1997 Colo Rockie Larry Walker wins NL MVP
1997 Pedro Martinez wins NL Cy Young Award
1997 San Francisco Giants manager Dusty Baker named NL Manager of the Year
1997 Cubs beat New York Mets ending NL worst opening, lost 14 straight games
1996 Padres third baseman Ken Caminiti is 4th unanimous winner of NL MVP
1996 Braves John Smoltz wins NL Cy Young Award
1996 Los Angeles Dodger Todd Hollandsworth wins NL Rookie of Year
1996 San Diego Padres sweep Los Angeles Dodgers in race for NL West title
1996 67th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Veterans Stadium, Phila
1995 Atlanta Braves become 1st team to sweep in NL playoff (beat Reds)
1995 Cincinnati Reds becomes 1st team to clinch NL Central
1995 Jeff King of Pirates is 16th NL player to HR twice in one inning
1995 66th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 at Ballpark at Arlington, Texas
1995 Marlins outfielder Andre Dawson hits his 400th NL career HR (429)
1994 Houston Astros tie NL comeback record, trailing 10-0, beat Cards 15-12
1993 Giants need to beat Dodgers to force a playoff game with Braves for NL West title, but Dodgers destroy Giants 12-1, Giants end year 103-59
1993 Dennis Martinez is 7th to win 100 games in AL and NL
1992 Atlanta Braves beat Pittsburgh Pirates in 7 games for NL pennant
1992 Atlanta Braves wins 2nd straight NL West title
1992 Pittsburgh Pirates win their 3rd straight NL East title
1992 Fay Vincent realigns NL, putting Cubs, Cards and Rockies in West and Cards, Braves and Marlins in East
1992 Ozzie Smith breaks Roy McMillan's NL mark by taking part in his 1,305th career double play
1992 Deron Johnson, 1965 NL run leader, dies of cancer at 53
1991 Atlanta Braves Terry Pendleton wins NL MVP
1991 Atlanta Brave Tom Glavine wins NL Cy Young Award
1991 Atlanta Braves beat Pittsburgh Pirates for NL pennant in 7 games
1991 New York Met David Cone ties NL record by striking out 19 Phillies
1991 Atlanta Braves Kent Mercker, Mark Wohlers and Alejandro Pena pitched 1st combined no-hitter in NL, beating San Diego Padres, 1-0
1991 Otis Nixon steals NL record 6 bases in 1 day
1991 South Florida and Denver picked for 1993 NL franchises
1991 NL Cy Young winner Doug Drabek wins record $3 mil salary arbitration
1990 NL releases short list of teams for 1993 NL expansion
1990 NL announces Buffalo, Denver, Miami, Orlando, Tampa-St. Petersburg, and Washington D.C. as 6 finalist for 1993 expansion (Miami and Denver win)
1990 NL batting champ Willie McGee signs as a free agent with San Francisco Giants
1990 Pittsburgh's Barry Bonds wins NL MVP
1990 Doug Drabek (22-6) wins NL Cy Young Award
1990 Braves Dave Justice wins NL Rookie of Year
1990 Pittsburgh Pirates wins NL East title
1990 Reds are 1st NL team to clinch title, staying in 1st place all year
1990 Gary Carter catches his 1,862nd career game breaks Al Lopez's NL mark
1990 NL announces plans to expand from 12 to 14 teams for 1993 season
1990 Will Clark, NL's MVP signs a $15M 4-year contract with San Francisco Giants
1989 Padres reliever Mark Davis wins NL Cy Young Award
1989 Cubs Jerome Walton wins the NL Rookie of Year
1989 Oakland wins AL West and San Francisco wins NL West title
1989 Bill White named NL president; 1st black major-league sports head
1989 NL announces Yanks' broadcaster Bill White will be 1st black president
1988 Dodgers outfielder Kirk Gibson wins NL MVP Award
1988 Orel Hershiser (23-8) is a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young Award
1988 Chris Sabo, wins NL Rookie of Year award
1988 Lowest batting avg for NL champion (Tony Gwynn .313)
1988 Jeff Reardon becomes 1st to record 40 or more saves in both AL and NL
1988 NL President Bart Giamatti is unanimously elected baseball's 7th commish
1988 Mike Schmidt sets NL record appearing in 2,155 games at 3rd base, as Phillies and New York Mets end that game at 2:13 AM
1987 Steve Bedrosian edges Rick Sutcliffe 57-55 to win NL Cy Young Award
1987 Benito Santiago, Padres catcher, wins NL Rookie of Year
1987 58th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-0 in 13 at Oakland-Alameda Stad
1986 Cards reliever Todd Worrell wins NL Rookie of Year
1986 Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt wins NL MVP
