[OC] Visualizing every retired number in North American pro sports

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1. Source: Sports Reference website

   * [https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/](https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/)
   * [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/)
   * [https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/](https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/)
   * [https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/](https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/)

   Individual retired numbers are listed on team pages.

   Tools used: Google Sheets, Datawrapper.

2. Interesting that almost all retirements for #13 are for the NBA. Is it the least superstitious league?

3. I’d be curious to see this broken out by player instead of league.

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