Carl Barger
Carl F. Barger | |
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| Born | August 18, 1930 Florida Marlins (1991–1992) |
Carl F. Barger (August 18, 1930 – December 9, 1992) was a Pittsburgh attorney and baseball executive.
Biography
Barger became the
Florida Marlins (now the Miami Marlins) on July 8, 1991. However, he would not live to see the new team take the field, as he suffered an aneurysm during MLB's Winter Meetings in 1992 in Louisville, Kentucky and later died.[1] On April 5, 1993, the day that the Marlins played their first regular-season game, the team retired the number 5 in Barger's memory, as his favorite player had been Joe DiMaggio, who wore the number 5 throughout his career. The only other person to have a uniform number retired by the Marlins is Jackie Robinson, whose number 42 jersey has been retired throughout Major League Baseball
to honor his achievement of breaking baseball's color barrier.
However, on February 11, 2012, the Miami Marlins unretired the number 5, as that number was requested to be worn by Logan Morrison, who played for the Marlins from 2012 to 2014. Barger is currently honored with a plaque inside LoanDepot Park with the number 5 depicted on it.
Additionally, the Marlins designated the practice areas and fields next to
Space Coast Stadium in Viera, Florida
, their original Florida Spring Training facility, as the Carl F. Barger Baseball Complex.
References
- ISBN 978-1462083671.
External links
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