1986 Houston's Astro Mike Scott (18-10) wins NL Cy Young Award
1986 Houston's Mike Scott (18-10) wins NL Cy Young
1986 Longest post season game, Mets beat Astros 7-6 in 16 and win NL pennant
1986 25th NY, NL appearance in World Series (Mets vs A's)
1986 Mike Scott is 3rd NL pitcher to strike out 300 in a season (306)
1986 Mets clinch NL East Championship
1986 A. Bartlett Giamatti becomes president of baseball's NL
1986 Ernie Lombardi, NL MVP in 1938, and Bobby Doerr, elected to Hall of Fame
1985 Cards Vince Coleman wins NL Rookie of Year
1985 Dwight Gooden (NL) and Bret Saberhagen (AL) win Cy Young
1985 1st NL pitcher to strike out 200+ in 1st 2 seasons (Dwight Gooden)
1985 Baseball's new agreement permits 2 new NL teams in 1993
1985 Vince Coleman steals 2 bases in 1st inning, for NL rookie record 74
1985 56th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-1 at Humphrey Metrodome, Minn
1985 Los Angeles Dodger Pedro Gonzalez sets NL record of 15 home runs in June
1985 Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader
1984 Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden wins NL Rookie of Year
1984 New York Met Dwight Gooden, 20, is youngest to be named NL Rookie of Year
1984 Ryne Sandberg wins the NL MVP Award
1984 Cubs Rick Sutcliffe, selected as a unanimous choice as NL Cy Young
1984 Cubs clinch NL East title
1984 Met Dwight Gooden's 11 strikeouts gives him NL rookie record 236
1984 Bruce Sutter breaks NL record for saves in a season with his 38th
1984 55th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco
1984 NL suspends Mario Soto 5 days for Reds-Cubs fight on May 27th
1984 Pete Rose becomes 1st NL to get get 4,000 hits in a career
1983 Steve Garvey ends his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak
1983 Despite being in 1st place in NL East, Phils fire manager Pat Corrales
1983 Steve Garvey sets NL record by playing in 1,118 consecutive games
1983 New York Met Tom Seaver's sets record 14th NL Opening Day assignment
1982 Dale Murphy wins NL MVP
1982 Cards clinching NL East title
1982 1st annual Cracker Jack Oldtimers Classic 75-year-old Luke Appling hits a 250-foot HR off Warren Spahn, AL beats NL 7-2
1982 53rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Olympic Stadium, Montreal
1981 Fernando Valenzuela (Dodgers) wins NL Rookie of the Year
1981 Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt wins his 2nd consecutive NL MVP
1981 Los Angeles Dodgers beat Montreal Expos for NL pennant
1981 Steve Carlton strikes out NL record 3,118th (Andre Dawson)
1981 Fernando Valenzuela sets NL rookie record with 8th shutout of season
1981 Pete Rose, 3,631 career hit, breaks Stan Musial's NL hit record
1981 52nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve
1981 NL beats AL 5-4 in 52nd All Star Game (Cleveland Stadium)
1981 Pete Rose ties Stan Musial's NL record of 3,630 hits
1980 Mike Schmidt is unanimous choice as NL MVP
1980 Steve Carlton wins 3rd NL Cy Young Awards
1980 Mike Schmidt's 2-run HR clinches NL East title for Phillies
1980 Braves join every NL team with 1,000,000+ attendance for this season
1980 51st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-2 at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
1980 Texas Ranger Ferguson Jenkins becomes 4th to win 100 games in AL and NL
1979 Los Angeles Dodger Rick Sutcliffe wins NL Rookie of Year
1979 Willie Stargell and Keith Hernandez share NL MVP Award NL
1979 Cub reliever Bruce Sutter wins NL Cy Young Award
1979 Astros' J R Richard strikes out NL season righty record of 313
1979 California Angels win their 1st NL West pennant
1979 Red Sox Bob Watson is 1st to hit for cycle in AL and NL (Astros)
1979 Phillies Pete Rose collects NL record 2,427th career single
1979 50th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-6 at Kingdome, Seattle
1979 New York Giants Willie McCovey 513th HR is an NL lefty record
1979 NL approves Astros sales from Ford Motors to John J McMullen for $19M
1978 Bob Horner of Braves wins NL Rookie of Year Award
1978 Pirates outfielder Dave Parker wins NL MVP
1978 Padres Gaylord Perry is 1st to win Cy Young in both leagues (NL)
1978 Phillies clinch NL East title
1978 Cleveland, Houston, New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Phillies win 3rd consecutive NL East Division title
