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Location Greater New York City
City/State/Country: NYC, NY, United States
Game Base Ball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
Text

"Leggett batted beautifully throughout, his score being the highest and only clear one of the match."

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New York Clipper, Aug.13, 1859

Comment

Henry Chadwick, the father of baseball statistics, primarily measured runs and outs in his early work. One of his few additions was the clear score, which counted the number of games where a batter made his base every time he batted, and made no outs, either as a batter or a base runner.

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Submission Note 3/3/2014



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