Baseball Facts

The first baseball caps were made of straw.

So that's how they cheat - a microwaved baseball will fly farther than a frozen baseball.

The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches.

When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.

All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job!

The New York Yankees became the first MLB team to permanently adopt jersey numbers in 1929, though the Cleveland Indians beat them to the field by taking the diamond first on April 16, 1929.

The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches!

Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep him cool! He changed it every 2 innings!

Bank robber John Dillinger played semi-professional baseball.

Babe Ruth wore No. 3 because he batted third.

In 2000, the New York Mets owed Bobby Bonilla $5.9 million. Instead of paying, they deferred it: $1.19 million per year from 2011 to 2035. The owner planned to invest the savings with his friend Bernie Madoff. Madoff turned out to be running the largest Ponzi scheme in history. The Mets are now paying Bonilla $29.8 million for a career that ended in 1999.