Alexander Cartwright

Alexander Cartwright , born the April 17th 1820 and deceased the July 12th 1892, was an American engineer who was officially credited with the invention of baseball by a decision of the Congrès of the United States of the June 3rd 1953. Cartwright was member of the team of the New York Knickerbockers which played a play derived from the Cricket and Rounders, the “town range”. In 1845, Cartwright and the committee of Knickerbockers enacted rules which were at the base of the creation of the Baseball. The first match disputed according to its new rules was played the June 19th 1846. Inventors of the play, Knickerbockers inclined 23-1 vis-a-vis the New York Nine.

Cartwright left New York where he was volunteer fireman and bank clerk to join the California in 1849 at the time of the gold rush. Working with the extraction of gold in the mining cities, it also introduces the play of baseball in California. Because of the deplorable sanitary arrangements, an cholera epidemic struck California, and Cartwright preferred to leave to settle with Hawaii where he became a business man. It also founded the first club of baseball in Hawaii and even a league which been used as model with the major leagues.

Alexander Cartwright was introduced with the Temple of re-elected baseball in 1938.

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Biography of Alexander Cartwright - '' baseballhalloffame.org ''
Biography of Alexander Cartwright - '' BaseballLibrary ''

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