MLB is loaded up with an infinite amount of facts that often go unnoticed. With everybody’s eye on its statistics, oftentimes background information about players, stadiums, announcers, and others associated with Major League Baseball is to a great extent neglected. We will endeavor to reveal a portion of the unheralded MLB facts in the world of baseball.

MLB Facts

1. The MLB is divided into the American and National leagues. 

2. The Designated Hitter is an American League position that solitary bats and doesn’t play the field. 

3. William Howard Taft, the 27th leader of the U.S., started the tradition of tossing out the ceremonial first pitch in 1910. 

4. The record number of big showdowns is 27, held by the New York Yankees. The St. Louis Cardinals are second on the rundown with 11. 

5. Mike Trout (Los Angeles Angels) was 2014’s AL Most Valuable Player. 

6. Clayton Kershaw (Los Angeles Dodgers) was 2014’s NL Most Valuable Player. 

7. The oldest professional baseball team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings (presently the Reds), was founded in 1869. 

8. There are 108 fastens on each MLB ball. 

9. The distance from the pitcher’s hill to home plate is 60 feet, 6 inches. 

10. The distance between every one of the four bases is 90 feet.