phillies was the first baseball team to put names on jerseys.
phillies was the first baseball team to put names on jerseys.
first baseball team to put names on jerseys?
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in 1916, the cleveland indians became the first team to add numbers on their uniforms, positioned on the left sleeve of the home uniforms only. (okkonen, p. 36, p. 120) in 1929, numbers were first added on the backs of uniforms by the new york yankees and the cleveland indians. by 1932, all major league baseball teams had numbers on their players' uniforms. the brooklyn dodgers, in 1952, became the first baseball team to add numbers to the fronts of their uniforms. in 1960, the chicago white sox were the first team to place players' names on the back of their jerseys, doing so on their road jerseys; within a few years, this practice became almost universal in mlb, though to this day the yankees only wear names on their uniforms for players weekend, a yearly event where alternate uniforms with nicknames are used.
baseball uniform
the new york knickerbockers were the first baseball team to use uniforms, taking the field on april 4, 1849, in pants made of blue wool, white flannel shirts (jerseys) and straw hats. caps and other types of headgear have been a part of baseball uniforms from the beginning. baseball teams often wore full-brimmed straw hats or no cap at all since there was no official rule regarding headgear. under the 1882 uniform rules, players on the same team wore uniforms of different colors and patterns that indicated which position they played.
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