History of baseball

First baseball made

Jan 8, 1839

The “Doubleday baseball,” considered the first modern baseball, was discovered in a farmhouse near Cooperstown. With its stitched cover and cloth stuffing, the ball is a symbol of the legendary first baseball game of 1839 in Cooperstown, NY. Cited:https://baseballhall.org/media/museum-history#:~:text=The%20%E2%80%9CDoubleday%20baseball%2C%E2%80%9D%20considered,of%201839%20in%20Cooperstown%2C%20NY.

invented baseball

Jun 19, 1846

While there are reports that the New York Knickerbockers played games in 1845, the contest long recognized as the first officially recorded baseball game in U.S. history took place on June 19, 1846, in Hoboken, New Jersey: the "New York Nine" defeated the Knickerbockers, 23–1, in four innings. Cited:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_baseball#:~:text=While%20there%20are%20reports%20that,%E2%80%931%2C%20in%20four%20innings.

First baseball glove

Jul 29, 1875

The first documented use of a baseball glove occurred in 1875, when Charles Waitt, a first baseman for the St. Louis Brown Stockings, wore a flesh-colored leather glove. Cited:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_glove

First home run

Jan 4, 1876

The first home run ever hit in the National League was by Ross Barnes of the Chicago White Stockings (now known as the Chicago Cubs), in 1876. The home "run" was literally descriptive. Cited:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_run#:~:text=The%20first%20home%20run%20ever,%22run%22%20was%20literally%20descriptive.

first team madee

Sep 7, 1971

The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players operated from 1871 through 1875 and is considered by some to have been the first major league. Its amateur counterpart disappeared after only a few years. cited:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_baseball_in_the_United_States#:~:text=The%20National%20Association%20of%20Professional,after%20only%20a%20few%20years.