History Of Baseball In The United States
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HISTORY OF BASEBALL IN THE U.S.
BY: TREVOR DIXON
IN THE UNITED STATES THE FIRT MENTION OF BASEBALL WAS IN 1792
NEW YORK KNICKERBOCKERS WERE THE FIRST TO PLAY UNDER THE MORE MODERN RULES
THE FIRST GAME UNDER THE NEWLY FORMED KNICKERBOCKER RULES WAS
BETWEEN THE NEW YORK KNICKERBOCKERS AND THE NEW YORK NINE
IN 1857, SIXTEEN NEW YORK AREA CLUBS, INCLUDING THE KNICKERBOCKERS
FORMED THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BASE BALL PLAYERS (NABBP)
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL BASE BALL PLAYERS, OPERATED FROM
1871 THROUGH 1875, AND IS CONSIDERE TO HAVE BEEN THE FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE.
A "GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT" WAS STRUCK BETWEEN THE CLUBS WHICH BARRED NON-
WHITE players from professional baseball, which lasted until 1947.
The first league, the National Colored Base Ball League, was organized
STRICTLY AS A MINOR LEAGUE BUT FAILED IN 1887after only two weeks
WITH THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL BASE BALL PLAYERS, CLUBS NOW
HAD the ability to enforce player contracts, PREVENTING TEAM JUMPING
MOSES FLEETWOOD WALKER AND HIS BROTHER WELDAY WALKER WERE ABRUPTLY
DROPPED FROM MAJOR AND MINOR-LEAGUE ROSTERS IN THE 1880S
OUT OF ANGER TOWARDS THE OTHER TEAMS BAN JOHNSON BROKE OF AND
FORMED HIS OWN LEAGUE OF THE BEST PLAYERS, BECOMING THE AMERICAN LEAGUE
On September 5, 1901 Patrick T. Powers, president of the Eastern League,
FORMED THE second National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
IN 1947 THE GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT WAS LIFTED AND JACKIE ROBINSON
WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN SINCE THE COLOR BAN TO PLAY IN THE MAJORS
Photo by Baseball Collection
FROM THE 1950'S TO THE 1960'S SOME TEAMS STARTED TO LEAVE THE EAST AND
GO TO THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY
In 1973 the American League, made a move to increase scoring even
further by initiating the designated hitter rule
Photo by Mike Monteiro
The national networks began televising national games of the week,
OPENING THE DOOR FOR A NATIONAL AUDIENCE TO SEE PARTICULAR CLUBS
