This day in baseball: The NL makes its debut
Posted: April 22, 2014 Filed under: 19th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Athletic Park, Baseball, Boston Red Caps, history, Major League Baseball, MLB, National League, Opening Day, Philadelphia Athletics, sports, William Hulbert 2 CommentsIn the first ever National League game played, on April 22, 1876, the Boston Red Caps defeated the Philadelphia Athletics 6-5. Played at Athletic Park, this contest becomes the only event of the new league’s Opening Day, as all other scheduled games wind up rained out.
William Hulbert, the founder of the National League (Wikimedia Commons)
