Who invented the baseball?

Question

Not the game of basball. I just want to know who invented the ball used to play baseball.

Answer 1

The specs for the ball go back to about 1860; most of the early ones were probably handmade. The balls used in the majors from 1879 onward were made by Albert Spalding (and his company), so he'd be the best choice if you had to pick someone as the creator of the modern, mass-produced baseball.

Answer 2

It wasn't Doubleday. The link on my source probably is the best I can find and this quote fits.

Jeff Idelson of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York has stated, "Baseball wasn't really born anywhere," meaning that the evolution of the game was long and continuous and has no clear, identifiable single origin.

If your looking for a name the best shot would be Alexander Joy Cartwright and I would guess that if you invent the game you probably invented the ball.

Answer 3

It was NOT Doubleday. Doubleday was a myth that was created by Al Spalding, star pitcher and sporting goods entrepreneur, who organized a biased panel in 1905, comprised of fellow sporting goods entrepreneurs, ex-club presidents and executives, ex-league presidents and executives and two U.S. Senators, who came up with a "study". Who better to invent the game then a war hero in a small town called Cooperstown.

Nothing could be farther from the truth. It was Alexander Joy Cartwright who wrote the modern rules of baseball. Bases 90 feet apart, 9 players on a team, 9 innings, batting order cannot be changed, etc. The first game was played at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, NJ and it was rumored that Cartwright umpired that game and fined someone 50 cents for swearing.

Cartwright rests at Oahu Cemetary on Nu'uanu Ave. in Honolulu, Hawaii which he decided to make his last home. At the foot of the family plot is plaque recognizing him as the Father of Modern Baseball. Greats like Babe Ruth, Casey Stengal, Lou Gehrig and Sadaharu Oh have visited the grave and paid respect. I doubt that Doubleday gets anything like that.

As for the actual ball...

Answer 4

The man who invented baseball is Abner Doubleday.

Answer 5

Abner Doubleday

Answer 6

Abner Doubleday

Answer 7

The Indians who were first on this continent played baseball first and was very popular then. It has just been enhanced by Americans and the rules were made up as time went along til it is where it is now.

You must read baseball digest. ! It will tell you everything.

Answer 8

The baseball as in a piece of equipment.

It was probably developed in it's current form by either Spaulding or Rawlings.