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Daniel Lucius "Doc" Adams (November 1, 1814 – January 3, 1899) was an American baseball player and executive who is regarded by historians as an important figure in the sport's early years. For most of his career he was a member of the New York Knickerbockers .
The New York Knickerbockers, pictured in 1859, took the lead in organizing the convention. The Knickerbockers took the lead in organizing the convention, [4] as the team held an internal meeting on December 6, 1856. [5] It formed a three-man committee led by Doc Adams to accomplish the task of gaining attendance from New York City-area clubs. [4]
Daniel Lucius "Doc" Adams was a New Hampshire-born baseball player and executive who is regarded by historians as an important figure in the sport's early years. For most of his career he was a member of the New York Knickerbockers. He first played for the New York Base Ball Club in 1840 and started his Knickerbockers career five years later ...
The New York Knickerbockers were one of the first organized baseball teams which played under a set of rules similar to the game today. Founded as the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club by Alexander Cartwright in 1845, the team remained active until the early 1870s. [1] In 1851, the New York Knickerbockers wore the first ever recorded baseball ...
Alexander Joy Cartwright Jr. (April 17, 1820 – July 12, 1892) was a founding member of the New York Knickerbockers Base Ball Club in the 1840s. Although he was an inductee of the Baseball Hall of Fame and he was sometimes referred to as a "father of baseball", the importance of his role in the development of the game has been disputed.
The massacre started after a Black militia leader, Doc Adams, was wrongly charged with blocking a public road during a July 4th celebration. When Adams showed up for his court hearing days later ...
Daniel "Doc" Adams (1814–1899) was an American baseball player and executive who is regarded as an important figure in the sport's early years. He began his career with the New York Knickerbockers in 1845 and played for the club into his forties (pictured, center, in 1859).
Doc Adams of the Knickerbockers created the concept of the shortstop position, according to baseball historian John Thorn and Baseball Hall of Fame researcher Freddy Berowski. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In the first five years the Knickerbockers played, the team fielded anywhere from eight to eleven players.