Baseball's retired numbers : major and minor leagues / Thomas W. Brucato.

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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Main Author: Brucato, Thomas W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co, ©2004.
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