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Videos
Learn about the highlights of game 3 in the 1959 World Series by watching this newsreel...
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A discussion of Cooperstown, New York, and its famed baseball museum, from the documentary...
Video: Great Museums Television (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Newsreel footage of highlights of the 1955 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
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Learn about the life of baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson.
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Images
Freddie Freeman, shown here in a 2023 game, was named World Series MVP in 2024 after...
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Enos Slaughter of the St. Louis Cardinals sliding home to score the winning run in...
UPI/Bettmann Newsphotos
Baseball star Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers stealing home as Boston Braves...
AP
When he joined the New York Yankees in 1920, Babe Ruth embarked on a home-run hitting...
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Legendary pitcher Satchel Paige, shown here in 1942, is regarded as one of the best...
UPI/Bettmann Archive
Shohei Ohtani pitching for the Los Angeles Angels, 2022.
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An early baseball game at the Elysian Fields, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1859; engraving...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Chicago White Sox owner Charles Comiskey.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-B2- 2981-8)
Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox cigarette baseball cards from the American Tobacco...
The Newberry Library, Gift of Cleo Paturis, 2007 (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Two of the biggest stars in the early days of baseball were Ty Cobb, left, and Joe...
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis, c. 1907.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (Digital File Number: cph 3c21068)
Boston Red Sox slugger Ted Williams batting in a game against the Cleveland Indians,...
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Roy Campanella of the Brooklyn Dodgers tagging out Jack Lohrke of the New York Giants,...
AP
New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen signs a ball for Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter...
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Satchel Paige stands at the top of the dugout with baseball in hand in 1942. Paige...
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Josh Gibson sliding into home plate, with catcher Ted (“Double Duty”) Radcliffe nearby,...
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Jackie Robinson shakes hands with Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey after...
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Baseball game between the Racine Belles of Wisconsin and the South Bend Blue Sox...
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Team Japan scores a run against Red Land Little League of Lewisberry, Pennsylvania...
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Pitcher Hideo Nomo of the Los Angeles Dodgers midway through his distinctive windup...
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The championship trophy of the World Baseball Classic.
© Geoff Livingston
Rickey Henderson holding his record-breaking 939th stolen base, May 1, 1991.
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Breaking Hank Aaron's home run record, Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants rounding...
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Diagram showing how a baseball curves. The spin of the ball creates different levels...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Early baseball player in uniform.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Stages in the famous swing of Boston Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams, who played...
AP/Wide World Photo; courtesy of the National Baseball Library
(Top) The pitcher's mound and (bottom) home plate.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Layout of a representative baseball field.
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A diagram of a typical professional baseball field. The batter stands at home plate,...
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Interactives
Three strikes and you're out!
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Kenny Chmielewski
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