Who invented the game of baseball?

Answer 1

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It wasn't Abner DoubleDay. It was a misspelling. It was Abner Doubleplay who invented baseball. Poor Abner "Around the Horn" Doubleplay died in obscurity.*

Obscurity* ~ a small town in the Adirondacks in Upper State New York.

Answer 2

"Some believe he should be credited with the invention of baseball, although he himself made no such claim." - Wikipedia (June 26, 1819 – January 26, 1893)

"The earliest known mention of the sport is in a 1744 British publication, A Little Pretty Pocket-Book by John Newbery. It contains a wood-cut illustration of boys playing "base-ball" (showing a similar set-up to the modern game, yet significantly different) and a rhymed description of the sport.

The earliest known American reference to the game was published in a 1791 bylaw. The city statute proclaimed that the playing of baseball was prohibited within 80 yards of the new meeting house in Pittsfield, Massachusetts."

It was created in Britain, called "rounders". Then the poeple in America adapted it.

How could Abner Doubleday have invented it if the creation of baseball was half a century before he was born?

"The first full documentation of a baseball game in North America was that made by Dr. Adam Ford describing a baseball game that took place on June 4th, 1838 in Beechville, Ontario, Canada. Canada was a hotbed of early baseball development. Baseball grew quickly on both sides of the US-Canada border with strong players and teams in both countries."

I'm quite sure not a single person "invented" baseball.

Answer 3

As with a lot of history, the origin of baseball cannot be narrowed down to one single date. From the best estimations we know that the game originated from the British sports of cricket and rounders, somewhere in the mid-1700s to early-1800s. The early 1800s saw the game come to the United States, where it has since flourished.

But John Thorn's discovery of a 1791 Pittsfield, Mass., bylaw mentioning an undescribed game called baseball is by no means the earliest such reference.

A search on Gale's database Eighteenth Century Collections Online, which features a comprehensive collection of scanned books from the 1700's, retrieves a 1760 English children's book, ''A Little Pretty Pocket-Book,'' using the word base-ball. The book contains a poem titled ''Base-Ball,'' part of which reads: ''The Ball once struck off/Away flies the Boy/To the next destin'd Post/And then Home with Joy.'' An accompanying illustration shows the game, complete with pitcher and bases.

The source for Gale's text is a copy, the only one in the world, in the British Library.

However, the Mills Commission was appointed in 1905 to determine the origin of Baseball. Albert G. Spalding, one of the game's pioneers, urged the formation of the committee, following an article by Henry Chadwick, a famous early baseball writer, who contended that the sport evolved from the English game of rounders. The committee's final report, on December 30, 1907, stated, in part, that "the first scheme for playing baseball, according to the best evidence obtainable to date, was devised by Abner Doubleday at Cooperstown, N.Y. in 1839."

Answer 4

Believe it or not, historians don't know much about baseball's origins. There were many older version of the game, one of which can be traced to Ancient Egypt. The exact person who invented the game or the year he/she did so is still a mystery.

To make things more confusing, Abner Doubleday is credited with inventing the modernized version of Baseball that is played today. However, it is believed by many that the documents used to prove that he invented it are forged. Since he's officially credited with making the modernized version, the Hall of Fame and a baseball field named after him are in his home city.

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Answer 5

Baseball, like the United States, evolved out of a British precedent into a unique and independent institution. The origin of American baseball lies in an informal offshoot of the English sport of cricket called "rounders," played in the Colonies as early as the mid-18th century. The game was already called "base-ball" in a children's book of 1744. Essentially, a batter had to hit a pitched ball and then run the bases (from one to five of them) without being tagged or "plugged"---hit by a ball thrown by one of the fielders.

A special Commission of 1907 concluded that baseball had been "invented" by the Civil War hero Abner Doubleday (1819-1893), in Cooperstown, New York, in 1839. But it was actually Alexander Joy Cartwright (1820-1892) of New York who established the modern baseball field (1845). In Cartwright's rules of play, however, plugging was allowed; a ball fielded on one bounce was an out; pitching was underhand; and the game was won by the first team to score 21 "aces" (runs), in however many innings.

Baseball was institutionalized and further developed by the National Association in 1858. The Cincinnati Red Stockings became the first all-professional team in 1869. The rival National (1876) and American (1903) Leagues competed in the first World Series in 1903 and All-Star Game in 1933. In 1947, the Brooklyn Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson, removing the color barrier that had consigned black players to the "***** Leagues."
Since then, baseball has continued to embrace ever more players and fans---of all ages, both sexes, and various backgrounds---here and world-wide (especially in Central America and Japan). Today, despite the disillusioning Major League strike of 1994-95, baseball remains unchallenged as the quintessential American pastime

Answer 6

Americans began playing baseball on informal teams, using local rules, in the early 1800s. By the 1860s, the sport, unrivaled in popularity, was being described as America's "national pastime."

Alexander Joy Cartwright (1820-1892) of New York invented the modern baseball field in 1845. Alexander Cartwright and the members of his New York Knickerbocker Base Ball Club, devised the first rules and regulations for the modern game of baseball.

Baseball was based on the English game of rounders. Rounders become popular in the United States in the early 19th century, where the game was called "townball", "base", or "baseball". Cartwright formalized the modern rules of baseball.

The first recorded baseball game in 1846 when Alexander Cartwright's Knickerbockers lost to the New York Baseball Club. The game was held at the Elysian Fields, in Hoboken, New Jersey. In 1858, the National Association of Base Ball Players, the first organized baseball league was formed.

Answer 7

Alexander J. Cartwright is considered the man who invented baseball,but still alot of people believe that Abner Doubleday invented baseballs.

Answer 8

There actually is some controversy over who invented it. The common consensus is Abner Doubleday, but he actually took baseball from other games. "Rounders" is the typical game that is brought up when discussing the origins of baseball. Who knows, maybe baseball evolved somehow. Until we know the definitive proof, Doubleday is credited as the inventor.

Answer 9

The distinct evolution of baseball from among the various bat-and-ball games is difficult to pin down. However, it is mainly agreed that modern baseball is a North American development from the earlier game rounders.

The earliest known mention of the sport is in a 1744 British publication, A Little Pretty Pocket-Book by John Newbery. It contains a wood-cut illustration of boys playing "base-ball" (showing a similar set-up to the modern game, yet significantly different) and a rhymed description of the sport.

The earliest known American reference to the game was published in a 1791 bylaw. The city statute proclaimed that the playing of baseball was prohibited within 80 yards of the new meeting house in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

The first full documentation of a baseball game in North America was that made by Dr. Adam Ford describing a baseball game that took place on June 4th, 1838 in Beechville, Ontario, Canada. Canada was a hotbed of early baseball development. Baseball grew quickly on both sides of the US-Canada border with strong players and teams in both countries.

Alexander Cartwright had a hand in compiling and publishing an early list of rules in 1845 (the so-called Knickerbocker Rules) to meet the demands of the already popular sport, and today's have evolved from them.

Answer 10

No one knows. Playing with a ball and hitting it around has been around for centuries. Not one person can be credited for "inventing" baseball, however Abner Doubleday was among many people who were responsible for organizing and bringing baseball as we know it to the United States.