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gidyup24 04-13-2018 08:42 PM

1930’s Yankees Uniforms had bibs?
 
Not sure if this is the right forum...

I have seen many photos of Babe Ruth/Gehrig in my life, but I was very intrigued when I found video of the Yankees on opening day 1934 (vs. Philadelphia).

On the back of their Yankees jerseys, instead of the number being sewn directly onto the back of the uniform, it was sewn onto a bib. Then the bib was safety pinned to the jersey.

Anyway, is this common knowledge that they used to attach numbers in this fashion? In all my years I had never seen it before....

Anyway, just a curiousity of mine.

gidyup24 04-13-2018 10:10 PM

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Here’s Gehrig with his uniform bib.

Dave Grob 04-14-2018 05:09 AM

Bibbed Numbers
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWC3K8SPTuM

I am not so sure about the footage being attributed to Opening Day. Footage from the 1934 All Star Game shows this use of bibs by both AL & NL clubs and contemporary newspaper accounts say that this form of numbering was intended to help fans deal with the confusion of having more than player wearing the same number.

Dave Grob

gidyup24 04-14-2018 12:11 PM

Okay, that makes more sense.

The video I was viewing was titled “Opening Day 1931-40”. But I believe they must have mixed in video clips of other games...like the all star game.

Thanks for clearing that up, Dave!


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