Best of the best: Twins retired numbers

December 19, 2018 at 6:21AM
Bert Blyleven's family stands with him during a ceremony to retire his number 28 in preparation for his induction into the Hall of Fame before the Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Royals game at Target Field, Saturday, July 16, 2011.
Bert Blyleven's family stood with him during a Twins ceremony to retire his number 28 in preparation for his induction into the Hall of Fame before a game at Target Field July 16, 2011. (Dml - Star Tribune Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

In 2019, Joe Mauer's No. 7 will join this group of numbers retired by the Twins:

No. 3 Harmon Killebrew

No. 6 Tony Oliva

No. 10 Tom Kelly

No. 14 Kent Hrbek

No. 28 Bert Blyleven

No. 29 Rod Carew

No. 34 Kirby Puckett

No. 42 Jackie Robinson*

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*-retired by all of MLB in 1997

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