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Timeline of Major League Baseball

By quinnn19

  • Baseball is invented

    Abner Doubleday is credited with inventing baseball in Cooperstown, New York

  • The rules of the game are made

    Alexander Joy Cartwright develops the rules of baseball.

  • The first official game is played

    The first official game was played between a team called the Knickerbockers and a team of cricket players.

  • The first curve ball is thrown

    The first recorded curve ball was thrown by Candy Cummings.

  • The Boston Red Stockings is formed

    Another pro team was formed, this time in Boston. They were called the Boston Red Stockings.

  • The first baseball league is formed

    The National League was formed by William Hubert

  • The American Baseball Association is started

    Another league was begun in 1882. It was called the American Baseball Association, or the Beer and Whiskey League.

  • The first African-American in baseball

    Moses Fleetwood Walker became the first African-American to play professional baseball.

  • The World Series is created

    The first World Series was played between the Pittsburg Pirates and the Boston Pilgrims.

  • The first baseball strike goes into effect

    Players went on their first strike. It wouldn't be the last.

  • Babe Ruth makes baseball history

    Babe Ruth makes baseball history

  • The Baseball Hall of Fame is Open

    The Baseball Hall of Fame is opened this year. They inducted five players into their first Hall of Fame

  • The World Series on the big screen

    1947 was the first year that the World Series was played on television. The baseball fever caught on, and baseball is still one of the most popular sports in America today!