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Baseballs first professional team was the Cincinnati Red Stockings. They were thefirst team paid to play. -
The National League was formed -
American League was formed -
A conspiracy to fix the World Series which came to be known as the Black Sox Scandal took place -
players would rarely hit home runs and is now known as the dead-ball era -
Robinson was the first black baseball player in the International League since the 1880s and this became known as "The Noble Experiment" -
Robinson won the inaugural Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award -
The Dodgers called Robinson up to the major leagues.
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Robinson made his major league debut at Ebbets Field with 26,623 people watching, more than 14,000 of those being black people. -
MLB banned women from signing contracts -
The 1981 Major League Baseball strike took place from June 12 until July 31 cancelling 713 games -
The Pittsburgh drug trials called players to testify before a grand jury in Pittsburgh related to cocaine trafficking. Eleven players were officially suspended, but suspension was exchanged for fines, drug testing, and community service. -
Central League was formed -
Interleague playing was introduced for regular season -
American League and National League merge to become one league -
an investigation produced the Mitchell Report, proving many players were useing performance-enhancing substances at least one player from each team. -
Highest total season attendance of any sports league in the world with more than 69.6 million spectators -
Major League Baseball investigationed allegations that Houston Astros stole signs from opposing teams -
Astros were found guilty. No players faced any repercussions but GM Jeff Luhnow and field manager A. J. Hinch were suspended for the entire 2020 season. The Astros were fined the maximum $5 million and lost their first- and second-round picks in the next drafts. -
Announced Allstar game that was to be played in LA would not happen because of Coid-19 -
After being affected by Covid-19 baseball is able to return to normal