Who invented the game of baseball?
In 1845, Cartwright came up with a set of rules that combined many elements of previous versions of baseball with some of his own ideas. This set of rules evolved into baseball as we know it today. Cartwright and his Knickerbocker Baseball Club, composed of fireman, played their games on a field that Cartwright designed. On June 19, 1846, Cartwright's club met the New York Baseball Club in Hoboken, New Jersey, where his team was defeated in a 23 to 1 score. Abner Doubleday was originally credited with inventing baseball, but the U.S. Congress officially recognized Cartwright as the game's inventor June 3, 1953.