It is issued by the equipment manager of the team.
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Originally they were given numbers to correspond with the batting order.
They can wear from 0-99, Major League Baseball won't issue uniforms that have triple digit numbers.
In the major leagues, yes, its so you can tell them apart.
No records need to be broken, they just need great stats and numbers.
The players' numbers mean nothing except to the players. The players get to choose which number they want to wear.
Mark Stang has written: 'Baseball by the numbers' -- subject(s): Registers, Numbers, Baseball uniforms 'Nationals on parade' -- subject(s): Baseball players, Biography, Portraits, Washington Senators (Baseball team : 1886-1960) 'Cardinals Collection'
Baseball players wear numbers on their jerseys so they can be identified.At all levels of baseball, players have numbers on their jerseys so fans, sports reporter and baseball officials can see who they are by the number they wear. Many MLB teams also have their last names on their jerseys as well, but not, for example the NY Yankees.
Single digit numbers are very common in Baseball. 3, 5, and 7 are typically taken on most professional baseball teams. However, there are no common boaseball numbers and no specific numbers for position players today. In the early days of baseball the players simply wore the number of their position, i.e. shortstop - 6, pitcher - 1, 1st base - 3, etc. Hence the terms 6-4-3 double play and so on.
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They play baseball.