Who created baseball and what year did baseball start (MLB) ?
As much as anyone can be credited with inventing baseball, Alexander Cartwright is that person. His 1845 Knickerbocker rules are the earliest ones that can be directly recognizable as baseball. The National League is generally recognized as the first true major league; it began play in 1876. It was a reformation of the National Association, which had begun play in 1871 but was not as cohesive of an organization. The term “Major League” can be traced to the 1883 “National Agreement” that established the NL and the American Association as “Major Leagues” and all other leagues as “minor leagues.