1978 Pete Rose goes hitless, ends his 44 game hitting streak (ties NL)
1978 Pete Rose ties NL record hitting streak at 44
1978 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose sets NL record hitting in 38 consecutive games
1978 Pete Rose ties NL hitting streak of 37 games
1978 49th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at San Diego Stadium
1977 Reds' George Foster wins NL MVP
1977 Largest baseball crowd in Penns, 64,924 see Dodgers beat Phillies 4-1 in 4th NL championship game (Dodgers win pennant)
1977 Phillies clinch 2nd straight NL East Division title
1977 Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton throws his NL record tying 5th one-hitter
1977 San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey hits NL record 18th grand slammer
1977 48th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-5 at Yankee Stadium, New York
1976 Reds Joe Morgan wins his 2nd straight NL MVP Award
1976 San Diego Padre Randy Jones wins NL Cy Young
1976 Phillies clinch their 1st NL East Division title
1976 47th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Veterans Stadium, Phila
1976 Randy Jones wins NL record 16 games before All Star break
1976 NL greatest comeback, trailing 12-1 Phils win 18-16 in 10, Mike Schmidt hits 4 consecutive HRs
1975 Reds 2nd baseman Joe Morgan is named NL MVP
1975 Giants pitcher John "the Count of" Montefusco wins NL Rookie of Year
1975 Cincinnati Reds, win earliest NL division title
1975 Steve Garvey begins his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak
1975 46th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-3 at County Stadium, Milwaukee
1975 Phillies Mike Schmidt's 2 home runs ties NL record of 11 home runs in April
1974 Cardinals outfielder Bake McBride wins NL Rookie of Year
1974 Dodgers Steve Garvey wins NL MVP
1974 Hank Aaron's 733rd career HR on his last NL at bat
1974 Phillies set NL record, using 27 players in a game, St. Louis uses 24, tying record of 51. Phils win 7-3 in 17
1974 45th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-2 at 3 Rivers Stadium, Pitts
1973 San Diego files anti-trust against NL (stopping Padres move to DC)
1973 NL votes to move San Diego Padres to Washington D.C. (doesn't happen)
1973 Gary Matthews wins NL Rookie of Year
1973 Pete Rose wins NL MVP
1973 Tom Seaver wins NL Cy Young Award
1973 NL refuses to allow San Diego Padres move to Washington D.C.
1973 44th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Royals Stadium, KC
1973 Willie Mays named to NL all star team for 24th time (ties Musial)
1973 New York Mets are 12 games back in NL, and go on to win pennant
1973 San Francisco Giants Bobby Bonds sets NL record with 22 lead off HRs
1972 Red Sox Carlton Fisk wins AL Rookie of Year, Mets Jon Matlack wins NL
1972 Phillies' Steve Carlton wins unanimous NL Cy Young Award
1972 1st black NL umpire (Art Williams-Los Angeles vs San Diego)
1972 43rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stad
1972 Cincinnati Reds are 11 games back in NL, and go on to win pennant
1972 Hank Aaron's grandslammer (14) ties him for NL lead with Gil Hodges and moves him ahead of Willie Mays as #2 HR hitter (649)
1972 Record 8 shutouts pitched in 16 major league games (AL=5, NL=3)
1971 Braves catcher-infielder Earl Williams, wins NL Rookie of Year
1971 Joe Torre wins NL MVP, Vida Blue wins AL MVP
1971 Willie Mays hits his 638th HR, sets NL record of 1,950 runs scored
1970 Carl Morton (18-11 for last-place Expos), receives NL Rookie of Year
1970 Johnny Bench wins NL MVP
1970 Bob Gibson wins NL Cy Young Award
1970 After NL record 1,117 consec games, Billy Williams asks to sit out
1970 41st All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Riverfront Stadium, Cin
1970 NL offices begins move from Cin to San Francisco (completed Feb 23)
1969 Ted Sizemore becomes 7th Dodger to win NL Rookie of Year
1969 San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey edges Tom Seaver as NL MVP
1969 Tom Seaver voted NL Cy Young Award
1969 Atlanta's 10th straight win, clinches NL West pennant
1969 New York Mets clinch NL East pennant
1969 40th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 9-3 at RFK Memorial, Washington D.C.
