Who invented the box score and is often called the father of baseball?

Question

Who invented the box score and is often called the father of baseball?

Answer 1

Doubleday !!

Answer 2

Alexander Cartwright, elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1938.

Answer 3

Abner Doubleday?  

Answer 4

I believe it is Henry Chadwick?

Answer 5

In baseball lore, Abner Doubleday is often credited with inventing baseball in 1839 in Cooperstown, NY, the present-day home of the baseball Hall of Fame, but his involvement appears to have been largely invented in 1907 as a marketing effort led by sporting goods manufacturer Al Spalding.

More accurately British-born sportswriter Henry Chadwick deserves the title "Father of Baseball" and was presented with that title by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904. Chadwick popularized the game with his writings, invented the scoring system and newspaper box score format that are still used today, and led the codification of baseball's rules.

Here's a link to an article about Chadwick's role in the popularization of baseball in America.

Alexander Cartwright also deserves mention as the man who first codified the rules of baseball for a team called the "Knickerbockers" in Manhattan in 1845.

Answer 6

Henry Chadwick