Major League Baseball is the oldest and most prestigious professional baseball league in the world, founded in 1903 when the National League and American League agreed to recognize each other. With 30 franchises spread across the United States and Canada, MLB stages over 2,400 regular-season games every year before the drama of the postseason unfolds.
The history of the sport is inseparable from its legends. Babe Ruth redefined power hitting with 714 career home runs, while Pete Rose accumulated a record 4,256 hits over a career spanning three decades. Nolan Ryan bewildered hitters with 5,714 strikeouts and an unmatched 7 no-hitters, and Rickey Henderson stole 1,406 bases — a record that still stands unchallenged. In the modern era, Shohei Ohtani has rewritten the record books as the most complete two-way player since Ruth himself.
From the 1927 Yankees — often called the greatest team ever assembled — to Joe DiMaggio’s legendary 56-game hitting streak in 1941, and the New York Yankees’ unmatched 27 World Series titles, baseball is a sport where history is made every season. Lace up your cleats and see how well you know America’s pastime.
