3rd and 10

surprise - even thought it's sunday, and the post is titled "3rd and 10", this is not a football post. instead, it's about dodger third basemen and the number 10.

ron cey was the first los angeles dodger to wear number 10 who wasn't a catcher. rube walker brought the number with him from brooklyn and wore until his release during the 1958 season. in 1964, jeff torborg came along and claimed the number until he was traded to the angels following the 1970 season. that's when cey was called up and began to wear the number. he wore it until he left the dodgers after the 1982 season.

the number is only partially visible on cey's 2003 topps tribute world series edition card

but that's the one in the scanned folder, so it will have to do.

since cey was dealt to the cubs after the 1982 season, 15 dodger players have worn the number, with 5 of the last 7 being primarily third basemen. one of those players was jose valentin, seen here on a 2005 topps chrome traded card

valentin's tenure with the dodgers, which lasted just that one season, was forgettable. probably the most memorable or recognizable dodger to wear number 10 since cey was justin turner. i have a few cards of turner sitting in the scanned folder - 2019 topps opening day blue foil parallel

2021 topps blue star parallel

2019 bowman chrome

2021 panini donruss stat line parallel

2022 panini mosaic green mosaic prizm parallel

2021 topps big league electric blue parallel

turner was the dodgers' regular third baseman from 2015 through 2021, a tenure that is second only to cey. no dodger has worn number 10 since turner left the club a couple of years ago as a free agent.

the dodgers' current third baseman, max muncy, wears number 13, but looking through my scanned folder i noticed on this will smith 2019 bowman chrome prospects purple refractor card

that the current dodger catcher is shown wearing number 10, and the card lists him as a "c/3b" to boot!

finally, here's a 2018 topps gold parallel showing turner along with cody bellinger and clayton kershaw

during a happy time in the 2017 postseason.

we may not see number 10 on a dodger this year, but there are only 10 days until regular season baseball begins!