History of Baseball

By Jocsan

  • First Original Baseball Team

    First Original Baseball Team
    Alexander Joy Cartwright wanted to rent a field to play town ball, and organized a ball team called the Knickerbockers, named after the place he worked at. He created a set of rules for everybody to follow so that the playing can be fair for all, and that is how baseball came to be.

  • First No-Hitter

    First No-Hitter
    Ted Breitenstein throws the first no-hitter in baseball history, although he didn't throw it in an official baseball game. He threw his second no-hitter on April 22, 1898.

  • First World Series

    First World Series
    The first ever world series was the Boston Americans and the Pittsburgh Pirates in a best of nine series. The Boston Americans prevailed 5 games to 3, winning the last four games.

  • Fenway Park: First Baseball Field

    Fenway Park: First Baseball Field
    Fenway Park was made in 1912 for the Boston Red Stockings (modern-day Boston Red Sox) with a manual scoreboard. They have been using it for 106 years now, making it the first baseball field and the oldest baseball field.

  • First MLB All-Star Game

    First MLB All-Star Game
    The first ever Major League All-Star Game is played in Comiskey Park, home to the Chicago White Sox, with the American League beating the National League, 4-2. Lefty Gomez is the winning pitcher and Babe Ruth hits a home run, making it the first ever home run in All-Star Game history.

  • Baseball's Color Barrier Is Broken

    Baseball's Color Barrier Is Broken
    Jackie Robinson takes the field on April 15, 1947, breaking the color barrier for baseball, trying to take out racial discrimination forever. For the next 9 years, he played with the Brooklyn Dodgers, paving the way for more African Americans to play "America's Pastime"

  • The Curse of the Bambino is Broken

    The Curse of the Bambino is Broken
    When the Boston Red Sox traded Babe Ruth in 1920 to the Yankees, they couldn't win a World Series. In 2004, the Boston Red Sox come back in a best-of-7 series in the American League Championship, losing 0-3 games, winning the last four games against the New York Yankees, advancing to the World Series, beating the St. Louis Cardinals, breaking their curse that lasted for 86 years

  • Chicago Cubs Break the Biggest World Series Drought In MLB History

    Chicago Cubs Break the Biggest World Series Drought In MLB History
    The Chicago Cubs won a World Series in 1908, beating the Detroit Tigers. After that World Series, the Cubs could not win a World Series, or not even go to the World Series. Then in 2016, they went to the World Series against the Cleveland Indians, winnning the series 4-3, ending the drought that lasted 108 years.