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Why Pirates are wearing a 9 patch on their jerseys to honor Bill Mazeroski originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Pittsburgh Pirates will don an extra digit on each of their jerseys this season.
The number 9 will feature as a patch on each uniform this season.
The patch has been added to the jerseys to honor an all-time great and World Series hero.
Why are the Pirates wearing a 9 jersey patch?
The number 9 on the jerseys is in memory of Bill Mazeroski.
Mazeroski died in February at age 89.
The all-time great is best known for his walk-off home run in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series to stun the New York Yankees. It was the first time a World Series had ever ended on a home run, and it came from a defensive wizard.
Mazeroski's career-long highlight reel, if he played in today's game, would've started with that home run and then included a heck of a lot of defense. He was an eight-time Gold Glove winner.
As you'd expect, Mazeroski is in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Mazeroski concluded his career having played 2,163 games for the Pirates and recorded 2,016 hits.
He holds the MLB record for double plays turned as a second baseman -- 1,706.
The Pirates already have a Mazeroski statue outside the stadium, pictured atop this article.
Now, at their home opener on April 3, they're debuting patches to remember him throughout this season.
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