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Originally Posted by Amazin69
(It's interesting to note that Chance is seen here wearing #27, when both Baseball-Reference and Wikipedia have him only wearing his familiar #32 as a Met. Did the team originally give him the uniform that Don Cardwell [and his impressive chest hair] left behind when the Mets sold him to Atlanta in July, and only later dug up a #32 for Dino? [No Met had worn #32 that year.] They would have had to work fast, as Chance made his Mets debut the day after these pictures, as noted. Or is it a goof?)
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According to "Baseball by the Numbers" (and they are THE authority on this sort of thing), Chance wore #27 throughout his regular season tenure with the Mets. I believe he got #32 in spring training the next year, but he didn't stick around long enough to wear it during the regular season. Baseball-Reference frequently makes no distinction between regular season and spring training numbers. Show them a picture of a guy wearing a number and they'll post it as legit. Love Baseball-Reference--invaluable--but sometimes I'm amazed they haven't listed every modern player as #42, given the annual tribute to Jackie.
This was always my favorite (non-Mets) picture of Dean.