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Jim Creighton, the Glossary

James Creighton, Jr. (April 15, 1841 – October 19, 1862) was an American baseball player during the game's amateur era, and is considered by historians to be the sport's first superstar and one of its earliest paid competitors.^[1]

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Alfred Henry Spink

Alfred Henry Spink (August 24, 1854 – May 27, 1928) was a Canadian-born American baseball writer and club organizer based mainly in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Amateur

An amateur is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independent from their source of income.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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Asa Brainard

Asahel "Asa" Brainard (c. 1841 – December 29, 1888), nicknamed "Count", was the ace pitcher of the original Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first fully professional baseball team, after having pitched for the Excelsior club of Brooklyn, New York. Jim Creighton and Asa Brainard are Brooklyn Excelsiors players and Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery.

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At bat

In baseball, an at bat (AB) or time at bat is a batter's turn batting against a pitcher.

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Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding.

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Baseball field

A baseball field, also called a ball field or baseball diamond, is the field upon which the game of baseball is played.

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Baseball positions

In the sport of baseball, each of the nine players on a team is assigned a particular fielding position when it is their turn to play defense.

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Batting (baseball)

In baseball, batting is the act of facing the opposing pitcher and trying to produce offense for one's team.

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Bowling (cricket)

Bowling, in cricket, is the action of propelling the ball toward the wicket defended by a batter.

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn is a borough of New York City.

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Brooklyn Atlantics

The Atlantic Base Ball Club of Brooklyn ("Atlantic" or the "Brooklyn Atlantics") was baseball's first champion and its first dynasty.

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Brooklyn Eagle

The Brooklyn Eagle (originally joint name The Brooklyn Eagle and Kings County Democrat, later The Brooklyn Daily Eagle before shortening title further to Brooklyn Eagle) was an afternoon daily newspaper published in the city and later borough of Brooklyn, in New York City, for 114 years from 1841 to 1955.

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Cincinnati Red Stockings

The Cincinnati Red Stockings of were baseball's first all-professional team, with ten salaried players.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps.

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Double (baseball)

In baseball, a double is the act of a batter striking the pitched ball and safely reaching second base without being called out by the umpire, without the benefit of a fielder's misplay (see error) or another runner being put out on a fielder's choice.

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East Coast of the United States

The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, the Atlantic Coast, and the Atlantic Seaboard, is the region encompassing the coastline where the Eastern United States meets the Atlantic Ocean.

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Elysian Fields (Hoboken, New Jersey)

The Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey, was recreational parkland located on the city's northern riverfront in the 19th century.

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Excelsior of Brooklyn

The Brooklyn Excelsiors were an amateur baseball team that played in Brooklyn, New York.

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Finial

A finial (from finis, end) or hip-knob is an element marking the top or end of some object, often formed to be a decorative feature.

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Green-Wood Cemetery

Green-Wood Cemetery is a cemetery in the western portion of Brooklyn, New York City.

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Hernia

A hernia (hernias or herniae, from Latin, meaning 'rupture') is the abnormal exit of tissue or an organ, such as the bowel, through the wall of the cavity in which it normally resides.

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Historian

A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it.

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Home run

In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home plate safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team.

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Homer at the Bat

"Homer at the Bat" is the sixteenth episode of the third season of the American animated television series The Simpsons.

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Inguinal hernia

An inguinal hernia or groin hernia is a hernia (protrusion) of abdominal cavity contents through the inguinal canal.

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Jack Chapman

John Curtis Chapman (May 8, 1843 – June 10, 1916) was an American Major League Baseball player and manager who was born in Brooklyn, New York. Jim Creighton and Jack Chapman are Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery.

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John Lillywhite

John Lillywhite (10 November 1826 – 27 October 1874) was an English cricketer and umpire during the game's roundarm era.

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John Thorn

John Abraham Thorn (born April 17, 1947) is a German-born American sports historian, author, and publisher.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.

