Braves To Forget That Whole Mets Thing, Retire Tom Glavine's Number

Tom Glavine spent 17 years with the Atlanta Braves, compiling a 244-147 record while posting a 3.41 ERA and winning a couple Cy Youngs. Turns out that's the sort of thing people are fond of down south, so come August 6th, before a game against the Giants, the Braves plan to induct Glavine into the team's Hall of Fame and retire his number.

[Glavine] will become only the seventh Braves player to have his number retired, joining Maddux (31), Hank Aaron (44), Warren Spahn (21), Eddie Matthews (41), Dale Murphy (3) and Phil Niekro (35).

Glavine's #47 will become the first #47 to be retired by any team, and the eighth-highest all time, a little factoid which is almost interesting. Many fans of opposing teams will, of course, use this as another opportunity to mention that Glavine routinely benefited from calls off the plate, but even if true, being able to pitch to a spot is a skill, a skill that few possess. Besides, it turns out lots of people benefit from calls off the plate, on account of umpires are bad.

Jason Heyward's #22 will become the eighth number the Braves retire. His ceremony is scheduled for half an hour before every home game the Braves play for the next decade.