Meet the American who is called the 'true father of baseball,' Daniel 'Doc' Adams, a New York City physician who made major contributions to the sport at all levels in the mid-1800s.
Doc Adams shaped the national pastime more than any other individual, but his name was lost to history. Baseball enthusiasts are now rallying behind his legacy, saying he deserves America’s acclaim and a spot in the Hall of Fame.in its formative years of the mid-1800s as if it were his only child. He taught important life skills to the game, from playing shortstop to umpiring — all essential to its growth.
Thorn first made that claim in a 1992 article for Elysian Fields Quarterly, a journal of baseball scholarship. He has repeated the statement many times since. The popular origin story of baseball is that it was invented by Abner Doubleday, later a Civil War hero, in Cooperstown, New York, in 1839; and that Alexander Cartwright, Adams' teammate with the Knickerbockers Base Ball Club of Manhattan, codified the game while playing baseball at Elysian Fields in But a roar of protest has risen from the grandstand of Baseball America in recent years.
Major General Abner Doubleday poses for a portrait in the Brady Photo Studios in Washington, D.C., in 1862. For years Doubleday has been given credit as the inventor of baseball. John Thorn, the official historian of Major League Baseball, calls Doubleday's role in baseball a myth. Different clubs might play by different rules, while different cities had various versions of the game."Town ball" Doc Adams joined the New York Knickerbockers Base Ball Club.
"Players included merchants, lawyers, Union Bank clerks, insurance clerks and others who were at liberty after 3 o’clock in the afternoon." — Doc AdamsHe created a new position called shortstop in 1849 or 1850 — the position first devised to aid relay throws from the outfield; and soon became president of the Knickerbockers.
"We had a great deal of trouble in getting balls made, and for six or seven years I made all the balls myself, not only for our club but also for other clubs when they were organized," Adams told The Sporting News."Finally I found a Scotch saddler who was able to show me a good way to cover the balls with horsehide, such as was used for whip lashes. I used to make the stuffing out of three or four ounces of rubber cuttings, wound with yarn and then covered with the leather.
These"Laws of Base Ball," handwritten by Doc Adams, emerged in recent years and hit the auction block in 2016. , for a cool $3.26 million. Adams holds a special place in the American sports pantheon. "The ‘Laws of Base Ball’ is a document of unparalleled importance in the history of America’s National Pastime," SCP Auctions’ Vice President Dan Imler said in a statement after its sale.
"The Civil War caused membership to decrease but helped introduce the game to southern parts of the United States. The membership of the National Association of Base Ball Players increased to more than 300 members in 1867."The National Convention of Base Ball Clubs was held at Smith's Hotel, 462 Broome Street, in what's now the SoHo section of Manhattan in the early weeks of 1857.
The Knickerbocker Base Ball Club was formed in 1842 by members of the earlier Gotham Club and wrote down the first rules of the game in 1845. Front row, from left, Duncan Curry, Daniel"Doc" Adams — considered by many the true"father of baseball" — and Henry Tiebout. Back row, from left, Alfred Cartwright, Alexander Cartwright, remembered in baseball lore for recording baseball’s first rules, and William Wheaton.
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