The roots of fantasy baseball were planted more than four decades ago. With the improvements in technology and the greater emphasis in statistics, today fantasy baseball is a huge industry with varying games suited to players of all ages and levels.

• 1963 – Tabletop Baseball of Strat-O-Matic begins, and still have a loyal following to this day.
  
• 1977 – Bill James, author of Bill James Baseball Abstract first edition, often referred to as the father of sabermetrics.
  
• 1980 – Rotisserie Baseball created
  
• 1981 – STATS, Inc. founded by Bill James and company stemming from discontent of lack of detailed game stats.
  
• 1981 – MLB strike ignites interest in Roto during the down time.
  
• 1985 – Pursue the Pennant tabletop baseball integrates nuanced statistics.
  
• 1987 – Scoresheet Baseball, created by the respected Barton brothers, launches a weekly baseball simulation fantasy game.
  
• 1991 – Baseball Weekly, published by USA Today, is credited for much of USA Today’s success due to their in depth baseball stats.
  
• 1997 – Yahoo! Fantasy Sports launches free online fantasy baseball, which eventually grows to represent 35% of their total fantasy sports.
  
• 1999 – Fantasy Sports Trade Associations launches to provide an advocate and voice for the exploding fantasy community.
  
• 2001 – STATS, Inc. is purchased by Fox Sports.
  
• 2004 – Work on Box Baseball begins by long time fantasy baseball fans.
  
• 2008 – Box Baseball beta launches to select group of testers.
  
• 2009 – Box Baseball goes live, providing the world’s first predictive daily simulation fantasy baseball game.