Henry Chadwick (writer)

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Henry Chadwick
Born	(1824-10-05)October 5, 1824 Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Died	April 20, 1908(1908-04-20) (aged 83) Brooklyn, New York, United States
Resting place	Green-Wood Cemetery
Occupation	Sportswriter
Nationality	English, American
Period	circa 1850–1908
Subject	Baseball Cricket
Notable works	Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player (1860–1881) DeWitt's Base-Ball Guide (1869–1885) Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide
Baseball player Baseball career
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	1938
Election method	Centennial Commission

Henry Chadwick (October 5, 1824 – April 20, 1908) was an English-American sportswriter, baseball statistician and historian, often called the "Father of Baseball" for his early reporting on and contributions to the development of the game. He edited the first baseball guide that was sold to the public. He is credited with creating box scores, as well as creating the abbreviation "K" that designates a strikeout. He was posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1938.