1. This President misses Opening Day and the first pitch by a Speaker of the House (Champ Clark) takes place.
2. This President was the first president to come out of the stands to throw a ceremonial first pitch. Among the places he did that was at the Chicago Cubs home opener.
3. This President starred in the movie, "The Winning Team," portraying Hall of Fame pitcher : Grover Cleveland Alexander, who was named after former president Grover Cleveland
4. This President was the first sitting president to throw out an Opening Day (2006) first pitch in Cincinnati His s father, George H.W., threw out the first pitch here on Opening Day but was not a sitting president.
5. This President is first to watch a major league game from the dugout (Baltimore Orioles).
6. This President was scheduled to throw out the first pitch in Cincinnati on April 8 - only 2½ months after taking office - but on March 30, nine days before Opening Day, he was shot in an assassination attempt.
7. This President was the first president to host a professional baseball team at the White House. The team The Cincinnati Red Stockings.
8. This President broadcasts an inning and a half becoming the first to call play-by-play while in office.
9. This President was the first president to throw out a first pitch at any major league game, doing the honors on Opening Day at National Park in Washington, D.C.
10. This President is the first to attend a game on the fourth of July.
11. This President was the only president to play "professional" baseball. It occurred when he was a cadet at West Point. He played for a semipro team in Kansas under the last-name alias of "Wilson."
12. This President is the first to throw out two first pitches - one left-handed and one right-handed.
13. This President is the first President to see a major league game in his own hometown (Cincinnati).
15. This President is the first to attend a game and throw a first pitch in Canada.
16. This President is the first managing general partner of a Major League team (the Texas Rangers) to become President of the United States.
17. This President not only threw out the first pitch for the 1970 All-Star game in Cincinnati at two-week old Riverfront Stadium, but he also hung around to watch all 12 innings of the National League victory that culminated in Pete Rose bowling over catcher Ray Fosse with the winning run.
18. This President is the first to attend two major league games on the same day (he was in St. Louis).
19. This President was the best baseball-playing president. He played first base for Yale University in the 1947 and 1948 finals of the College World Series, losing both times.. (In the second of those title games, who was the batboy for the winning Southern Cal team?
20. This President is the first to throw the first pitch from the pitcher's mound and make it to the catcher.
21. This President is the first to attend a night game (in Washington).