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It was President William Howard Taft who threw out the ceremonial first pitch for the Washington Senators home opener against the Philadelphia Athletics to start the 1910 American League season.

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First president to throw out the first pitch on opening day of Major League Baseball?

William Howard Taft


What president didn't throw the first pitch in a baseball game?

Since the tradition was began by Taft in 1910, Jimmy Carter was the only president who never threw out an opening day pitch . He did throw out the first pitch at a World Series game in 1079.


Who was the first president to throw out an opening pitch not in Washington DC?

Woodrow Wilson at Game 2 of the 1915 World Series in Philadelphia.


Who was the 1st president to throw the opening pitch at a World Series game?

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Who was the first president to not throw the first pitch of the baseball season?

George Washington.


Who was the first president to throw out the first baseball on opening day of the baseball season?

William Taft


First president to throw pitch at Major League Baseball game?

William Howard Taft was the first President to do the honors when he threw a ball from his seat in the stands to the Washington Senator's opening day pitcher, Walter Johnson, on April 14, 1910.


Who has been the only US President to not throw out the first pitch of the baseball season?

William Taft started the tradition of presidents throwing a ceremonial first pitch. He did it on opening day (April 14) of 1910, throwing the first pitch to Walter Johnson. One of his predecessors, William McKinley, had thrown a ceremonial first pitch when he was Governor of Ohio, but not when he was president.


What President did not throw a pitch at a baseball game?

The first President to throw out a first pitch in Major League Baseball was William Howard Taft in 1910. So none of the earlier Presidents did. Since then, every US President has tossed a pitch in either the All Star Game, the World Series, or the first game of the baseball season.


Who was the first president to throw out the first pitch at a baseball game?

William Howard Taft was the first to open the major league baseball season by throwing out the first pitch on April 14, 1910. McKinley threw out the first pitch in a minor league game as governor of Ohio before he was President.


Why didn't McKinley throw the first pitch?

Prior to about 1910, baseball was considered a sport for the "lower classes," an event viewed as beneath the dignity of a U.S. President. It's the same reason you won't see a U.S. President today at the opening of a WWE pay per view event.


Which president was first to throw out the first baseball of the season?

Willian Howard Taft threw out the first ceremonial first pitch in the Washington Senators home opener against the Philadelphia Athletics in 1910.