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Originally Posted by certainteed52
Do you know when the first MLB game was played with uniform numbers.
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In 1929, the New York Yankees were planning to start the season with uniform numbers on the back of the jersey. The Indians also planned to wear numbers in this fashion. The Yankees were rained out on opening day, April 16, while the Indians played, making Cleveland the first MLB franchise to wear numbers on the back. The Yankees debuted their numbered jerseys two days after, April 18.[3] By the mid-1930s, all MLB teams wore numbers;