Today in the History of Baseball Leagues
Baseball Leagues: American League - Minor League - MLB - National League
Events in Sport
- 1871-05-04 1st baseball league game (National Association of Baseball Players), (Ft Wayne 2, Cleveland 0) Deacon Jim White gets 1st hit, a double
- 1887-12-02 International Baseball League disbands; teams in Syracuse, Toronto, Hamilton, and Buffalo form the International Association; those in Newark, Jersey City, Wilkes-Barre, and Scranton become the Central League
- 1889-10-24 Softball rules adopted by Mid Winter Indoor Baseball League
- 1900-07-08 1st night baseball, league game (Zanesville at Grand Rapids)
- 1901-09-05 National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues forms
- 1915-12-22 Organized baseball and Federal League sign a peace treaty at Cincinnati; Federal Baseball League dissolves
- 1919-10-30 Baseball league presidents call for abolishment of spitball
- 1920-01-04 1st Black baseball league, National Negro Baseball League, organizes
- 1920-02-13 National Negro Baseball League organizes
- 1920-05-02 1st game of National Negro Baseball League played in Indianapolis
- 1934-01-05 National & American baseball leagues select a uniform ball
- 1943-01-01 Negro Baseball League star Josh Gibson suffers a nervous breakdown; admitted to hospital for rest and treatment; released in time for pre-season training
Event of Interest
1945-05-07 Branch Rickey announces formation of the US Negro Baseball League
Branch Rickey
Event of Interest
1946-03-09 Ted Williams is offered $500,000 to play in Mexican Baseball League, he refuses
Ted Williams
- 1948-09-20 Mexican Baseball league disbanded
- 1955-10-23 Dominican Professional Baseball League moves to winter play for first time
- 2014-12-01 Utility Claudio Liverziani becomes first 3-time MVP in the Italian Baseball League; 291/.444/.472 season, with 30 HRs and 20 RBI in 38 games for Fortitudo Bologna
Deaths in Sport
- 2010-11-22 Jean Cione, American All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player (b. 1928)