Show INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT BASEBALL ob ll was played as far fur back buck as 1 KW and the first baseball club was ws or organized organized in 1845 in New York It Was vas known as the rs The rhe ho first match game was THUS played at I N 1 J June 19 1844 18 G Ghe The he first rules governing oas were drawn in New ew York in 1857 18 7 The first baseball league was formed in tn New Nev vv York in 1857 The first championship team was New NewYork NewYork NewYork York in 1858 The New York Clipper gave the first ba baseball trophy in The Th first salaried team was wae at Cincinnati in 1 The Professional National association a was formed in iii 1871 The 1 National W n league l ue was vas formed in 1876 The he old American association was Wits formed in and disbanded di in IStl 11 The American association was the first to award the series to the clUb with the V MIlt best Bt percentage per Tim Till reserve rule was adopted a l in The Players league formed in li 1 and nd disbanded dl in 1832 Largest crowd at a t game Philadelphia Get Ost 1 I 1886 attendance First glove used for left lett hand las Allison Cincinnati tI Reds 1886 Catchers rs mask malik indented bv liv F o V Yo Thayer of or Harvard UW 1575 First 1 to 0 score Chicago and St Louis ThiS Longest throw known Ed Crane 1884 1854 1 yards ards feet and V 14 inch Larry lI now of Columbus best beat it by i I I two feet but no official claim was made Greatest Or le t number of innings i arto vs VIII Devils Lake July 18 1 1 score 0 to 0 1 innings I Largest number of oC gani games a credited to toone toone toOne one ar r in Iii one season seasonS S L Thorns Thomp Thompson son 02 Detroit 1887 I Record for run ing bases 13 lf ji sec seco o 05 ds Marty Hogan Indianapolis s series n s for the tiie worlds orld champion shi Providence ne vs s 8 M 1894 1 won thre straight might The American Amerlean league leacue If originally the thee Western e t nl league wa wai formed in 1594 with iJ John Johnson on as au J president The second baseball game on record was f H at Boston Bo ton day fy 11 J JI Jet 1577 between the h Manchester IX N U 11 I pro professional et la lej dI lf I nine l and api Ore Harvard d college team th the tle score 8 Ore being beins in 0 to 0 in twenty four for innings The H ie third longest tame same on record was played at Tacoma Wash ash May 15 l IllS 1 between Tacoma a and IK Seattle See tOe Tacoma won in the tint inning by a acore of 6 G to 5 |