400K• Concepcion's game-winner, Game 3 of '76 NLCS
400K• Concepcion's homer, '82 All-Star Game
400K• Concepcion's career stats
• Concepcion, figura del momento en Cincinnati
Concepcion, now 59, owned a lifetime .267 average, 101 home runs and 950 RBIs. The nine-time All-Star was one of only 14 players in history to play more than 2,000 games at shortstop and collect more than 2,000 hits. He had a .972 career fielding percentage and won five Gold Glove Awards.
"It's too bad Davey Concepcion played before the 'Web gem' era," Bench said last winter. "Because his defensive genius would have been highlighted on national television every night."
Concepcion's No. 13 will be the ninth number retired by the Reds. It will join former manager Fred Hutchinson's No. 1, Bench's No. 5, Morgan's No. 8, manager Sparky Anderson's No. 10, Ted Kluszewski's No. 18, Frank Robinson's No. 20, Perez's No. 24 and Jackie Robinson's No. 42. The numbers are displayed behind home plate on the façade just below the press box.
Accomplished shortstops from other clubs in later eras -- including Omar Vizquel and Ozzie Guillen -- have worn No. 13 during their careers in respect to the Venezuelan that is considered a pioneer among Latin ballplayers.
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