Baseball

A Brief Look Into America’s Favorite Pastime

Baseball History TimelineMoments That Changed The Game 1839: Abner Doubleday is credited with

the invention of baseball 1941: Joe DiMaggio’s consecutive game

hitting streak is ended at 56 1947: Jackie Robinson makes his debut

for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the Major League’s modern color barrier

Baseball History TimelineMoments That Changed The Game 1956: Don Larsen pitches the only Perfect

Game in World Series History 1957: The Brooklyn Dodgers announce

their move to Los Angeles, bringing major league baseball to the West Coast

1988: Kirk Gibson hits the only come-from-behind game winning home run in World Series history

Baseball TerminologyWhat does it all mean?

1B=Single 2B=Double 3B=Triple BB=Base on Balls HR=Homerun RBI=Runs Batted In SO=Strike Outs SB=Stolen Bases E=Errors

Player Positions

Baseball Hall of FameDid you know?

Career Batting Hits: 4256

Held By: Pete Rose Homeruns: 762

Held By: Barry Bonds Career Pitching

Wins: 511Held By: Cy Young

Strikeouts: 5714Held By: Nolan Ryan

Player Salary Statistics1967-2008

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Bloom, Barry M. (2008, April 1). Average Salary in MLB Tops $3 Million. Retrieved March 19, 2009, from http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080401&content_id=247937&

vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb Heritage Microfilm, Inc. (2009). Major League Baseball Timeline. Retrieved March 19,

2009, from http://www.probaseballarchive.com/Timeline.aspx