baseball history By cbeneke2 Sep 25, 1672 stoolball was the primitive version of baseball stoolball was the primitive version of baseball Sep 25, 1697 the fisrt recorded cricket match took place in sussex england Sep 25, 1700 a few historical sources point the year 1700 thomas wilson condemned the game of baseball Sep 25, 1839 codification of the first rules of baseball be abner Sep 25, 1856 baseball today is played by men and women of all ages and skill levels Sep 25, 1871 The first professional baseball league was born Sep 25, 1888 the chicago club introduced the game to australia, new zealand, hawaii, north africa, and egypt Sep 25, 1927 Babe ruth set record of most homerun in one season of 60 homeruns Sep 25, 1950 basbeall expanded its geographical range Sep 25, 1996 Olympics it was measure of baseball appeal outside the untied states