1969 On Billy Williams Day in Chicago, the Cubs outfielder passes Stan Musial's NL record for consecutive games played (896)
1968 Bob Gibson edges Pete Rose to win NL MVP
1968 In NL expansion draft, Expos and Padres choose 30 players each
1968 AL and NL umpires form a new Association of Major League Umpires
1968 Montreal Expos officially become a member of NL
1968 NL announces break into 2 divisions for 1969
1968 39th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 1-0 at Astrodome, Houston
1968 Executive Council decides both AL and NL to divide into 2 divisions
1968 NL grants San Diego Padres a franchise
1968 NL awards Montreal and SD major league franchises
1968 Giants reliever Lindy McDaniel sets NL record of 225th consecutive errorless game (108 chances consecutively since June 16, 1964)
1968 NL owners approve expansion for 2 new teams
1967 Mets pitcher Tom Seaver (16-12) is named NL Rookie of Year
1967 NL owners OK AL expansion to Seattle and Kansas City
1967 St. Louis Cardinals Orlando Cepeda is 1st unanimous NL MVP
1967 SF's Mike McCormick wins NL Cy Young Award
1967 Phillies Jim Bunning ties NL record of 5, 1-0 losses in a year
1967 38th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 15 at Anaheim Stadium, CA
1967 Phillies Clay Dairymple ties NL record of 6 walks in doubleheader
1966 Cincinnati infielder Tommy Helms is voted NL Rookie of Year
1966 Pirates outfielder Roberto Clemente is named NL MVP
1966 37th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 10 at Busch Stad, St. Louis
1966 Brave pitcher Tony Cloninger, is 1st NL to hit 2 grand slams in a game
1966 Wisc State Circuit Court Judge Elmer W. Roller rules either the Braves stay in Milwaukee or NL must promise Wisconsin an expansion team for 1966
1965 Dodgers 2nd baseman Jim Lefebvre is voted NL Rookie of Year
1965 Willie Mays wins NL MVP
1965 Willie Mays named NL MVP
1965 Sandy Koufax wins NL Cy Young Award unanimously
1965 Dodgers beat Braves to clinch NL pennant
1965 Willie Mays sets NL record for home runs in a month with his 17th of August
1965 Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, Inc applies for a NL franchise
1965 36th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 at Metropolitan Stadium, Minn
1965 Willie Mays 512th HR breaks Mel Ott's 511th NL record
1965 1st NL game at Houston's Astrodome (Phillies beat Astros 2-0)
1965 NL adopts emergency team replacement plan to restock any club struck by disaster
1964 Cards' 3rd baseman Ken Boyer is voted NL MVP
1964 NL keeps Braves in Milwaukee in 1965, may move to Atlanta in 1966
1964 Braves ask NL to allow them to leave Milwaukee for Atlanta
1964 St. Louis is 1st NL to score runs in every game since 1923, win 15-2
1964 St. Louis Cardinals are 11 games back in NL, and win World Series
1964 35th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-4 at Shea Stadium, New York
1964 Phillies Jim Bunning pitches perfect game (Mets) on Fathers day, in 2nd game of DH, Mets get 3 hits, 3 being fewest hits in NL DH
1963 Cincinnati 2nd baseman Pete Rose wins NL Rookie of Year
