1839 • ABNER DOUBLEDAY INVENTED THE GAME OF

BASEBALL IN COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK

• HE WAS A CIVIAL WAR HERO AND 15 YEARS
AFTER HIS DEATH HE WAS DECLARED “THE
FATHER OF THE GAME”

ABNER DOUBLEDAY
 FIRST TEAM
• THE FIRST TEAM WAS THE NEW YORK
KNICKERBOCKERS (FOUNDED ON
SEPTEMBER 23,1845)
• PRESIDENTS DOC ADAMS & ALEXANDER
CARTWRIGHT
• CARTWRIGHT INVENTED THE RULES TO
THE GAME
 RULES
• ALEXANDER CARTWRIGHT INVENTED THESE RULES
• PROHIBITED SOAKING OR PLUGGING
• IN OLDER RULES A FIELDER COULD PUT A RUNNER OUT BY
HITTING THE RUNNER WITH A THROWN BALL (LIKE
KICKBALL)

Alexander
• THESE RULES REQUIRED FIELDERS TO TAG OR FORCE THE
Cartwright RUNNER (AS DONE TODAY)
• THIS RULE ENDED A LOT OF ARGUMENTS AND FISTFIGHTS
1866 1867

• VASSAR COLLEGE FIELDS THE FIRST EVER • First recored curve ball thrown by Candy
WOMEN'S BASEBALL TEAM Cummings
 1882
1869

• BEER AND WHISKEY LEAGUE IS CREATED

UNDER THE NAME OF THE AMERICAN
• CINCINNATI RED STOCKING BECOME FIRST EVER BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
PROFESSIONAL TEAM
1876 1900

• NATIONAL LEAGUE IS CREATED WHEN CHICAGO • AMERICAN LEAGUE IS FOUNDED

WHITE STOCKINGS BEAT LOUISVILLE 4-0
 1884 1904

• MOSSES FLEETWOOD WALKER IS THE FIRST

AFRICAN AMERICAN PLAYER IN MAJOR LEAGUE
• ALTA WEISS BECOMES THE FIRST WOMEN TO
PLAY PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL FOR THE
BASEBALL. THE LOUISVILLE SLUGGER WAS BORN
VERMILION INDEPENDENTS
 1908 1918

• STAR SPANGLED BANNER WAS SUNG AT A

BASEBALL GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME
• TAKE ME OUT THE BALL GAME SONG WAS
CREATED
 1920 1929

• BOSTON RED SOX SELLS GEORGE HERMAN RUTH

(BABE RUTH) TO THE NEW YORK YANKEES • BATH RUTH HITS IS 500TH HOME RUN
• PASSED AWAY AUGUST 16TH, 1948
 1921 1933 1935

• FIRST ALL-STAR GAME

1912 • CROSLET FIELD IN

CINCINNATI HOSTED
• BASEBALL WAS THE FIRST EVER NIGHT
GAME
FIRST HEARD ON THE
RADIO • FENWAY PARK OPENS
 1936
THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME OPENS

• INDUCTING TY COBB, WALTER JOHNSON,

CHRISTY MATHEWSON, BABE RUTH, HONUS
WAGNER
• IN COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK
• FOUNDED BY STEPHEN CARTON CLARK
 • PASSED AWAY IN 1972
• IN 1997 TO HONOR JACKIE
ROBINSON HIS NUMBER IS
RETIRED FROM ALL MAJOR
AND MINOR LEAGUE TEAMS

• JACKIE ROBINSON SIGN WITH THE BROOKLYN DODGERS

IN 1945
• WAS AN AMERICAN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SECOND
BASEMAN WHO BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN
TO PLAY IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES IN THE MODERN ERA.
• THIS ENDED RACIAL SEGREGATION THAT REGULATED
BLACK PLAYERS TO THE NEGRO LEAGUES SINCE THE
1880’S
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