Template:History of baseball
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| title = History of baseball
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| list1name = early
| list1title = Early years
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- Origins
- 1845 to 1868 in baseball
- Knickerbocker Rules
- Massachusetts Game
- Town ball
- Alexander Cartwright
- Doc Adams
- Doubleday myth
- First league
- First pro team
- First pro league
- All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
- Team nicknames
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- Australia
- Canada
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- Italy
- Japan
- Korea
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- Nicaragua
- Puerto Rico
- Taiwan
- United States
- Venezuela
- Other
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| list3title = International competitions
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- World Baseball Softball Confederation
- World Baseball Classic
- Women's Baseball World Cup
- Africa Cup Baseball Championship
- Asian Baseball Championship
- Women's Baseball Asian Cup
- South American Baseball Championship
- Oceania Baseball Championship
- Baseball at the Pan American Games
- Summer Olympics (1992–2008, 2020–)
- Asian Games
- European Baseball Championship
- European Baseball Championship Women
- European Cup (baseball)
- WBSC Premier12
- Caribbean Series
| list4name = other
| list4title = Other topics
| list4 =
- Major League Baseball
- minors
- Nippon Professional Baseball
- vs. MLB
- Negro league baseball
- Cuban League
- Women in baseball
- Baseball color line
- Baseball (documentary series)
- Baseball Hall of Fame
- Society for American Baseball Research
- Baseball by year
- Major League Baseball seasons
| list5name = variations
| list5title = Related games
| list5 =
- Softball
- Comparison
- Baseball5
- British baseball
- Rounders
- Vintage base ball
- Wiffle ball
- Over-the-line
- Elle
- Tee-ball
- Corkball
- Fuzzball
- Indian Ball
- Stickball
- Vitilla
- Stoolball
- Old cat
- Cricket
- Variations
- Comparison
- Danish longball
- Schlagball
- Bat and trap
- Brännboll
- Oină
- Pesäpallo
- Lapta
- Palant
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