2007-02-13 05:15:49 · 10 answers · asked by J 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
alexander cartwright in 1845 in AMERICA who was a member of the new york knickerbockers
and thats the truth
the game and man Doubleday made up wasnt actually baseball it was more like cricket and cartwright turned it into baseball
2007-02-13 05:29:15 · answer #1 · answered by theTRUTH 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's a difficult question to answer...it evolved more than it was ever invented.
There is, of course, the fairy tale version that has the hero, Abe Doubleday inventing it during the US Civil War while stationed as a Union Soldier in Cooperstown, NY. Which is why the Baseball Hall of Fame stands there today.
The truth is, it likely evolved from a British game called "Rounders" that immigrants brought with them in the 18th and 19th centuries. There exists a document from a small settlement in Massachusetts from 1790s that bans the playing of a game called "base" within 80 yards of the town hall because of the risk of broken windows. Walt Whitman refers to "base" being played in the fields of Brooklyn before the Civil War as well. Some have argued that "baseball like games" were played in Britain as far back as the 14th century.
The game's current incarnation, including 90-foot basepaths, having to tag the runner or the base to make an out (rather than just pelting the runner with the ball) and current statistical record keeping can be traced back to 1846, when a club called the "Knickerbockers" met in Hoboken, NJ to play. Their rules were quickly adopted by many and the New York area soon boasted some 16 clubs that began to compete against each other. They eventually established the "National Association of Base Ball Players" (NABBP) and early box scores were posted in the New York newspapers.
After the Civil War, the NABBP split, with one organization favoring professional play. The first pro team was the Cincinnati Red Stockings. That organization and team both failed, and the National League (still around today) sprouted up in 1876 with 8 charter clubs, only two survive today: the team that became the Chicago Cubs, and the team that became the Atlanta Braves.
The American League was started in 1901.
2007-02-13 13:52:44 · answer #2 · answered by ed feller 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nowhere specific. It evolved from earlier games, mostly British ones like cricket and rounders. Alexander Cartwright of the New York Knickerbocker Club wrote a set of formal rules in 1845 and that is often considered the earliest moment that is directly linked to the modern game, but people had been playing similar games for many years before that in many places.
2007-02-13 14:23:16 · answer #3 · answered by JerH1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the first version of football was called rounders and way played by english colonists starting in 1696.When the civil war broke out the New Yorkers began showing people from the other states how to play it during their free time.After the war the people who had survived went home and showed there families.By 1876 the first league had started.
2007-02-13 16:23:45 · answer #4 · answered by red4tribe 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The first recorded baseball game was played in Hoboken, NJ in 1865. Here is a link to learn more: http://hobokenbaseball.com/
2007-02-13 16:14:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
America, same time as Hot dogs, Apple Pie and Chevrolet.
2007-02-13 13:38:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
america 19th century
2007-02-13 16:45:33 · answer #7 · answered by Mr. E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hot dogs
2007-02-13 15:26:25 · answer #8 · answered by jwslover12 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
ACCORDING TO FOLKLORE, BY ABNER DOUBLEDAY IN 1839 IN COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.
2007-02-13 13:41:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Pipes fine. Can she be mine?
2007-02-13 13:20:52 · answer #10 · answered by BearBoy 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