Other firsts in baseball
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This is a list of other firsts in baseball – firsts that are not tied strongly to a geographical location.
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| Page (click to view) | Year | Month | Day | City | State | Country | Description |
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| View entry | 1860 | Mariposa | CA | US | First Game Slated for a Gold Mining Town | ||
| View entry | 1860 | Brooklyn | NY | USA | First Game Played on Ice Skates | ||
| View entry | 2012 | 5 | 3 | Cincinnati | OH | US | First Game On Both Starting Pitchers's Birthday |
| View entry | 1870 | 6 | 14 | Brooklyn | NY | US | First Switch Hitter |
| View entry | 1905 | CA | US | First recorded game between two different non-white races | |||
| View entry | 1939 | 8 | 26 | New York | NY | US | First Major League Game Televised |
| View entry | 1949 | 10 | New York | NY | US | First televised World Series | |
| View entry | 1873 | 8 | 8 | Little Rock | AR | USA | First mention of Negro Baseball in Arkansas |
| View entry | 1924 | 10 | 3 | Philadelphia and Kansas City | PA and MO | US | First Colored World Series |
| View entry | 1880 | 9 | 2 | Nantasket | MA | US | First Night Game Played Under Lights |
| View entry | 1964 | US | First Games Played by Unsighted Players | ||||
| View entry | 1939 | 5 | 17 | New York | NY | US | First Televised Baseball Game: Princeton 2, Columbia 1 |
| View entry | 1960 | 8 | 25 | First Game at the North Pole | |||
| View entry | 1859 | 6 | 28 | New York (Brooklyn) | NY | US | First distance-estimated home run |
| View entry | 1859 | 11 | 3 | New York City | NY | US | First Intercollegiate Game by Association Rules |
| View entry | 1894 | 7 | 13 | Little Rock | AR | US | First night game under lights in Arkansas |
| View entry | 1919 | Salt Lake City | UT | USA | First team of Japanese Immigrants to US |
