The Father of Baseball -- All 13 of Them

All of these guys have been called the “Father of Baseball” in print at least once. The ones with the + sign have it written on their graves.

Robert Ferguson

Billy McMahon

John Joyce

H Chadwick +

A Doubleday

A Cartwright +

Doc Adams

Duncan Curry +

Harry Wright +

T G Van Cott

William Wheaton

Albert Spalding

Louis Wadsworth