Grassy Run Battlefield

Historical marker location:

5203 Burdsall Rd, Williamsburg, Ohio

( Marker is on Burdsall Road (County Route 25), on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2003

The Cincinnati Reds, one of Ohio's two Major League Baseball teams (along with the Cleveland Indians), were the first professional baseball team to wear uniforms with numbers on them. They did so in 1911, to help fans identify players more easily.