Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron all changed his original MLB uniform number. My research is in these posts (the two from 2011 have recently been updated with new information and photos):
Number 7 on the Yankees in 1951. Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Uniform numbers of Willie Mays. Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Hank Aaron wore number 5 as a rookie. Why did he switch to 44? Saturday, May 14, 2022
I tried to find a way to send a message to Mays to ask him directly why he changed. Only Mantle has his own website, maybe because he died way back in 1995:
And The Mick has email: info@mickeymantle.com
I could not find email for either Mays or Aaron. But since Mays is listed as an executive with the San Francisco Giants, I looked there for a means of communication with the 91 year old Say Hey Kid. I found no such thing but stumbled onto a very disturbing number of people listed by name on the Giants Front Office Roster. My guess is that this is now typical of most, if not all, MLB teams.
https://www.mlb.com/giants/team/front-office
Cruise down vertically and judge, even count, for yourself. There must be hundreds of people. Here are most but not all groups:
San Francisco Baseball Associates LLC
Principal Partners
Executive Office (Mays is here)
Baseball Operations
Major League Staff
Medical & Training Staff
Medical Consultants
Major League Clubhouse Operations
Communications & Community Relations
Media Relations
Business & Internal Communications
Community Relations
External Affairs
Giants Community Fund
Partnerships & Business Development
Business Operations
Ticket Sales/Services/Client Relations
Ticket Operations & Services
Customer Service
Business Analytics
Marketing & Events
Content & Entertainment
Brand Development & Digital Media
Administration
Ballpark Operations
Giants Enterprises
Event Strategy & Services
Human Resources
Finance
Accounting
Information Technology
Technical Services
Network Operations
Software Engineering
A/V Operations
Legal & Government Relations
Strategy & Real Estate Development
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Council (20 people)
Employee Resource Groups
Momentum
Black Excellence
Corazón Gigante
Families with Special Needs
Asian Pacific Alliance
Giants LGBTQ+
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