Ceremonial first pitch

Table columns:
Year
President
Ballpark
Notes

Table rows:
cells: 1910 Opening Day
William Howard Taft
National Park
First sitting President to participate in Opening Day ceremonies; preceded Washington Nationals–Philadelphia Athletics game on April 14.[6]
cells: 1911 Opening Day
William Howard Taft
National Park
The National Park where the first-ever, Presidential Ceremonial first pitch was thrown burned down in March of 2011, and a new stadium, also called National Park at first, was built in its place. It would be renamed Griffith Stadium in 1923.
cells: 1912 Opening Day
Vice President James S. Sherman
National Park
Taft did not attend because of the death of his friend Archibald Butt in the Titanic disaster.
cells: 1913 Opening Day
Woodrow Wilson
National Park
cells: 1915 Opening Day
Woodrow Wilson
National Park
cells: 1915 World Series
Woodrow Wilson
Baker Bowl
cells: 1916 Home Opener
Woodrow Wilson
National Park
Washington Nationals defeated New York Yankees on April 20.[7]
cells: 1921 Opening Day
Warren Harding
Griffith Stadium
First loss for the Senators with a President throwing out the first ball.
cells: 1922 Opening Day
Warren Harding
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1923 Opening Day
Warren Harding
Griffith Stadium
Harding also threw out the first ball in the New York Yankees opening game, two days before.
cells: 1924 Opening Day
Calvin Coolidge
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1924 World Series
Calvin Coolidge
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1925 Opening Day
Calvin Coolidge
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1925 World Series
Calvin Coolidge
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1927 Opening Day
Calvin Coolidge
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1928 Opening Day
Calvin Coolidge
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1929 Opening Day
Herbert Hoover
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1929 World Series
Herbert Hoover
Shibe Park
Game 5, October 14.
cells: 1930 Opening Day
Herbert Hoover
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1930 World Series
Herbert Hoover
Shibe Park
cells: 1931 Opening Day
Herbert Hoover
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1932 Opening Day
Herbert Hoover
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1933 Opening Day
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1934 Opening Day
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1935 Opening Day
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1936 Opening Day
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1937 Opening Day
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1937 All-Star Game
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1938 Opening Day
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1940 Opening Day
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Griffith Stadium
Roosevelt's pitch hit a Washington Post camera.[8]
cells: 1941 Opening Day
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1946 Opening Day
Harry Truman
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1947 Opening Day
Harry Truman
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1948 Opening Day
Harry Truman
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1949 Opening Day
Harry Truman
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1950 Opening Day
Harry Truman
Griffith Stadium
Truman threw out two balls, one left-handed and one right-handed.
cells: 1951 Opening Day
Harry Truman
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1952 Opening Day
Harry Truman
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1953 Opening Day
Dwight Eisenhower
Griffith Stadium
Eisenhower skipped Opening Day to play golf at Augusta National, but the game was postponed by rain and he threw out the first ball at the rescheduled game.
cells: 1954 Opening Day
Dwight Eisenhower
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1955 Opening Day
Dwight Eisenhower
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1955 World Series
Dwight Eisenhower
Ebbets Field
cells: 1956 Opening Day
Dwight Eisenhower
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1958 Opening Day
Dwight Eisenhower
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1959 Opening Day
Richard Nixon
Griffith Stadium
Nixon was vice president at the time; he was elected president in 1968.
cells: 1960 Opening Day
Dwight Eisenhower
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1961 Opening Day
John F. Kennedy
Griffith Stadium
cells: 1962 Opening Day
John F. Kennedy
D.C. Stadium
First ball in new stadium
cells: 1963 Opening Day
John F. Kennedy
D.C. Stadium
cells: 1964 Opening Day
Lyndon Johnson
D.C. Stadium
cells: 1965 Opening Day
Lyndon Johnson
D.C. Stadium
cells: 1967 Opening Day
Lyndon Johnson
D.C. Stadium
cells: 1969 Opening Day
Richard Nixon
RFK Stadium
cells: 1970 All-Star Game
Richard Nixon
Riverfront Stadium
All-Star Game in Cincinnati, Ohio
cells: 1973 Opening Day
Richard Nixon
Anaheim Stadium
First Opening Day held outside of Washington, D.C.
