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First Ever World Series
The first world series was between the AL's Boston Americans and the NL's Pittsburg Pirates. It was a 9-game series, unlike the present 7-game series, where the Boston Americans won the series 5-3, winning the last 4 consecutively. -
Babe Ruth changes the hitting game
Babe Ruth changes baseball history hitting a record 29 homeruns in a single season, which is more than any team hit, combined, that season. Before this baseball teams focused on stealing bases and hitting the ball strategically. After this season, stolen bases were down 60%, and batters started focusing on Ruth's hitting style. This brought and end to the dead ball era. It was called "dead ball era" because balls were not switched out during the game, making them worn out by the end of the game. -
First Radio Broadcast of a World Series
Graham McNamee was originally a concert singer and state actor, and had a good understanding of how to convey emotion without people being there. This brought a lot of people to listening to the radio because they could understand what was happening. Radio became a way people listened to games until there were more TV broadcasts. -
Lou Gherig' Number Retired
Lou Gherig was the first player to ever have his number retired. -
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson- Black History
Jackie Robinson changed the culture of baseball. Jackie Robinson was the first African-American in the MLB. -
Don Larson's Perfect Game
Don Larson pitched the first ever perfect game at a World Series in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers -
Tommy John Surgery
Tommy John was a sucsessful pitcher who had a surgery on his elbow replacing a legiment in his elbow with one from his forearm. People thought he would never play again but he recovered and now the surgery is often preformed on pitchers with a 90% success rate. -
Pete Rose Banned from Baeball
Pete Rose was found guilty of betting on his own team in baseball, as a player and as a manager for the Reds. This was the biggest baseball scandal since the Black Sox in 1919. -
The MLB Goes on Strike
A 232 day strike is the longest strike in professional sports history. It was the only year there was not a post season or World Series. The teams began to consider playing with backups before the strike ended -
Royals Win the World Series
The Kansas City Royals win their first World Series since 1985.
