This day in baseball: First AL game
Posted: April 24, 2015 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: American League, Baseball, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Blues, Cleveland Indians, history, Major League Baseball, MLB, Roy Patterson, sports 1 CommentThe first ever American League game was played on April 24, 1901 at the Chicago Cricket Club in front of a crowd of 14,000. The game, which only lasted ninety minutes, featured Roy Patterson of the White Sox, as they defeated the Cleveland Blues (now the Indians), 8-2.
Roy Patterson (Wikipedia)
Ninety minutes? That’s more like it. Get in the box and hit, son.