America's Past Time Baseball Facts

Baseball player Eddie Mathews is the only person to play baseball for the same franchises in three cities Boston Milwaukee and Atlanta.

Babe Ruth was not the first Babe in baseball Babe Adams pitched in baseball from 1906 to 1926.

Yogi Berra holds the record for having the most World Series rings, he acquired 10 from 1946 to 1962.

In April 23, 1952 baseball player Hoyt Wilhelm won his first game and hit his first home run which became the only home-run he ever hit in his entire career of 1,070 games.

Numbers on baseball uniforms did not become mandatory until the 1930's.

Until 1859 umpires were often seated in padded chairs behind home plate.

On June 3, 1932 Lou Gehrig for the New York Yankees hit four home runs in one game. He did those four home runs in four consecutive at-bats, not in overtime just a regular game.