Alexander Cartwright

Alexander Joy Cartwright ( born April 17, 1820 New York City; † July 12, 1892 in Honolulu, Hawaii) was an American firefighter and is considered the " father of baseball ".

Life

Cartwright worked as a firefighter in New York City. As a result of the gold rush, he moved to California and landed on the Hawaiian Islands, where he spent his life later. In his spare time he played baseball and has written for the New York Knickerbockers Baseball Club baseball rules. For decades, was Abner Doubleday as the inventor of baseball; later this was revised and Cartwright identified as the "father of baseball ". Cartwright was married and had five children.

Early baseball game at the Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey ( lithograph by Currier and Ives )

Cartwright's grave stone at the Oahu Cemetery, Honolulu