In 1876, Spalding won 47 games as the prime pitchers for the Chicago White Stockings, who captured the National League's inaugural pennant by a wide margin.

They played home games from their inaugural season to the 2011 season at Sun Life Stadium, which they shared with the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League ( NFL ) and which was also called Joe Robbie Stadium, Pro Player Park, Pro Player Stadium, Dolphin Stadium, Dolphins Stadium, and Land Shark Stadium during their tenancy.

In 1867 he accompanied the National Base Ball Club of Washington D. C. on their inaugural national tour, as their official scorer, and in 1874 was instrumental in organizing a similar tour of England, which included games of both baseball and cricket.

Although they were better than their expansion cousins, who won only eight games in their inaugural season, the Kansas City Scouts began to suffer from an economic downturn in the Midwest.

She also went to Greece to take footage of the games ' original site at Olympia, where she was aided by Greek photographer Nelly, along with route of the inaugural torch relay.

In their 1962 inaugural season, the Mets posted a record of 40 – 120, the worst regular season record since Major League Baseball went to a 162-game season ( two games from their inaugural season were never made up ).

The inaugural MSO along with a very large number of games, introduced two new events of their own creation the Pentamind and the Decamentathlon.

Dio Cassius recounts that over 9, 000 wild animals were killed during the inaugural games of the amphitheatre.

Long Beach won the inaugural league championship, defeating Tri-City, 3 games to 1.

The team immediately won the league championship in their inaugural season and, although they did not win a championship in the four subsequent years, they won the most regular season games in each of the following seasons.

The Grizzlies played their home games during their inaugural 2001 season at Sauget Field.

Although they were better than the Capitals ( who won only eight games in their inaugural season ), the Scouts began to suffer from an economic downturn in the Midwest.

After 13 games into their inaugural season, the team moved to Moline, Illinois and became the Tri-City Blackhawks.

However, on December 27, 1946 — only 13 games into their inaugural season — owner Ben Kerner moved the team to Moline, Illinois, which at that time was part of an area known as the " Tri-Cities "

Playing their home games at Cleveland Arena under the direction of head coach Bill Fitch, they compiled a league-worst 15 – 67 record in their inaugural season.

The Rockets lost 67 games in their inaugural season, which was then an NBA record for losses in a season.

The Timberwolves played their home games in the Metrodome during its inaugural season, before moving to Target Center in 1990.

Led by early scoring sensation Joe Fulks, they won the championship in the league's inaugural 1946 – 47 season by defeating the Chicago Stags, four games to one.

It was fired 164 times in its inaugural season ( 41 home games, 20 home victories, 103 goals scored at home ).

After the newly founded Calgary Broncos folded prior to commencement of the inaugural WHA season, the Oilers were renamed the Alberta Oilers as it was planned to split their home games between Edmonton and Calgary.

The University of South Carolina Beaufort Sand Shark softball team also plays home games at the Richard Gray Baseball Complex, holding their inaugural season in 2012.

The new ballpark, Franklin Quest Field, opened in 1994 with the renamed Salt Lake Buzz drawing 713, 224 fans to home games during their inaugural season-breaking the PCL single-season attendance record that had stood for 48 years.

* Japan Series – In the inaugural Japan Series, the Mainichi Orions defeat the Shochiku Robins 4 games to 2.

Kiki Vandeweghe of UCLA was drafted by the Mavs with the 11th pick of the 1980 NBA Draft, but Vandeweghe refused to play for the expansion Mavericks and staged a holdout that lasted a month into the team's inaugural season.

However, the club reverted its name to Canterbury for the 1996 season and once again played matches out of Belmore Sports Ground ; something that lasted up until the inaugural National Rugby League season of 1998.

Firstly, Göhr broke her own world record at the Olympic Day meet in East Berlin winning in a time of 10. 81 s. This record lasted less than a month, however, since Ashford broke it with a 10. 79 s. Both athletes were in top form leading up to the inaugural World Championships, held in Helsinki.

