history of baseball

2. 1839 •ABNER DOUBLEDAY INVENTED THE GAME OF
BASEBALL IN COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK
• HE WAS A CIVIAL WAR HERO AND 15 YEARS
AFTER HIS DEATH HE WAS DECLARED “THE
FATHER OF THE GAME”
ABNER DOUBLEDAY

3. FIRST TEAM
•THE FIRST TEAM WAS THE NEW YORK
KNICKERBOCKERS (FOUNDED ON
SEPTEMBER 23,1845)
•PRESIDENTS DOC ADAMS & ALEXANDER
CARTWRIGHT
•CARTWRIGHT INVENTED THE RULES TO
THE GAME

4. RULES
• ALEXANDER CARTWRIGHT INVENTED THESE RULES
• PROHIBITED SOAKING OR PLUGGING
• IN OLDER RULES A FIELDER COULD PUT A RUNNER OUT BY
HITTING THE RUNNER WITH A THROWN BALL (LIKE
KICKBALL)
• THESE RULES REQUIRED FIELDERS TO TAG OR FORCE THE
RUNNER (AS DONE TODAY)
• THIS RULE ENDED A LOT OF ARGUMENTS AND FISTFIGHTS
Alexander
Cartwright

5. 1866
• VASSAR COLLEGE FIELDS THE FIRST EVER
WOMEN'S BASEBALL TEAM
1867
• First recored curve ball thrown by Candy
Cummings

6. 1869
• CINCINNATI RED STOCKING BECOME FIRST EVER
PROFESSIONAL TEAM
1882
• BEER AND WHISKEY LEAGUE IS CREATED
UNDER THE NAME OF THE AMERICAN
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION

7. 1876
• NATIONAL LEAGUE IS CREATED WHEN CHICAGO
WHITE STOCKINGS BEAT LOUISVILLE 4-0
1900
• AMERICAN LEAGUE IS FOUNDED

8. 1884
• MOSSES FLEETWOOD WALKER IS THE FIRST
AFRICAN AMERICAN PLAYER IN MAJOR LEAGUE
BASEBALL. THE LOUISVILLE SLUGGER WAS BORN
1904
• ALTA WEISS BECOMES THE FIRST WOMEN TO
PLAY PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL FOR THE
VERMILION INDEPENDENTS

9. 1908
• TAKE ME OUT THE BALL GAME SONG WAS
CREATED
1918
• STAR SPANGLED BANNER WAS SUNG AT A
BASEBALL GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME

10. 1920
• BOSTON RED SOX SELLS GEORGE HERMAN RUTH
(BABE RUTH) TO THE NEW YORK YANKEES
1929
• BATH RUTH HITS IS 500TH HOME RUN
• PASSED AWAY AUGUST 16TH, 1948

11. 1921 1935
•BASEBALL WAS
FIRST HEARD ON THE
RADIO
1933
• CROSLET FIELD IN
CINCINNATI HOSTED
THE FIRST EVER NIGHT
GAME
• FIRST ALL-STAR GAME
1912
• FENWAY PARK OPENS

12. 1936
THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME OPENS
• INDUCTING TY COBB, WALTER JOHNSON,
CHRISTY MATHEWSON, BABE RUTH, HONUS
WAGNER
• IN COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK
• FOUNDED BY STEPHEN CARTON CLARK

13. • JACKIE ROBINSON SIGN WITH THE BROOKLYN DODGERS
IN 1945
• WAS AN AMERICAN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SECOND
BASEMAN WHO BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN
TO PLAY IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES IN THE MODERN ERA.
• THIS ENDED RACIAL SEGREGATION THAT REGULATED
BLACK PLAYERS TO THE NEGRO LEAGUES SINCE THE
1880’S
• PASSED AWAY IN 1972
• IN 1997 TO HONOR JACKIE
ROBINSON HIS NUMBER IS
RETIRED FROM ALL MAJOR
AND MINOR LEAGUE TEAMS

14. Works Cited
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