This day in baseball: The pitching machine
Posted: December 15, 2014 Filed under: 19th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Baseball equipment, Charles E. Hinton, history, Princeton University, sports 2 CommentsThe first automated pitching machine was invented by Charles E. Hinton, a mathematics professor at Princeton University. On December 15, 1896, Hinton’s invention was made public through a demonstration at the university’s gymnasium. The machine represented a rifle, shooting pitches towards the batter.
Arch near the Princeton campus, erected 1896 (Princeton University)
