The Hiroshima Carp are set to retire the No. 15 shirt worn by retired right-hander Hiroki Kuroda, the Central League club's owner Hajime Matsuda said Monday.
"There are two reasons, the first is his record along with the fact that we won the pennant this year," said Matsuda. "The other is that he showed today's society that values are not just based on money."
Kuroda began his career at Hiroshima and spent 11 years with the club from 1997. He rejoined the Carp in 2015 after seven seasons in the major leagues despite much larger offers on table to stay in the United States.