Baseball was first played in the United States in 1846. It was a game played in Hoboken between the Knickerbockers and the New York Nine, with the latter winning 23-1. It wouldn’t be until 30 years later that the National League would be founded, creating a professional league for baseball players to compete in.
The sport has undergone many changes since then. One of the biggest was the founding of the American League in 1901 which would later come together with the National League to create the Major League Baseball (MLB) that we know today.
In the decades that have passed since, there have been many changes to the rules and the way that baseball operates.