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Abner Doubleday
(1819 - 1893)
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Known for the myth claiming he invented baseball, though he never claimed this himself.
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EP 989
The Origins of Baseball
Known for the myth claiming he invented baseball, though he never claimed this himself.
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The Battle of Fort Sumter
Doubleday was a Union officer who allegedly fired the first shot in the Civil War at Fort Sumter and is also attributed with inventing baseball.
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