Henry Chadwick (writer)

Henry Chadwick was an English-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 was posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1938.

5 October 1824

Born on the same birth day (5 October): Allen Ludden • Annely Akkermann • Dennis Byrd • Francesco Guardi • Frederic Morton • Fritz Fischer (medical doctor) • Imran Khan • Konstantin Zyryanov • Louis Lumière • Maria Maddalena Martinengo • Mary Fuller • Michael Andretti • Mike O'Neill (baseball) • Neil Peart (footballer) • October 5 • Richard Street • Sean M. Carroll • Sergey Muromtsev • Steve Williams (rugby union, born 1982)

Born in the same month (October 1824): Adolphe Monticelli