No, it is a myth that Abner Doubleday invented baseball.

Wikipedia

Origins of baseball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There was and is no evidence for this claim, except for the testimony of one man decades after the fact, and there is more persuasive counter-evidence.

Origins of baseball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The myth that Abner Doubleday invented baseball in 1839 was once widely promoted and widely believed.

Abner Doubleday - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Doubleday is often mistakenly credited with having invented baseball, although he never made such a claim, and there is no evidence to support it.

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Baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday » Facts & Misconceptions - all about facts and misconceptions

Fact: No written records are found in history that can claim Doubleday as inventor of baseball.

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Jeff Idelson of the Baseball Hall of Fame has said that baseball was not really invented anywhere, but as far as history is concerned, the first written rules of baseball were penned by Alexander Joy Cartwright for the baseball club The Knickerbockers.

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On June 3, 1953, Congress officially credited Cartwright with inventing the modern game of baseball.

nndb.com

Abner Doubleday

Abner Doubleday is probably best known as the inventor of baseball, though he was not.

Abner Doubleday

Executive summary: Didn't invent baseball

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Abner Doubleday

The assertion that Doubleday invented baseball is almost certainly untrue.

Abner Doubleday

The assertion that Doubleday invented baseball is almost certainly untrue.

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Abner Doubleday Invents Baseball

Indeed, sports historians have marshaled impressive evidence showing that American baseball, far from being an independent invention, evolved out of various ball-and-stick games that had been played in many areas of the world since the beginnings of recorded history.

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What is the world's first baseball field?

The assertion that Doubleday invented baseball is almost certainly untrue.

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The Baseball Reliquary - Abner Doubleday Skin Fragment

We do know that the Hall of Fame is based on a fiction, that Abner Doubleday invented baseball in 1839 in Cooperstown, New York.

Bleacher Report

Abner Doubleday: Father of Baseball, Hero of Gettysburg | Bleacher Report

Baseball myth says Doubleday invented baseball by tossing a ball around old Elihu Phinney's cow pasture in Cooperstown, NY in 1839.

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The History of Baseball

Although popular legend says that the game was invented by Abner Doubleday, baseball's true father was Cartwright.

The History of Baseball

Although popular legend says that the game was invented by Abner Doubleday, baseball's true father was Cartwright.

The History of Baseball

Although popular legend says that the game was invented by Abner Doubleday, baseball's true father was Cartwright.

Jim Loy's Home Page

Abner Doubleday and Baseball

It is now fairly well-known that Abner Doubleday did not invent baseball.

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Abner Doubleday: Biography from Answers.com

Doubleday is often mistakenly credited with having invented baseball , although he never made such a claim, and there is no evidence to support it.

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Baseball Or Cricket

There was and is no evidence for this claim, except for the testimony of one man decades after the fact, and there is more persuasive counter-evidence.

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Glyttersilk

On June 3, 1953, Congress officially credited Cartwright with inventing the modern game of baseball.

thehistory0.blogspot.com

History of worlds

Although popular legend says that the game was invented by Abner Doubleday, baseball's true father was Cartwright.

boerner.net

2010 April 1

There was and is no evidence for this claim, except for the testimony of one man decades after the fact, and there is more persuasive counter-evidence.

imt.net

Abner Doubleday and Baseball

It is now fairly well-known that Abner Doubleday did not invent baseball.

baseball-reference.com

Origins of baseball - BR Bullpen

There was and is no evidence for this claim, except for the testimony of one man decades after the fact, and there is more persuasive counter-evidence.

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Baseball PDA

There was and is no evidence for this claim, except for the testimony of one man decades after the fact, and there is more persuasive counter-evidence.

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BallClub.com - History of Baseball

There was and is no evidence for this claim, except for the testimony of one man decades after the fact, and there is more persuasive counter-evidence.

baseballcardman.blogspot.com

baseballcardman: Abner Doubleday 1989 Baseball wit Card

There was and is no evidence for this claim, except for the testimony of one man decades after the fact, and there is more persuasive counter-evidence.

Yes, Abner Doubleday invented baseball.

listverse.com

Top 10 Common Historical Myths - Top 10 Lists | Listverse

“the first scheme for playing baseball, according to the best evidence obtainable to date, was devised by Abner Doubleday at Cooperstown, New York, in 1839.

nndb.com

Abner Doubleday

In 1907, a panel of baseball experts headed by A. G. Spalding conducted a highly-publicized investigation into the origins of the game, and concluded that Doubleday had written the rules for baseball in 1839 in Cooperstown, New York (where the Baseball Hall of Fame was later constructed).

Bleacher Report

Abner Doubleday: Father of Baseball, Hero of Gettysburg | Bleacher Report

Abner Doubleday is remembered, if recalled at all anymore, as the "inventor" of baseball.

webpages.charter.net

Abner Doubleday Invents Baseball

As I turn the page... of my Cooperstown Collection 2000 Calendar, bearing the name and logo of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, I notice that the text for February claims that Abner Doubleday invented baseball in a cow pasture in upstate New York.

Abner Doubleday Invents Baseball

Doubleday, popularly crediting with inventing the game, fought in the Civil War, rose to the rank of major general, and was buried in Arlington in 1893.