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Who was the first baseball writer?

September 8, 2022September 26, 2022Baseball, Baseball History

Henry Chadwick is considered this country’s first baseball editor, working first at the New York Clipper and then later at the Brooklyn Eagle. He is credited with introducing the newspaper box score. He started being a baseball writer in 1856.

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