2. History
• Abner Doubleday invented the game of
baseball in 1839
• It became a professional sport in 1871
• It was founded around the time of 1870 but
the founders were never publicly addressed
3. players/salary
• The lowest a player can or was paid in 2015
was $507,500
• A normal salary for a player in 2015 was
$4,250,000
• The highest plaid player of all time was Alex
Rodriguez he was paid $29,000,000, a year
4. My Favourite Player
• My favourite player in the MLB is Andrew
MCcutchen
• He plays for the Pittsburgh Pirates
• He is paid 7.25 million a year