What Was Ty Cobbs number?

When Ty Cobb was playing baseball they hadn't put numbers on uniforms yet, Numbers were not officially put on jerseys until 1929 although a few earlier attempts were made. The first attempt to identify individual players with numbers affixed to their uniforms occurred with the Cleveland club in 1916. In this early experiment, the numbers were attached to the sleeve, not the back. For reasons unknown, the idea faded away and was not seen again (except briefly by the Cardinals in 1923) until 1929 when the New York Yankees (possibly inspired by earlier trials in the Minor Leagues) boldly took the field with large numbers on their backs, an idea that initially did not escape ridicule. Ty Cobb's last season was 1928, the year before the practice was set in place. On the outfield wall at Comerica Park in Detroit, Cobb was honored with his name placed on the outfield wall matching font and script of the player's numbers.

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