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1839 – Abner Doubleday invents the game of baseball in Cooperstown, NY. |
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1890 – Cy Young pitches his first Major League game. |
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1900 – The American League is created. |
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1903 – The first World Series is played between the Boston Americans and the Pittsburgh Pirates. |
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1921 – A Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, radio station broadcasts the first live baseball game in history. |
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1929 – Babe Ruth hits his 500th home run. |
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1933 – The first All-Star game is played in Chicago, Illinois. |
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1936 – The National Baseball Hall of Fame inducts its first class of players. |
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1939 – The first televised baseball game is broadcast from Ebbets Field. |
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1947 – Jackie Robinson plays his first Major League game. |
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1973 – With his 715th career home run, Hank Aaron becomes the all-time home run leader. |
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1994 – The baseball season is cut short by a players strike. |
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1995 – Cal Ripken Jr. breaks Lou Gehrig’s record for consecutive games played. |
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1998 – Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa break Roger Marris’s single-season home run record, a record that stood for nearly 40 years. |
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2004 – The Boston Red Sox win their first World Series in 86 years. |
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2006 – Barry Bonds hits his 715th home run and moves to number two on the all-time home run list. |
| Alex Rodriguez image courtesy of the New York Yankees. |
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| Ted Williams and Ty Cobb photos: National Baseball Hall of Fame Library |
| 1956 All-Star Game photo: National Baseball Hall of Fame Library |
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