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The first "professional" Baseball team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, were formed in 1878, however, baseball "leagues" were in existence a few years earlier. A "professional" league, the National League was formed in 1876, and baseball records begin that year.

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In 1839 Abner Doubleday Invented baseball in Cooperstown, New York.

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