Dan Haren Changes His Uniform Number
Hidden away in this handful of notes from Fox Sports is the tidbit that Dan Haren has changed his uniform number. He’s worn #24 since coming over to the A’s from the Cardinals, where he wore #50 and #55.
Haren will now sport #15, a number last worn by an Athletic in 2004, when Tim Hudson donned it. I suppose this is the next step in Haren’s emergence as a mature, top-of-the-rotation pitcher. He dropped the “Danny” nickname last year, and now he’ll get a new number.
Here’s a history of the number 15 in Oakland:
2007 - present : Dan Haren
2000 - 2004 : Tim Hudson
1999 : Mike McFarlane
1993 : Storm Davis
1986 : Donnie Hill
1982 - 1984 : Davey Lopes
1981 : Mark Budaska
1978 - 1979 : Mike Morgan
1977 - 1978 : Joe Coleman
1974 - 1976 : Claudell Washington
1973 : Larry Haney
1973 : Tim Hosley
1972 : Bobby Brooks
1972 : Ollie Brown
1969 - 1970 : Bobby Brooks
1968 : Allan Lewis
1968 : Floyd Robinson