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San Francisco Giants to retire Will Clark’s No. 22 next year

During a pregame ceremony honoring the 1989 NL pennant-winning squad, the San Francisco Giants surprised former first baseman Will Clark with the announcement that his No. 22 will be retired next season.

He will join Barry Bonds, who had his number retired last season, as the only players not in the Baseball Hall of Fame to receive that honor.

“The Giants have always had a policy where the numbers that were retired were Hall of Famers,” Clark told reporters. “And then that changed last year when Barry got his number retired.