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McFarland & Company

McFarland & Company, Inc., is an American independent book publisher based in Jefferson, North Carolina, that specializes in academic and reference works, as well as general-interest adult nonfiction.

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Mr. Burns

Charles Montgomery Plantagenet Schicklgruber "Monty" Burns, usually referred to as Mr.

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National Association of Base Ball Players

The National Association of Base Ball Players (NABBP) was the first organization governing American baseball (spelled as two words in the 19th century).

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National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, operated by private interests.

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Newspaper

A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.

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Out (baseball)

In baseball, an out occurs when the umpire rules a batter or baserunner out.

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Pitch (baseball)

In baseball, the pitch is the act of throwing the baseball toward home plate to start a play.

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Pitch count

In baseball statistics, pitch count is the number of pitches thrown by a pitcher in a game.

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Pitcher

In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk.

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Programme (booklet)

A programme or program (see spelling differences) is a booklet available for patrons attending a live event such as theatre performances, concerts, fêtes, sports events, etc.

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Relief pitcher

In baseball and softball, a relief pitcher or reliever is a pitcher who pitches in the game after the starting pitcher or another relief pitcher has been removed from the game due to fatigue, injury, ineffectiveness, ejection, high pitch count, or for other strategic reasons, such as inclement weather delays or pinch hitter substitutions.

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Run (baseball)

In baseball, a run is scored when a player advances around first, second and third base and returns safely to home plate, touching the bases in that order, before three outs are recorded and all obligations to reach base safely on batted balls are met or assured.

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Second baseman

In baseball and softball, second baseman, abbreviated 2B, is a fielding position in the infield, between second and first base.

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Shutout

In team sports, a shutout (US) or clean sheet (UK) is a game in which the losing team fails to score.

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Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster LLC is an American publishing company owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.

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Sinecure

A sinecure (or; from the Latin sine, 'without', and cura, 'care') is an office, carrying a salary or otherwise generating income, that requires or involves little or no responsibility, labour, or active service.

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Southern Illinois University Press

Southern Illinois University Press or SIU Press, founded in 1956, is a university press located in Carbondale, Illinois, owned and operated by Southern Illinois University.

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Sporting Life (American newspaper)

The Sporting Life was an American weekly newspaper, published from 1883 to 1917 and from 1922 to 1924, that provided national coverage on sports with a particular focus on baseball and trap shooting.

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Strikeout

In baseball or softball, a strikeout (or strike-out) occurs when a batter accumulates three strikes during a time at bat.

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Superstar

A superstar is someone who has great popular appeal and is widely known, prominent, or successful in their field.

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The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company.

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The Simpsons season 3

The third season of the American animated television series The Simpsons originally aired on the Fox network between September 19, 1991, and August 27, 1992.

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Union of Morrisania

The Union of Morrisania (founded 17 July 1855, South Bronx, New York, United States) was a baseball team which played in the National Association of Base Ball Players league.

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Unreported employment

Unreported employment, also known as money under the table, working under the table, off the books, cash-in-the-claw, money-in-the-paw, or illicit work is illegal employment that is not reported to the government.

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Urinary bladder disease

Urinary bladder disease includes urinary bladder inflammation such as cystitis, bladder rupture and bladder obstruction (tamponade).

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Waylon Smithers

Waylon Joseph Smithers Jr., usually referred to by the names Mr.

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Wicket

In cricket, the term wicket has several meanings.

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Workman Publishing Company

Workman Publishing Company, Inc., is an American publisher of trade books founded by Peter Workman. The company consists of imprints Workman, Workman Children's, Workman Calendars, Artisan, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill and Algonquin Young Readers, Storey Publishing, and Timber Press.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Creighton

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See also

Baseball deaths

Baseball players from Manhattan

Brooklyn Excelsiors players

Brooklyn Stars players

Deaths from hernias

Sports deaths in New York (state)

References