New York State

Historical marker location:

Wingdale, New York

( Marker is on New York State Route 55, 0.1 miles west of Hoyt Road, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1935

The first-ever recorded baseball game was played in Hoboken, New Jersey, but the modern rules of the game were established in New York City in 1845 by the New York Knickerbocker Baseball Club.