Baseball's Retired Numbers: Major and Minor Leagues

by 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 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786417625
• ISBN13: 9780786417629
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher