{"id":18898,"date":"2022-06-26T07:09:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T13:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=18898"},"modified":"2022-06-26T15:14:46","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T21:14:46","slug":"by-the-numbers-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/by-the-numbers-4\/","title":{"rendered":"By The Numbers \u2013 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/cws-chi.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7973\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/cws-chi.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/cws-chi.jpeg 500w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/cws-chi-300x182.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>In 1929, uniform numbers appeared on the back of baseball jerseys for the first time, thanks to the Indians and the Yankees.\u00a0 By 1937, numbers finally appeared across all uniforms, both home and away, across both major leagues.\u00a0 Since that time, 81 distinct numbers have been worn by members of the White Sox, while the Cubs boast 76.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we continue our look at those players, picking our favorite, if not the best, player to wear each uniform number for both Chicago teams with #4.\u00a0 43 different players have donned #4 while playing in Chicago, 10 for the White Sox, who retired the number in 1975, and 33 for the Cubs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ghilll.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18889\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ghilll.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ghilll.jpg 768w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ghilll-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>In his first go-around with the Cubs, Glenallen Hill switched to #4 for the 1994 season.\u00a0 He played in 89 games and clubbed 10 home runs while collecting 38 RBIs before the strike\u00a0cancelled the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n<p>On the south side, Luke Appling started wearing his familiar #4 starting in 1933, where he started a string of nine straight seasons with an average above .300.\u00a0 <sup id=\"cite_ref-CHW_4-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>His best season was 1936, when he batted .388,\u00a0knocked in 124 runs, scored 111 times, recorded 204 hits, and had a team-record 27-game hitting streak.\u00a0 He became the first American League shortstop to win a batting title and his .388 average was the highest recorded by a shortstop in the entirety of the 20th century.<\/p>\n<p>In 1940, Appling hit .348 with a career-high 13\u00a0triples as the White Sox finished fourth, their best finish in his career.\u00a0 <sup id=\"cite_ref-BR_3-3\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>Appling missed the entire 1944 season and most of the 1945 season due to military service.\u00a0 He hit .309 in 149 games in 1946 in his full-time return and earned his seventh and final All-Star selection in 1947 when he hit .306, Appling hit .314 and .301 in 1948 and 1949 respectively, during his age 41 and 42 seasons.\u00a0 He retired following the 1950 season and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1964.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1929, uniform numbers appeared on the back of baseball jerseys for the first time, thanks to the Indians and the Yankees.\u00a0 By 1937, numbers finally appeared across all uniforms, both home and away, across both major leagues.\u00a0 Since that time, 81 distinct numbers have been worn by members of the White Sox, while the 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