What team was the 1st to use numbers on the back of the jersey? Why? What year? Who was the manager?
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Guys? Which one of these ticks you off the most.?
The Cleveland Indians.Per the National Baseball Hall of Fame website: "The Cleveland Indians became the first big league club to experiment with numbered uniforms when they took the field at League Park in Cleveland, on June 26, 1916, donning large numerals on their left sleeves. The experiment lasted just a few weeks that season and, after a brief trial the following year, was abandoned altogether."
However, to answer your question regarding numbers on the BACK of the jersey, the website also says: "Not only were the Cleveland Indians the first big league club to wear uniform numbers, they were the first to wear numbers on the back of their jerseys. The practice has often been credited as originating with the New York Yankees in 1929, as the reigning World Champions were scheduled to open the season donning uniforms with the new numbering style. However, rain cancelled the Yankees’ April 16 home opener, while the Indians were blessed with clear skies that same day. By, the mid-1930s, every major league had adopted uniform numbers, though it was not until 1937 that the Philadelphia Athletics donned numbers on their home, as well as road, uniforms."
The manager was Roger Peckinpaugh, per this page: http://www.baseball-almanac.com/mgrtmci.
How many games out do the Yankees have to be?
1) New York Yankees2) 1923
3) Miller Huggins
Do the Brewers have what it takes to win the World Series this year?
I believe the New York Yankees are credited w/placing numbers on the uni's as a way to increase the sales of game day programs thus allowing fans to easily identify the players. This would have been somewhere in the 1920's most likely. Joe McCarthy was probably the manager. Also, in the early days of uniform numbering, most players were assigned a number that corresponded w/their usual place in the batting order. This explains why Babe Ruth wore #3 and Lou Gehrig wore #4. Additionally, I believe the first team to place the player's last name on the uniform was the 1959 Chicago White Sox.Will the brewers win the NL central?
New York Yankees1923
Miller Huggins
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