History of Baseball

1. Drew King

2.  Originated beforeAmerican CivilWar (1861-1865)
 Started in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
 Teams from Boston and Philly were first tour
the game in England to exhibit the game
 First Professional team was the Cincinnati
Red Stockings (1869)

3.  Two teams play each other
 3 outs per inning
 Each team gets 3 outs each
inning
▪ An out consists of fielding a ball
and throwing it to the base that a
runner is advancing to
▪ Catching a ball before it hits the
ground
▪ Swinging and missing the ball 3
times (3 strikes)
 9 inning games
 Runs are scored to the team
who advances a runner all
around the bases back to
home plate
 Objective is to score more
runs than the opposing team

4. Pitcher
Catcher
1st
Baseman
2nd
Baseman
Short
Stop
3rd
Baseman
Left
Fielder
Center
Fielder
Right
Fielder

5.  There are 30 total teams
 Two Leagues in Major
League Baseball (MLB)
 National League (NL) -15
teams
 American League (AL) -15
teams
 Each League has 3
Divisions
 NL East, NL Central, NL
West
 AL East,AL Central, AL
West

6.  162 games played in a season
 2,430 total between all teams
 Goes from April-October
 Post Season consist of:
 AL/NL Divisional Series (Best of 5)
 AL/NL Championship Series (Best of 7)
 World Series (Best of 7)

7.  Babe Ruth-RF/LHP
 Willie Mays- CF
 Ted Williams- LF
 HankAaron- RF
 Ty Cobb- CF
 Stan Musial-1B/OF
 Mickey Mantle- CF
 Lou Gehrig- 1B
 CyYoung- RHP
 Joe DiMaggio- CF
 Randy Johnson- LHP
 Al Kaline- RF
 Sandy Koufax- LHP
 CarlYastrzemski- LF

8.  Jim Abbott was born without a right arm but
played 10 seasons and threw a no hitter
 Ty Cobb sharpened his cleats before each
game and used to slide into players on
purpose
 Jackie Robinson was the first African
American to play professional baseball
 The First world Series was played between
Boston and Pittsburgh in 1903

9.  Reggie Jackson is referred to as Mr. October
because he hit 4 homeruns in the postseason
 George Herman Ruth is Babe Ruth’s real
name
 He has many nicknames: Great Bambino, Sultan
of Swat, andThe Big Bam
 Johnny Bench could hold seven baseballs in
one hand