1872

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1872 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1872.

Club competitions[edit]

Professional[edit]

North America[edit]

Events[edit]

Rule changes[edit]

  • Pitchers are allowed to snap their wrists while throwing, thus legalizing the normal curveball delivery. The rules still require pitchers to throw underhanded.

Culture[edit]

Literature[edit]

Song[edit]

Film[edit]

Births[edit]

Further information: Births in 1872

Deaths[edit]

Further information: Deaths in 1872

Further Reading[edit]

  • Wayne Soini: It Happened in Boston: Harry & George Wright's Creation of Professional Baseball in the year 1872, independently published, 2022. ISBN 979-8431584015


Years
19th Century
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1860s 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869
1870s 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879
1880s 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889
1890s 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
20th Century
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1910s 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920s 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
21st Century
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