All the presidents' delightfully awkward first pitches
Photographs of America's most powerful men throwing the ceremonial first pitch gives some indication of why they got into politics
June 9, 1910
President Taft tosses out the first pitch.
1916
President Woodrow Wilson.
c. 1921
President Warren G. Harding.
October 1924
President Calvin Coolidge throws out the ball for the opening game of the 1924 World Series between the Washington Senators and the New York Giants.
c. 1929
President Herbert Hoover.
May 1941
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
April 18. 1949
President Harry Truman.
1957
President Dwight Eisenhower.
April 10, 1961
President John F. Kennedy.
April 13, 1964
President Lyndon Johnson.
April 7, 1969
President Richard Nixon.
July 13, 1976
President Gerald Ford throws out the first pitch to start the All-Star game in Philadelphia.
Sept. 30, 1988
President Ronald Reagan throws out the first pitch from the mound at Wrigley Field.
April 8, 1991
President George Bush throws out the first pitch at the Texas Rangers’ opening night in Arlington.
April 1992
President Bill Clinton.
April 5, 2004
President George W. Bush.
July 14, 2009
President Barack Obama throws out the first pitch at the 2009 MLB All-Star Game in St. Louis, Missouri.
