Back in 1939, when Little League started, the cost to sponsor a team and provide them with equipment was $30.
The Little League World Series was originally called the National Little League Tournament when it was first played in 1947.
The Little League World Series was first televised in 1953 and Howard Cosell called the play-by-play.
Monterrey, Mexico was the first non-US team to win the LLWS. That League was also the first to win consecutive World Series-1957 and 1958
Dr. Creighton J. Hale, Little League's Director of Research, invented the protective batting helmet in 1959.
Little League Baseball rules were changed in 1974 to allow girls to play. To date, 13 girls have made it to the Little League World Series. That same year Little League Softball was created.
The Peter J. McGovern Little League Museum opened in 1982.
1990 was the first season of Little League Challenger Division ball for physically and intellectually challenged kids.
The country that holds the most Little League World Series titles is the US with 32. The next most titles is held by Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) with 17 LLWS victories.
Pitch count rules, designed to protect young pitchers from serious injury, first came into effect in the 2007 season.
The first fence was added to the original Little League field in 1943, the distance from home plate was 205 feet. In 2006, the fences at Lamade and Volunteer Stadiums were moved back to 225 feet because homeruns were becoming too common.
