Who were all the Chicago Cubs players that wore number 3?

Answer 1

A listing of all Chicago Cubs to wear uniform number 35:

Lennie Merulo(1941-42), Hi Bithorn(1943), Hy Vandenberg(1944-45), Marv Rickert(1946-47), Ralph Hamner(1947-49), Turk Lown(1951-54), Vicente Amor(1955), Rogers Hornsby (c)(1958-59), Morrie Steevens(1962), Mike Paul(1973-74), Buddy Schultz(1975-76), Woody Fryman(1978), Doug Capilla(1979-81), Jon Perlman(1985), Larry Cox (c)(1988-89), Chuck McElroy(1991-93), Willie Banks(1994), Bob Patterson(1996-98), Felix Heredia(1998), Bo Porter(1999), Brant Brown(2000), Danny Young (2000), Scott Downs(2000), Will Ohman (2000-01), Alan Benes(2002-03), Randall Simon(2003), Chris Speier (c)(2005-06), Lester Strode (2007-09)
Source: http://www.cubsbythenumbers.com/cubs-all-time.html#no35

Answer 2

The 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.

There is no current Chicgo Cubs player wearing uniform number 3. But there is a long list of players that have. Here is a complete list of Chicago Cubs players that wore uniform number 3 followed by the (years worn).

Kiki Cuyler (1932-35)

Gene Lillard (1936)

Ripper Collins (1937-38)

Phil Cavarretta (1939-40)

Walt Lanfranconi (1941)

Frankie Frisch (1949-51) (Manager)

Hal Jeffcoat (1953)

Ray Blades (1953) (Coach)

Gale Wade (1955)

Owen Friend (1955-56)

Jim Bolger (1957-58)

Harry Craft (1960) (Coach)

Lou Klein (1960) (Coach)

Freddie Fitzsimmons (1966) (Coach)

Joe Becker (1967-70) (Coach)

Al Spangler (1971, 1974) (Coach)

Larry Jansen (1972-73) (Coach)

Jack Bloomfield (1975-76) (Coach)

Herman Franks (1977-79) (Manager)

Gene Clines (1980-81) (Coach)

Billy Conners (1982-86) (Coach)

Herm Starrette (1987) (Coach)

Jose Martinez (1988-94) (Coach)

Mako Oliveras (1995-96) (Coach)

Dan Radison (1997-99) (Coach)

Gene Glynn (2000-02)

Chad Hermansen (2002)

Wendell Kim (2003-04) (Coach)

Jeromy Burnitz (2005)

Ryan Theriot (2006)

Cesar Izturis (2006-07)