Salute to 42

April 15, 2007 marks the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's major league debut. Brooklyn beat the Boston Braves, 5-2. Robinson started at first base and was 0-3 in the game, but he reached on an error and came around to score the game-winning run.

In celebration of the anniversary, Major League Baseball will temporarily rescind the league-wide retirement of Robinson's uniform number. The number 42 was retired league-wide in 1997 -- the fiftieth anniversary of Robinson's debut. Players who wore 42 at that time were "grandfathered" and allowed to continue wearing it. Of those players, the Yankees' Mariano Rivera is the only one still active.

But there will be dozens of number 42s playing today. Here's a quick rundown.

Entire Team Wearing 42:
Houston, Milwaukee, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis

Individual Players Wearing 42:
Anaheim: Gary Matthews Jr.
Arizona: Orlando Hudson, Tony Clark, Chris Young, Scott Hairston, Lee Tinsley (coach)
Atlanta: Andruw Jones
Baltimore: Corey Patterson
Boston: Coco Crisp, David Ortiz, DeMarlo Hale (coach)
Chicago Cubs: Derrek Lee, Cliff Floyd, Jacque Jones, Daryle Ward
Chicago White Sox: Alex Cintron, Jermaine Dye, Jim Thome, Harold Baines (coach), Razor Shines (coach)
Cincinnati: Ken Griffey Jr.
Cleveland: Josh Barfield, Grady Sizemore, C.C. Sabathia
Colorado: LaTroy Hawkins
Detroit: Gary Sheffield, Curtis Granderson, Marcus Thames, Craig Monroe, Ivan Rodriguez, Lloyd McClendon (coach)
Florida: Dontrelle Willis
Kansas City: Reggie Sanders, Emil Brown
Minnesota: Torii Hunter, Rondell White, Jerry White (coach)
New York Mets: Willie Randolph (Manager)
New York Yankees: Robinson Cano, Derek Jeter, Joe Torre (manager), Mariano Rivera
Oakland: Milton Bradley
San Diego: Mike Cameron
San Francisco: Barry Bonds
Seattle: Arthur Rhodes
Tampa Bay: Carl Crawford
Texas: Jerry Hairston Jr., Kenny Lofton, Ron Washington (manager), Gary Pettis (coach)
Toronto: Vernon Wells, Frank Thomas, Royce Clayton, Mickey Brantley (coach)
Washington: Dmitri Young

More:
Check MLB.com for a complete listing of events commemorating Jackie Robinson's debut.

Originally published at About Baseball