In 1930, the Kansas City Monarchs became the first
professional baseball team to play night games.
Monarch’s owner, J. L Wilkinson,
believed playing at night would increase attendance by allowing fans who worked
during the day an opportunity to come to games; making more money for his team.
With their lights on retractable poles
which were transported on six trucks and powered by a portable generator run by
a loud gas engine, the Monarchs were able to play night games wherever they
travelled. The noise of the generator was so loud it supposedly once
disturbed the zoo animals in a town where the team was playing. Major League teams would not begin playing
baseball at night until 1935.
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