Kiki Vandeweghe of UCLA was drafted by the Mavs with the 11th pick of the 1980 NBA Draft, but Vandeweghe refused to play for the expansion Mavericks and staged a holdout that lasted a month into the team's inaugural season.

The Filipinos finished in first place during the league's inaugural season, which lasted only one month, with a 19-7 record.

-- Thousands of bleacher-type seats are being erected along Pennsylvania Avenue between the Capitol and the White House for the big inaugural parade on Jan. 20.

However, in 1778 Gluck turned down an offer to compose the inaugural opera for La Scala in Milan ; upon the suggestion of Joseph II and with the approval of Gluck, Salieri was offered the commission, which he gratefully accepted.

On April 3, 1948, Wills and the Texas Playboys appeared for the inaugural broadcast of the Louisiana Hayride on KWKH, broadcasting from the Municipal Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana.

He is probably best known for his three-strand faux pearl necklace worn by Barbara Bush to her husband's inaugural ball.

The Panthers signed Dom Capers, previously the defensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers, as their inaugural head coach.

In their inaugural season, he led the Panthers to a 7 – 9 record, setting a record for the most victories by an expansion team.

The inaugural class for the Bengals Hall of Fame, hosted on the Bengals official website, was announced in 2011.

In 2004, the Rockies acquired Vinny Castilla, who had been with the club for its inaugural 1993 season, once again, and he hit 35 homers.

In March 1987, the group were awarded ' Best New Talent ', along with ' Song of the Year ' and ' Best Video ' for " Don't Dream It's Over ", at the inaugural ARIA Music Awards.

In 2006 he was one of the two inaugural recipients of the Athena Award, given by the Congress for the New Urbanism ( CNU ).

In his 1996 inaugural speech as President of the Royal Statistical Society, Adrian Smith held out evidence-based medicine as an exemplar for all public policy.

* The top players of the day: world champion Mikhail Botvinnik, and those who had qualified for ( or been seeded into ) the inaugural Candidates Tournament in 1950: Isaac Boleslavsky, Igor Bondarevsky, David Bronstein, Max Euwe, Reuben Fine, Salo Flohr, Paul Keres, Alexander Kotov, Andor Lilienthal, Miguel Najdorf, Samuel Reshevsky, Vasily Smyslov, Gideon Ståhlberg, and László Szabó.

** Eight players from the 1950 team played for Head Coach John Longfellow as the United States ' Gold Medal Basketball team at the inaugural 1951 Pan-American Games.

The inaugural meeting for Task Group 7 was held during January 2009, where it was chartered to write standards for free-space optical communication using visible light.

On 1 November 1533 he devoted his inaugural address to the need for reform and renewal in the Catholic Church.

* 1949 – Point Four Program a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address for a full term as President.

He was selected for six consecutive All-Star Games from 1949 to 1954, was the recipient of the inaugural MLB Rookie of the Year Award in 1947, and won the National League Most Valuable Player Award in 1949 — the first black player so honored.

In his later years, Kirby, who has been called " the William Blake of comics ", began receiving great recognition in the mainstream press for his career accomplishments, and in 1987, he, along with Carl Barks and Will Eisner, was one of the three inaugural inductees of the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.

The team was quickly built through a number of trades engineered by its first General Manager, Cedric Tallis, including a trade for Lou Piniella, who won the Rookie of the Year during the Royals ' inaugural season.

club winning the Scandinavian Championships in their inaugural year, 2009, and are again in the running for 2011.

In 2006, he was appointed Professorial Fellow at the Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law, and in October 2007 he presented his inaugural professorial lecture, " Finding Security in Terrorism ’ s Shadow: The importance of the rule of law ".

In their inaugural season played at Target Field, the Twins finished the regular season with a record of 94 wins and 68 losses, clinching the AL Central Division title for the 6th time in 9 years under manager Ron Gardenhire.