Baseball's retired numbers : major and minor leagues /

The retiring of a number to honor a player likely began with the New York Yankees. The Yankees were not the first team to experiment with numbers on uniforms to identify players, but they were the first to wear numbers permanently and retired Lou Gehrig's number 4 in 1939. This book covers reti...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brucato, Thomas W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co, ©2004.
Subjects:
Baseball uniforms > Numbers > United States > History.
Baseball players > United States > Biography.
Joueurs de base-ball > États-Unis > Biographies.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
Baseball players
Baseball uniforms > Numbers
United States
Biographies
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:The retiring of a number to honor a player likely began with the New York Yankees. The Yankees were not the first team to experiment with numbers on uniforms to identify players, but they were the first to wear numbers permanently and retired Lou Gehrig's number 4 in 1939. This book covers retired numbers in baseball's major and minor leagues. In the major league section of the book, a player's name is followed by his retired number, the name of the team that retired it, the year that it was retired, the player's primary position, and the teams he was affiliated with during his playing career.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 294 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (page 281) and index.
ISBN:9780786427055
0786427051

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