A Presidential Pastime
This President is the only president that was a minority owner of a Major League Baseball team.
George W. Bush.
This future Hall of Famer hit a home run on September 21, 2001, in the first game played after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Mike Piazza.
This Cubs player who served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve once saved an American Flag from being burnt in Dodger Stadium in 1976.
Rick Monday.
Baseball will be featured in the 2028 Olympics in this stadium.
Dodger Stadium.
This star became the first Japanese-born player to compete in the Home Run Derby.
Shohei Ohtani.
These Presidents race in the middle of the 4th inning in all Washington Nationals home games.
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.
This player is the first Hall of Famer inducted based on his statistics from the Negro Leagues.
Satchel Paige.
While he is better known for breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball, Jackie Robinson also served in this branch of the military in World War II.
U.S. Army.
This current Dodger ace was voted the best right-handed pitcher in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
This Hall of Famer has the most All-Star Game saves with 4.
Mariano Rivera.
This President was the first president to throw out a first pitch in an MLB game.
William Howard Taft.
This woman, owner of the Newark Eagles, is the only woman inducted in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Effa Manley.
This is the number of veterans inducted in the Hall of Fame.
70.
The United States of America won their only World Baseball Classic Championship in this year.
2017.
This Hall of Famer is the only player to have won both the All-Star Game MVP and World Series MVP in the same season.
Derek Jeter.
This President threw out the first pitch of the 1976 All-Star Game, commemorating 250 years of America.
Gerald Ford.
As of the beginning of the 2026 season, this percentage of current MLB players are foreign born.
26.1%.
These two men are the only Hall of Famers that served in more than one war.
Larry MacPhail and Ted Williams.
Outside of the United States, this country had the most MLB players in the 2026 World Baseball Classic.
Dominican Republic.
The first home run of the very first All-Star Game in 1933 was hit by this Hall of Famer.
Babe Ruth.
This president played Grover Cleveland Alexander in the film The Winning Team.
Ronald Reagan.
On April 22, 1897, this man became the first Native American MLB Player, playing for the Cleveland Spiders for three years.
Louis Sockalexis.
This man is the only Civil War veteran inducted in the Hall of Fame.
Morgan Buckley.
This American city was the first to host a Championship Game in the World Baseball Classic.
San Diego.
This Hall of Famer holds the record with the most All-Star Game selections at 25 in his 23-year career.
Hank Aaron. (note: the MLB used to do All-Star Games twice a year!)