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.
Garret Anderson wore number 16 for the Angels from 1994to the present
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He wore #2.
The only player to wear the number 61 for The Angels was Relief Pitcher Mike Bovee in 1997.
Hank Conger is number 16 on the Los Angeles Angels.
Nick Adenhart of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. R.I.P.
John Oshea wore the Mancunian republic 2010-2011 season jersey number 16.
16 and 17. He wore 16 prior to his stint in the WHA. Upon his return to the NHL he wore number 17.
Whitey Ford wore uniform number 16 for the New York Yankees from 1953 - 1967 and from 1968-1975 as a coach. Whitey Ford's number 16 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1974. There were 15 Yankees that wore the number 16 before him including Ernie Nevel in 1950, Whitey's first year when he wore number 19. Ford did not play in 1951, and 1952
Nolan Ryan wore uniform number 30 with the California Angels from 1972 - 1979.
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