Daniel Carter Beard

Historical marker location:

Painesville, Ohio

( Marker is on West Washington Street, 0.1 miles west of Wood Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2001

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.