shouse15.2Pittsburgh Pirates (93)
Sonny Siebert1132.1Cleveland Indians (64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69) Boston Red Sox (70, 71, 72, 73) St. Louis Cardinals (74)
Nelson Simmons10.0Baltimore Orioles (87)
Wayne Simpson1-1.0California Angels (77)
Elmer Singleton10.5Chicago Cubs (59)
Dan Smith1-0.1Texas Rangers (92)
Dave Smith211.7Chicago Cubs (91, 92)
Frank Snook10.0San Diego Padres (73)
Lary Sorensen213.0Chicago Cubs (85) Montreal Expos (87)
Charlie Spikes10.4New York Yankees (72)
Ebba St. Claire20.7Boston Braves (52) Milwaukee Braves (53)
George Stablein10.2San Diego Padres (80)
Tuck Stainback2-6.0Chicago Cubs (34, 37)
Gerry Staley118.9Cincinnati Redlegs (55)
Charley Stanceu1-1.2Philadelphia Phillies (46)
Joe Staton2-0.2Detroit Tigers (72, 73)
Rick Steirer3-0.6California Angels (82, 83, 84)
Walter Stephenson20.0Chicago Cubs (35, 36)
Bud Stewart15.9New York Yankees (48)
Dick Stigman13.9Boston Red Sox (66)
Chuck Stobbs114.8Boston Red Sox (47)
Tim Stoddard14.6Chicago White Sox (75)
John Stuper11.4Cincinnati Reds (85)
Jim Suchecki1-0.4St. Louis Browns (51)
Billy Sullivan17.7Pittsburgh Pirates (47)
Gordie Sundin10.0Baltimore Orioles (56)
Bruce Sutter1024.0Chicago Cubs (76, 77, 78, 79, 80) St. Louis Cardinals (81, 82, 83, 84) Atlanta Braves (88)
Dale Sveum1-2.3Chicago White Sox (92)
Bob Sykes2-0.1St. Louis Cardinals (79, 80)
Ken Szotkiewicz1-0.1Detroit Tigers (70)
Chuck Taylor412.0St. Louis Cardinals (69, 70, 71) New York Mets (72)
Ron Taylor64.4New York Mets (67, 68, 69, 70, 71) San Diego Padres (72)
Tom Tellmann24.3Milwaukee Brewers (83, 84)
Bob Tewksbury220.8Chicago Cubs (87, 88)
Roy Thomas13.6St. Louis Cardinals (78)
Gene Thompson17.3New York Giants (46)
George Throop1-0.1Kansas City Royals (75)
Paul Toth11.7St. Louis Cardinals (62)
Alan Trammell170.6Detroit Tigers (77)
John Trautwein1-0.6Boston Red Sox (88)
Lee Tunnell10.9St. Louis Cardinals (87)
Jerry Turner34.2San Diego Padres (74, 75, 76)
Tom Underwood19.9Baltimore Orioles (84)
Cecil Upshaw17.4Chicago White Sox (75)
Tom Urbani1-0.5Detroit Tigers (96)
Ozzie Van Brabant1-0.7Philadelphia Athletics (54)
Gary Varsho3-0.5Pittsburgh Pirates (91, 92) Cincinnati Reds (93)
Mo Vaughn1227.1Boston Red Sox (91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98) Anaheim Angels (99, 00) New York Mets (02, 03)
Randy Veres10.2Detroit Tigers (96)
John Verhoeven11.3California Angels (76)
Mickey Vernon135.5Pittsburgh Pirates (60)
Omar Vizquel145.6Seattle Mariners (89)
Bruce Von Hoff1-0.3Houston Astros (65)
Harry Walker112.4St. Louis Cardinals (40)
Hank Webb1-0.2New York Mets (72)
Lenny Webster33.3Baltimore Orioles (97, 98, 99)
Ralph Weigel1-0.7Cleveland Indians (46)
Charles Wensloff13.1New York Yankees (47)
Sandy Wihtol10.6Cleveland Indians (79)
Milt Wilcox113.3Chicago Cubs (75)
Keith Williams1-0.2San Francisco Giants (96)
Carl Willis11.9Cincinnati Reds (86)
Jim Willoughby33.9San Francisco Giants (72, 73, 74)
Earl Wilson127.6San Diego Padres (70)
Bobby Wine1-2.2Philadelphia Phillies (62)
Kerry Woodson10.1Seattle Mariners (92)
Rob Woodward2-0.2Boston Red Sox (85, 86)
Ken Wright1-0.3New York Yankees (74)
Rick Wrona1-0.3Milwaukee Brewers (94)
Rich Yett41.3Cleveland Indians (86, 87, 88, 89)
Jim York40.9Houston Astros (72, 73, 74, 75)
Chris Zachary1-0.5Kansas City Royals (69)
Frank Zupo3-0.1Baltimore Orioles (57, 58, 61)