1963 Sandy Koufax wins NL MVP award
1963 New York Met Roger Craig's NL record-tying 18-game losing streak ends
1963 34th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland
1963 Brian Harvey, baseball umpire, NL
1962 Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills is named NL's MVP
1962 SF beats Dodgers, 8-0 in 1st of best-of-3 NL playoff
1962 Bob Aspromonte sets NL 3rd baseman record of 57 cons errorless games
1962 32nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at D.C. Stadium, Washington
1962 Stan Musial breaks Honus Wagner's NL hit record with 3,431
1962 New York Mets tiea NL record by losing 9 straight to start season
1962 Stan Musial scores his 1,869th run, a new NL record
1962 NL releases its 1st 162-game schedule
1961 Billy Williams of the Cubs is voted NL Rookie of Year
1961 Sandy Koufax sets NL strikeout season record at 269
1961 30th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 in 10 at Candlestick Pk, SF
1960 Dodgers outfielder Frank Howard is voted NL Rookie of Year
1960 NL batting champion Dick Groat wins MVP
1960 NL votes to admit Houston and New York to league
1960 For 1st time since 1927, Pirates clinch NL pennant
1960 Gil Hodges set NL righty HR record with #352
1960 Baseball's NL votes to add Houston and New York franchises
1960 29th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Yankee Stadium, New York
1960 28th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, KC
1959 Giants slugger Willie McCovey wins NL Rookie of Year
1959 Ernie Banks, Cubs shortstop, wins 2nd consecutive NL MVP
1959 Dodgers win game 2 of playoff, 6-5, and take NL pennant
1959 Milwaukee Braves Warren Spahn becomes winningest NL lefty
1959 Sandy Koufax breaks Dizzy Dean's NL mark of 18 strikeouts in a game
1959 AL beats NL 5-3 in 27th All Star Game (Dodger Stadium)
1959 26th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh
1958 Willie McGee, born in San Francisco, California, outfielder, St. Louis Cardinals, NL MVP-1985
1958 Yanks threaten to broadcast games nationwide if NL goes ahead with plans to broadcast, games into New York City
1958 NL single-game record of 78,682, Giants lose to Dogers 6-5, in Los Angeles
1957 Henry Aaron wins NL MVP
1957 Phillies pitcher Jack Sanford wins NL Rookie of Year
1957 Milwaukee Braves clinch NL pennant by beating Cards 4-2
1957 Gil Hodges hits his NL record 13th career grand slam (Last by Bkln)
1957 Stan Musial plays in 823rd game (new NL consecutive-game streak)
1957 NL approves Brooklyn Dodgers' and New York Giants' move to west coast
1957 Kirk Gibson, Michigan, outfield, Tigers, Dodgers, 1988 NL MVP
1957 Chic Cub pitchers walk NL record 9 Reds in 5th inning
1957 All NL teams intergates, John Irwin Kennedy is 1st black on Phillies
1956 Frank Robinson (NL) and Luis Aparicio (AL) voted Rookie of the Year
1956 Don Newcombe, wins NL MVP and 1st-ever Cy Young Award
1956 AP names Cin manager Birdie Tebbets as NL Manager of the Year
1956 23rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at Griffith Stadium, Washington D.C.
