For only the fifth time in the team's history, the Texas Rangers will retire a player's number.
No. 10, worn by infielder Michael Young, will be retired Aug. 31 before a game against the Seattle Mariners.
The teams said the on-field ceremony will begin at 6:40 p.m.; first pitch of the Rangers-Mariners game has been moved from 7:05 to 7:35 p.m.
Young joins Rangers greats Nolan Ryan (34), Johnny Oates (26), Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez (7) and Adrian Beltre (29) as the only players in team history to have their numbers retired.
"Michael Young is certainly very deserving of this honor," said team Co-Chairman and Managing Partner Ray Davis. "His contributions to the Texas Rangers franchise have been extraordinary. On the field, Michael was one of the top hitters in the American League for over a decade and served in a strong leadership role. Off the field, his contributions in the community have had a huge impact in so many ways. We are very proud to make this announcement today"
Young, 42, re-joined the Rangers as special assistant to the general manager in November 2014 after retiring from baseball that January.
Here's more from the Rangers on Young's 13 year career.
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Acquired by Texas from the Toronto Blue Jays in July 2000, Young played in a team record 1,823 games from 2000-12. He captured Rangers Player of the Year honors five times, matching Juan Gonzalez for the most in team history, and was selected to the AL All-Star team at three different positions. Young batted .300 or better a club record seven times including six seasons with at least 200 hits. He won the AL batting title in 2005 and was the MVP of the 2006 All-Star Game at San Diego. Young is the only player in All-Star Game history with two game-winning hits in his team's final at bat (2006 and 2008),
He is the Washington/Texas' all-time leader in games, hits (2230), runs (1085), doubles (415), triples (55), total bases (3286), at bats (7399), and multi-hit games (651) and ranks third in RBI (984) and extra base hits (647) while batting .301 with 177 homers. Young was a starter at all four infield positions in his Rangers career, earning a Gold Glove at shortstop in 2008.
Overall, Young batted .300 with 185 homers and 1030 RBI in 1970 games with the Rangers (2000-2012), Phillies (2013), and Dodgers (2013).
Young's work in the community earned him two Major League Baseball Players Association Marvin Miller Man of the Year Awards (2008 and 2011) and the Rangers 2010 Jim Sundberg Community Achievement Award.
Tickets for the Saturday, Aug. 31 game, and all 2019 Texas Rangers home games, can be purchased at texasrangers.com, by calling 972RANGERS, or at the Globe Life Park in Arlington first base box office.
