{"id":122075,"date":"2026-05-20T12:05:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T16:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=122075"},"modified":"2026-05-20T12:05:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T16:05:30","slug":"busch-iii-retired-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2026\/05\/20\/busch-iii-retired-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 20 Years at Busch Stadium III: Retired Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"
Welcome to the second installment of our “Celebrating 20 Years at Busch III” series. We continue our look at the special moments\/players in Busch Stadium III’s 20-year history. Last month, we took a look at the St. Cardinals’ championships and pennants<\/a> at Busch III. Today, we are going to look at the numbers retired since Busch III opened.<\/span><\/div>\n

Celebrating 20 Years at Busch III: Retired Numbers<\/span><\/h2>\n
Today, 14 individuals in Cardinals’ history are honored on the left-field wall in Busch III as well as under the right-field scoreboard. Players, managers, owners, and broadcasters alike are honored.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Since Busch III opened in 2006, four new numbers have been added to the list. Today, we are celebrating Busch III’s history by talking about each player and why they are honored in Cardinals’ history. We will go in the order of when the numbers were retired.<\/span><\/div>\n

#42 Bruce Sutter<\/a> (2006)<\/span><\/h3>\n
MLB retired Jackie Robinson<\/a>‘s #42 in 1997 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Robinson breaking baseball’s color barrier. However, the Cardinals are one of two teams to have #42 retired for an additional player. In fact, they were the first to do it; later joined by the New York Yankees in 2013 (Mariano Rivera<\/a>).<\/span><\/div>\n
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In 2006, the inaugural season of Busch III, the Cardinals retired Bruce Sutter<\/a>‘s #42. Sutter was voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame earlier that year. Sutter pitched for the Cardinals from 1981 to 1984. In his first season wearing the Cardinals’ uniform, Sutter saved 25 games, a then-record for the organization. He recorded 36 saves in 1982, including recording the final out of the 1982 World Series. His 45 saves in 1984 set a new Major League record that has since been broken.<\/span><\/div>\n