1956 Dale Murphy, born in Portland, Oregon, slugger, Atlanta Braves, 2 time NL MVP
1955 Earliest clinching of an NL pennant (Brooklyn Dodgers)
1955 Phillies Don Newcombe hits NL pitcher record 7th HR of season
1955 22nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 in 12 at County Stad, Milw
1954 Andre Dawson, born in Miami, Florida, outfielder, Expos, Cubs, 1987 NL MVP
1953 Dodgers 2nd baseman Jim "Junior" Gilliam wins NL Rookie of Year
1953 Brooklyn Dodgers, clinch NL pennant earlier than any other team
1953 Baseball player reps Ralph Kiner (NL) and Allie Reynolds (AL) hire John Norman Lewis at $15,000 to give legal advice to players in negotiation
1953 20th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati
1953 NL approves Boston Braves move to Milwaukee (1st shift since 1903)
1952 Dodgers pitcher Joe Black wins NL Rookie of Year
1952 Cubs slugger Hank Sauer wins NL MVP
1952 Dodgers clinch NL pennant
1952 19th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 in 5 at Shibe Park, Phila
1952 Braves Warren Spahn ties NL record of Jim Whitney with 18 strikeouts against the Cubs in 15-inning, 3-1 loss
1951 AL alters its restrictions on night games, adopting NL's suspended game rule and lifting its ban on lights for Sunday games
1951 Roy Campanella named NL MVP on his 30th birthday
1951 Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella wins 1st of his 3 NL MVP
1951 Brooklyn catcher Roy Campanella wins NL MVP
1951 NL President Ford Frick elected 3rd commissioner of baseball
1951 NL ump Frank Dascoli clears the Dogers bench ejecting 15 players
1951 18th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 8-3 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit
1951 Dave Parker, baseball player, Pittsburgh Pirates, NL MVP 1978
1951 Bill Madlock, 4X NL batting champ for the Chicago Cubs
1950 Boston Brave Sam Jethroe wins NL Rookie of Year
1950 Phillies reliever Jim Konstanty wins NL MVP
1950 Phillies win NL pennant on last day of season (10th inning HR)
1950 17th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 in 14 at Comiskey Park, Chic Ted Williams breaks his elbow; 1st extra inning All Star Game
1950 Gary Matthews, baseball player, 1973 NL rookie of year
1949 NL batting leader (.342) Jackie Robinson wins NL MVP
1949 Pirates Ralph Kiner hits his 54th HR and NL record 16th in September
1948 Stan Musial is picked NL MVP
1948 Boston Braves win 1st NL championship since 1914
1948 Braves clinch NL pennant
1948 Phillies Richie Ashburn sets NL rookie consecut hitting streak at 23
1947 Dodgers clinch NL pennant
1946 Cards beat Dodgers 8-4 at Ebbets Field to win NL playoffs 2-0
1946 1st NL playoffs, Dodgers vs Cards (St. Louis wins 2 games to 0)
1946 1st time NL pennant ends in a tie (Cards and Dodgers)
1945 Cubs clinch NL pennant
1945 Phillies Vince DiMaggio ties NL record with 4th grand slam of season
1945 Mel Ott is 1st in NL to hit 500th HR (joins Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx)
1945 Cubs stop Braves Tommy Holmes modern-day NL hitting streak at 37 games
1944 Cards' Marty Marion wins NL MVP
1944 12th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh
1943 Spud Chandler wins AL MVP; Stan Musial wins NL MVP
1943 Cardinals clinch NL pennant
1943 NL Ford Frick demonstrates revised balata ball to reporters by bouncing it on his office carpet ball proves to be 50% livelier
1943 NL seeks buyer for Phillies, as owner Gerry Nugent, falls in arrears
1942 Mort Cooper wins NL MVP
1942 St. Louis Cardinals win NL pennant on last day of season
1941 Million jam downtown Brooklyn to cheer NL champ Dodgers in a parade
1940 Reds beat Tigers ending NL's 10-game World Series losing streak
1940 Joseph Torre, outfield/manager, Braves, Mets, 1971 NL MVP
1940 8th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-0 at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis
1940 1st NL night game at Sportsman's Park (Dodgers 10, Cardinals 1)
1940 Willie Stargell, outfielder/1st baseman, Pirates, 1971 NL HR leader
1938 NL batting champ Ernie Lombardi is named MVP
1938 Cubs clinch NL pennant
