• Card series: Pioneer Portraits I: 1850-1874
• City: New York
• Hall: National Baseball Hall of Fame

Henry Chadwick (1824-1908) is widely considered the “Father of Baseball” due to his profound influence on early public awareness of the game and upon its foundational rules. A journalist from Brooklyn, Chadwick was present at the creation as he saw the new game developing in the 1860s and began what would become sports reporting today.

• Literally wrote the book on baseball: Beadle’s Dime Base Ball Player in 1860
• Edited Spalding’s Official Base Ball Guide for decades
• Saw to it we don’t have tie games or one-bounce outfield put-outs today
• Elected to Hall of Fame: 1938