Babe Ruth Day was commemorated for the first time to celebrate one of baseball’s greatest players of all time.
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American baseball catcher Wilbert Robinson tried to claim a record by catching a ball dropped from a plane 525 feet above him.
The American baseball team New York Yankees, played their 13,000th game.
Jackie Robinson signed the first Major League Baseball contract for a Black ballplayer.
The Cincinnati Red Stockings played their first game, winning with 45-9 against the Great Westerns of Cincinnati.
Cy Young pitches the first perfect game in modern major league baseball.
