10 Fun Facts About Baseball


1. The first recorded game of baseball took place on June 19,1846, with the New York Nine playing against the Knickerbockers Club of Hoboken, New Jersey. (source)

2. The average MLB baseball only last for about six pitches. (source)

3. The longest baseball game ever played took place in May of 1920 between the Boston Braves and the Brooklyn Dodgers, the game lasted 8 hours and 25 minutes. (source)



4. In 1916, the New York Giants had a lucky cat named Schlitzie. (source)

5. Take Me Out to the Ballgame, by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer, is American baseball's unofficial song. (source)

6. The Boston Red Sox were the first team to win the World Series back in 1903. (source)



7. The Cincinnati Red Stockings were the first professional baseball team, founded in 1869. (source)

8. MLB baseballs are identically made with 108 double stitches. (source)

9. The fastest game of MLB baseball took place on September 28, 1919, against the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Phillies - the game only lasted 51 minutes. (source)

10. In 1936, Ty Cobb was the first baseball player to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. (source)