Quotes About Batting order

In 1929, the defending world champion New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians became the first team to wear permanent numbers sewn into the backs of their uniforms. Starting players were given numbers that matched their usual place in the batting order.

Stengel admitted. "I'm not going to make any decision until I have to give the umpire my batting order. Then you'll know as well as I." The next afternoon, Casey resisted

I'm not a cleanup hitter. I'm just batting fourth.

If a hitter gets hot, I wouldn't take a hot hitter out of the lineup.

In 1961, when Maris broke Babe Ruth's record, he wasn't intentionally walked once. Mickey batted after Roger, and nobody was going to put a man on base with Mantle coming up to the plate.

I was nervous batting eighth, and I was nervous batting seventh.

I sort of know my role with the ball but with the bat I've been up and down the order quite a few times.

The Yankees handed out numbers based upon a player's spot in the batting order, which is how Babe Ruth acquired the number 3. His teammate, Lou Gehrig, hit cleanup, and his number, 4, became the first ever retired by any team on July 4, 1939, the day he called himself "the luckiest man on the face of the earth.