History of Little League

• 1939: A $30 donation supplies the uniforms for the first three teams: Lycoming Dairy, Lundy Lumber and Jumbo Pretzel.
• 1942: “Keystone” logo designed. Ed Yonkin pitches the first no-hitter in Little League history.
• 1943: Home run fence added to the original Little League field.
• 1945: First remote-controlled electronic scoreboard added to original Little League field.
• 1947: The first Little League World Series won by Maynard Midgets of Williamsport, PA.
• 1949: An article about Little League’s popularity in The Saturday Evening Post.
• 1951: Little League established in British Columbia, Canada.
• 1953: Little League World Series goes on television.
• 1957: Monterrey Mexico, the first non-U.S. team, wins the Little League World Series
• 1959: The modern protective helmet is developed. Little League has more than 5000 leagues.
• 1962: President Kennedy declares the week of June 4-11 as National Little League Week.
• 1965: Venezuela and Spain in the Little League World Series for first time.
• 1967: West Toyko, Japan becomes first Far East team to win the Little League World Series.
• 1969: Taiwan wins the first of its seventeen World Series titles.
• 1974: Little League admits girls.
• 1984: South Korea wins its first title.
• 1988: Tom Seaver becomes first enshrinee in Little League Museum of Excellence.
• 1990: Challenger Division for mentally and physically disabled children begins.
• 1992: Carl E. Stotz, founder of Little League, dies.
• 1998: Toms River, New Jersey wins the title. Leagues established in 95 countries.
• 2000: Little League graduate George W. Bush is elected president.
• 2002: Little League honors “Our Hometown Heroes.”