Baseball over the years

First Set of Rules

Sep 20, 1845

Alexander Cartwright wrote the first set of rules that were called Knickerbocker Rules.

First Recorded Game

Jun 19, 1846

The New York Baseball club beat the Knickerbockers 23-1

First Profesional Game

May 4, 1871

score and line upFort Wayne Beat Cleavland 5-0

First World Series

Oct 1, 1903

The Boston Americans Beat the Pitsburg Pirates 5 games to 3

Black Sox scandal

Oct 1, 1919

7 players on the white sox got paid to lose the world series and an 8th player got blamed ("shoeless" Joe Jackson) and was banned from baseball for life.

Babe Ruth's called shot

Oct 1, 1932

called shotBabe Ruth pointed to center field and called his next hit, a home run.

First MLB All-Star game

Jul 6, 1933

36 players played and 20 went on to the hall of fame.

First Night Game

May 24, 1935

First inducties of the Hall of Fame

Jul 28, 1936

Ty Cobb got the most votes but other players included Babe Ruth and Honus Wagner

First Televised Gsme

Aug 6, 1939

Only one camera in action and no monitors.

Joe DiMaggio hit streak

Jul 16, 1941

He hit for 56 games strait and still holds the record for longest hit streak.

The Shot heard round the world

Oct 3, 1951

the shot heard round the world

Giants and Dodgers move west

May 28, 1957

moving west

Interleage Play Introduced

Jun 12, 1997

The first interleage game was when the Texas Rangers hosted the San Fransisco Giants.

Boston Breaks the Curse

Oct 27, 2004

It had been called the curse of the bambino. it had been 86 years since the red sox had won a world series.

Baseball Today

May 6, 2013

Now there are 13 profesional teams and many many other amatour teams.