Jackie Robinson signed the first Major League Baseball contract for a Black ballplayer.
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The New York Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies in the fastest-ever MLB game in history.
The Cincinnati Red Stockings played their first game, winning with 45-9 against the Great Westerns of Cincinnati.
Ty Cobb, a future Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder, was the first to gain 1,000 extra-base hits.
Boston Red Sox player Ted Williams was fined $250 for spitting on fans.
Two baseball teams played a night match at White Sox Party using three 100-foot towers lit with 12 electric lamps.
