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The retiring of a number to honor a player likely began with the New = York Yankees. The Yankees were not the first team to experiment with = numbers on uniforms to identify players, but they were the first to wear = numbers permanently and retired Lou Gehrig's number 4 in 1939.

This book covers retired numbers in baseball's major and minor leagues. = In the major league section of the book, a player's name is followed by = his retired number, the name of the team that retired it, the year that = it was retired, the player's primary position, and the teams he was = affiliated with during his playing career. The author then presents a = brief summary of the player's career and lists any major awards or = honors he won. Retiring numbers in the minor leagues is a bit different; = a player who excels in the minors isn't usually with a team for long = because he is promoted to the majors. In the minor league section, a = player's name is followed by a brief summary of his significance. After = both the major and minor league sections, readers will find team-by-team = and numerical lists of honored players.

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