1961 Event Pro Baseball Rules Committee votes 8-1 against legalizing the spitball 1949 Event AL votes down proposal to revive spitball 1949 Event AL votes 7-1 rejecting legalizing the spitball 1920 Event AL votes to let spitball pitchers to continue using it 1919 Event NL votes to ban the spitball's use by all new pitchers 1919 Event Baseball league presidents call for abolishment of spitball
