Fort Defiance

Historical marker location:

Defiance, Ohio

( Marker is at the intersection of Fort St. and Washington Ave., on the right when traveling west on Fort St..)

Marker installed: 1958

Anthony Wayne Parkway.

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.