| 1. | Babe Ruth hit a "called shot" home run in the 1932 World Series against the Chicago Cubs. |
| 2. | Jackie Robinson was the first black major-league ballplayer. |
| 3. | Ty Cobb stroked 4,191 lifetime base hits. |
| 4. | Only players get beaned. |
| 5. | Dizzy Dean won 30 games in 1934. |
| 6. | Abner Doubleday invented the game of baseball in the summer of 1838. |
| 7. | The Cincinnati Red Stockings were the first professional baseball team. |
| 8. | Ray Chapman's death led to the abolition of the spitball. |
| 9. | The first big-league designated hitter in a regular season game came to bat in 1973. |
| 10. | In 1947, The St. Louis Cardinals seriously considered going on strike rather than face Brooklyn's Jackie Robinson on the playing field. |
| 11. | Philadelphia first baseman Al Reach was the first professional baseball player. |
| 12. | Boston manager Ed Barrow's decision to move Babe Ruth into the outfield was a stroke of genius. |
| 13. | The World Champion 1991 Minnesota Twins posted the greatest worst-to-first record of all time. |
| 14. | Pitcher Rube Waddell dismissed his outfielders during an official Major League game and went on to retire the side. |
| 15. | Joe Nuxhall was the youngest player ever to compete in the big leagues. |
| 16. | Female baseball players have never competed against men on the professional level. |
| 17. | The Boston Braves were named in honor of the disguised raiders of the Boston Tea Party. |
| 18. | Babe Ruth was a draft dodger. |
| 19. | Outfielder Paul Hines pulled an un-assisted triple play. |
| 20. | Ty Cobb was no home run hitter. |
| 21. | Babe Ruth hit 714 home runs (as we'd reckon them). |
| 22. | Chicago outfielder Bill Lange crashed through a fence to make a spectacular grab of a flyball. |
| 23. | The New York Yankees established the greatest dominance over the competition in the history of organized ball. |
| 24. | Pitchers don't win batting titles. |
| 25. | Babe Ruth benefited from a home-field advantage at the "House The Ruth Built" during his historic 1927 season. |
| 26. | The system of hand signals to signify balls and strikes was the idea of umpire Cy Rigler, who wanted to help out deaf outfielder William Hoy. |
| 27. | Aaron Stern initiated the first ladies' day in 1886. |
| 28. | Night baseball first appeared in the mid-to-late thirties. |
| 29. | Duane Kuiper (Cleveland Indians and San Francisco Giants, 1975-1985) was the worst non-pitching home run hitter of all time. |
| 30. | The first newspaper story about baseball appeared in 1853. |
| 31. | Hall of Famer Roger Bresnahan invented shin guards in 1907. |
| 32. | Alexander Cartwright was the first umpire in organized baseball. |
| 33. | Bucky Dent's home run in the 1978 AL East playoff was the game's death blow to the Boston Red Sox. |
| 34. | Howard Ehmke pitched a no-hitter on September 7, 1923. |
| 35. | Bo Jackson was the first player to boast simultaneous careers in both Major League baseball and the National Football League. |
| 36. | Nobody hit significant numbers of home runs during the pre-Ruth era. |
| 37. | George Brett won the 1976 American League batting title without divine intervention. |
| 38. | The 1919 Chicago White Sox won their "Black Sox" nickname from the gambling scandal that enveloped them. |
| 39. | Bill Buckner's error blew the Red Sox lead in the sixth game of the 1986 World Series. |
| 40. | Pete Gray was the first handicapped major-leaguer. |
| 41. | Ty Cobb won the 1910 American League batting title. |
| 42. | The professional ban on hiring black players was an informal "gentleman's agreement" that was never committed to writing. |
| 43. | Brooklyn Dodger Babe Herman tripled into a triple play. |
| 44. | The first World Series was played in 1903. |
| 45. | Lou Boudreau introduced the defensive "shift." |
| 46. | The "Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance" infield was the premier double play combo of its era. |
| 47. | The designated hitter rule was the brainchild of Oakland Athletics owner Charles O. Finley. |
| 48. | Candy Cummings invented the curveball. |
| 49. | Dave Winfield threw a baseball that killed a sea gull in midflight. |
| 50. | The 1962 New York Mets were the worst team in the history of Major League Baseball. |