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