Mo'ne Davis was the 18th girl to play, the sixth to get a hit, and the first to pitch a shutout in the Little League Baseball World Series.

Originally, jersey numbers were based on batting order, and Ruth always hit third.

In 2006, Effa Louise Manley, who owned the Newark Eagles baseball franchise in the Negro leagues, became the first woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

On April 14, 1910, William Howard Taft, a former semipro baseball player, became the first U.S. president to throw the ceremonial first ball.

Hot dogs are the most popular ballpark food item. During the 2014 Major League season, baseball fans ate 21,357,316 hot dogs -- enough hot dogs to stretch from Dodger Stadium in LA to Wrigley Field in Chicago.

In 1989, NBC's Gayle Gardner became the first woman to regularly host Major League Baseball games for a major television network.

There is a version of baseball for the blind called "Beep Baseball." It has its own World Series, Hall of Fame, and 27 teams.

Ruth's full name was George Herman Ruth, Jr.

As of 2016, Alaska has only produced 12 Major League Baseball players.

Former MLB player, Jason Varitek is the only person to have played in the Little League World Series, the National Championship of the College World Series, the MLB World Series, Olympic Baseball, and the World Baseball Classic. He also caught a record 4 no-hitters during his career.