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a man named Abner Doubleday in Cooperstown New York. The first official game of baseball took place in 1846 in Hoboken New Jersey -
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The Cincinnati Red Stockings made their mark as the first openly professional baseball club in 1869. -
The MLB was originally formed as the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs in 1876. The American League was created and adopted a two-league format in 1901, -
Yankee Stadium officially opened on Wednesday, April 18, 1923, with the Yankees' first home game, against the Boston Red Sox. -
On Aug. 11, 1929, New York Yankees slugger Babe Ruth became the first player to eclipse 500 career home runs -
The first All-Star Game was held on July 6, 1933, at Comiskey Park in Chicago as part of the 1933 World's Fair -
In 1947, Larry Doby became the first Black player in Major League Baseball's American League, joining the Cleveland Indians 11 weeks after Jackie Robinson broke the sport's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League. -
In the summer of 1957, both the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers announced their moves to California, and the golden age of baseball in the New York area ended. -
But nothing tops the game-winning home run Bill Mazeroski hit in the bottom of the ninth inning against the mighty Yankees in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series at Forbes Field. It was the first walk-off home run to end a World Series -
The 1972 Major League Baseball strike was the first players' strike in Major League Baseball history. The strike occurred from April 1 to 13, 1972. Baseball resumed when the owners and players agreed on a $500,000 increase in pension fund payments. -
In 2000, the Chicago Cubs and the New York Mets played the first-ever MLB Opening Day game outside of North America. The game was held in Japan at the Tokyo Dome between the Chicago Cubs and the New York Mets.