1938 6th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati
1938 Phillies Harold Kelleher faces 16 batters in 6th, as Cubs score 12 runs, both marks are NL records off one hurler in a single inning
1937 St. Louis Cardinals Triple Crown winner Joe Medwick is named NL MVP
1936 Carl Hubbell, 26-6, edges out Dizzy Dean, 24-13, for MVP honors in NL
1936 Joe Medwick sets a still-standing NL record with his 64th double
1936 Paul Waner ties Rogers Hornsby's NL record of 200 hits for 7 times
1936 Frank Howard, baseball player, NL Rookie of the Year 1960
1936 New York Giants are 10 games back in NL, and go on to win pennant
1936 4th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 at Braves Field, Boston
1935 Bob Gibson, Cardinal pitcher, Cy Young/NL MVP 1968
1935 Gabby Hartnett selected NL MVP
1935 Chicago Cubs win 21st consecutive game and clinch NL pennant
1935 Boston Braves lose NL record 110th game of year en route to 115
1935 Pitts Crawfords beat New York Cubans to win Negro NL Championship, 3-0
1935 Chicago Cubs are 10 games back in NL, and go on to win the pennant
1935 Babe Ruth's 1st NL game, for Boston Braves, included a HR
1934 NL votes to permit night baseball (up to 7 games per home team)
1934 Ford Frick, NL publicity director, is named league president
1934 Dizzy Dean chosen as NL MVP
1934 Orlando Cepeda, Giants player, NL MVP 1967
1934 Hank Aaron, baseball player, record 755 HRs, 1957 NL MVP
1934 Bill White, U.S., 1st baseman, Cards, /announcer, Yanks, /President, NL
1934 Carl Hubbell, NL MVP winner, gets $18,000 contract by the New York Giants
1932 Jimmie Foxx wins AL MVP and Chuck Klein wins NL MVP
1932 Maury Wills, baseball shortstop, Los Angeles Dodgers, NL MVP 1962
1932 Chicago Cubs clinch the NL pennant
1932 Earl Grace, ends NL catcher record streak of 110 cons errorless games
1932 NL, finally approves players wearing numbers
1931 Baseball cuts squad from 25 to 23 players and NL continues to prohibit uniform numbers
1931 Closest NL batting race ends Chick Hafey (.3488) beats Bill Terry's
1931 St. Louis Cardinals repeat as NL champions with a 6-3 win over Phillies
1930 Sporting News picks Bill Terry as NL MVP and Joe Cronin as AL MVP
1930 Dick Groat, shortstop, NL MVP 1960
1930 AP votes Joe Cronin unofficial AL MVP and BWA names Hack Wilson NL MVP
1930 Cub's Hack Wilson's 2 home runs give him NL record 56 HRs
1930 Hack Wilson hits his 44th HR, breaks Chuck Klein's NL record
1930 St. Louis Cardinals are 12 games back in NL, and go on to win pennant
1929 Pirates loss to Braves and clinch NL pennant for the Cubs
1929 Grover Alexander beats Phils 7-1 for his 373rd and last NL win
1929 Phillies Don Hurst sets NL record of 6 consecutive games with a HR
1928 John McGraw backs NL President John Heydler's designated hitter idea
1928 NL President John Heydler proposes designated hitter for pitchers
1928 Cardinals 1B Jim Bottomley is voted NL MVP
1928 James "Junior" Gilliam, Dodgers, NL rookie of year 1953
1928 Cardinals win NL pennant with a 3-1 win at Boston
1928 Cards set NL record of 18 men left on base beating Phillies 8-6
1927 Pirates Paul Waner wins NL MVP
1927 Pirates clinch NL pennant with a 9-6 win over Reds
1927 NL President John Heydler rules Rogers Hornsby can't hold stock in the Cardinals and play for the Giants
1926 Cardinals clinch NL pennant by beating Giants 6-4
1925 No baseball games played in NL due to Charles Ebbets' funeral
1925 NL holds Golden Jubilee Year meeting at same hotel where NL began
1923 1st NL unassisted triple play (Ernie Padgett, Braves against Phillies)
1923 Longest NL opening game, Phillies and Dodgers tie 5-5 in 14
1922 Roger Hornsby sets NL HR mark at 42
1922 Carl Furillo, Brooklyn Dodger, NL Batting Champ 1953
1921 AL votes to return to best-of-7 World Series, while NL votes best-of-9 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis casts deciding vote for best-of-7
1921 Roy Campanella, Brooklyn Dodger catcher, NL MVP 1951/53/55
1921 Pirates drop doubleheader to Cards to allow idle Giants to clinch NL
1920 Stan Musial, outfielder, St. Louis Cardinal, 7 times NL bat champ
