Now Batting, Number The Mystique, Superstition, And Lore of Baseball's Uniform Numbers

A fun, fascinating, and obsessve look at the facts, stats, history, and secrets behind baseball's uniform numbers. Did You Know... Carlos May is the only Major League player to wear his entire birth date on his uniform-"May 17"? Bobby Valentine Switched from #13 to #11 while on the Angels after his jaw was broken by a pitch, his leg was broken running into a wall, and a ground ball broke his nose? Al Oliver was the first Major League player to wear #0 in 1978 with the Texas Rangers? He insisted it was an "O" for Oliver, not a zero. If a "Dream Team" was ever assembled of all the great #8's from the Majors it would include: 1B, Willie Stargell, SS Cal Ripkin, CF Andre Dawson, RHP Schoolboy Rowe, and MGR Yogi Berra? Reggie Jackson wore #44 for less than half his career? Pop Haines pitched a no-hitter wearing #18 in 1924?Looney, Jack is the author of 'Now Batting, Number The Mystique, Superstition, And Lore of Baseball's Uniform Numbers', published 2006 under ISBN 9781579125752 and ISBN 1579125751.