American baseball history By goyankees9927 1839 Abner Doubleday is credited for inventing baseball https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abner_Doubleday 1845 Alexander joy Cartwright develops the rules of baseball https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Cartwright 1846 the first official game of baseball is played between the knickerbockers and cricket players http://www.19cbaseball.com/image-new-york-knickerbockers-1862.html 1850 California enters the union 1861 the civil war begins 1866 the first women's baseball team is started 1867 candy Cummings throws the first curveball in baseball https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/cummings-candy 1868 the first professional team in the Cincinnati Red Stockings take the field for the first time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Red_Stockings 1876 custers defeat at little bighorn 1876 the National League is established and William Hulbert as president 1877 four players are banned from baseball for accepting a bribe 1882 American baseball association is created also known as the beer and whiskey league is created 1883 the Brooklyn bridge opens 1884 Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first African american player in the big leagues 1885 Pete Browning uses the first Louisville slugger bat https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5141/pete-browning 1889 the players league is created 1890 Cy young makes his mlb debut https://bill37mccurdy.com/2014/04/21/cy-youngs-1st-win-aug-6-1890/ 1892 Ellis island opens as an immigration station 1898 The Spanish American War begins
