When was the first game played in baseball?

Answer 1

On May 4,1871 in the National Association, the Fort Wayne Kekiongas defeated the Cleveland Forest Citys 2-0. The winning pitcher for Ft. Wayne was Bobby Mathews. The game took 2 hrs. to play and was attended by 500 paying customers. (source: The Baseball Almanac)

Answer 2

May 4, 1871: The first organized professional baseball game took place in Fort Wayne, Indiana where the Kekiongas beat the Forest Citys of Cleveland 2-0 before a crowd of 200. Here is a link: http://www.projectballpark.org/history/na/kekionga.html

Answer 3

Impossible to say, as the game we now call "baseball" evolved over many decades. Nobody can ever state with any exactness that, "Every game played prior to this date was NOT baseball, but the game played on this date WAS."

In 1791, a game specifically named "baseball" was banned from being played within eighty yards of the town hall of Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The exact rules of the game being banned are impossible to determine.

The first RECORDED instance of a game played with WRITTEN rules similar to those of modern baseball was on 1846 June 19. Whether the writing of these "Knickerbocker Rules" was a deliberate attempt to change the game of town ball, or simply the first written record of how the game had evolved over the years, is impossible to determine.

Answer 4

Impossible to know, as the game we now call baseball evolved from the English game of rounders and the American game of town ball. No record exists of when, exactly, the game we now know as 'baseball,' as opposed to some other game, was first played.

The story that it was done by Abner Doubleday in 1836 was an obvious hoax, of no more historic interest than Piltdown Man.

Answer 5

Alexander Cartwright Invented Baseball and Played in the First Game.

Answer 6

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Answer 7

Cincinnati Redlegs played the first game.

Answer 8

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