1920 NL votes 6-2 for 1 commissioner AL votes 6-2 to keep group commission
1919 NL votes to ban the spitball's use by all new pitchers
1919 Dutch Ruether beats Giants 4-3 to clinch Cincinnati 1st NL pennant
1919 Cincinnati Reds are 10 games back in NL, and win World Series
1919 Hank Sauer, baseball player, NL MVP 1952
1919 NL President John Heydler dismisses charges that Hal Chase bet against his team and threw games in collusion with gamblers
1917 Marty Marion, baseball player, NL MVP 1944
1917 Jim Konstanty, baseball player, NL MVP 1950
1916 Phillip Cavaretta, baseball player, NL MVP 1945
1916 NL votes down a proposal by Giants, Braves, and Cubs to increase club player limit from 21 to 22 (The Reds want to decrease to 20)
1916 NL votes down Charlie Ebbets proposal to limit 25 cents seats
1914 Boston Braves, who were in last place in mid-July, clinch NL pennant
1914 Boston Braves begin drive from last to 1st place in NL
1914 NL's Boston Braves start climb from last place to world series sweep
1914 Boston Braves are 15 games back in NL, and win World Series
1913 Bkln Dodger Jake Daubert earns a new Chalmers auto as NL MVP
1913 Mort Cooper, baseball player, NL MVP 1942
1911 Ty Cobb (AL) and Frank Schulte (NL) are 1st MVPs, each gets an auto
1909 Chicago Cubs beat New York Giants 4-2 in a playoff to win NL pennant
1906 Boston Beaneaters (NL) end 19-game losing streak beat Cards 6-3
1905 Pittsburgh Pirates strand NL record 18 men on base and lose to Reds 8-3
1904 Boston pitchers achieve 148 complete games-an AL record, also record for total complete games AL 1,098, NL 1,089
1904 NL record of 5 stolen bases in a game (Dennis McGann, New York Giants)
1904 John "Pepper" Martin, baseballer, NL stolen base leader 1933,34,36
1903 AL/NL batting champ Ed Delahanty, disappears, found dead days later
1903 Nick Young remains as NL president as AG Spalding ends challenge
1902 Jimmy Collins, leaves Boston Beaneaters (NL) club to manage AL's new Boston Somersets
1901 Joe McGinnity, suspended from NL for punching and spitting on an ump
1901 NL Rules Committee decrees that all fouls are to count as strikes except after two strikes
1900 Gabby Harnett, NL MVP 1935
1900 AL President Ban Johnson writes to NL President Nick Young seeking peace
1900 NL decides to go with 8 teams They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville and Washington (in 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee)
1898 Frank "Fordham Flash" Frisch, New York City, baseball player, NL MVP 1931
1892 1st Sunday NL baseball game, Reds beat Cards 5-1
1891 Dazzy Vance, hall of fame pitcher, led NL in strike-outs 7-yrs
1889 Players League begins, declaring independence from baseball's NL
1889 New York Giants (NL) beat Brooklyn (AA) in world series 6 games to 3
1889 1st all New York City World Series New York Giants (NL) play Brooklyn (AA)
1887 Detroit (NL) beats St. Louis (AA) 10 games to 5 in World Series
1884 1st World Series OK by AA, Providence (NL) sweeps New York Mets (AA) in 3
1884 1st World Series OKed by AA, Providence (NL) beats New York Mets (AA) 6-0
1883 Baseball returns to Philadelphia, 1st NL game since 1876
1882 1st World Series (game 2), Chicago (NL) beats Cincinnati (AA) 2-0
1882 1st World Series game, Cincinnati (AA) beats Chicago (NL) 4-0
1882 NL expels umpire Richard Higham for dishonesty
1881 Metropolitan club plays its last game of its non-league season They win 80 of 151 games (18-43 versus NL teams)
1879 NL owners meeting in Buffalo adopt reserve clause, giving each team exclusive rights to their players
1876 NY Mutuals and Philadelphia A's expelled from NL for not completing sked
1876 1st to hit 2 HRs; and score 5 runs in 9 inn NL game (George Hall, A's)
1876 1st tie in NL history (Athletics and Louisville, 2-2 in 14)
1876 1st NL no-hitter (Joe Borden, Boston)
1876 Chicago Cubs 1st NL game, beats Louisville 4-0 (1st NL shutout)
1876 1st NL game, Boston Braves beat Philadelphia Athletics 6-5
1876 Philadelphia A's and Boston Red Caps play 1st NL game, in Phila
1876 1st official NL baseball game (Boston-6, Phila-5)
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