The Babe wore this uniform number because it was his spot in the batting order, right before Lou Gehrig
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Uniform number (Major League Baseball) - Wikipedia  In baseball, the uniform number is a number worn on the uniform of each player and coach. ... For example, in 2015, Alan Trammell (who wore number 3 for his lengthy career ... The original baseball numbers were based on the lineup. ... number 3 and batted third for the Yankees) and Lou Gehrig (number 4, batted fourth).
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List of Major League Baseball retired numbers - Wikipedia  Red Sox retired numbers as hung on the right-field facade during the 2016 season in Fenway Park  Major League Baseball and its participating clubs have retired various uniform numbers over the course of time, ensuring that those numbers are never worn again and thus will always be ... Hence, Babe Ruth wore number 3 and Lou Gehrig number 4.
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Derek Jeter will be final single-digit number retired by Yankees ...  Aug 23, 2014 ... When Derek's Jeter's number is retired, it will be the end of the line of ... former Yankees manager Joe Torre before a baseball game against the ... spot in the batting order -- Babe Ruth batted third, Lou Gehrig fourth. ... I'm just not happy anywhere else.' " ... Torre is the third Hall of Fame Yankee to wear No.
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Lou Gehrig's Shining Legacy of Courage - New York Yankees - MLB ...  Personalized Jersey ... The Babe got the headlines; the Iron Horse just got it done. ... With the most famous speech in sports, Lou Gehrig, barely 36, bade farewell to all on that ... His mother had to work as the Gehrigs tried to eke out a living, and before ... to identify, and the numbers represented their spot in the batting order.
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Uni Watch: Cold case - ESPN Page 2 - ESPN.com  Jul 12, 2007 ... Upon watching the video again, just to be sure, Uni Watch realized that this ... That got Uni Watch thinking: Ruth, Gehrig and Foxx (whose uniforms all looked perfectly ... And if the numbers were based on the batting order, why was the ... up in the video, with his number panel clearly visible -- wearing No.
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Pee-Wee Wanninger - Wikipedia  On June 1, 1925 Lou Gehrig started his famous 2,130 game consecutive streak when he pinch hit for Wanninger. For the season, Wanninger had a .247...
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Eddie Gaedel - Wikipedia  His jersey, bearing the uniform number " 18", is displayed in the St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. St. Louis Browns owner Bill Veeck, in his 1962 autobiography Veeck  As in Wreck, said of Gaedel, "He was, by golly, the best darn midget who ever played big-league ball. He was also the only one."
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Lou Gehrig - Wikipedia  Henry Louis "Lou" or "Buster" Gehrig was an American baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, from 1923 through 1939. Gehrig was renowned for his prowess as a hitter and for his durability, a trait .... On June 1, 1925, Gehrig entered the game as a pinch hitter, substituting for...
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Babe Ruth's called shot - Wikipedia  Babe Ruth's called shot was the home run hit by Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees in the fifth inning of Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, held on October 1, 1932, at Wrigley Field in Chicago. During the at-bat, Ruth made a pointing gesture, which existing film confirms, .... And he did hit the ball out of the park after he pointed with his bat.
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Babe Ruth, Brooklyn Dodgers Coach | Society for American ...  [T]he idea of [Ruth] being the Yankee manager seems completely incongruous ... Burleigh Grimes was manager of the Dodgers in 1938, but Larry MacPhail was ... Camilli led Brooklyn with 24 home runs, more than doubling any teammate's total. ..... this past midseason to coach at first base for the seventh place Dodgers,...
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Babe Ruth - Wikipedia  George Herman Ruth Jr. (February 6, 1895  August 16, 1948), better known as Babe Ruth, was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935.
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Lou Gehrig - Wikipedia  Henry Louis "Lou" or "Buster" Gehrig was an American baseball first baseman who played 17 ... Gehrig's streak ended on May 2, 1939, when he voluntarily took himself out of ... 1939 "Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth" speech at Yankee Stadium. ..... On July 4, 1939, Gehrig delivered what has been called "baseball's...
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Happy Anniversary: Ripken breaks consecutive games played record  Sep 6, 2014 ... On this date in 1995, Cal Ripken Jr. broke Lou Gehrig's record by playing in his 2131st consecutive game. ... He has been a member of the BBWAA since 2015 and has previously written about both fantasy baseball and real...
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jeopardy/3111_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  SPORTS GIANTS | One advantage of the Yankees' pinstripes is that in the '20s they made this tubby home run king look thinner | Babe Ruth. right: Adam. Wrong...
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Wally Pipp's Career-Ending 'Headache' : snopes.com  Rumor: Lou Gehrig's consecutive game streak begin when Wally Pipp sat out a game with a headache. ... When he returned, the Yankees had a new first baseman. ... Gehrig, who'd played sparingly thus far, including a pinch-hit performance the ... Miller Huggins sent him up to bat for Peewee Wanninger on June 1, 1925.
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Lou Gehrig - Wikipedia  Henry Louis "Lou" or "Buster" Gehrig was an American baseball first baseman who played 17 ... A native of New York City and attendee of Columbia University, Gehrig ... The disease forced him to retire at age 36 and was the cause of his death .... His 117 extra-base hits that season are second all-time to Babe Ruth's 119...
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There Once was a Little Person Who Played in Major League Baseball  Mar 28, 2012 ... This man was 26 year old, 3 feet, 7 inch tall Eddie Gaedel. Gaedel was signed by Bill Veeck to a Major League contract of $15,400 .... Gaedel is one of just five people in the history of Major League Baseball to have only one plate ... the number 1/8 on the back, though his official registered number was 18.
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'The Luckiest Man': Remembering Lou Gehrig 75 years after the ...  Jun 2, 2016 ... Henry Louis Gehrig, Yankee Captain and "Luckiest Man" ... He had suffered from it for about two years or so; it stole from him what mattered ... the record of 2,130 consecutive games played without interruption. .... No wonder everyone in Yankee Stadium, from home plate right up to the rafters, cried that day.
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Washingtonpost.com: Cal Ripken's Streak  ... anointed the new iron man of baseball when he broke Lou Gehrig's streak by ... On the eve of Cal Ripken's 2131st consecutive game, The Washington Post...
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New York Yankees - Wikipedia  With Ruth retired, Gehrig finally had a chance to take center stage, ... The Yankees declared July 4, 1939 to be "Lou ... number 4 (the first retired number in baseball). ... of their best players, including DiMaggio himself, ... His tenure as Yankee field manager, however,...
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Lou Gehrig | Sports | Pinterest | Sports  "Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth!" July 4, 1939. ... Lou Gehrig famous baseball player for the New York Yankees. Great Gatsby Era .... Yankee Stadium "Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day" July 4, 1939. "Today ...... Lou Gehrig and Joe Dimaggio...2 of the greatest to ever play the game. Lou Gehrig...