More than twenty thousand fans showed up at Crosley Field in Cincinnati on
May 24, 1935, to watch the Reds play the Phillies in the first major league
night game.
Source: Joseph Wallace, The Baseball Anthology
"Des Moines to
Start Night Games May 6,"
Chicago Daily Tribune,
April 9, 1930
Source: ProQuest
Harry A.
Williams, "Record Attendance for Night Ball Predicted,"
Los Angeles Times,
June 27, 1930
Source: ProQuest
"Reds Win, 2-1,
From Phils in Night Opener,"
Chicago Daily Tribune,
May 25, 1935
Source: ProQuest
"League Approves
Sale of Browns; Permits Night Ball in St. Louis,"
New York Times,
November 13, 1936
Source: ProQuest
"Night Ball,"
New York Times,
July 2, 1939
Source: ProQuest