A box score is a chart used in baseball to present data about player achievement in a particular game. An abbreviated version of the box score, duplicated from the field scoreboard, is the line score .

1845 October 21 – A second baseball game is played between the New York and Brooklyn clubs at the Elysian Fields, Hoboken, New Jersey, with New York prevailing 24–4, and the first known box score appears in the New York Morning News the following day.

Boxscore of First Professional Ballgame. True history took place when the first two National Association teams matched up in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Bad weather kept many fans away, but approximately five-hundred still appeared to witness baseball history.

In volleyball, a box score is used as a statistical scoring summary of the match. The starting six players of each respective team, with the visiting team listed first, is listed on the left side of the box score. This is followed by players that substituted into the match below the starting six.

Oct 22, 2016 · It was on this day in 1845 when the first boxscore appeared in the New York Morning News, within a month of the rules of baseball being written down by Alexander Cartwright. Just as the game of baseball had its foundations in …

In 1859, Chadwick formulated his first modern box score, in which he documented statistics like runs, hits, put outs, assists and errors for the dominant Brooklyn Excelsiors club. Additionally, Chadwick recorded the pitchers’ strikeouts, denoting them with the letter ‘K.’.

Mar 16, 2011 · In 1859, covering a match between the Brooklyn Excelsior and the Brooklyn Stars, Chadwick recorded the runs, hits, putouts, singles, and errors being the first instance of what we now know of as the box score.

1864 – Henry Chadwick introduced the first scoring system. 1867 – The batter was given the privilege of calling for a high or low pitch. The first curve ball was introduced. 1872 – The current dimensions of a ball were introduced. 1877 – Canvas bases 15 inches square were introduced. These same dimensions are used today.

May 24, 2013 · The first boxscore was printed by the New York Morning News on October 22, 1845. It was based on the box scores, or abstracts, used to describe cricket games. The listing of players in two columns, according to batting order, is similar to the format used today, but the only information captured about each player was the number of outs made and ...

Jun 30, 2017 · It was on this day in 1845 when the first boxscore appeared in the New York Morning News, within a month of the rules of baseball being written down by Alexander Cartwright. Just as the game of...