Henry Chadwick (writer)
Henry Chadwick was an Englishborn American sportswriter, baseball statistician and historian, often called the father of baseball for his early reporting on and contributions to the development of the game. He edited the first baseball guide that was sold to the public. He is credited with creating box scores, as well as creating the abbreviation K that designates a strikeout. He is said to have created the statistics of batting average and earned run average . He was posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Chadwick was born in Exeter, England. His grandfather, Andrew Chadwick, had been a close friend of theologian John Wesley. His father, James Chadwick, was a supporter of the French Revolution who also tutored John Dalton in music and botany. James Chadwick had served as editor of a publication known as the Western Times. Edwin Chadwicks mother had made James Chadwick a widower shortly after Edwins birth.
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