who wrote the the rules of baseball
Click here for The Rules of the Game: A Compilation of the Rules of Baseball 1845â1900. The first important set of written rules was scribed by Alexander Cartwright, of the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club, and published on September 20, 1845. The original 20 rules of baseball were not very specific and only 14 actually were rules pertaining to the field and the play.