"The Giants announced on Thursday afternoon that they will retire Kent's jersey No. 21 on Aug. 29 after he is inducted into Cooperstown in July. Kent will become the 14th person in franchise history to have his jersey number retired, joining Bill Terry (3), Mel Ott (4), Carl Hubbell (11), Monte Irvin (20), Will Clark (22), Willie Mays (24), Barry Bonds (25), Juan Marichal (27), Orlando Cepeda (30), Gaylord Perry (36), Willie McCovey (44), Chrsty Mathewson (no number) and John McGraw (no number)."
"I didn't think about it much. During the 10 years of opportunity to get voted in, it'd come up every year and the moments seemed to pass by. Not utter disappointment, but just disappointment frustration that I wasn't better recognized. The time had gone by that you leave it alone, and I left it alone. I love the game. Everything I gave to the game, I left there on the field."
The San Francisco Giants will retire Jeff Kent's No. 21 on Aug. 29 after his Cooperstown induction in July. Kent becomes the 14th individual in franchise history to have a number retired, joining a list of Hall of Famers and franchise icons. San Francisco customarily retires numbers when a player reaches the Hall of Fame, with the only recent exceptions being Barry Bonds in 2018 and Will Clark in 2022. The first 21,000 fans at Oracle Park on the ceremony day will receive a National Baseball Hall of Fame replica ring. Kent joined the Giants in November 1996 in a trade for Matt Williams and compiled a .297 average with 175 home runs and 689 RBIs over six seasons in San Francisco, later expressing deep emotion and surprise at the honor.
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