Talking Chop · Mar 4, 2023
This Day in MLB History: March 4
MLB History
1884 - National League owners agree to provide two separate team benches to minimize fraternizing among opposing players during games.
1886 - The National league adopts the stolen base and the four foot by seven foot pitcher’s box. The NL also retains seven balls for a walk and rejects a rule that would award a batter first base on a hit by pitch.
1912 - Construction begins on a new ballpark in Brooklyn, New York. The park will cost $650,000 and was originally scheduled to be called “Washington Park” but will instead be named after Brooklyn Dodgers president Charles Ebbets. Ebbets Field opened on April 9, 1913 and served as home of the Dodgers until 1957.