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Induction
Information
Elected to Hall of Fame by Veterans Committee in 1938,
Executive/PioneerBorn: October 5, 1824, in Exeter, England
Died: April 20, 1908, in Brooklyn, New York
Bio
A pioneer of early baseball, Henry Chadwick influenced the game by
wielding a pen, not a bat. A renowned journalist, he developed the
modern box score, introduced statistics such as batting average and
ERA, wrote numerous instructional manuals on the game, and edited
multiple baseball guides. He was an influential member of baseball's
early rules committees. His tireless work and devoted love for the
game greatly aided in popularizing baseball during its infancy.
Quote
"The great National Game of Base Ball which he founded and
fostered so steadily, firmly and conscientiously, as it now stands,
is a monument to his memory. It is doubtless the only monument he
would have wished. That is an imperishable as any statue of granite
or marble."
— Sam Crane
Did You Know... that in 1868, Henry Chadwick wrote the
first hard-cover book on baseball, The Game of Base Ball? |