Albert spalding biography

1850–1915

By Eric Miklich

LBERT SPALDING had three exceptional careers in baseball. He became the best pitcher in professional baseball.

Albert spalding biography

After starting his own sporting goods business while still a player, he retired soon after and built the most dominant sporting goods business in America. His influenced was used to help start the National League and then used to help extinguish two rival leagues competing with National League.

He then became the most influential person in baseball and was essentially the governing body of the National League into the 19th century. He seemingly was behind the decisions that the National League made regarding maintaining their attempted monopoly on baseball and would also have the distinction of spear heading the ridiculous myth about Abner Doubleday and the origins of baseball in American.

Spalding started playing baseball for a junior nine in Rockford, IL from 1863 to 1866. He played first base and then became a pi