history of baseball

the invention

• Abner Doubleday invented baseball
• It was invented in Cooperstown, New York
• It was invented in the summer of 1839

first game

• Played in 1846
• The New York Knickerbockers played the New York Nine 
• They played at Elysian field in Hoboken, New Jersey
• The Knickerbockers lost 23-1

rules

• A game between two teams
• You play 9 top and bottom of each inning
• One team in the field and one team batting
• Each team gets 3 outs
• Each batter gets 4 balls and 3 strikes

players got paid

• When people started to come to games they were charged to enter
• Players were payed based on the amount of people that watched
• Then players would try to get more people to come to games
• The first biggest salary was from Babe Ruth and it was $50,000 

baseball then

• They just first started out with two teams
• There were no divisions
• They wore no helmets
• They wore thin gloves

baseball now

• There are thirty teams
• There are 4 divisions
• They now wear helmets
• They now have thicker and more stable gloves

the end