McCook Field

Historical marker location:

510 Webster Street, Dayton, Ohio

Marker installed: 2003

1917. (Inventing Flight: The Centennial Celebration Series #7).

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.