Mount Sterling Town Hall

Historical marker location:

1 South London Street, Mount Sterling, Ohio

( Marker is on West Main Street (U.S. 62) just west of South London Street (Ohio Route 56), on the right when traveling east.)

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.