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  2. Knickerbocker Rules - Wikipedia

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    The Knickerbocker Rules are a set of baseball rules formalized by William R. Wheaton and William H. Tucker of the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club in 1845. They have previously been considered to be the basis for the rules of the modern game, although this is disputed.

  3. Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York - Wikipedia

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    The New York Knickerbockers were one of the first organized baseball teams which played under a set of rules similar to the game today. Founded as the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club by Alexander Cartwright in 1845, the team remained active until the early 1870s. [1] In 1851, the New York Knickerbockers wore the first ever recorded baseball ...

  4. 1845 to 1868 in baseball - Wikipedia

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    1845 September 10 – A baseball game is played that is described the following day in the New York Morning News, the earliest known game write-up. [1] 1845 September 23 – The New York Knickerbockers draw up the earliest surviving set of baseball rules, the Knickerbocker Rules, which are written down by William R. Wheaton and William H ...

  5. Alexander Cartwright - Wikipedia

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    Alexander Joy Cartwright Jr. (April 17, 1820 – July 12, 1892) was a founding member of the New York Knickerbockers Base Ball Club in the 1840s. Although he was an inductee of the Baseball Hall of Fame and he was sometimes referred to as a "father of baseball", the importance of his role in the development of the game has been disputed.

  6. 1857 baseball convention - Wikipedia

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    The 1857 baseball convention was a meeting of members from 16 New York City-area baseball clubs that took place over multiple sessions in early 1857. It passed numerous clarifications of the pre-existing Knickerbocker Rules and modifications that helped lead to the modern format of baseball games. Among the items formalized were the length of ...

  7. Massachusetts Game - Wikipedia

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    The Massachusetts Game is remembered as a rival of the New York Game of baseball, which was based on Knickerbocker Rules. In the end, however, it was the New York style of play which was adopted as the "National Game" and was the fore-runner of modern baseball.

  8. Duncan Curry - Wikipedia

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    Duncan Fraser Curry (November 28, 1812 – April 1894) was an American baseball pioneer and insurance executive.. Curry was the first president of the Knickerbockers Base Ball Club, reported to be the first organized baseball club in 1845.

  9. History of baseball - Wikipedia

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    In 1845, Alexander Cartwright, a member of New York City's Knickerbocker Club, produced a code of baseball rules now called the Knickerbocker Rules. [25] The practice, common to bat-and-ball games of the day, of "soaking" or "plugging"—effecting a putout by hitting a runner with a thrown ball—was barred. The rules thus facilitated the use ...