Now Batting, Number...: The Mystique, Superstition, and Lore of Baseball's Uniform Numbers
There’s never been anything like this fun, fascinating and totally obsessive look at the facts, stats, history, and secrets behind baseball’s uniform numbers.Unlike any other baseball statistics book, which reveals only the information about the numbers players put on the board, this revolutionary volume reveals all of the fascinating and little-known meanings and nuances behind the numbers that players wear on their backs.Now Batting, Number...covers a wide range of categories, including “Boyhood Idols” (why players choose certain numbers), “Birthday Babes” (which players have worn the same number as their date of birth), “Caretakers” (inside stories from equipment managers on the selection of players’ numbers), and “ Early Innings” (the history of numbering in baseball).At the center ofNow Batting, Number...is a substantial section listing the complete rosters of thirty Major League teams with each player’s number and position since 1929. Other lists include every retired number listed by league and team, every retired number listed by position, famous players’ numbers and every other player who ever honored them by wearing that number (listed by number), and much more.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.