Did Baseball Really Originate in America?

💡 The Answer

• Baseball evolved from older English bat‑and‑ball games like rounders and town ball.
• The myth that Abner Doubleday invented baseball in Cooperstown was invented in 1907.
• That claim came from the Mills Commission, which had little factual basis.
• The first recorded baseball game with modern rules was played in 1845 in New York City.
• Alexander Cartwright and the Knickerbocker rules set the diamond and nine‑player standard.