Cubs Make Number Retirement Promise To Dawson

By Marcus Gilmer in Miscellaneous on Jan 11, 2010 5:30PM

As Andre Dawson awaits the decision from the Hall of Fame as to which team he will enter the Hall of Fame under - the literally defunct Expos or the spiritually defunct Cubs - the Cubs are getting proactive. If Dawson enters the Hall as a Cub, the team will retire his No. 8, according to a Tribune report from over the weekend. He'd be the seventh Cub to have his jersey number retired (Williams, Ryno, Maddux, Santo, Banks, and Jenkins). Dawson played his first 11 years with Les Expos before coming over to the Cubs for six seasons, which included his '87 MVP season (.287/47HR/137RBI). The Hall of Fame is expected to make an announcement on which team Dawson will be entered under by Spring Training.

Want to have some fun arguing which it should be? Check out his stats and awards here and let the debating begin. (Of course we want to see him enter under a Cubs hat.)