Number 27

[Stax]

If the Angels retire the number, will it be for Vladmir Guerrero or Mike Trout?

[tdawg87]

Yes.

[T.G.]

Exactly

[Blarg]

Trout should have had more respect for Vlad Guerrero's legacy and chose another number, like 15. 

[AngelStew43]

The same number has been retired for more than one player before.  The Yankees did it for Bill Dickey and Yogi Berra.  

[Angelsfan1984]

Trouts should say 27-DL

[T.G.]

Kevin Appier is the correct answer.

[Tank]

retire it for both of them.

but retire 15 and 16 first, for crying outloud.

[Vladdy Issues]

1 hour ago, Tank said:

retire it for both of them.

but retire 15 and 16 first, for crying outloud.

Conger definitely deserves to have his number 16 retired

[Blarg]

2 minutes ago, StandOutRealty said:

Call me crazy but I don't think Hank Conger deserves to have his number retired

[Vladdy Issues]

3 minutes ago, Blarg said:

after seeing this I went back and changed my quote on my original post from above... thank you Blarg for wising me up

[Bronson]

I love Vlad but it’s Trouts number now. When a top 5 player of all time decides to spend his entire career with your organization, it’s retired for him and him only. 

[Dtwncbad]

Everyone has forgotten the original history.  Trout chose 27 by default to be the least disrespectful to Vlad.

Originally many were saying Trout should choose to wear #8 since he plays CF and that number was pretty much unclaimed (other than Bob Boone).

The problem is that number would have be openly disrespectful to Vladimir Guerrero because that is the number of kids he had with five different women.

So it was 27 by default.  The subject should be closed.  Let’s do what Vladdy would do and “Put this one to bed.”

[Slegnaac]

18 hours ago, Stax said:

If the Angels retire the number, will it be for Vladmir Guerrero or Mike Trout?

And why wouldn't they?

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Trout's retired number should be: GOAT

[Dtwncbad]

18 hours ago, Stax said:

If the Angels retire the number, will it be for Vladmir Guerrero or Mike Trout?

In all seriousness this is a very silly question.

The highest single season WAR Guerrero had with the Angels was 5.9.

The lowest full season WAR Trout has ever had was 8.3.

We all love Vlad.

But Trout fully owns Vlad as a player by a massive margin.

So Trout also now fully owns number 27.

 

[T.G.]

When I look at the numbers already retired by the Angels, I think...  meh

Rod Carew spent the overwhelming majority (12 years) of his career as a Twin and went into the HOF as a Twin. Why the Angels retired his number doesn't make much sense to me. 

Jimmie Reese... Meh.

Jim Fregosi?  I kind of get it, but if they hadn't retired his number, I wouldn't care.  I grew up watching him and he was one of my favorites, but again - I wouldn't care if they hadn't retired his number.

Gene Autry.  I guess, but I also think it's kind of dumb...

Nolan Ryan.  Sure.  Eight amazing years with the Angels.  I'm disappointed he didn't go in the HOF as an Angel.

It seems like a  hodge-podge of retired numbers to me.   It kind of goes with all the logo changes, uniform changes, and the name changes, etc.  For a sport that's rich in tradition, the Angels don't really have that. 

I wouldn't be surprised if they never retired 27 or 15 for that matter.  And... I don't really care.

The Angels have their own franchise HOF and that's good enough for me.

[Blarg]

31 minutes ago, Dtwncbad said:

In all seriousness this is a very silly question.

The highest single season WAR Guerrero had with the Angels was 5.9.

The lowest full season WAR Trout has ever had was 8.3.

We all love Vlad.

But Trout fully owns Vlad as a player by a massive margin.

So Trout also now fully owns number 27.

 

Vlad Guerrero is the first and only Angels player in the Hall of Fame. First in, first on the wall. 

[Taylor]

13 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Vlad Guerrero is the first and only Angels player in the Hall of Fame. First in, first on the wall. 

Blarg has spoken.

[Angelsjunky]

Just sayin:

To put that in context, according to WAR, in 2017--when Trout played on 114 games--he created more value for the Angels than in any season by Vlad Guerrero. In fact, that was a higher WAR than all but one of Vlad's seasons (7.1 in 2002 as an Expo).

[Tank]

They both deserve to have it retired in their honor.

[Taylor]

38 minutes ago, Tank said:

They both deserve to have it retired in their honor.

Vladimike Trouterro

[Blarg]

2 hours ago, Taylor said:

Blarg has spoken.

Doesn't mean there isn't room for another 27 on the wall when that player reaches the Hall of Fame.

[eligrba]

[HanfordGuy]

On 12/21/2021 at 2:31 PM, Stax said:

If the Angels retire the number, will it be for Vladmir Guerrero or Mike Trout?

Trout for his many awards as a Halo. Vladdy would be for his total baseball career like Carew.