On June 6, 1892, President Benjamin Harrison became the first sitting U.S. president to attend a Major League Baseball game. He watched from the press box as the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Washington Senators 7–4 in 11 innings at Boundary Field.
Contemporary accounts estimate the crowd at roughly 1,500 spectators, who watched the President quietly enjoy the national pastime. Boundary Field was later rebuilt as Griffith Stadium, and today the site is occupied by Howard University Hospital, preserving a hidden layer of presidential sports history beneath modern Washington.
