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Alexander Joy Cartwright ( April 17 1820 – July 12 1892 ) was an American Engineer who has as good a claim as any as the inventor of Baseball . Cartwright was a member of the New York Knickerbockers , who played a brand of stick-and-ball game called the Town Game . In 1845 Cartwright and a committee from his club drew up rules converting this playground game into more elaborate and interesting sport to be played by adults. The Knickerbockers participated in the first game under these rules on June 19 , 1846 . The Knickerbockers lost 23-1. Cartwright left New York to mine gold in California in 1849 . He fell ill and settled in Hawai'i . A citizen of Hawai'i, Cartwright became a successful Honolulu businessman. There, Cartwright established the first baseball league composed of teams he created from throughout the Hawaiian islands. His Hawaiian leagues became a model for the modern American and National Leagues of today. In 1938 , Cartwright was elected to the Baseball Hall Of Fame . THE "KNICKERBOCKER RULES" See Also: Knickerbocker Rules While there are many differences between the modern rules of baseball and the so-called Knickerbocker Rules (as adopted September 23 , 1845 by the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club), there are also many similarities. Similarities between the Knickerbockers' rules and the rules of today include:
Differences between the Knickerbocker rules and the rules of today include:
MAJOR CHANGES TO THE KNICKERBOCKER RULES:
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