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Pittsburgh Pirates 13The first baseball team to use numbers on uniforms was the 1916 Cleveland Indians when they wore small numbers on the sleeves of their uniforms, as a way of identifying the players. This practice was short lived.

in 1929 the New York Yankees decided to wear numbers to the backs of their jerseys. The numbers corresponded to each player's general position in the lineup.for example Babe Ruth wore No. 3, since he usually batted third, and Lou Gehrig wore No. 4 as he batted fourth.

All of the following players wore number 13:

Ronny Cedeno (2009-2010)

Nate McLouth (2006-2009)

Cesar Izturis (2007)

Nyjer Morgan (2007)

Adrian Brown (1997-2002)

Carlos Garcia (1993-1996)

Jose Lind (1987-1992)

Trench Davis (1986)

Steve Kemp (1985)

Fernando Gonzalez (1977-1978)

Ed Acosta (1970)

Red Swanson (1956)

Roberto Clemente (1955)

Eddie Pellagrini (1953-1954)

Ted Beard (1951)

Bill Pierro (1950)

Marv Rickert (1950)

Kirby Higbe (1947-1949)

Luke Hamlin (1942)

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