How Softball Started

Indoor

Nov 1, 1887

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softball
softball was originally intended to be played indoors

The founding of softball

Nov 1, 1887

http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/athletics/Softball/History%20of%20Softball.htm
Softball was created by accident when Yale and Harvard students were playing around with a boxing glove and a student hit it with a broom stick. The sport was called kitten ball or cabage ball.

The First Official League

Nov 1, 1889

http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/athletics/Softball/History%20of%20Softball.htm
The first league was established with The Boat Club in 1889 in which they actually began the official league in 1897 in Toronto.

Its official

Nov 1, 1910

http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/athletics/Softball/History%20of%20Softball.htm
in 1910 softball became a sanctioned NCAA sport

softball parks

Nov 1, 1913

http://www.softballperformance.com/softball-history/
By 1913 softball was officially adopted by the Mineapolis park board and softball was being played in parks and playgrounds all over the world.

"softball" Is The Name

Nov 1, 1926

http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/athletics/Softball/History%20of%20Softball.htm
The name softball was given to the game in 1926.

kids and Kubs

Nov 1, 1931

http://www.softballperformance.com/softball-history/
A team of men who called themselves kids and kubs traveled around the country p[layimg softball. Not only that but they were all 75 years old and they played in their suits

Chicago World Fsir

Nov 1, 1933

http://www.aagpbl.org/index.cfm/pages/league/12/league-history.
A tournament In 1933 at the Chicago World's Fair spurred interest in the game.

Amatour Softball

Nov 1, 1933

http://www.softballperformance.com/softball-history/
in 1933 amatour softball assosiation was created due to a tournament.

New Rules

Nov 1, 1934

http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/athletics/Softball/History%20of%20Softball.htmNow Softball was ecognized as a sport. New rules were created, the ball could only bee 10-12 inches in an official game.There can only be 9 players in the field at a time. The players tyake the positions of the catcher, pitcher, first base man, second baseman, shortstop, third baseman, and outfielder.In addition to three outfielders and the choice of playing on an outdoor or indoor field.

Fastpitch Softball begins

Nov 1, 1940

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fastpitch_softball
in the 1940's fastpitch beame widespread with women

Philip K Wrigly

Nov 2, 1942

http://www.aagpbl.org/index.cfm/pages/league/12/league-history
In 1942 many minor league teams disbanded due to the war Young men, were being drafted into the armed services. The fear that this pattern would continue and that Major League Baseball Parks across the country were in danger of collapse. A girls' softball league was established to save the parks.

The All American Girls

Nov 1, 1943

http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/athletics/Softball/History%20of%20Softball.htm
The first female group gave a major uprise in 1943 - 1954 because of everything that was going on with ww2 this was a mix of softball and baseball. The league ended in 1954 because the owners did not want to take away the attention to regular baseball.

international softball federation

Nov 1, 1952

http://www.isfsoftball.org/english/the_isf/isf_timeline.asp
The internal softball federation has its first meeting , tacking over international softball competition and setting the goal of someday being an official sport of the olympic ganes.

The United Kingdom

Nov 1, 1962

http://www.softballperformance.com/softball-history/
In 1962 the United Kingdom was introduced to softball.

World Championship

Nov 1, 1965

http://softball.isport.com/softball-guides/history-of-softball
The woments first world championship was in Melbourne , Austrralia.

interantional

Nov 1, 1965

http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/athletics/Softball/History%20of%20Softball.htm
in 1965 softball was declared to be an international sport

amayour softball

Nov 1, 1968

http://www.isfsoftball.org/english/the_isf/isf_timeline.asp
The amatour softball assosiation Don Porter secures a meeting with internatioal olympic comittee president Avery Brundage at the summer olympics in Mexico City to make sports first pitch for olympic recognition

Little League

Nov 1, 1974

http://softball.isport.com/softball-guides/history-of-softball
Due to the creation of little league baseball, little league softball was created later on.

PRO

Nov 1, 1976

http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/athletics/Softball/History%20of%20Softball.htm
in 1976 the international women professional sofball league was formed. Four years later the team was disabled due to poor funding

Professional slowpitch

Nov 1, 1977

http://www.softballperformance.com/softball-history/
In 1977 the american professional slowpitch team became the first of three men's professional softball leagues to play between 1977-1982

British Team

Nov 1, 1983

http://www.softballperformance.com/softball-history/
In 1983 the first British team was established.

olympics

Nov 1, 1996

http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/athletics/Softball/History%20of%20Softball.htm
in 1996 softball was included as an olympic sport

China wins a medal

Nov 1, 1996

http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/athletics/Softball/History%20of%20Softball.htm
In the Atlanta Olympics the Chinese have now made softball a priority at all levels since the silver medal with 6 wins and 4 loses

Professional league #2

Nov 1, 1997

http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/athletics/Softball/History%20of%20Softball.htm
in 1997 another womens professional softball league was launched.The league was cut off four years later but ended coming back in 2004 for the (National pro fastpitch)

world cup

Nov 1, 2005

http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/athletics/Softball/History%20of%20Softball.htm
The ASA created the world cup for softball in Oklahoma city in 2005. The cup is an annual event, giving the best teams all over the world a away to compeat against eachother, since there was talk that baseball and softball were gong to be elimnated from softball.

olympics say bye

Nov 1, 2006

http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/athletics/Softball/History%20of%20Softball.htm
in 2006 the dicition was taken. The international olympic committe took a vote to take basball and softball out of the 2012 olympics

todays softball

Nov 1, 2010

http://softball.isport.com/softball-guides/history-of-softball
NCAA Softball World Series. In the battle between UCLA and Arizona, both teams recorded a total of seven home runs in one game. This was unheard of when the NCAA first hosted the softball world series.

Home Run!

Nov 1, 2010

http://softball.isport.com/softball-guides/history-of-softball
There were more home runs hit in that single game of the world series than in 10 of the first 28 world series games combined

First women fastpitch

Nov 1, 2014

http://www.softballperformance.com/softball-history/
The womens first fastpitch world championship was played in Melbourn,Australia.