1916 Cleveland (American League) Graphic courtesy of Marc Okkonen In 1916, the Indians experimented with placing uniform numbers on the left sleeve of their home uniforms. The idea did not catch on as a permanent fixture of big league uniforms until 1929. View a photograph of this uniform Go back to previous page Return to Database Search Form

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