Where was baseball invent?

Answer 1

Various previous sports and games led to the creation of modern Baseball. Credit for its invention is claimed by a number of sources.

Modern Baseball

Baseball was brought to the United States by British and Irish immigrants in the late 1700's, but the first team to play baseball under modern rules were the New York Knickerbockers in 1845. It was adopted as a national pastime during the last half of the 19th century.

Earlier Inspirations

• The English game of Rounders. Rounders has been played since the Tudor times, and was invented for children who needed mild exercise. It involved hitting a ball and running four bases.
• Baseball also has similarities to English Cricket.
• The Romanian game Oina, which originated during the 1300s and was originally played by shepherds. Oina used more players and a longer bat, but has very similar rules to baseball.

Historical References to baseball as a game

• 1755, Guildford, Surrey, England: Lawyer William Bray recorded a game of baseball played on Easter Monday of this year in his dairy.
• 1796, Germany: Scholar Johann Gutmuts mentioned "Englische Base-ball" in a book about popular past times. He described that "the batter has 3 attempts to hit the ball while at home plate", which sounds very much like modern baseball.

Answer 2

There is a myth that says that Abner Doubleday, former Civil War general, laid out the rules of baseball with a stick in the mud at Cooperstown, New York (where the hall of fame is) In reality, Alexander Cartwright invented the game in Manhattan working as a volunteer fireman, in a game at first called "town ball." Alex and Co. later elaborated the rules to make it a much more interesting game. The game of town ball was thought to be originated in Manhattan at his fire station at 47th Avenue and 27th Streets. The first recorded game was played on June 19th, 1846, where the New York Knickerbockers (Alexander's team) were mauled by the New York Nine, 23-1.

Answer 3

There is a city in Upstate New York that claims the game was invented there. This claim is easily shown to be complete hokum.

In 1792, the township of Pittsfield, MA passed a law making it illegal to play baseball near the town hall. It is impossible to know how the game made illegal compares to the modern game.

The only correct answer is that baseball, as we know it today, was not invented anywhere, in the sense that we can say, "Before this event, baseball did not exist; after this event, it did." Rather, this sport evolved in the mid-1800s from games like rounders and town ball. Several teams played various versions of these sports at that time, but none would be considered what we call "baseball" today.

In 1845, Alexander Cartwright, in New York City, was the first to WRITE DOWN a set of rules (ie, we have no idea if he invented them, or just wrote down what others had come up with) of a game called "Knickerbocker Rules." These were first WRITTEN rules to have features we now consider standard (foul balls, three strikes make an out). This game evolved till, by the 1880s, a game we would recognize as "baseball" was being played by teams around the country.

So the BEST answer to your question would be, "New York City."