Historical Marker
Victor Herbert
Historical marker location:
321 West 108th Street, New York, New York
( Marker is on West 108th Street west of Broadway, on the right when traveling west.)
1859 - 1924.
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.