There is some disagreement about the origin of the game of baseball.
Historians however believe otherwise.
They believe that baseball evolved from cricket. In the 1700's English boys played a game they called base ball. Since about 1800, Americans played a similar game which was called either town ball, rounders, or one old cat, depending on which part of the country they lived in. These games all had different rules, but the idea of the game was similar. In 1845, the Knickerbocker Baseball Club was formed in New York City.