The song “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” was written in 1908.
Baseball mounds are typically made of a mixture of raw silt clay and sand.
The record number of home runs scored by a single player in a baseball game is four. To date, more than a dozen NLB players have reached this landmark…the first was Bobby Lowe in 1894.
In the 2022 MLB season…3,356 pitches above 100 mph are thrown, more than in any season in history.
The fastest pitch of all time was thrown by the Cincinnati Reds’ Aroldis Chapman. He threw the ball at 105.8 mph against the San Diego Padres in 2010.
Joe DiMaggio’s legendary hitting streak lasted for an astonishing 56 games.
The first team to wear numbers on their jerseys was the New York Yankees back in the 1920’s.
The first World Series took place in 1903.
Because early baseballs were often softer and more loosely stitched, the early years of professional baseball, typically up to the 1920’s, is known as the “Dead Ball Era.”
