Born: July 1933, Long Island, NY Term of Ownership: Since 1980 Business: Former Publisher, President of Doubleday and Co.

It’s a common misconception that Civil War Union General Abner Doubleday invented the sport of baseball in 1839. A special commission created by baseball executive Albert Spalding determined in 1908 ...

Abner Doubleday is commonly thought of as the father of American Baseball. It’s a history worth celebrating, especially on the Saratoga County native’s birthday. But the line between history and myth ...

Baseball historians long ago debunked the popular myth about Abner Doubleday inventing the game of baseball. Yet the Doubleday legacy lives on in places like Cooperstown, New York, where the Baseball ...

Long has Cooperstown, N.Y., held the claim to fame of being the birthplace of modern-day baseball. This contention has earned it a permanent spot in sports history, not only as the location of Abner ...

Up the hill from John F. Kennedy’s grave and behind Arlington House on the western side of Arlington National Cemetery lies the purported inventor of America’s pastime. The former Union Army General ...

A baseball fan of any age has grown up with the established and often undisputed fact that Union soldier, Abner Doubleday (AD), created the game of baseball and that the game has been immortalized by ...