Milo L. Starks

Historical marker location:

5139 Lake Road South, Sweden, New York

( Memorial is on Lake Road South (New York State Route 19 at milepost 3.7), 0.1 miles south of Shumway Road (County Route 225), on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2014

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.