We, the undersigned, urge the owners of the Oakland Athletics to publicly retire Campy Campaneris' jersey number 19.

Campaneris is a six time All Star and was in the Oakland Athletics World Champion teams of 1972, 1973 and 1974.

Campaneris retains the Athletics' franchise records for:

• Career games (1,702)
• Hits (1,882)
• Putouts (2,932)
• Assists (5,021)
• Double plays (934) at shortstop

In addition, in his 19-year career, Campaneris batted .259 with 79 home runs, 646 RBI, 1,181 runs, 2,249 hits, 313 doubles, and 86 triples in 2,328 games.