Franklin Roosevelt will always be remembered as the U.S. President who gave the "green light" to Major League Baseball, but the truth was he was a true fan.
Going to the games was more than a publicity trip and Baseball Magazine once wrote, "Roosevelt enjoys himself at a ball game as much as a kid on Christmas morning."
"I do not play well." - Franklin Roosevelt
President Franklin RooseveltBaseball Games Attended While In Office |
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Date | Location | Match Up | Notes |
04-12-1933 | Washington, D.C. | Senators 4 | Threw out first pitch. |
Athletics 1 | |||
10-05-1933 | Washington, D.C. | Senators 4 | Threw out first pitch in Game 3 of the 1933 World Series. |
Giants 0 | |||
04-24-1934 | Washington, D.C. | Senators 0 | Threw out first pitch. |
Red Sox 5 | |||
04-17-1935 | Washington, D.C. | Senators 4 | Game scheduled for 04-16 (rained out). Threw out first pitch next day. |
Athletics 2 | |||
04-14-1936 | Washington, D.C. | Senators 1 | Threw out first pitch. |
Yankees 0 | |||
10-02-1936 | New York, NY | Giants 4 | Threw out first pitch in game 2 of the 1936 World Series. |
Yankees 18 | |||
04-19-1937 | Washington, D.C. | Senators 3 | Threw out first pitch. |
Athletics 4 | |||
07-07-1937 | Washington, D.C. | A.L. 8 | Threw out first pitch and was 1st to attend an All-Star Game. |
N.L. 3 | |||
04-18-1938 | Washington, D.C. | Senators 12 | Threw out first pitch. |
Athletics 8 | |||
04-16-1940 | Washington, D.C. | Senators 0 | Threw out first pitch & hit a Washington Post camera. |
Red Sox 1 | |||
04-14-1941 | Washington, D.C. | Senators 0 | Threw out first pitch. |
Yankees 3 | |||
President Franklin Roosevelt Baseball Games Attendence Log |
Did you know that in 1900 future President Franklin Roosevelt actually managed a baseball team called the Grotons?
President Franklin Roosevelt threw out more ceremonial first pitches than any other U.S. President in history.
Every single spring, even during World War II, Clark Griffith presented President Roosevelt with his presidential pass and told him of contributions by baseball to the war effort.