Raymond R. Jones

Historical marker location:

715 S Taft Ave, Fremont, Ohio

( Memorial is on Memorial Parkway just south of McKinley Parkway, in the median.)

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.