Claude L. Wilson

Historical marker location:

Belle Valley, Ohio

( Marker is on Main Street (Ohio Route 821) near Interstate 77, on the right when traveling west.)

Belle Valley Volunteer Fire Department.

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.