[3] The Spalding World Tour of 1889 brought baseball to Italy for the first time, playing three matches in the country.

After failing to find a suitable field in Naples and experiencing unconducive weather in Rome, the team left Italy without playing a single game.

A native of Turin under the name Mario Ottino, he spent several years in United States where he became a baseball fan.

The first official match played under the authority of Lega Italiana Baseball and was held on June 27, 1948 in Milan.

[8] Alessandro Maestri has criticized the development of baseball in Italy in recent years, saying that the shrinking of the Italian Baseball League in 2010, in an effort to professionalize it, would decrease the motivation for young Italian players to develop in the domestic league.