BASEBALLS GOLDEN AGE 1920S History of Baseball originated

BASEBALL’S GOLDEN AGE: 1920’S

History of Baseball originated before the Civil War (1861 -1864) Believed to be based on a game called Rounders Fine-tuned by people like Abner Doubleday and Alexander Cartwright Became very popular in the 1920’s

Reasons for Popularity Newspapers Radios Stadiums Equipment Negro League Highly-skilled players

Newspapers began having sports sections Football and Basketball still weren’t very big at the time, so it was mostly baseball in the papers

Radios In the 1920’s, radios began to be mass produced Families across the country could listen to games

Stadiums More stadiums were being built More people were going to the games 2 stadiums remain from the 1920 s: Fenway Park and Wrigley Field in Chicago

Equipment The baseball was made differently in the 1920’s Before, they were wound up and now made with a cork center This changed the game from being centered around pitching and defense to hitting

Negro League Starting in 1920, the Negro League was established This produced a lot of new talent from African -Americans

Highly-Skilled Players Babe Ruth revolutionized hitting in the MLB Ruth set the record for 60 Homeruns in one season in 1927 His teammate, Lou Gehrig, added his own 47 Homeruns that year Fans started to fall in love with the homerun, rather than just singles and doubles Other great players from this era included Ray Chapman, Edd Roushe, Roger Hornsby and George Sisler

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