This day in baseball: Presidential attendance
Posted: June 6, 2017 Filed under: 19th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Benjamin Harrison, Boundary Field, Cincinnati Reds, history, Major League Baseball, MLB, President of the United States, sports, Washington Senators Leave a commentThe first U.S. President to attend a major league baseball game was Benjamin Harrison, who attended a contest between the Cincinnati Reds and the Washington Senators on June 6, 1892 in Washington, D.C. Cincinnati defeated the Senators, 7-4, in eleven innings at Boundary Field.
Benjamin Harrison (Library of Congress)
