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Although the definition of "major league" has been argued, present day MLB, as well as the Hall of Fame, define the first "major" league as the National League founded in 1876. The link below describes the first game played in that league, on April 22, and mentions that Jim O'Rourke got the first hit in that game.
The game was held on July 6, 1933 at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the home of the Chicago White Sox of the American League. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 4-2.
The Detroit Tigers were founded in 1894. They played their first game as a Major League team on April 25, 1901.
Rey Ordóñez played his first MLB game, for the New York Mets, at the age of 25 (born January 11, 1971 and first MLB game was April 1, 1996).
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No regular season Major League baseball game has ever been played in Spain.
The Twins and the Yankees
Although the definition of "major league" has been argued, present day MLB, as well as the Hall of Fame, define the first "major" league as the National League founded in 1876. The link below describes the first game played in that league, on April 22, and mentions that Jim O'Rourke got the first hit in that game.
The game was held on July 6, 1933 at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the home of the Chicago White Sox of the American League. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 4-2.
Emmett Ashford is the first black umpire in a major league game when Cleveland beats Washington
Visiting team
The Arena Football League was first started from an idea of an indoor football game. The first game was played in 1987. The first test game was played in Rockford Illinois.
1980 was the first official game
The first game in MLB was played on May 4, 1871 between the Cleveland Forest Cities and the Fort Wayne Kekiongas. Click on the 'First Game' link on this page to read an account of the game.
He was 16 when he played his first Premier League game, which was with Everton in August 2002.
No. The origins of both the American League and National League are from years before 1905... The National League of baseball freanchises (and MLB in general) originated in the late 1800's while the American League of Professional Baseball Franchises was founded in 1901. The first major league game was played May 4, 1871 between the Cleveland Forest Cities and the Fort Wayne Kekiongas. Click on the 'FIrst MLB Game' link on this page to read about it.