[Ads-l] Antedating of "First Baseman"

[Shapiro, Fred]

first baseman (OED, s.v. baseman, 1874)

1861 _Brooklyn Daily Eagle_ 16 Sept. 3/2 (Newspapers.com)  Rogers struck to the short field, who ... fielded it to the 1st base man.

Fred Shapiro

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