Given the question: What key details about henry chadwick -lrb- writer -rrb- can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: henry chadwick -lrb- october 5 , 1824 -- april 20 , 1908 -rrb- was an english-born american sportswriter , baseball statistician and historian , often called the '' father of baseball '' for his early reporting on and contributions to the development of the game . he edited the first baseball guide that was sold to the public . he is credited with creating box scores , as well as creating the abbreviation '' k '' that designates a strikeout . he is said to have created the statistics of batting average and earned run average -lrb- era -rrb- . he was posthumously inducted into the national baseball hall of fame .
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- death place is brooklyn , new york , united states- period is 1850 -- 1908- resting place is green-wood cemetery- notableworks is '' -- 1881 -rrb- '' dewitt 's base-ball guide '' -lrb- beadle 1869 -- 1885 -rrb- '' spalding 's official base ball 's guide '' dime base-ball player '' -lrb- 1860- subject is baseball cricket- death date is 20 april 1908- birth date is 5 october 1824- name is henry chadwick- image size is 200px- nationality is english , american- image is henry chadwick baseball.jpg- birth place is exeter , devon , england- occupation is sportswriter