Teams

There are a total of 30 Teams in the Commissioner of Majo League

M.L.B Baseball
Rob Manfred
Invented
A.L President
Abner Doubleday invented the Gene A. Budig
game known as baseball in Cooper-
stown, New York, during the sum- N.L President
mer of 1839.
Bill Giles
Major League Baseball
Wages
The Major League Baseball organi-
zation makes approximately $9.5
billion in a year

By: James Kelble

 How did Baseball Start
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Baseball was invented by
a man named Abner Dou-
bleday however, baseballs
real creator was a man
named Cartwright. The
first ever game was
played at Elysian Fields,
in Hoboken, New Jersey
in 1846. the very first two
teams who competed were
the Knickerbockers who
lost to the New
Elysian Fields, in Hoboken, New Jersey
Baseball Usage
Babe Ruth; There are 30 teams playing
Position(s) each other in 162 games each.
Right field, left field, left-handed
So there are (15 x 162 = 2,430)
starter
games per season, That equals:
Teams
Boston Red Sox (1914-19), New (2,430 x 65) baseballs used per
York Yankees ('20-34), Boston
Braves ('35)
season, which totals 157,950
baseballs used during games
Honors
per regular season. A Major
AL MVP (1923), two-time AL All-
Star ('34-35), Hall of Fame ('36) League Base3ball costs $10-
Championships $25 each that means that the
7 -- Boston Red Sox (1915, '16, '18),
New York ('23, '27, '28, '32) M.L.B. spends an average of
$3.9 million dollars on base-
Career stats
balls a year.
.342/.474/.690 (all-time leader),
1.164 OPS (all-time leader), 2,837
hits, 714 HRs, 2,214 RBIs