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Across
  1. 8. Dodgers and Giants move here to be more open to African American players
  2. 9. American League only position to hit for the pitcher
  3. 11. Baseballs only player in history to throw 2 consecutive no hitters
  4. 14. Commissioner of Baseball who had to deal with the strike, inerleague play and added another level to the Playoffs
  5. 15. Until Cal Ripken Jr came along he held the Consecutive Games Played Record with 2,130
  6. 19. His 755 home runs broke Babe Ruths hallowed Home Run record
  7. 20. FDR signs / rites this famous letter encouraging baseball to keep playing throughout the war
  8. 21. Had a consecutive game hit streak which still stands today in 2025
  9. 22. Cubs fan who on television reached for a foul ball, causing Moises Alou not to catch the ball. Cubs fans blame him for costing them a World Series berth
  10. 23. Played 2,130 consecutive games for the Yankees
  11. 25. His error at 1st base kept the Red Sox from winning a World Series until 2004
  12. 29. Following the attacks on the World Trade Center, he threw the 1st pitch on the first game back from the attacks
  13. 31. In the `st game back after the 9/11 attacks, he hit a home run for the Mets
  14. 33. The first DH to take an at bat in MLB History
  15. 37. Babe Ruth was sold to finance a play to be performed here
  16. 38. First African American man to play professional baseball - without a contract
  17. 40. The 2nd of the 2 leagues to be formed
  18. 43. Pete Rose, Tony Perez, Joe Morgan, Johnny Bench and George Foster - nickname for their team
  19. 45. 1994-95 this ended the season and the Post season
  20. 50. Kansas City Royal player accused of having too much pine tar on his bat vs the Yankees
  21. 51. 2016 World Series Champions who waited 71 years to win one
  22. 53. Senators pitcher in Baseballs first Hall of Fame Class
  23. 54. Arguably the greatest player in the history of baseball
  24. 55. Firt thing used to protect catchers teeth prior to masks being invented
  25. 56. MLB All Star who played for the Tigers who was one of the first to enter WW2
  26. 58. In 1967 this Red Sox star won baseballs hitting Triple Crown (his nickname)
  27. 59. Nickname for the team that threw the 1919 World Series
  28. 60. Team that sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees
  29. 66. Best player in the 1919 World Series - unsure if he took part in the "fix"
  30. 67. Credited with creating the rules for baseball
  31. 70. Yankee star who had a migraine and gave up his 1st base position for a night to Lou Gehrig
  32. 74. His baserunning mistake allowed the Cubs to win the World Series in 1908
  33. 75. Pirate legend in the inaugural class of Baseballs Hall of Fame
  34. 76. Captured Americas attention with a home run chase in 1998
  35. 78. Sets baseball record with the most no hitters in a career with 7
  36. 79. NY original pinstripers
  37. 80. Performed by Babe Ruth in a game against the Cubs, many argue if in fact he truly did it
  38. 81. Negro Leagues greatest home run hitter, hitting 84 in one season
  39. 85. In 1959 this Pirate threw a 12 inning perfect game....and lost
  40. 86. Broke the record for most consecutive games played when he played 2,632 games
  41. 87. 1985 World Series Champions
  42. 88. NYY Yankee who threw a Perfect game in the 1956 World Series
Down
  1. 1. He breaks the all time hit record with 4,256 as a member of the Reds
  2. 2. Last player in MLB history to hit over .400, also became a fighter pilot in the Korean War
  3. 3. He led the Red Sox with key hiots and home runs to win the 2004 World Series
  4. 4. This Abner was credited with inventing the game of baseball
  5. 5. Created because of the death of Ray Chapman
  6. 6. First of the 2 leagues to be formed
  7. 7. Acronym for the drugs that took over baseball in 2004
  8. 10. UCL Surgery to repair his elbow has gone mainstream and allowed for much longer careers
  9. 12. Broke the MLB color barrier with the Dodgers
  10. 13. Held the All Time Hits Record from 1928 until 1986 with 4,189
  11. 16. In the World Series he Hit 3 home runs in 3 at bats on 1 pitch each at bat
  12. 17. Created to protect the face of catchers
  13. 18. Sold to the Yankees where he became the biggest icon in the game
  14. 24. The Women's professional Baseball League that formed during WW2
  15. 26. The team that threw the 1919 World Series from Chicago
  16. 27. Title for leading the league batting average, home runs and runs batted in
  17. 28. Detroit Tiger who recently won the Triple Crown in 2012 (last one was in 1967)
  18. 30. NY Giants legendary pitcher in Baseballs first Hall of Fame Class
  19. 32. Joltin Joe DiMaggio's number of games consecutive hit streak
  20. 34. His faith in WW2 that made it dangerous for him to fight in Europe
  21. 35. City in New York where baseball was invented
  22. 36. He had the highest vote of anyone inducted into the. first Hall of Fame Class
  23. 37. 8 1919 White Sox players suffered this
  24. 39. Started free agency in the MLB with the St. Louis Cardinals
  25. 41. Pittsburgh Pirate legend who did after the 1972 season in a plane crash
  26. 42. 2004 World Series Champions who waited 86 years to win one
  27. 44. He sets the All Time Stolen Bases record with 1,406
  28. 46. His one and only plate appearance in the 1988 World Series, with 2 injured legs, smashes a home run
  29. 47. Giants player who hit "the shot heard round the world"
  30. 48. Major League Baseballs All Time Home Run leader as of 2025
  31. 49. New York home to the Dodgers
  32. 51. Brooklyn Dodgers catcher who is in a car accident and paralyzed
  33. 52. MLB's only Game 7 Walk Off Home Run in history is by this Pirate
  34. 57. He was the only person hit by a pitch to die from his injuries
  35. 61. "Great Bambino" in the first class of Baseballs Hall of Fame
  36. 62. 1st umpire inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
  37. 63. 1933 MLB had their first of these games
  38. 64. 3 months after Jackie Robinson broke into the National League, this man broke the color barrier in the American League
  39. 65. Because Pete Rose bet on baseball, this was his punishment
  40. 68. Detroit Tiger's "Georgia Peach"
  41. 69. Willie Mays makes one of the most famous catches in MLB history in th ePolo Grounds
  42. 71. Pete Rose managed this team while betting on his team to win
  43. 72. The Team Henry Aaron played for when he broke Babe Ruth's home run record
  44. 73. 1989 World Series suffered this natural disaster
  45. 76. Hit 61 home runs in 1961 to break Babe Ruths record
  46. 77. Takes himself out of the batting order due to early symptoms of ALS, also the first player to have his number retired in the MLB
  47. 82. Polo Grounds home to the _______ team
  48. 83. George Brett hits a 2 run home run to win the game against the Yankees, but the Yanks protest the game due to too much of this on a bat
  49. 84. Lincoln Southeast grad who helps the Royals to win the Worldl Series