cells: 1976 Opening Day
Gerald Ford
Arlington Stadium
cells: 1976 All-Star Game
Gerald Ford
Veterans Stadium
American League vs. National League
cells: 1979 World Series
Jimmy Carter
Memorial Stadium
cells: 1984 Opening Day
Ronald Reagan
Memorial Stadium
Reagan made an unannounced trip to Baltimore, after it was initially cancelled for security reasons. He watched the game from the third-base dugout.[9]
cells: 1986 Opening Day
Ronald Reagan
Memorial Stadium
cells: 1988 Regular Season
Ronald Reagan
Wrigley Field
Reagan threw two pitches prior to the Chicago Cubs–Pittsburgh Pirates game on September 30, then joined Harry Caray for 1½ innings on the WGN telecast.[6]
cells: 1989 Opening Day
George H. W. Bush
Memorial Stadium
President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak was Bush's special guest, but did not partake in the pregame ceremonies. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Boston Red Sox 5–4 in 11 innings.[10]
cells: 1989 Japan Series
Ronald Reagan
Tokyo Dome
Game 3 between the Kintetsu Buffaloes and Yomiuri Giants
cells: 1990 Opening Day
George H. W. Bush
SkyDome
First Opening Day pitch to be thrown in Canada.
cells: 1991 Opening Day
George H. W. Bush
Arlington Stadium
1991 Opening Day Ronald Reagan Dodger Stadium
cells: 1992 Opening Day
George H. W. Bush
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
First MLB game at Camden Yards.
cells: 1993 Opening Day
Bill Clinton
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Before this, most presidents threw from the stands or at the base of the pitcher's mound; Clinton was the first president to successfully throw from the pitcher's mound to the catcher.
cells: 1994 Opening Day
Bill Clinton
Jacobs Field
First MLB Game at Jacobs Field.
cells: 1995 World Series
Jimmy Carter
Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
cells: 1996 Opening Day
Bill Clinton
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
cells: 1997 Opening Day
Bill Clinton
Shea Stadium
cells: 2000 Opening Day
Bill Clinton
Pacific Bell Park
cells: 2001 Opening Day
George W. Bush
Miller Park
MLB Commissioner Bud Selig (a former owner of the Brewers) threw out the first pitch to celebrate the opening of the new park; Bush threw the second pitch.
cells: 2001 World Series
George W. Bush
Yankee Stadium
This was the first World Series game in New York since the September 11 attacks; Bush wore a bulletproof vest and a Secret Service agent dressed as an umpire so he could be on the field.
cells: 2003 Opening Day
George H.W. Bush
Great American Ball Park
cells: 2004 Opening Day
Jimmy Carter
Petco Park
First MLB Game at Petco Park
cells: 2004 Opening Day
George W. Bush
Busch Stadium
cells: 2005 Opening Day
George W. Bush
RFK Stadium
2005 was the Nationals' first season, making Bush the first president to throw out first pitch in Washington since Richard Nixon in 1969.
cells: 2006 Opening Day
George W. Bush
Great American Ball Park
First sitting President to participate on Opening Day in Cincinnati; preceded Reds–Cubs game on April 3.[6]
cells: 2008 Opening Day
George W. Bush
Nationals Park
This was the first pitch in new stadium. Bush also participated in ESPN's TV broadcast of the game and called the ballpark's first home run, hit by the Braves' Chipper Jones in the 4th inning.
cells: 2009 Opening Day
George W. Bush
Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
Bush had owned the Rangers in the early 1990s.
cells: 2009 All-Star Game
Barack Obama
Busch Stadium
cells: 2009 Japan Series
George W. Bush
Tokyo Dome
Game 3 between the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and the Yomiuri Giants.
cells: 2010 Opening Day
Barack Obama
Nationals Park
100th anniversary of the first Presidential Opening Day ceremonial first pitch
cells: 2010 World Series
George W. Bush
Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
Former President Bush was accompanied to the mound by his father, George H.W. Bush, and Texas Rangers team president Nolan Ryan.
cells: 2011 College World Series
George W. Bush
TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
This pitch marked the first game at the new home of the College World Series, replacing the nearby Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium. Before Bush threw out the first pitch, his father, who played for Yale in the first CWS in 1947, delivered a video message christening the new stadium. He is the first President to have thrown ceremonial first pitches for amateur and professional (both North America and Japanese) championship matches.[11]
cells: 2015 American League Division Series
George H. W. Bush
Minute Maid Park
Former President George H. W. Bush, aged 91, accompanied by his wife Barbara and in a wheelchair with a neck brace, threw the Houston Astros' first pitch at Game 3 of the ALDS against the Kansas City Royals.[12]
cells: 2017 World Series
George W. Bush
Minute Maid Park
Former President Bush was accompanied and given the first pitch ball by his father, George H.W. Bush.

Questions about this table:
originalText: who threw the first pitch at the 2001 world series
answer: answerTexts: George W. Bush